Jan Lauwers (Antwerp, 1957) is an artist who works in just about every medium. Over the last twenty years he has become best known for his pioneering work for the stage with Needcompany, which was founded in Brussels in 1986. Over the years he has also built up a substantial body of art work which was shown in an exhibition at BOZAR (Brussels) in 2007.

At the request of the curator Luk Lambrecht, Jan Lauwers took part in the Grimbergen 2002 exhibition together with 8 other artists (including Thomas Schütte, Lili Dujourie, Job Koelewijn, Atelier Van Lieshout, Jan De Cock and Ann Veronica Janssens).
In spring 2006 his work was included in the DARK exhibition at the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam.
In 2007 Jan Lauwers had his first solo exhibition RESTLESSNESS at BOZAR (Brussels), curated by Jérôme Sans (former director of Palais de Tokyo, now at the UCCA). To accompany this exhibition he also compiled the first book to focus on his art work from 1996 to 2006. At the Artbrussels art fair (2007), Lauwers was invited to make a site-specific work for BOZAR.
Deconstructions are composed of elements from Jan Lauwers’ art work. These museum installations have already been shown at BOZAR (Brussels) and the haus der kunst (Munich) in 2007.
Luk Lambrecht has invited Jan Lauwers to take part in Down to Earth, a group exhibition of ceramics at Strombeek cultural centre, which includes work by Ann Veronica Janssens, Heimo Zobernig, Atelier Van Lieshout, Lawrence Weiner, Kurt Ryslavy and Manfred Pernice.

In May 2009 Jérôme Sans invited Jan Lauwers to exhibit at Galerie Bleich-Rossi at Curated by_vienna 09. Curated bybrought 18 Viennese contemporary art galleries together with international curators.

Jan Lauwers on BAM (Flemish institute for visual, audiovisual and media art): www.bamart.be/persons/detail/en/483#