| °23 January 1976, Ukkel | |
| 1995 -1999 | studies painting, Hogeschool St- Lukas, Brussels |
| 1998 | studies fine art, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montpellier, France |
| 1993 -1997 | studies painting, Académie des Beaux Arts d’Anderlecht, Brussels |
| 2000 – 2003 | Higher Institute for Fine Arts, (HISK) Antwerp |
| Lives and works in Brussels |
| 2018 | Summer Perspectives, curated by Frederik Vergaert, Hosted by Mimi Huys, Knokke (BE) Lichtung, Galerie Straihammer und Seidenschwann (AUS) |
| 2017 | Effervescent, Transit Galerie, Mechelen (BE) |
| 2016 | Pareidolie, galerie Straihammer & Seidenschwann, Wien |
| 2015 | Summit Fever, Strabag Kunstforum, Wien, Strabag Kunstforum Wien | read more |
| 2015 | Le Mont Analogue. De Garage, Mechelen (B) |
| 2014 | Tablatuur, Galerie Transit Mechelen |
| 2013 | Interpunctions, YIA Young International Artists,Bastille Design Center. Paris |
| 2011 | De logica van de mierenhoop, galerie Transit, Mechelen |
| 2009 | Landscape on Table, Galerie Transit, Mechelen Ben jij dat op die berg van rijst?, De Bond, Brugge |
| 2008 | Behind the wall there’s a mop for every day II, Kulak, Kortrijk City project, Sint Joost Ten Node |
| 2007 | ‘Troubler les lointains‘ – Transit, Mechelen solo show, Art Brussels 2007,galerie Transit, Mechelen |
| 2004 | St- Lukas gallery, Brussels |
| 2002 | Galerie C. De Vos, Aalst |
| 2021 | ZW-ART, galerie Transit Mechelen | |
| 2020 | Faculty Club, Leuven De Wonderbare Visvangst – een dialoog, galerie Transit MechelenTry to September, galerie Transit Mechelen | |
| 2015 | groupshow, galerie Straihammer & Seidenschwann, Wien | |
| 2015 | A fraction too much Friction, Ermias Kifleyesus, Sofie Haesaerts, Virginie bailly, galerie d’Apostrof, Meigem (B) | |
| 2015 | Another Dream, Another Sense, Another Mind, KUL, Leuven. Curated by Filip Luyckx (B) | |
| 2015 | De toets van de schilder, Biennal of Painting, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek,(B) Curated by Wim Lammertijn. | |
| 2014 | Biënnale van de schilderkunst 2014, ‘De toets van de schilder‘, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek | |
| 2012 | – Brisure, Belfius, Brussel. Curated by Stef Vanbellingen (B) – Schriftuur, De Bond, Brugge. Curated by Michel de Wilde (B) – LandscapesCitiesPeople, Netwerk, Aalst. Curated by Frank Maes (B) – Manifestaanwezig! Kasteel Oud-Rekem. Curated bij Annemie Van Laethem (B) | |
| 2011 | – Tender Buttons, Overpoort, Gent, 1-6/12/2011 – We’re hear to stay, De Maan, Mechelen – Virginie Bailly – Dominique Leroy (B) tijdens D.ART, het kunstluik van de DijlefeestenMechelen, 29/6 – 3/7/2011 – Mars op Oostende, PMMK Oostende – Boventonen en Donderklanken, Dominique Leroy- Virginie Bailly,Onze-Lieve-Vrouw church, Mechelen (B) | |
| 2010 | – DesRives- Ontdubbeling, Dominique Leroy – Virginie Bailly, curated by Marina Pirot, Nantes (F) – Art in the City, Off show – Art Brussels 2010, Egmontpark, Brussels (B) – group show le Corp à l’Oeuvre, l’Oeuvre au Corps, organised by Images Passages, Annecy, France (F) | |
| 2009 | – Landschappelijk, Roger Raveel museum, Deinze (B) – Fading, curated by Sven Vanderstichelen, museum Elsene (B) | FR B |
