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Danny Devos (born in Vilvoorde , 1959 ) is a Belgian artist whose work involves body art and performance art and a fascination with true crime .
Since 1979 he has done over 100 performances and made several sculptural installations depicting violence, crime and murder. Since 1987 he has been corresponding with serial killers like Freddy Horion and Michel Bellen in Belgium and John Wayne Gacy in the USA.
In 1981 he founded the artist initiative Club Moral with Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven.
Club Moral is also a pioneer noise band until today.
Solo Exhibitions
In Memory of Ed Gein 1987 Belgium's Most Bizarre Artist 1989 De Moorden in Ruimte Morguen 1991 True Crime Art 1991 The Red Spider of Katowice 1993 De Wurger (The Strangler) 1994 De Vampier van Muizen 1994 Daders van Dodingen (Perpetrators of Death) 1996 Ons Geluk (with Luc Tuymans ) 1997 Speech Regained 2000 Thai Boy Slim 2000
Group Exhibitions Untitled (Ruimte Z) 1979 1980 (ICC) 1980 Van Drang tot Dwang (Club Moral) 1983 De Dood (K4) 1984 Automobiënnale (Middelheim) 1985 Antichambres 1986 Het Onding Kunst (Stalker) 1988 Wahrheit und Dichtung (Galerie Maerz) 1989 Prime Time (w139) 1989 Woord en Beeld (MuHKA) 1992 Wunschmaschinen (WUK/Wolkersdorf) 1993 Transfer (Gent/Recklinghausen/Charleroi) 1994 De Rode Poort (SMAK) 1996 Beeldberichten (KMSKA) 1996 Alter Ego (Silpakorn University) 1999 The Divine Comedy (Fort Asperen) 1999 Pauvre Nous (Factor 44) 2004
External links DDV (http://www.clubmoral.com/ddv/ )