Whereabouts


2018	Stays again in China for a period of two months in the town of Shangjin. Edition of "Le corps derrière le corps" with a text by Gérard-Georges Lemaire.
2017	Stays in China for an artist recidency in the town of Longzhou near the border of Vietnam for a period of two months.
2014	Stays in China for the the realisation of a monumental sculpture for the 'P'Art SinoFrançais' project in Shunde. Publication of "Le concours des torses" based on a texte by Gérard-Georges Lemaire.
2012	Returns to South Korea for two one-man-shows.
2010	Travels to South Korea. Installation of a new studio in a barn in the countryside outside of Paris.
2008	Publication of the book "Têtes ardentes" with a text of the french writer Daniel Picouly and an interview with the art critic Gérard-Georges Lemaire.
2006	Returns to Cameroon to realize a new serie of bronze sculptures.
2004	Travels to Cameroon.
2003	Works again on bronze sculptures with Kader Dermé, a traditional founder, in Burkina Faso.
2002	Travels to Bali, the Andes and Beijing.
2001	Draws away from the art world and settles in his new studio in Belleville in Paris. Works on a synthesis between painting and digital pictures.
2000	Stays in Ghana and works again in Madagascar
1998	Stays in Madagascar for a one-man-show at the Centre Culturel Français and works with Malagasy artists. Together with Tony Soulié, works in Burkina Faso on bronze sculptures with local founders. They are shown in Paris.
1996	Three simultaneous shows in Paris (Retrospective, Paintings, Work on paper) together with a monography published by Alin Avila.
1995	Settles in the countryside for a few months, where he uses brighter colours at the contact with nature.
1994	1994 Follows in the footsteps of fetish-makers in Benin and Togo.
1993	His work is presented at the FIAC, the Paris Art Show. Works on bronze sculptures in Poznan, Poland.
1992	First one-man show of his sculptures in Paris. Travels and works with Bertrand Rieger in Burkina Faso. Their work linking painting and photography is shown in Paris.
1991	Galerie Vanuxem shows his work at Découvertes, the Paris Art Show. Discovers Tamil temples during a trip to the Indian Ocean.
1990	Transforms a former printing-shop into his new studio in Saint Denis. First artist’s book printed.
1989	Makes his first trip in Africa to work with photographer Bertrand Rieger in Burundi.
1987	Paints his first landscapes in Morocco.
1986	Has his first Paris one-man-show at Kiron Gallery. Is awarded the Painting Prize of the Salon de Montrouge and makes important professional acquaintances.
1985	J.-C. David sets up his first one-man-show in France in Grenoble and shows his paintings at the Basel Art Fair.
1981	Travels across the United States.
1980	Leaves Amsterdam and settles in rue Mouffetard in Paris, where he works in isolation.
1967-1978	Studies at the Graphic Art School of Amsterdam, then at the Academy of Fine Arts of Amsterdam. Visits the most prestigious museums in Europe.
1951	Hans Bouman was born in Haarlem, the Netherlands.