Folkert de Jong
Born in Egmond aan Zee, 1972
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Awards
2005 Den Haag Sculpture ‘Orange Award’
2004 Thieme Art Award
2003 Prix de Rome, Sculpture
2002 Charlotte Köhler Prize
Education
2004 ISCP International Studio and Curatorial Program New York, USA
1998 - 2000 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994 - 1996 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Solo exhibitions
2012
The Immortals, Mackintosh Museum Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2011
The Man from Delft, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Balance, Musas Museo de arte de Sonora, Mexico
Folkert de Jong, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Brand New Gallery, with Fendry Ekel, Milano, Italy
2010
The Balance, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico City
2009
Circle Of Trust - Selected works 2001 - 2009, Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
Mirror And The Cross, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spain
The Shooting, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
2008
1000 Years Business As Usual, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
2007
Mount Maslow, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, USA
Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Der Falsche Prophet, Peres Projects Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006
In God We Trust, Lever House Lobby Gallery, New York, USA
Gott Mit Uns, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland
2005
Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Shoot The Freak, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands
Medusa's First Move: The Council, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
Group exhibitions
2012
2010
Art Basel Miami Beach with James Cohan Gallery
Blue Devil with Remy Jungerman, Metis Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Monumental: Contemporary Figurative Sculpture, Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, New York, USA
A Love Story - works from the Coleccion MEFIC, Palacio de Don Manuel Évora, Portugal
The Beauty Of Distance, 17th Sydney Biennale, Australia
2009
Higher Ground, Metis Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Le sort probable de l’homme, Museum La Conciergerie, Paris, France
The Rhetoric of Doubt, Galerie Andre Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
Sculpture of our Time, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
2008
Double Diplomacy with Fendry Ekel, Neon Parc Gallery Melbourne Australia
Double Diplomacy with Fendry Ekel, Gabriel Rolt Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Against Nature, curated by Astrid Honold Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Styrofoam, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, USA
2007
Mask Show, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Chronic, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
All For Art, Musée de beaux-arts de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Seht der Mensch; The Shooting Lesson, 1st Athens Biennial, Greece
Summer Show, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Chronic, Handmade Nightmares in Red, Yellow and Blue, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, USA
2006
The Shooting … At Watou; 1st of July 2006, Poetry summer Watou, Belgium
A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Long Live Sculpture!, Sculpture Museum Middelheim, Antwerpen, Belgium
Reverence, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Peekskill, New York, USA
Dark, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
I love my scene, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
2005
HVCCA Benefit Auction, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
The Zine UnBound, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Figure It Out, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Peekskill, New York, USA
Den Haag Sculptuur 2005, De Paleistuin, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Gods and Monsters, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Capoeira, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Projects
2012
Theatre project Troilus and Cressida, The Woostergroup New York City
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Awards
2005 Den Haag Sculpture ‘Orange Award’
2004 Thieme Art Award
2003 Prix de Rome, Sculpture
2002 Charlotte Köhler Prize
Education
2004 ISCP International Studio and Curatorial Program New York, USA
1998 - 2000 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994 - 1996 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Solo exhibitions
2012
The Immortals, Mackintosh Museum Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2011
The Man from Delft, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Balance, Musas Museo de arte de Sonora, Mexico
Folkert de Jong, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Brand New Gallery, with Fendry Ekel, Milano, Italy
2010
The Balance, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico City
2009
Circle Of Trust - Selected works 2001 - 2009, Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
Mirror And The Cross, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spain
The Shooting, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
2008
1000 Years Business As Usual, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
2007
Mount Maslow, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, USA
Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Der Falsche Prophet, Peres Projects Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006
In God We Trust, Lever House Lobby Gallery, New York, USA
Gott Mit Uns, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland
2005
Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Shoot The Freak, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands
Medusa's First Move: The Council, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
Group exhibitions
2012
Kyiv international biennale ARSENALE 2012
Fantastic 2012, Lille 3000, Le Tripostal, Lille, France
Beaufort 04, Blankenberge, Belgium
The shape of things to come: new sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Cryptic, Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, USA2010
Art Basel Miami Beach with James Cohan Gallery
Blue Devil with Remy Jungerman, Metis Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Monumental: Contemporary Figurative Sculpture, Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, New York, USA
