Arne Quinze

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	Public art installations paintings installation art sculptures
Style	Contemporary art conceptual art
Movement	Contemporary art environmental art
Spouses	Barbara Becker ​ ​ (m. 2009;div. 2011)​ An Lemmens ​ ​ (m. 2012;div. 2015)​
Website	https://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

Quinze's sculpture ''Mojave'', a Chroma Lupine

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, a. ^[3] He then became a graffiti artist in Brussels. ^[2]

Artistic Career

In 2006, Quinze built Uchronia: "A Message from the Future", a large wooden sculpture shown at the Burning Man festival in Nevada. ^[4] In Munich, Germany, he built Traveller (2008) for Louis Vuitton. ^[5] Other public art installations include Rebirth (2008) in Paris, France, ^[6] and an ongoing project at the Big Four Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky. ^[7]

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 ^[8] 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. ^[9] In addition to the exhibition, an installation titled Camille was built on the Pont Boieldieu, a bridge painted several times by Camille Pissarro. ^[10]

In 2011, Red Beacon was installed in the Jing'an Sculpture Park in Shanghai. ^{[11] [12]}

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. ^[13] 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. ^[14]

During Hamburg Week, Quinze unveiled an artwork ^[15] 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. ^[16] 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. ^[17]

Major installations

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. ^[18]
• Cityscape (2007 - 2009) - a large temporary wooden sculpture installed in the Quartier Louise area of Brussels, Belgium. ^[19]
• The Sequence (2008) - a large wooden installation on Leuvenseweg in Brussels, connecting the buildings of the Flemish Parliament with the House of Flemish Representatives. ^[20]
• Red Beacon (2010) - a large wooden public installation in Jing'an Sculpture Park in Shanghai, China. ^[9]

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

Quinze married Barbara Becker at their Miami waterfront home on 9 September 2009. The couple divorced two years later, in October 2011. ^[21] 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. ^[22]

Further reading

• 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

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. Wijsenbeek, Dinah (11 July 2017). "Quinze, Arne". Artists of the World. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
4. 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.
5. Arne Quinze & Louis Vuitton collab in Munich, Wejetset, 29 December 2008 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Rebirth by Arne Quinze, Neu Black, 7 September 2008". Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
7. Big Four Bridge proposal by Arne Quinze, Broken Sidewalk, 26 September 2009
8. Public sculpture in Beirut, Gestalten, 12 August 2009
9. "wetterling gallery".
10. www.camille-arnequinze.fr, 28 June 2010
11. "Red Beacon". Arne Quinze. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
12. "Jing'an Sculpture Park / IPA". www.instituteforpublicart.org. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
13. "intro". www.arnequinze.tv. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
14. "Beck's / Green Box Project / Contagious Magazine". www.contagiousmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
15. Hamburg Artweek, 17 June 2011 Archived 21 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
16. 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.
17. NWS, VRT (25 December 2014). "Arne Quinze installation collapses at Mons 2015 | VRT NWS: news". VRTNWS. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
18. Future, Rethinking The (29 July 2017). "Arne Quinze 's Wonderful Wooden Art Uchronia". RTF | Rethinking The Future. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
19. Vincent (31 August 2008). "Cityscape wooded sculpture by Arne Quinze". BrusselsPictures.com. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
20. arxxi_admin (16 September 2024). "Arne Kinze- umetnikovi vrtovi u arhitektonskom tkivu gradova ⋆ ARXXITEKTURA". ARXXITEKTURA. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
21. "Neue Details über die Trennung". gala.de (in German). 7 November 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
22. "The untamed nature of Arne Quinze". www.ft.com. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.

External links

• The work of Arne Quinze