Philippe Geluck 필립그뤽
Philippe Geluck was born in 1954 in Brussels, Belgium. In 1983 he created Le Chat ("The Cat"), a punning, expressionless, human-sized cat in a suit whose absurd reasonings first appeared as a strip in the Belgian evening newspaper Le Soir, where it ran until 2013 and became an iconic figure of French-speaking Belgian humor. Over more than four decades, Le Chat has grown from a newspaper strip into a wide-ranging body of work spanning comics, painting, bronze and public sculpture, and museum collaborations, carrying Geluck's philosophy of using humor to look at art, politics, and everyday life with a light but pointed touch.
Geluck has been received by heads of state and royalty on several occasions in connection with Le Chat's public presence in Europe, including audiences with Belgium's King Philippe, France's First Lady Brigitte Macron, Monaco's Prince Albert II, and Belgium's former King Albert II. He has collaborated with major cultural figures and institutions, among them Karl Lagerfeld, the painter Pierre Soulages, the illustrator François Schuiten, and the painter Michaël Borremans, and Le Chat's public sculptures have been exhibited in Paris, Brussels, Monaco, Geneva, and Caen, drawing millions of visitors.
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 Yours Truly, Le Chat, Beaux-Arts Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2025–2026 Geluck Expose Le Chat, Musée Maillol, Paris, France
2025 Le Chat Déambule (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Lyon, France
2025 Le Chat à la Galerie Estades, Galerie Estades, Lyon, France
2025 Le Cat Meets Bukchon, Space Thunder, Seoul, Korea
2025 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2024 Le Chat, Breitenmoser.art Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2024 Le Chat Déambule, Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, Paris, France
2024 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2023–2024 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Brussels Royal Park, Belgium
2023 Le Chat s'Expose, Galerie Lierhmann, Belgium
2023 Le Chat s'Expose, Espace Muséal d'Andenne, Belgium
2023 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2022 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2022 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Monaco
2022 Le Cat by Philippe Geluck, AHIT Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Geneva, Switzerland
2021 LOUD BRUSSELS (Belgium Festival, with 5 other Brussels-based artists), KOTE, Seoul, Korea
2021 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Caen, France
2021 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Saint-Tropez, France
2021 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Bordeaux, France
2021 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
2020–2021 Le Chat Visite le Musée Soulages (Special Le Cat), Musée Soulages, Rodez, France
2019 Geluck & Friends, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Exposition de multiples, Imprimerie SNEL, Herstal, Belgium
2019 Art Élysée, Paris, France
2019 Tout est POP, Belgian Gallery, Namur, Belgium
2018 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Grenier à Sel, Honfleur, France
2018 Galerie du Dauphin, Honfleur, France
2018 Galerie Liehrmann, Liège, Belgium
2017 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2017 Golf de Naxhelet, Wanze, Belgium
2017 Art Élysée, Paris, France
2016 L'Art et Le Chat, Musée en Herbe, Paris, France
2016 Galartis, Lausanne, Switzerland
2016 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2015 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Art Paris, Paris, France
2015 Le Chat et les Droits de l'Homme, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
2015 Le Chat au Journal (charity auction for Fonds Erasme), Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Galerie Petits Papiers, AAF, Hong Kong
2014 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2014 Art Paris, Paris, France
2014 Drawing Now, Paris, France
2014 Mekanik Strip, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 Galerie Lierhmann, Spa, Belgium
2013 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Galerie Lierhmann, Liège, Belgium
2013 Galerie Pallade, Lyon, France
2012 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2012 L'Expo du Chat, Galerie des Petits Papiers / Lancz Gallery au Sablon / Schleiper, Brussels, Belgium
2011 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2010 Galeria Cortina, Barcelona, Spain
