Koen Vanmechelen was born in 1965 in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, and lives and works in Meeuwen. His artistic career revolves around the theme of the chicken and the egg: these symbols connect Vanmechelen’s art to scientific, political, philosophical, and ethical issues.
Koen Vanmechelen
Bio
Collective Memory, 2019
Encyclopedia of Human Rights, LABIOMISTA (comparative DNA sequence analysis of the Mechelse Padovana – CCP23), glass
Variable dimensions (installation)
Glasstress 2019
![](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/1995/12/32A1697_1.jpg)
Black Medusa, 2015
Glass, bronze
Ø 50 x 88 cm
Glasstress 2019, Glasstress Ptuj Slovenija, Glasstress Boca Raton, Glasstress 2015
![Koen Vanmechelen - Black Medusa](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/black-medusa.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - Black Medusa](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/black-medusa1.jpg)
Protected Paradise, 2017
Fiberglass, glass, bronze, recycled material, marble
approx. 1200 x 1000 x 600 cm
Glasstress 2017
![](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/1995/12/432A0064.jpg)
![](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/1995/12/432A0070.jpg)
Coming World, 2017
Marble, gold leaf, recycled plastic, steel
85 x 110 x 65 cm
Glasstress 2017
![](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/1995/12/432A0085.jpg)
The Awakener / Life Bank Project, 2015
Glass, bronze
Variable dimensions
Glasstress Ptuj Slovenija
![](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/1995/12/4.jpg)
![](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/1995/12/1.jpg)
Protected Paradise – C.C.P., 2015
Stainless steel, taxidermic falcon, glass, LED lighting
274 x 102 x 50 cm
Glasstress Boca Raton
![Koen Vanmechelen - Protected Paradise](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Koen-Vanmechelen_Protected-Paradise-C.C.P._Francesco-Allegretto.jpg)
Under My Skin – C.C.P., 2013
Chicken skin and feathers (Mechelse – CCP15), glass, metallic print on glass, stainless steel, gold leaves
Variable dimensions
Glasstress 2013
![Koen Vanmechelen - Under my Skin CCP](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MG_1017.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - Under my Skin CCP](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MG_0828.jpg)
The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (C.C.P.), 2011
Mixed media
Variable dimensions
Glasstress 2011
![Koen Vanmechelen - The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MG_4623.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MG_4608.jpg)
The Walking Egg, 1989
Glass, steel
70 x 156 x 58 cm
Glasstress 2011, Glasstress Stockholm
![Koen Vanmechelen - The Walking Egg](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MG_7190.jpg)
Egg Cord, 2009
Glass
Variable dimensions
Glasstress 2011, Glasstress Beirut, Glasstress Ptuj Slovenija
![Koen Vanmechelen - Egg Cord](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Koen-Vanmechelen-Egg-Cord-2007.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - Egg Cord](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Untitled-1.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - Egg Cord](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Koen-Vanmechelen_egg-cord.jpg)
I 1, 2011
Glass
Variable dimensions
Glasstress Beirut
![Koen Vanmechelen - l 1](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/I1.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - l 1 (side)](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/I1-side.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - l 1 (down)](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/I1-down.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - l 1](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/I1-installazione.jpg)
Entwined, 2011
Glass
20 x 30 x 25 cm
Glasstress New York
![Koen Vanmechelen - Entwined](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Entwined.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - Entwined](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Vanmechelen_ENTWINED.jpg)
The Accident, 2005
Glass, Mechelse Bresse stuffed, iron, rope, wood
60 x 35 x 45 cm
Glasstress 2009
![Koen Vanmechelen - The Accident](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DSC0057.jpg)
![Koen Vanmechelen - The Accident](http://glasstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DSC0070.jpg)