*1977 Neuchâtel, Switzerland 1993-94 Art School de Meuron, Neuchâtel 1994 École d´Art Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2000 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

2015 Léopold Rabus, Michael Haas, Berlin (DE) 2013 Soloproject, Jacobshalle Basel (CH) 2012 Tiré d'une histoire vraie – Based on a true story, AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels 2011 Art Brussels, « Mallorca » AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels 2010 Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, Germany Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland GEM, Museum voor actuele Kunst, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands 2009 Entre différence et complicité, Léopold & Till Rabus, Galerie ADLER, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2008 Feu Pompon, Kabinettausstellung, Dommuseum zu Salzburg, Austria Ma région, mon oeuvre, OSRAM ART PROJECTS | GALLERY, Munich, Germany (curated by Dr. Christian Schoen) 2007 Mon camerade et mon ami, Basta Espace d'Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland Artrepco, Zürich, Switzerland Du pain pour les oiseaux, Galerie Adler, New York, USA 2006 Rigueur et fermeté, Collections de Saint-Cyprien, Saint Cyprien, France (with Till Rabus, cat) 2005 Scope Miami, featured artist mit Galerie Adler Léopold Rabus & Pat Andrea, Galerie Artdirekt, Bern, Switzerland (with Pat Andrea) 2004 Elevation, Galerie Artrepco, Zurich, Switzerland Scène Sainte, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Léopold Rabus & Virginie Morillo, Galerie Artdirekt, Bern, Switzerland (with Virginie Morillo) 2003 Galerie Une, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 2002 Galerie des Amis D´Art, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 2001 Centre d´Art en Face, Porrentruy, Switzerland

