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Arne Quinze

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Arne Quinze
Arne Quinze working on Natural Chaos Golden Edition V.01
Born (1971-12-15) 15 December 1971 (age 54)
Ghent, Belgium
Known for
Style
Movement
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(m. 2009; div. 2011)​
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(m. 2012; div. 2015)​
Websitehttps://www.arnequinze.com/

Arne Quinze (born December 15, 1971) is a Belgian conceptual artist. He is known for creating large-scale public art installations consisting of sculptures made from recycled materials.[1]

Early life

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Quinze was born on December 15, 1971 in Ghent, Belgium.[2] He attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels but later dropped out.[3] He then became a graffiti artist in Brussels.[4]

Artistic Career

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In 2006, Quinze built Uchronia: "A Message from the Future", a large wooden sculpture shown at the Burning Man festival in Nevada.[5] In Munich, Germany, he built Traveller (2008) for Louis Vuitton.[6] Other public art installations include Rebirth (2008) in Paris, France,[7] and an ongoing project at the Big Four Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky.[8]

What follows is a partial listing of works by the artist that are or have been commissioned and/or displayed or created in public settings:

In 2009, The Stilt House artwork "The Visitor" was installed in Beirut, Lebanon[9] near its recently developed Souk complex. The artwork was later displayed at Phillips de Pury & Company, London, and then at the Saatchi Gallery in the Duke of York's Headquarters on King's Road.[citation needed]

At the festival Rouen impressionnée [fr] (part of the Normandie Impressionniste festival, celebrating the region's impressionist past), Quinze painted the Les Jardins/The Waterlilies series for an exhibition in the Abbatiale de Saint-Ouen.[10] In addition to the exhibition, an installation titled Camille was built on the Pont Boieldieu, a bridge painted several times by Camille Pissarro.[11]

In 2011, Red Beacon was installed in the Jing'an Sculpture Park in Shanghai, China.[12][13]

In 2011, the installation "My Home My House My Stilt House" was staged in Humlebaek, Denmark.

A virtual installation titled Rock Strangers was projected on the Statue of Liberty in New York City from July 4 to October 3 2011.[14] This collaboration between Quinze and Beck's was part of their Green Box Project, co-curated, commissioned, and mentored by Nick Knight and Sam Spiegel.[15]

During Hamburg Week, Quinze unveiled an artwork[16] made from old, smashed porcelain symbolizing the destruction of family traditions.[citation needed]

In collaboration with Veridor, Quinze created Natural Chaos - Golden Edition No. 1 in 2014, an artwork consisting of 45 kilograms (99 lb) of 18-carat rose gold, 18-carat palladium white gold in rod and pipe form, golden wires and leaves.

A wooden installation entitled The Passenger was unveiled on December 6, 2014.[17] After a partial collapse of the piece about two weeks later (on December 24), it was rebuilt and inaugurated on October 16, 2015. The installation remained visible until December 19, 2019.[18]

Major installations

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Quinze has created numerous public installations around the world. Notable works include:

  • Uchronia (2006) - a large temporary wooden installation built for the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA.[19]
  • Cityscape (2007 - 2009) - a large temporary wooden sculpture installed in the Quartier Louise area of Brussels, Belgium.[20]
  • The Sequence (2008) - a large wooden installation on Leuvenseweg in Brussels, connecting the buildings of the Flemish Parliament with the House of Flemish Representatives.[21]
  • Red Beacon (2010) - a large wooden public installation in Jing'an Sculpture Park in Shanghai, China.[10]

His works in public space are often temporary, though several have become permanent fixtures depending on local commissions.

