Arne Quinze

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]

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]

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.

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]

• 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