Christine Vanoppen
Born in Hasselt (Belgium) on the 14th of December 1962
Oude Baan , 154 - 2820 Bonheiden - Belgium
Phone +32(0)476/554146
Education
77-80 Hasselt, Institute St.Lucas, dep. Visual Arts
80-85 Antwerp, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, dep. Monumental Art, Mural painting and glassart
90 Hilversum (NL) Workshop glassfusing
94-97 Workshops glassblowing and casting with Koen Vanderstukken
94-97 Mechelen, IKA dep.Glassart with Miloslava Svobodova and Koen Vanderstukken
2000 Workshop'Emerging shapes' Glassblowing with L.S. Smedrud (N) and Ingrid Lauwers (B)
2002 Sandcasting with S. Edgerley (Ca) en K. Vanderstukken (B)
2007-09 Mechelen, Royal Academy of Arts, Ceramics with Greet Vercammen
2007 Workshop Silkscreen with Vera Boonen
2008 Workshop 'Knitted Technique' with Barbara Idzikowska(Pl) in Sars-Poteries (Fr) Université du Verre
2008 Workshop 'Enamelling and printing Emailleren en Prints on solid and blown glass' withTomoko Doi, Takeshi Ito, Shinsaku Fukutaka, and Kanami Ogata ( Sandbox) (JAP)
2010 Workshop 'Roll up/ Glassblowing' with Scott Chaseling (Au) in Sars-Poteries (Fr) Université du Verre.
2011 Workshop glassblowing ‘From design till glassobject’ with Jasper Dowding ( AU)
2016 Workshop Pate de Verre, with Anne Petters in Berlin-Glas, Berlin (D)
2017 Workshop screen print with Obin Vleugels (B)
2018 Workshop screen print in 'Studio Bauwhof' (B)
2022 Workshop 'Cast Glass Sculpture' with Heike Brachlow in Musverre Sars-Potterie (FR)
Study tours
Berlin, Dessau, New-York, London, Paris, Venice, Barcelona, Istanbul, Turky, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Crete, India, Ladakh, Nepal, Tenerife, Sicilië, Georgië
Work
Teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts - Department Glass Art in Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium
Independent artist
Architectual Art-glass-projects
1984 Project for Don-Bosco College in Hechtel (B)
1985 Project for Private Chapel for Boys home in Vremde (B)
1989 Project for St. Willibrordus Chapel in Wuust-Wezel (B)
1995 Project for Chapel of the Residential Care Facility ' Huize St.Angela' in Sint-Kathelijne-Waver (B)
1997 Project for Chapel of the 'Meditation and Spiritual Center' 'Hof Zevenbergen' in Ranst (B)
2002 Project in private home in Mortsel (B)
2007 Project for OCMW-Chapel in Boom (B)
2009 Project for Private Chapel in Sint-Katelijne-Waver (B)
2014 Project for ' Residential Care Facility' ' Mariatroon' in Dendermonde (B)
2014 Project for OLV Church in Bonheiden (B)
2015 Project for private home in Antwerp (B)
2017 Project for St.Joseph Church in Hoboken, Antwerp (B)
2018 Project for St.Martinus Church in Meise (B)
2018 Project for St.Laurentius Church in Antwerp (B)
2019 Project for St. John's college in Meldert (B)
2019 Project for Municipal Primary school in Gierle (B)
2019 Project for the Paderborn University in Paderborn (D)
2021 Project for St. Gummarus Church in Emblem (B)
Work in Collections
Glassmuseum ‘Glazen huis’ Lommel (B)
Glassmuseum ‘Alter Hof Herding’ Coesfeld-Lette (D)
Glassmuseum ‘ Ebeltoft’ (DK)
Muze’um L, Light and landscape in Roeselaere (B)
Glasscollection of Embrechts-Ruyckaert (B)
2017 Glassmuseum 'Alter Hof Herding' Coesfeld-Lette (D)
2017 MUSVERRE le Departement Nord (Fr)
2022 Museum 'Jan, Amstelveen (NL)
2022 Glasmuseum Leerdam (NL)
Selection of past expositions and installations
Liège (B), Museum of Architecture
Diepenbeek (B), Museum of Architecture
Hilversum (NL) Art Glass Center
Newport (GB) Quay Art Centre
Paris,Nancy (Fr) Cultures et matières
Chartres (FR) 'Centre Du Vitrail'
Heusden-Zolder (B) ,‘Roman and Contemporary Glass’ Gallery 'The Mijlpaal'
Brussels (B), Gallery Vizo – 'The new harvest.'