| 2008 | Sint-Joost en de engelen, temporary sound installation, place Saint-Josse – collaboration with the poet Cécilia Hansson, organised by Het Beschrijf (B) Willy De Sauter – Virginie Bailly , Be-Part, Waregem (B) Behind The Wall, China European Artcenter, Xiamen, China | B CN B |
| 2007 | Pushing the Canvas, De Garage, Mechelen Virginie Bailly, Nicolas Guiot, Kristin Posehn, Isabelle Hayeur and Eric Raymond, Netwerk/centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Aalst (B) Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst/Jeune Peinture Belge, Bozar, Brussel | B B B |
| 2006 | Wat is/wat zou kunnen, W139, Amsterdam, curated by Ann De Meester and Kristof Van Gestel. ‘HISK. An Act of Presence’, Museumpaviljoen MSK, Leopoldskazerne, Charles de Kerchovelaan 187a, Gent, 25 – 29 october ‘Wild Vlees/Vers Bloed‘, Cultuurcentrum Hasselt, Kunstlaan 5, B-3500 Hasselt, van 9 september t/m 12 november 2006 ‘Leefijdgenoten‘, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen a.d Leie, 3 september – 19 november 2006 ‘Factura’, 8/12/2006 -14 /01/2007, De Markten, Brussels Freestate, Militair hospitaal, Bredene (B) | NL B B B B |
| 2005 | ‘And She Was’, with Vika Bigalska, Sara Claes, Stefanie Trojan, Marilou van Lierop, Transit Gallery, Mechelen Naked Cities, Virginie Bailly(B) – Jochen Mühlenbrink(G), One Twenty gallery, Ghent Speelhoven,Espace/escape Aarschot. Ward Denys, Michel Aubry, David Neirinckx, Angelo Vermeulen, Latifa Echakhch, Fransje Killaars, Jean-Philippe Antoine, Gunter Selichar, Virginie Bailly and Nicolas Guiot. Curated by Isabelle Devisscher-lemaitre (F) and Etienne Van Den Bergh (B) Virginie Bailly (B) – Jochem Mühlenbrink,(D) John Timberlake (GB), The Agency Gallery, London. Artuatuca 2005, Virginie Bailly, Renato Nicolodi, Dirk Zoete, Pieter Vermeersch, Helmut Stallaerts, ao,Tongeren, Belgium. Curated by Paul Lambrechts (NL). Overschilderen, Virginie Bailly, Vincent Geyskens, Pieter Vermeersch, Angelo Vermeulen, ao, STUK, Leuven. Curated by Etienne Van Den Bergh Forward painting, Fik Van Gestel, Bart Vandevijvere, Janus Boudewijns, Gery Desmet, Pieter Vermeersch,…Curated by Johan Van Geluwe (B) Onder organisaties en kunstenaars, part two: Paul Casaer – Virginie Bailly. Z33, Freespace, Hasselt Onder organisaties en kunstenaars, part one, Z33, Freespace, Hasselt | B B B GB B B B B B |
| 2004 | The sublime was yesterday,Virginie Bailly – Ward Denys, Tijdelijke Kunst – Zone, Ghent. Curated by Guy Bovyn (B) | B |
| 2003 | Point de vue – organised landscape, Virginie Bailly – Fanny Zaman, FLACc Genk Pink perfection, Virginie Bailly, Janus Boudewijns, Katrien Vermeir, Ria Verhaeghe, C.C. Belgica, Dendermonde. Curated by Edith Doove OUT, laureates from the HISK, Elzenveld, Antwerp. Curated by Theo Tegelaers (NL) | B B B |
| 2002 | Point info Bruxelles, Virginie Bailly, Kristof Floré, Liesbeth Marit, Mira Sanders, gallery VKS, Toulouse IN/OUT, what is, for you the difference between interior and exterior architecture? Bailly Virginie – Fanny Zaman ; IN/OUT HISK Antwerp Deborah Bailly, Virginie Bailly, Wesley Meuris, STUK, Leuven Art dans la Cité (l’art à l’hopital), Paris 06-16 june: Communidad de Madrid 04- 14 july: Stadhuis Brussel, gallery Bortier, Brussels 20 sept- 03 oct : Mairie du 12e, Paris | F B B F E B F |
