Born in 1941, Aalten, Netherlands
Lives and works in Ferwerd, Friesland, Netherlands



Solo exhibitions
2003 		Mijn Heyboer-tijd met Hannes van Es, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beesterzwaag, Netherlands
2011		Words to be framed, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam


Group exhibitions		
1972 		Galerie im Goethe Institut, Amsterdam 						
1972 		Bathiliem Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

1973 		Galerie im Goethe Institut, Amsterdam

1974 		Galerie im Goethe Institut, Amsterdam 		

1982 		Van Reekummuseum, Apeldoorn. Netherlands  
1982 		ICA, Antwerpen 		

1992		Fodor Museum, Amsterdam		

1998 		Artists for Tibet, Amsterdam 		

2003 		Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beesterzwaag, Netherlands 		
2003   		Biennale van Venetië, Utopia Station

2007   		Cumulus, Kunstruimte NP40, Amsterdam, curator Marieke Bolhuis

2008		Kasteel Nienoord, Leek, Netherlands		

2011		Kunstruimte Wagemans, Nw Annerveen, Netherlands	

2013		The Temptation of AA Bronson, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2013		Onmogelijke Kunst op Solder, Museum8 in Ons LieveHeer op Solder, Amsterdam

2014		UMCG / Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, with Ids Ferwoud

2015		Postcards are to be looked at, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 
2015		RongWrong/Amsterdam, solo booth at Brussels Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2015		Anarchic Situation, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag, Netherlands, curated by Marc Bijl

2016		Imagine Europe - In Search of New Narratives, BOZAR / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium

2018		100 Days Beuys - events and speakers on Joseph Beuys, Ferwerd, Friesland, Netherlands 

2020		Tomorrow's Language, 34 works by Louwrien Wijers spread throughout the city of Groningen, Netherlands

Events
2013		Lacing Buddhist Threads in Contemporary Art, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2013		Onmogelijke kunst op solder - Museumnacht, Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder, Amsterdam

	
Journals and newspapers	 		
1960-1963     	editor's board, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, Groningen         		
1963-1964     	employee GPD, Londen 		
1964-1964     	employee GPD, Parijs 		
1965-1966     	editor's board, Het Parool, Amsterdam 		
1966-1967     	editor's board, Geïllustreerde Pers, Amsterdam 		
1964-1965     	employee Hitweek, Amsterdam 		
1965-1978     	employee Museum Journaal, Amsterdam 		
1967-1969     	employee Algemeen Handelsblad - Supplement, Amsterdam 		
1986-1997     	employee Het Financieele Dagblad - Kunstkroniek, Amsterdam 	


Biblography, publications 		
1979		Ben d'Armagnac praat met Louwrien Wijers, Brooklyn Museum / Louwrien Wijers - New York / Amsterdam, interview
1979		Vito Acconci talks to Louwrien Wijers, Arnhem, interview
1980		Joseph Beuys talks to Louwrien Wijers, Arnhem, interview
1981		Andy Warhol talks to Louwrien Wijers, Toronto, Canada, interview
1982		H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet talks to Louwrien Wijers, Arnhem, interview 		
1983		Science and Spirituality, Amsterdam (in English)			
1984		Science and Spirituality, Stuttgart/Tokyo (in German and Japanese)	 		
1985		Art, Science, Spirituality (catalogus 'Zugehend auf eine Biennale des Friedens'), Hamburg, Germany 	 		
1990		'Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy', The Hague, Netherlands
1992		'Schreiben als Plastik 1978-1987, Berlin, Germany 
1995		Ben d'Armagnac 1940-1978, Amsterdam, monography 	         	        
1996		Writing as Sculpture 1978-1987, London, England 			
1996		Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy, 'From Competition to Compassion', Academy Editions, London, England  		   
2000		'Satori', Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver, Wuppertal, Germany, cat.	     		   
2000		Three Turnings of the Wheel, Dalai Lama, New Delhi, India, hand written publication	 		  
2000		Dagboek India 2000, IJmuiden, Netherlands 		
2001		Sacred Music, Hiroshima-Miyajima, Japan (handgeschreven publicatie) 
2002		Compassionate Economy, New Delhi, India (handgeschreven publicatie)	  	       
2006		Compassionate Economy, Tibet House, New Delhi, India (boek)		      
2007		Beeldpublicatie, Point d'Ironie van Agnes B., Parijs   	
2007		Yutaka Matsuzawa 'talks' to Louwrien Wijers, AIDA, Tokyo, voor Documenta Kassel
2016		De Saint uit de Himalaya's van New York, Roos van der Lint, De Groene Amsterdammer, 7 september


Interview

2016		Art Meets Science and Spirituality in a Changing Economy, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium


DVDs 	
1990		15 parts video series of interviews with panel members in 'Art meets Science and  Spiritualty in a changing Economy', Amsterdam
1992		5 parts video series of dialogues in panel 'Art meets Science and Spirituality in a changing Economy', New York, U.S.A.
2003		'1973', slide series 'Mijn Heyboertijd met Hannes van Es', free jazz trompet Toshinori Kondo, Beetsterzwaag, Netherlands
2007		Video portrait John Cage and sound portrait Allan Kaprow, 'Happening' Mediamatic, Amsterdam