Amsterdam (NL) 'Young and Hot',Emerging Glassartists in Europe '
Amsterdam (NL) Cultural Centre Brakke Grond' –Glass at the Brakke Grond
Destelbergen (B), Garten – Art in Gardens
Maastricht (NL) Gallery Artis Joke, Statues Outside
Herkenrode (B), Contemporary Glass in Flanders, by Gallery De Mijlpaal
Destelbergen (B), Garten Triennale for contemporary sculpture
Horn (NL) Glassexhibition
Maastricht (NL) , Galllery Mariska Dirkx, 'On the edge'
Tubbergen (Nl) Glassrealm
Den Haag (NL) Belgian Embassy ‘Art and Culture at home 2009’
Bruges (B), Gallery Artonivo, 'Intimacy' glass and art today
Munster (D), Glasplastik und Garten' international glassexhibition
Roermond (Nl), Gallery Mariska Dirkx, 'Artshakers & Makers'
Zwevergem (B), Classified Power Plant, Transfo, a glassexhibition.
Coesfeld-Lette (D) Glasmuseum, Neuerwerbungen
St.Amandsberg (B), Diafaan 5, The Great Beguinage, Glassexhibition
Leerdam (Nl) Glassexhibition
2016 Expositions and installations
International panorama of contemporary stained glass art in Centre du Vitrail,
Chartres,’ Lumière du Monde’ (FR)
Glass-Works I 'Gallery The Mijlpaal' in Heusden-Zolder (B)
Glass-Works II ‘ MUZE'UM L in Roeselaere (B)
Glass-Works III ‘Gallery The Mijlpaal’ in Knokke (B)
International Glass Art Biennial , Haacht (B)
Gallery The Mijlpaal, ‘ Colours of the sky’,Knokke (B)
Architectural Glass-object for private garden in Schilde (B)
2017 Expositions and installations
International panorama of contemporary stained glass art in Centre du Vitrail,
Chartres, expo 'Lumière du Monde (FR)
International exhibition '10 jaar Glazen Huis' in Lommel (B)
'Tree of life' in Gallery The Mijlpaal in Heusden-Zolder (B)
Expo 'Inter City' in Extra City in Antwerp (B)
'Glaswerk', glass expo in 'Fort 5' in Antwerp (B)
Glass-expo in 'De Markthallen' in Herk-de-Stad (B)
2018 Expositions and installations
Architectural Light-Glass-object for Florist Mr.H.Bouquet in Antwerp (B)
Architectural Light-Glass-object for 'KAS' Artcenter in Antwerp (B)
2019 Expositions and installations
17 august t/m 08 september 2019 International Exhibition 'Glassculpture and Garden' Munster (D)
28 september t/m 21 december Duo-expo Christine Vanoppen and Wouter Boulanger, Contemporary Glass Gallery Schiepers, Hasselt (B)
Prices
Vri.K.A.- Price De Keyser
Price Frans Hammer
Price of the Foundation Horlait-Dapsens
Price of Young Belgian Glassartist
2000: Selected by ‘Design Flanders’ for ‘The Quality Label’
2014: Price for art-design for “ Woonzorgcentrum Mariatroon” in Dendermonde
2014: Price for art-design, a stained glasswindow for the OLV Church of
Bonheiden
2015: Selected for ‘The New Glass Review 36’ from ‘The Corning Museum of Glass’, Corning, New York
2022: Price for 'Ledenobject 2022' voor VVMG Vereniging voor Modern Glas: ‘Search for light’