A Love Story - works from the Coleccion MEFIC, Palacio de Don Manuel Évora, Portugal
The Beauty Of Distance, 17th Sydney Biennale, Australia
2009
Higher Ground, Metis Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Le sort probable de l’homme, Museum La Conciergerie, Paris, France
The Rhetoric of Doubt, Galerie Andre Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
Sculpture of our Time, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
2008
Double Diplomacy with Fendry Ekel, Neon Parc Gallery Melbourne Australia
Double Diplomacy with Fendry Ekel, Gabriel Rolt Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Against Nature, curated by Astrid Honold Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Styrofoam, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, USA
2007
Mask Show, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Chronic, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
All For Art, Musée de beaux-arts de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Seht der Mensch; The Shooting Lesson, 1st Athens Biennial, Greece
Summer Show, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Chronic, Handmade Nightmares in Red, Yellow and Blue, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, USA
2006
The Shooting … At Watou; 1st of July 2006, Poetry summer Watou, Belgium
A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Long Live Sculpture!, Sculpture Museum Middelheim, Antwerpen, Belgium
Reverence, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Peekskill, New York, USA
Dark, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
I love my scene, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
2005
HVCCA Benefit Auction, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
The Zine UnBound, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Figure It Out, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Peekskill, New York, USA
Den Haag Sculptuur 2005, De Paleistuin, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Gods and Monsters, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Capoeira, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Projects
2012
Theatre project Troilus and Cressida, The Woostergroup New York City
2011
Willem van Oranje wordt tot leven gewekt
author(s): Kees Keijer
newspaper/magazine: Parool
Eigentijds koningspaar
author(s): Manon Berendse
newspaper/magazine: FD | Persoonlijk
Folkert de Jong
author(s): Lilian Bense
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art, December
The alchemist; Folkert de Jong transforms materials and history
author(s): Scott Indrisek
newspaper/magazine: Modern Painters
The future of sculpture - but with an eye on past masters
author(s): Alastair Sooke
newspaper/magazine: The Daily Telegraph
Let's get physical
author(s): Jackie Wullschlager
newspaper/magazine: Financial Times
It’s big, but is it clever?
author(s): Januszczak, Waldemar
newspaper/magazine: The Sunday Times
The shape of things to come
author(s): Nancy Durrant
newspaper/magazine: The Times
2010
Folkert de Jong
newspaper/magazine: Vision Magazine Beijing, June
Fate’s Carnival
author(s): Lilly Wei
newspaper/magazine: Art In America, April
Folkert De Jong: Groninger Museum
author(s):Saskia van der Kroef
newspaper/magazine: Artforum, February
2009
Circle Of Trust - Folkert de Jong, selected works 2001-2009
author(s): S. van der Zijpp, Y. Tsitsovits, J. Declercq a.o.
catalogue: Groninger Museum, Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
Double Dutch
author(s): M. Straus, C. Van Gerrewey
catalogue: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art
Foam Sweet Foam, Folkert de Jong
author(s): Y. Tsitsovits
newspaper/magazine: Under / Current, May
Folkert de Jong: Shanghai
author(s): M. Amy
newspaper/magazine: Art China, vol. 2-3
2008
Double Diplomacy - Fendry Ekel , Folkert de Jong
author(s): T. Koenig, T. Eeckhout
catalogue: Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
Picasso – Ses maîtres et ses héritiers
author(s): J. Breton, A. Ténèze a.o.
catalogue: Beaux Art editions, Paris
Chronic – Handmade Nightmares
author(s): T. Eeckhout
catalogue: Museum Dhondt Dhaenens
Fractured Figure
catalogue: Deste Foundation For Contemporary Art
Styrofoam
catalogue: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Folkert de Jong – Confronting the Grotesque
author(s): M. Amy
newspaper/magazine: Sculpture magazine vol. 27/5 June
Hellish Harlequins: Folkert de Jong
newspaper/magazine: Dazed & Confused, vol. 2, no. 61, May
Folkert de Jong
author(s): J. Conner
newspaper/magazine: Art US, no. 21
HaHaHaHa Horror
author(s): M. Bem
newspaper/magazine: Oog, magazine of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, no. 4
Folkert de Jong & Fendry Ekel, Verbeelding van macht
author(s): M. Leij
newspaper/magazine: Kunstbeeld, no. 4
2007
Folkert de Jong - Les Saltimbanques
author(s): G. Volk, M. J. Straus, A. Finel Honigman
catalogue: James Cohan Gallery, Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
All For Art
author(s): N. Bondil
catalogue: The Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts
Chronic – Handmade Nightmares in Red, Yellow and Blue
author(s): A. Honold, K. Zijlmans
catalogue: Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
2006
Folkert de Jong - Gott Mit Uns
author(s): K. Zijlmans, J. Dietvorst, S. Weyns
catalogue: Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
2005
Folkert de Jong - Shoot The Freak
author(s): S. Wallis, S. Lüttiken, M. van Nieuwenhuizen
catalogue: NAI Publishers, Rotterdam
Shape Of Things To Come- New Sculpture
author(s): M. Dailey
catalogue: Saatchi Gallery & Jonathan Cape Random House London
Innovations in the Third Dimension, Sculpture Of Our Time
author(s): N. Hall-Duncan, J. Pachner, A. Juliar
catalogue: The Bruce Museum Greenwich, Connecticut
Folkert de Jong
author(s): M. LeBlanc
newspaper/magazine: Beautiful Decay, no. 5
Willem van Oranje wordt tot leven gewekt
author(s): Kees Keijer
newspaper/magazine: Parool
Eigentijds koningspaar
author(s): Manon Berendse
newspaper/magazine: FD | Persoonlijk
Folkert de Jong
author(s): Lilian Bense
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art, December
The alchemist; Folkert de Jong transforms materials and history
author(s): Scott Indrisek
newspaper/magazine: Modern Painters
The future of sculpture - but with an eye on past masters
author(s): Alastair Sooke
newspaper/magazine: The Daily Telegraph
Let's get physical
author(s): Jackie Wullschlager
newspaper/magazine: Financial Times
It’s big, but is it clever?