2010 1st Istambulles, Institut Français Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Regards Croisés sur la BD Belge, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Galerie Lansberg, Paris, France
2008 Le Chat, Salon du Livre, Paris, France
2008 La Grande Expo, Charité-sur-Loire, France
2008 Place du Chat (inauguration exhibition), Place du Chat, Hotton, Belgium
2006 La Grande Expo, Champs Libres, Rennes, France
2004 La Grande Expo, Palais du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium
2004 La Grande Expo, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France
2003 La Grande Expo (20th Anniversary Exhibition), École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
1992 Exposition du Chat, Galerie L'Art Modeste, Paris, France
1992 Exposition du Chat (dessins, planches, gouaches, sculptures et toiles acryliques), Galerie L'Art Modeste, Paris, France
1991 Première exposition personnelle du Chat, Galerie Van de Weghe, Brussels, Belgium
1982 Dessins et aquarelles, Galerie JL, Ostend, Belgium
1979 Dessins, aquarelles, objets et sculptures, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1979 Cartoonale de Knokke (Prix du Public), Knokke, Belgium
1978 Dessins et aquarelles, Galerie de Cercle, Ostend, Belgium
1974 Aquarelles, Galerie Maya, Brussels, Belgium
1973 Encrayonnements 3, Galerie Maya, Brussels, Belgium
1972 La Vénus de Milo ou les Dangers de la Célébrité, Ready Museum, Brussels / Paris / London / Milan / Copenhagen
1972 Encrayonnements 2, Galerie Maya, Brussels, Belgium
2025–2026 Geluck Expose Le Chat, Musée Maillol, Paris, France
2025 Le Chat Déambule (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Lyon, France
2025 Le Chat à la Galerie Estades, Galerie Estades, Lyon, France
2025 Le Cat Meets Bukchon, Space Thunder, Seoul, Korea
2025 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2024 Le Chat, Breitenmoser.art Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2024 Le Chat Déambule, Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, Paris, France
2024 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2023–2024 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Brussels Royal Park, Belgium
2023 Le Chat s'Expose, Galerie Lierhmann, Belgium
2023 Le Chat s'Expose, Espace Muséal d'Andenne, Belgium
2023 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2022 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2022 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Monaco
2022 Le Cat by Philippe Geluck, AHIT Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Geneva, Switzerland
2021 LOUD BRUSSELS (Belgium Festival, with 5 other Brussels-based artists), KOTE, Seoul, Korea
2021 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Caen, France
2021 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Saint-Tropez, France
2021 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Bordeaux, France
2021 Le Cat Wanders Around (20 two-meter-high sculptures), Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
2020–2021 Le Chat Visite le Musée Soulages (Special Le Cat), Musée Soulages, Rodez, France
2019 Geluck & Friends, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Exposition de multiples, Imprimerie SNEL, Herstal, Belgium
2019 Art Élysée, Paris, France
2019 Tout est POP, Belgian Gallery, Namur, Belgium
2018 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Grenier à Sel, Honfleur, France
2018 Galerie du Dauphin, Honfleur, France
2018 Galerie Liehrmann, Liège, Belgium
2017 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2017 Golf de Naxhelet, Wanze, Belgium
2017 Art Élysée, Paris, France
2016 L'Art et Le Chat, Musée en Herbe, Paris, France
2016 Galartis, Lausanne, Switzerland
2016 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2015 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Art Paris, Paris, France
2015 Le Chat et les Droits de l'Homme, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
2015 Le Chat au Journal (charity auction for Fonds Erasme), Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Galerie Petits Papiers, AAF, Hong Kong
2014 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2014 Art Paris, Paris, France
2014 Drawing Now, Paris, France
2014 Mekanik Strip, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 Galerie Lierhmann, Spa, Belgium
2013 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Galerie Lierhmann, Liège, Belgium
2013 Galerie Pallade, Lyon, France
2012 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2012 L'Expo du Chat, Galerie des Petits Papiers / Lancz Gallery au Sablon / Schleiper, Brussels, Belgium
2011 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2010 Galeria Cortina, Barcelona, Spain
