biographical data
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TOON VAN ISHOVEN

°Antwerp, Belgium, 3/11/68

address: De Braekeleerstraat 10, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
tel: +32(0)3/288 68 86 - mobile: +32(0)496/24 45 45
e-mail: artoon@telenet.be
website: www.toonvanishoven.be

education

- 1986, H.Pius X-Institute Antwerp, Classic Languages
- 1987, Communal Academy of Fine Arts Kontich, Graphic Art
- 1987, U.F.S.I.A., Philosophy
- 1991, Hoger Sint-Lukas Instituut Brussel, Graphic Design(g.o.)
- 1992, Hoger Sint-Lukas Instituut Brussel, Scenography
- 1992, Sint Lukas-Hogere Leergangen, Pedagogy
- 1998, Hogeschool Antwerpen Dep. Dram. Kunsten, postgraduate Theaterdesign (g.o.)
- movement-/theatertrainings and workshops with Open Living Theateropleiding, Jill Sigman(N.Y.) (American Modern Dance), Pe Vermeersch (Butoh), Marie De Corte (Contemporary Dance ), Caro Lambert (Body Weather Work), Inge Vanden Eynde (Tai chi)

 

activities

- scenography, graphic design and/or videoprojection-design for Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg, Open Living Theater, Cultureel Centrum Berchem, Spiltheater, Marc Bogaerts (chor.)-Berlijn, Ballet Gulbenkian-Portugal, Stijn Celis (chor.), Dansacademie Rotterdam, Theater Het Gevolg, Monty, KVS/De Bottelarij, Publiekstheater Gent a.o.

- visiting teacher at Higher Dance Institute Lier, Dance Academy Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

 

performances

- 1996: The Plot , Max Couper, MuHKA, Antwerp
- 1996: Moving City, performers-collectief, Antwerp / Brussels
- 1997: Still Life, choreography: Jill Sigman, Citadelpark, Ghent
- 1997: Cubehead, installation+performance, Halls of Schaarbeek, Brussels
- 1998: Maatwerk,choreography: Marie De Corte, Antwerp
- 1998: Top.play, videotheatre, Antwerp
- 1999: De Keering, performance for Beweeging 3, curator: Marc Vanrunxt, production: De Beweeging, Antwerp
- 1999: De Man in de Boot, directed by: Niek Kortekaas, production: Monty, Antwerpen
- 2000: Performance, choreography: Marc Vanrunxt, production: Hyena-Kunst/Werk, De Beweeging, Antwerp

 

scenography and/or visuals (selection)

- 1991: Verslag aan een Academie, author: Franz Kafka, director: Netty Vangheel, Open Living Theater
- 1992: Leven en Dood van het Water, director: Walter Tillemans, Ensemble KNS-Raamteater
- 1992: Dag Dooie Pa, author: John MacKay, director: Walter Tillemans
- 1992: De Koning Sterft, author: Eugène Ionesco, director: Marc Debisschop
- 1994: Schemerzoone, director: Netty Vangheel
- 1998: Top.play, director: Toon Van Ishoven
- 2000: Toreadors, author: Jean-Marie Piemme, director: Ignace Cornelissen, Het Gevolg
- 2001: All Mine, choreography: Alexandra Meijer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2002: Beneath the surface, choreography: Marie De Corte
- 2003: Don Juan, director: Ignace Cornelissen, Het Gevolg
- 2003: Veldslag voor een man alleen, Tom Lanoye, scenography: Niek Kortekaas, dramaturgy: Jan Goossens, music: Paul Mennes, prod. KVS/Publiekstheater/NV Lanoye
- 2004: Made of Steel, choreography: Alexandra Meijer, Rotterdam (Lantaren/Venster), The Netherlands and on location in Ostend and Antwerp
- 2005: Norway.today, director: Ianka Fleerackers, Het Gevolg

 

group exhibitions (selection)

- 1998: Beweeging 3, happening, Cultureel Centrum Berchem, Antwerp
- 1999: Beweeging 4 - Light Matters, De Beweeging, Antwerp
- 2000: Walk-on, 20/60 Vision Gallery, Antwerp
- 2000: Toreadors, scenography/installation, Het Gevolg, director: Ignace Cornelissen, site-specific, Turnhout
- 2000: Vena (the woods cry), site-specific installation, Beukenhof-park, ÔArt in the WoodsÕ, Kontich
- 2001: Mouthmove, site-specific video-installation on squash-court, Indoor sportcenter, Antwerp
- 2001: Kama & Sutra, video-installation, Venetian Galleries and site-specific outdoor constructions, Ostend
- 2001: A l'innovation, multimedia parcours, production: De Beweeging, Antwerp
- 2001: Embodiment, multimedia-exhibition, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2003: Moving Arts Festival, festival presenting innovating combinations of movement art and multi-media art, Tilburg, The Netherlands

 

one-man exhibitions

- 1998: Crowds, paintings-installation, Institute for Demography, Louvain-la-Neuve
- 1999: Transito, video-installation/paintings/performance, Altena-chapel, Kontich
- 2002: lost self, environment, Galerie Annette De Keyser, Antwerp
- 2003: homo domesticus, interactive environment, Galerie Fst Forward, Antwerp

 

bibliography

- ELS STUBBE e.a., Embodiment, catalogus, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, 2001
- KRIS DEWITTE, Oorsprong, fotoboek, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, 2003
- SLAVKO KACUNKO, Closed Circuit Videoinstallationen, Logos Verlag Berlin, 2004, p. 760
- ELKE VAN CAMPENHOUT, 'Tussen droom en werkelijkheid: Toon Van Ishoven', Proscenium magazine, 8 /32, dec 2004, p.16-21