2014 Optima mihi in chartis, Galerie Römerapotheke, Zurich (CH) Prendre le temps d'un morceau d'Odalisque, AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels; Sept. 12 – Oct. 25 Les Rabus chez Gabus, Montalchez (CH), Sept. – Oct. Galerie Sébastien Planas, Perpignan (F) Art Brussels, AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels Full House : 100 artists, AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels The Red Queen, MONA – Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania (AU) 2013 YIA – Young International Artist artfair, Espace Commines, Paris A la recherche de la bohème perdue, CAN, Centre d'Art de Neuchâtel (CH) Under Realism, A cent mètres du centre du monde, Art Center, Perpignan (F) Les sous-réalistes, La Plomberie, Epinal (F) Signs of the Times, Le Carré Sainte-Anne, Montpellier (F) curated by Richard Leydier The Red Queen, MONA – Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania (AU) Viewing Room, All Visual Arts, London (UK) La Chaux-de-Fonds Biennale, La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH) 2012 YIA - Young International Artist Artfair, Bastille Design Center, Paris Landschaftsgänger - Parrotta Contemporary Art - Stuttgart (D) Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Being - All Visual Arts, London (UK) Überall und nirgends, Werke aus der Sammlung Reydan Weiss, Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf (DE) Take My Soul - EXPRMNTL Galerie, Toulouse (F) 2011 Thrill, Ancienne Douane, Strasbourg (F) The Rabus go West, Cueto Project, New York (USA) Arc-en-ciel, Galerie vom Zufall und vom Glück, Hannover (DE) Monanism, MONA – Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania (AU) 2010 Renate, Alex, Léopold et Till Rabus, Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, France Collection 3, Fondation Salomon pour l'art contemporain, Alex, France Young Collectors #2, Sign, Groningen, The Netherlands 2009 Open, Soya Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia La famille Rabus, Gallery Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium Run, Jump and Throw - Leichtathletik in der internationalen zeitgenössischen Kunst, Berliner Rathaus, Berlin, Germany Die Rabus Familie, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria La famille Rabus, Gallery Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium 2008 XXth Century, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, The Netherlands Junge Schweizer Malerei, Kunstraum Baden, Baden, Switzerland Soul mirrors, Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (with Andrea Lehmann and Tassos Misouras) Deadly Serious, EXPRMNTL Galerie, Toulouse, France (curated by Jérôme Jacobs (with Ryuta Amae, Shadi Ghadirian, John Isaacs , Kahn & Selesnick, Dominic McGill, Yoshua Okon, Gavin Turk a. o.) Figuration de l'imaginaire, Centre d'art contemporain Raymond Farbos de Mont de Marsan, Mont de Marsan, France When fears become form, CAN Centre d'Art Neuchatel, Switzerland (with Virginie Barré, Olaf Breuning, John Isaacs) Beijing International Art Biennial, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China Glückliche Tage?, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland 2007 The teardrop explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, A CONVERSATIONS: peinture.fr // maalaus.fi, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, Finland Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland The new story – imaginary figurative art of painting, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands Max Lang, New York, USA (curated by Wolfgang Schoppmann) 100 Days 100 Videos, GL Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark Peinture(s) / Génération 70, Fondation Salomon, Château D'Arenthon, Alex, France (cat.) Pat Andrea en collegae/leerlingen, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, The Netherlands 2006 100 Days 100 Videos, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Replacing Mashkov - Recent acquisitions, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands (with Daniel Richter, David Schnell, Matthias Weilscher, Immendorf, Lüpertz, Knoebel, Stella) La famille Rabus, Galerie des Amis D´Art, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 'Happy Believers', 7. Werkleitz Biennale, Halle / Saale, Germany (cat.) 'Swiss Art Awards', Basel, Switzerland Birdwatching, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, The Netherlands 'Blessed are the merciful', Feigen Contemporary, New York City, USA (curated by Jerome Jacobs) 2005 Premio Lissone 2005, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, Italy Contemporary European Painting Award 2005, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece 'Playtime', Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium Mysterium', Galerie Artrepco, Zurich (with Andréa Hasler, Léopold Rabus, Virginie Morillo, Matt Franks, Raphael Hefti), Switzerland 'rewind – die neuen Alten', Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany (cat.) 'boost in the shell', Cutural Center of Bruges, Belgium (with Jake & Dinos Chapman, John Isaacs, Bruce Nauman, Bill Viola, Shirin Neshat a.o., curated by Michel Dwilde/Jerome Jacobs, cat.) 'after nature', Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium 2004 Galerie Une, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 2003 Museum La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 2001 Centre d´Art en Face, Porrentruy, Switzerland Galerie Une, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Antico Monastero, Bellinzona, Switzerland 2000 Galerie Une, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 1999 Galerie Lambelet, Le Landeron, Switzerland Biennale La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Galerie des Amis D´Art, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

2006 Eidgenössicher Wettbewerb für Kunst / Swiss Art Award, Basel, Switzerland 2005 Premio Lissone 2005, Italy

Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Neuchâtel, Switzerland Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart (MONA), Tasmania, Australia Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Spanbroek, The Netherlands Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, MUDAM, Luxembourg Collection David Beitzel, New York, USA JoMo Art Collection, Belgium Collection Julius Bär, Zurich, Switzerland Private collection Anna and Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany Collection Alexander Hoorn, Leiden, Netherlands Collection Asante, Switzerland Collection Olbricht, Essen, Germany Osram Collection, Munich, Germany Collection Pieter and Marieke Sanders, Aerdenhout, The Netherlands Fondation pour l'art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, France Schmidt collection , Zürich , Switzerland Alain Servais, Brussels, Belgium Wolfgang Schoppmann, Germany Philippe & Michele Lévy, F The Azibert collection, France Cookie & Cedric Liénard de Jeude, Brussels Collection Joshua P. Smith, Washington, USA Reydan Weiss, Essen, Germany Zabludowicz Art Trust, London, UK Ella , Aedan & Dariya Casimiro collection, B/Russia

"Léopold Rabus" Edited by Doede Hardeman, Texts (German, English, French, Dutch) by Markus Stegmann, interview with the artist by Joël Vacheron Graphic designed by Maarten Evenhuis, approx. 160 pages, 136 ills., 114 color ills., 2 foldouts, 24,2 x 30,7 cm, clothbound 2009, Hatje Cantz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7757-2546-0 Can be purchased through Adler Contemporary mail@galerieadler.com