BIOGRAPHY
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| FOLKERT DE JONG | |
| 1972 | Born in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands |
| Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Training | |
| 2008 | Founding United Artist Productions Amsterdam with Fendry Ekel and Astrid Honold |
| 2005 | Start collaboration with OFFICE For Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2000 | Founding Stichting Space For Artists, Amsterdam, NL |
| 1998-2000 | Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam, NL |
| 1994-1996 | Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Amsterdam, NL |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2017 | Gemeetenmuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, NL |
| TOTETISME, Mon Chéri, Brussels, BE | |
| Plasma Pool, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, SP | |
| 2016 | And Nothing But The Truth, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT |
| 2015 | Court of Justice, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL |
| The Holy Land, James Cohan Gallery, NY | |
| Actus Tragicus, Luis Adelantado, Mexico City, DF | |
| 2014 | Hominid Lands, Musee d'Evreux, Evreux, FR |
| 2014 | The Holy Land, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK |
| Desegano, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, ES | |
| 2013 | Amabilis insania. The pleasing delusion, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerpen, BE |
| Folkert de Jong: A Life of Illusions, Musée départemental d'art contemporain, Rochechouart, France | |
| ACTUS TRAGICUS, MUDAM Luxembourg, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg-Kirchberg, LX | |
| Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR | |
| 2012 | The Bull's Eye, Arario Gallery, Seoul, KR |
| The Shooting at Watou, Vitrine de la Maison du Peuple, Clichy, FR | |
| The immortals, Galeria Dukan Hourdequin, Paris, FR | |
| Act of Despair - nature, matter and form, André Simoens Gallery, Knokke, BE | |
| The immortals, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow, UK | |
| 2011 | The Man from Delft, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL |
| Operation Harmony, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Folkert de Jong, Brand New Gallery, Milano, IT | |
| 2010 | Folkert de Jong – The Balance, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico City, DF |
| 2009 | Folkert de Jong – Circle Of Trust, Groninger Museum, NL |
| Mirror and the Cross, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, SP | |
| The Shooting, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT | |
| 2008 | 1000 Years Business As Usual, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, RC |
| 2007 | Mount Maslow, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY |
| Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Der Falsche Prophet, Peres Projects Gallery, Berlin, DE | |
| 2006 | Gott Mit Uns (In God We Trust), Lever House Lobby Gallery, New York, NY |
| Gott Mit Uns, Kunsthalle Winterthur, CH | |
| 2005 | Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA |
| Shoot The Freak, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein Sittard, NL | |
| Medusa's First Move: The Council, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK | |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2017 | Powermask, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, NL |
| Facade 2017: Face your freedom, Middelburg, NL | |
| On Elizabeth, Olsen Gruin Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Zoals Jij en Ik, Art Chapel, Amsterdam, NL | |
| 2016 | Busan Biennale 2016, Busan, KR |
| The Sculpture Gallery, The Hague, NL | |
| Sonsbeek 2016, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, NL | |
| Summer Exhibition, The Fields Sculpture Park, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY | |
| In The Deep of the Surface, curated by Andrea Carpita, Ex Fabrica Orobia 15, Milan, IT | |
| Once in a lifetime, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL | |
| GlassFever, Dordtyart, Dordrecht, NL | |
| Waanzin en werkelijkheid: Werken uit Rabo Kunstcollectie en Verzameling Würth, Kunstlocatie Wurth, Den Bosch, NL | |
| 2015 | After Picasso: 80 Contemporary Artists, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH |
| The Amsterdam Trail, Galerie Lemaire, Amsterdam, NL | |
| Full House, Kunsthalle Erfurt, DE | |
| Sculpture in the City, London, UK | |
| Works on Paper, LEO XIII, Tilburg, NL | |
| Manifesten, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen NH, NL | |
| Picasso in Contemporary Art, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, DE | |
| "GIVE A MAN A MASK AND HE WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH" OSCAR WILDE, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, BE | |
| Beastly Beauty, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY | |
| In Search of Meaning - The Human Image in Global Perspective, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL | |
| 2014 | Music Palace: The Power of Music Seen by Visual Artists, Villa Enpain, Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, BE |
| Affinities #1, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL | |
| Dramedy, Fort Worth Contemporary Art, Forth Worth, TX | |
| Post Picasso: Contemporary Reaction, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, SP | |
| Ingewikkelde Beelden, Gemeentemuseum, The Hauge, NL | |