2010 1st Istambulles, Institut Français Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 BRAFA, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Regards Croisés sur la BD Belge, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Galerie Lansberg, Paris, France
2008 Le Chat, Salon du Livre, Paris, France
2008 La Grande Expo, Charité-sur-Loire, France
2008 Place du Chat (inauguration exhibition), Place du Chat, Hotton, Belgium
2006 La Grande Expo, Champs Libres, Rennes, France
2004 La Grande Expo, Palais du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium
2004 La Grande Expo, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France
2003 La Grande Expo (20th Anniversary Exhibition), École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
1992 Exposition du Chat, Galerie L'Art Modeste, Paris, France
1992 Exposition du Chat (dessins, planches, gouaches, sculptures et toiles acryliques), Galerie L'Art Modeste, Paris, France
1991 Première exposition personnelle du Chat, Galerie Van de Weghe, Brussels, Belgium
1982 Dessins et aquarelles, Galerie JL, Ostend, Belgium
1979 Dessins, aquarelles, objets et sculptures, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1979 Cartoonale de Knokke (Prix du Public), Knokke, Belgium
1978 Dessins et aquarelles, Galerie de Cercle, Ostend, Belgium
1974 Aquarelles, Galerie Maya, Brussels, Belgium
1973 Encrayonnements 3, Galerie Maya, Brussels, Belgium
1972 La Vénus de Milo ou les Dangers de la Célébrité, Ready Museum, Brussels / Paris / London / Milan / Copenhagen
1972 Encrayonnements 2, Galerie Maya, Brussels, Belgium
Prizes & Achievements
NOTABLE COLLABORATION & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Karl Lagerfeld × Geluck — "Choupette's Diary," a collaborative work referencing Lagerfeld's cat Choupette, produced with Karl Lagerfeld
Christie's charity auction (2015, Brussels) — 14 participating artists including Karl Lagerfeld, Pierre Soulages, François Schuiten, Michaël Borremans, Yan Pei-Ming, Gérard Garouste, Ben, Pierre Marcolini, and Hervé Di Rosa, among others; raised €868,000, donated in full to cancer research at Hôpital Érasme, Brussels
"Chez les Pollock" (2019) — acrylic on canvas, 119 × 119 cm, sold at Christie's (Live Auction 17717, closed 20 November 2019; estimate €40,000–60,000, realized €81,250); the work wittily reimagines Jackson Pollock's drip technique as a scene in which Le Chat's family, invited to the Pollock household, is advised to "learn to eat more neatly," paying tribute to the abstract expressionist master with humor
Le Chat Museum — a major museum project in development in Brussels, centered on Le Chat expected to open in 2028
PRIZES & ACHIEVEMENTS
2017 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters), France
2009 Commandeur de l'Ordre de la Couronne (Commander of the Order of the Crown), Belgium
PUBLICATIONS
25 comic albums published since 1983, consistently released through the Belgian publisher Casterman and beloved across the French-speaking world, with the most recent, L'origine du chat (2025), maintaining the series' popularity; combined sales exceed 15 million copies.
Karl Lagerfeld × Geluck — "Choupette's Diary," a collaborative work referencing Lagerfeld's cat Choupette, produced with Karl Lagerfeld
Christie's charity auction (2015, Brussels) — 14 participating artists including Karl Lagerfeld, Pierre Soulages, François Schuiten, Michaël Borremans, Yan Pei-Ming, Gérard Garouste, Ben, Pierre Marcolini, and Hervé Di Rosa, among others; raised €868,000, donated in full to cancer research at Hôpital Érasme, Brussels
"Chez les Pollock" (2019) — acrylic on canvas, 119 × 119 cm, sold at Christie's (Live Auction 17717, closed 20 November 2019; estimate €40,000–60,000, realized €81,250); the work wittily reimagines Jackson Pollock's drip technique as a scene in which Le Chat's family, invited to the Pollock household, is advised to "learn to eat more neatly," paying tribute to the abstract expressionist master with humor
Le Chat Museum — a major museum project in development in Brussels, centered on Le Chat expected to open in 2028
PRIZES & ACHIEVEMENTS
2017 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters), France
2009 Commandeur de l'Ordre de la Couronne (Commander of the Order of the Crown), Belgium
PUBLICATIONS
25 comic albums published since 1983, consistently released through the Belgian publisher Casterman and beloved across the French-speaking world, with the most recent, L'origine du chat (2025), maintaining the series' popularity; combined sales exceed 15 million copies.