author(s): Januszczak, Waldemar
newspaper/magazine: The Sunday Times
The shape of things to come
author(s): Nancy Durrant
newspaper/magazine: The Times
2010
Folkert de Jong
newspaper/magazine: Vision Magazine Beijing, June
Fate’s Carnival
author(s): Lilly Wei
newspaper/magazine: Art In America, April
Folkert De Jong: Groninger Museum
author(s):Saskia van der Kroef
newspaper/magazine: Artforum, February
2009
Circle Of Trust - Folkert de Jong, selected works 2001-2009
author(s): S. van der Zijpp, Y. Tsitsovits, J. Declercq a.o.
catalogue: Groninger Museum, Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
Double Dutch
author(s): M. Straus, C. Van Gerrewey
catalogue: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art
Foam Sweet Foam, Folkert de Jong
author(s): Y. Tsitsovits
newspaper/magazine: Under / Current, May
Folkert de Jong: Shanghai
author(s): M. Amy
newspaper/magazine: Art China, vol. 2-3
2008
Double Diplomacy - Fendry Ekel , Folkert de Jong
author(s): T. Koenig, T. Eeckhout
catalogue: Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
Picasso – Ses maîtres et ses héritiers
author(s): J. Breton, A. Ténèze a.o.
catalogue: Beaux Art editions, Paris
Chronic – Handmade Nightmares
author(s): T. Eeckhout
catalogue: Museum Dhondt Dhaenens
Fractured Figure
catalogue: Deste Foundation For Contemporary Art
Styrofoam
catalogue: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Folkert de Jong – Confronting the Grotesque
author(s): M. Amy
newspaper/magazine: Sculpture magazine vol. 27/5 June
Hellish Harlequins: Folkert de Jong
newspaper/magazine: Dazed & Confused, vol. 2, no. 61, May
Folkert de Jong
author(s): J. Conner
newspaper/magazine: Art US, no. 21
HaHaHaHa Horror
author(s): M. Bem
newspaper/magazine: Oog, magazine of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, no. 4
Folkert de Jong & Fendry Ekel, Verbeelding van macht
author(s): M. Leij
newspaper/magazine: Kunstbeeld, no. 4
2007
Folkert de Jong - Les Saltimbanques
author(s): G. Volk, M. J. Straus, A. Finel Honigman
catalogue: James Cohan Gallery, Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
All For Art
author(s): N. Bondil
catalogue: The Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts
Chronic – Handmade Nightmares in Red, Yellow and Blue
author(s): A. Honold, K. Zijlmans
catalogue: Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
2006
Folkert de Jong - Gott Mit Uns
author(s): K. Zijlmans, J. Dietvorst, S. Weyns
catalogue: Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam
2005
Folkert de Jong - Shoot The Freak
author(s): S. Wallis, S. Lüttiken, M. van Nieuwenhuizen
catalogue: NAI Publishers, Rotterdam
Shape Of Things To Come- New Sculpture
author(s): M. Dailey
catalogue: Saatchi Gallery & Jonathan Cape Random House London
Innovations in the Third Dimension, Sculpture Of Our Time
author(s): N. Hall-Duncan, J. Pachner, A. Juliar
catalogue: The Bruce Museum Greenwich, Connecticut
Folkert de Jong
author(s): M. LeBlanc
newspaper/magazine: Beautiful Decay, no. 5