Background

Peter Buggenhout was born in 1963 in Dendermonde, East Flanders, Belgium.

Education

Peter Buggenhout studied Monumental Art at the Sint-Lucas School of Architecture, Ghent, Belgium from 1982 to 1986.

Career

Peter Buggenhout started his career as an artist and illustrator. Since the first exhibition in Belgium that took place in 1983, Buggenhout has shown his artworks in Germany, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, India, and France.

By 1990, Buggenhout abandoned painting and concentrated on sculpture. From the very beginning, he chose waste products and organic materials to be his major medium. He has created many series of works since then, including ‘The Blind Leading the Blind’, the wall-based sculptures ‘Gorgo’ with horsehair and animal blood, and ‘Mount Ventoux’ among others.

Nowadays, the artist lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. His art is represented by Konrad Fischer Gallery in Düsseldorf and Berlin and by Laurent Godin Gallery in Paris.

Achievements

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  Peter Buggenhout is considered as one of the leading artists in Belgium.
  
  In 2013, 'Eskimo Blues II' by Buggenhout was purchased at Christie's in London for $22,226.

Works

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  • On Hold #11

  • Mont Ventoux #27

  • The Blind Leading the Blind #59

  • Mute Witness #7

  • Mont Ventoux #23

  • Weke delen #2

  • Mont Ventoux #1

  • Mont Ventoux #28

  • The Blind Leading the Blind #36

  • Gorgo #25

  • Keine Ahnung #7

  • Gorgo #32

  • Mont Ventoux #22

  • Hold On

  • The Blind Leading the Blind #60

  • Gorgo #26

  • Hopen dat het nog wat groeit #2

  • On Hold #1

  • The Blind leading the Blind #34

  • Gorgo #33

Views

Peter Buggenhout once stated that his works explore the chaos of the world and the man who has his heart in his boots trying to flee the chaos.

Connections

Peter Buggenhout is married to an artist and sculptor Berlinde De Bruyckere. The family produced two sons.

Wife:

Berlinde De Bruyckere