| The Body Methonyc: International Contemporary Sculpture, Oakland University Art, Oakland, CA | |
| 2013 | Wonder. De magie van kunstenaarsdorp Bergen, Kranenburgh, Culturele Buitenplaats, Bergen, NL |
| The Anathomy Lesson, Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, NL | |
| Circus Stories, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, FI | |
| Oranje, Schlifka / Molina arte contemporaneo, Buenos Aires, RA | |
| CODA Black, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL | |
| Beyond Tradition, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL | |
| ArtZuid 2013, International Sculpture Route, Amsterdam, NL | |
| The Glorious Rise and Fall...(and so on) Part 1 and 2, curated by Marjan Teeuwen, KW14, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; NCCA, Moscow, Russia; NCCA, St.Petersburg, US | |
| 2012 | Fantastic 2012, Lille 3000, Le Tripostal, Lille, FR |
| Souvenir-Herinneren als object, 38CC Art Space, Delft, NL | |
| Krasj, Ninove, BE | |
| Through an open window, Contemporary Art from the Rabobank Collection, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, FR | |
| Figuurlijk, Museum Hilversum, Hilversum, NL | |
| Changing states of matter, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT | |
| ARSENALE 2012, Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Kyiv, UA | |
| Triennial Beaufort 04, Blankenberge, BE | |
| 2011 | Never Let Me Go, curated by Terry R. Myers, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Cryptic: The Use of Allegory in Contemporary Art with a Master Class from Goya, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO | |
| Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK | |
| I promise to love Caldic Collection, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL | |
| Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico City, DF | |
| 2010 | Blue Devil, with Remy Jungerman, Metis-NL Gallery, Amsterdam, NE |
| Hareng Saur:Ensor and Contemporary Art, S.M.A.K., Ghent, BE | |
| Monumental: Contemporary Figurative Sculpture, Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, New York, NY | |
| A Love Story works from the Coleccion MEFIC, Palacio de Don Manuel Évora, P | |
| The Beauty Of Distance, Sydney Biennale, Sydney, AU | |
| 2009 | Inaugural exhibition, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico City, DF |
| Higher Ground, curated by Astrid Honold, Metis Gallery, Amsterdam, NL | |
| ‘Le sort probable de l’homme …’ , Museum La Conciergerie, Paris, FR | |
| The Rhetoric of Doubt, Galerie Andre Simoens, Knokke, BE | |
| Sculpture of our Time, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT | |
| 2008 | Double Diplomacy, Neon Parc Gallery, Melbourne, AU |
| Double Diplomacy with Fendry Ekel, Gabriel Rolt Gallery, Amsterdam, NL | |
| Against Nature, curated by Astrid Honold Galeria Luis Adelantado Valencia, SP | |
| Styrofoam, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI | |
| 2007 | Mask Show, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY |
| Chronic, curated by Astrid Honold Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, BE | |
| All For Art, Musée de beaux-arts de Montreal, Quebec, QC | |
| Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation, Athens, GR | |
| Seht der Mensch; The Shooting Lesson, 1st Athens Biennial, Athens, GR | |
| Summer Show, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Chronic, Handmade Nightmares in Red, Yellow and Blue, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2006 | The Shooting … At Watou; 1st of July 2006 ‘Extimate’, Poetry summer Watou, BE |
| A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Long Live Sculpture!, Sculpture Museum Middelheim, Antwerp, BE | |
| Reverence, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY | |
| Dark, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Antwerpen | |
| I love my scene, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2005 | HVCCA Benefit Auction, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY |
| The Zine UnBound, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA | |
| Figure It Out, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY | |
| Den Haag Sculptuur 2005, De Paleistuin, Den Haag, NL | |
| Gods and Monsters, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Capoeira, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Awards | |
| 2005 | Den Haag Sculpture ‘Orange Award’ |
| 2004 | Thieme Art Award |
| 2003 | Prix de Rome, Sculpture |
| 2002 | Charlotte Köhler Prize |
| Selected collections | |
| Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL | |
| Saatchi Collection, London, UK | |
| Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, BE | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Musée des beaux-arts de Montreal, Quebec, QC | |
| Lever House Art Collection, New York, NY | |
| Museum Het Domein, Sittard, NL | |
| Margulies Art Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL | |
| Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, NL | |
| Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York, NY | |
| Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, GR | |
| Plancius Collection, Amsterdam, NL | |
| Chadha Art Collection, Amsterdam, NL | |
| Private Collections in the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Greece, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Mexico and the Netherlands | |
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