| 2001 | Isotherme, Isostasie, Isomorphe, Isologue, Isolé, Virginie Bailly, Susanna Ouwerkerk, Renate Spee, Aurélie Tardif, Fanny Zaman, Poort 10 HISK, Antwerp Zwarte gaten bestaan, Virginie Bailly, Paul Casaer, Pieter Bautens,Wim Wauman, ao, G.A.R.A.G.E.,Deinze. Curated by Guy Bovyn (B) | B B |
| 2000 | Gallery C. De Vos, Virginie Bailly – Betsy Vaneeckhouten, Aalst Patrick Allo, Virginie Bailly, Ilse Vanderbeken, Wesley Meuris; gallery l’Usine; Brussels Rizoom, in collaboration with Côté KaNal, Brussels vwa püblik, Ithaka 2000; Leuven Gaverprijs 2000, Cultureel Centrum, Waregem | B B B B B |
| 1999 | Regard 7 Zicht, galleryl’Usine, Brussels Laureatententoonstelling, St- Lukas gallery, Brussels Whivimukow – Misjesbak, St- Lukas, EHSAL,Brussels | B B B |
| 1997 | Salon des Jeunes Artistes Crédit Communal, Passage 44, Brussels | B |
Talens prijs 1999
Gaverprijs 2000 (nomination)
2003 : Workshop ASK ! De Loge,organised by Bart verschaffel – Wouter Davidts. Deborah Bailly, Virginie Bailly, Floris Dehantschutter
2002-‘06 : Integration of a light sculpture ,Bevrijdingsplein, Halle (Brussels) ; Virginie Bailly, Roland Piffet ( architect), Rolf Vansteenwegen (engineer-architect)
2001: wall painting (120 m2), Gemeenschaps Centrum Nekkersdal, Brussels
2001: project, l’art à l’hôpital, Art dans la Cité, Paris, Virginie Bailly – Catherine Claeyé, Installation, children’s hospital AZ VUB, Brussels
2000: Ecrivains en ville, wall painting (220 x 600 cm.) in collaboration with Brussels 2000
– Brisure, Belfius, Brussel. 2012
– Schriftuur, De Bond, Brugge. 2012
– 5 jaar Be-Part, 2010
– Fading, 2009
– Jeune Peinture Belge, 2007
– Pushing the canvas, 2007
– ‘Het licht van zwart’, (H)ART #16, 2007
– Factura, De Markten, 2006
– Wild vlees, De Doos, Hasselt, 2006
– Leeftijdgenoten, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, 2006
– Report of an ongoing journey, W139, Amsterdam, 2006
– Platform Beeldende Kunst Limburg, Freespace 2005-’06
– Platform Beeldende Kunst Limburg, Freespace 2004-’05
– Escape/Espace, Speelhoven 9, Aarschot, 2005
– Artuatuca 2005, Tongeren, 2005
– Overschilderen, Kunstencentrum STUK, Leuven
– Platform Beeldende Kunst Limburg, Freespace 2003-’04
– Jaarcatalogus van het FLACc, Genk, 2004
– Deus Ex Machina, over het werk van Virginie Bailly, 2004
– Beeldpleister(s), zestien artistiek gemanipuleerde plaatsen in Brussel, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Brussel/Bruxelles, 2004
– St- Lukas galerie Brussel, Tijdschrift nr.1, 2004
– Oorsprong, De Brakke Grond Vlaams Cultuurhuis., Amsterdam, 2003
– Pink Perfection, CC Belgica, Dendermonde, 2003
– OUT, laureatententoonstelling HISK, 2003
– ‘de submediale argwaan’, De Witte Raaf nr. 92, 2001
– Isotherme, Isostasie, Isomorphe, Isologue, Isolé, HISK, Antwerpen, 2001
– Ithaka 2000, Leuven, 2000
– Laureaten tentoonstelling St- Lukas galerie Brussel, Tijdschrift nr.1, 1999
– Whivimukow – Misjesbak, Brussel/Bruxelles, 1999