Wim Delvoye is a conceptual artist whose artistic strategy combines provocation, humour and critical irony. Known for his tattooed pigs, his religious motifs and especially his digestive machine 'Cloaca', he challenges the conventional patterns of behaviour and value systems prevailing in our consumer society.
Delvoye participated in documenta 9 in Kassel in 1992 and represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale in 1999. Since then, his work has been shown in numerous national and international exhibitions, including the Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne in Paris in 2000, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York in 2002, the Musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva in 2005 and the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia in 2009.