Uchronia, a large wooden sculpture at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada desert, United States
Rock Strangers, a sculpture by Quinze in Ostend
The Beautiful Dreamer by Quinze

Personal life

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Quinze married Barbara Becker at their Miami waterfront home on 9 September 2009. The couple divorced two years later, in October 2011.[22] He married An Lemmens a year later, on 6 October 2012; they divorced in September 2015.[citation needed]

He has five children,[3] and lives and works in Sint-Martens-Latem near Ghent, Belgium.[23]

Further reading

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  • Arne Quinze – Chaoslife - Dokumente Unserer Zeit XXXXVI (German/English); Texts by Cristiana Coletti, Arne Quinze and Petra Schaefer; Chorus Verlag; Mainz 2015; ISBN 978-3-926663-46-7
  • Beate Reifenscheid and Dorothea van der Koelen; Arte in Movimento – Kunst in Bewegung, Dokumente unserer Zeit XXXIV; Chorus-Verlag; Mainz 2011; ISBN 978-3-926663-44-3
  • Jean-Pierre Frimbois (author), Sieghild Lacoere (author): Modern Contemporary Arne Quinze. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7757-2693-1
  • Various Authors, Sieghild Lacoere (Editor): Rouen Impressionnee Arne Quinze - Camille les Jardins. Atelier Arne Quinze, Sint Martens Latem 2010
  • Arne Quinze (author), Pieterjan Mattan (author): THE SEQUENCE Arne Quinze. Gestalten, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-89955-243-0
  • Arne Quinze (author), Robert Klanten and Lukas Feireiss (Editors): Arne Quinze WORKS. Gestalten, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89955-219-5
  • Max Borka (author): CITYSCAPE Arne Quinze. Gestalten, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89955-203-4

References

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  1. ^ "Interview by Kjeld Kjeldsen". Arne Quinze. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Arne Quinze". MARUANI MERCIER. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b Wijsenbeek, Dinah (11 July 2017). "Quinze, Arne". Artists of the World. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. ^ Gordon, Len (21 May 2024). "Arne Quinze: Breaking Barriers of Insular Living to Reconnect with Nature". Art Plugged. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  5. ^ Article, Artnet Gallery Network ShareShare This (14 September 2023). "7 Questions for Belgian Artist Arne Quinze on How a Wildflower Garden Taught Him to Embrace the Unexpected in His Work". Artnet News. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  6. ^ Arne Quinze & Louis Vuitton collab in Munich, Wejetset, 29 December 2008 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Rebirth by Arne Quinze, Neu Black, 7 September 2008". Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  8. ^ Big Four Bridge proposal by Arne Quinze, Broken Sidewalk, 26 September 2009
  9. ^ Public sculpture in Beirut, Gestalten, 12 August 2009
  10. ^ a b "wetterling gallery".
  11. ^ www.camille-arnequinze.fr, 28 June 2010
  12. ^ "Red Beacon". Arne Quinze. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Jing'an Sculpture Park / IPA". www.instituteforpublicart.org. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  14. ^ "intro". www.arnequinze.tv. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  15. ^ "Beck's / Green Box Project / Contagious Magazine". www.contagiousmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  16. ^ Hamburg Artweek, 17 June 2011 Archived 21 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Times, The Brussels. "Mons 2015 - Arne Quinze's "The Passenger" to be officially opened on December 6th in Mons". www.brusselstimes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  18. ^ NWS, VRT (25 December 2014). "Arne Quinze installation collapses at Mons 2015 | VRT NWS: news". VRTNWS. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  19. ^ Future, Rethinking The (29 July 2017). "Arne Quinze 's Wonderful Wooden Art Uchronia". RTF | Rethinking The Future. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  20. ^ Vincent (31 August 2008). "Cityscape wooded sculpture by Arne Quinze". BrusselsPictures.com. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  21. ^ arxxi_admin (16 September 2024). "Arne Kinze- umetnikovi vrtovi u arhitektonskom tkivu gradova ⋆ ARXXITEKTURA". ARXXITEKTURA. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  22. ^ "Neue Details über die Trennung". gala.de (in German). 7 November 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  23. ^ "The untamed nature of Arne Quinze". www.ft.com. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
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