Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Red Rope on Pink Table, 1994–2014.
Photo: Joëlle Tuerlinckx, courtesy and © the artist. Commissioned by Manifesta 10,
St. Petersburg, with the support of the Flemish authorities
Born in 1958 in Brussels, Belgium
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium
Joëlle Tuerlinckx’s work includes many artist’s books and performances in addition to exhibitions held in gallery or museum spaces. She is featured in Edition V of the Netherlands-based performance-art project If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution (2013–2014). Recent solo shows have been held at Haus der Kunst, Munich (2013); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Palacio de Cristal, Madrid (2009); Generali Foundation, Vienna (2008); and as a part of the Museum of Modern Art, New York’s Library Council editions (2007), among others. Her work was also included in Documenta 11 (2002). Tuerlinckx has taught at the École de Recherche Graphique in Brussels, at HEAD, Geneva, Switzerland, and at the Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, the Netherlands. She was a laureate of the Fernand Baudin Prize for book design (2011) and the Cultuurprijs Vlaanderen Beeldende Kunst (2009).