Folkert de Jong

Folkert de Jong (born 1972) is an artist based in Amsterdam.

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• Artist s talk folkert de jong
• Folkert de jong
• Solo exhibitions selection
• Group exhibitions selection
• Awards selection
• Collections
• References

De Jong was born in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. He makes large-scale sculpture and installation. De Jong’s installations are life-size representations of disturbing scenes including human figures and props formed from materials such as polyurethane and Styrofoam; his work often references the uncanny and takes influence from the aesthetics horror and the history of conflict, war and politics.

Folkert de Jong is represented by the James Cohan Gallery, New York/Shanghai, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia/Mexico, Fons Welters Gallery, Amsterdam/Netherlands, André Simoens Gallery, Knokke/Belgium, Brand New Gallery, Milan/Italy, galerie dukan hourdequin, Paris/France and Saatchi Gallery, London/UK.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2012

The Immortals, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, Mackintosh Museum, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow and galerie dukan hourdequin, Paris

2011

Operation Harmony, James Cohan Gallery, New York

2009

Circle of Trust: Selected Works 2001-2009, Groninger Museum, Groningen

2007

Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York

2005

Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles

2004

Prix de Rome/Life's Illusions

Group exhibitions (selection)

2012

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times - Rebirth and Apocalypse in Contemporary Art, Kiev

2011

Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, The Saatchi Gallery, London

2010

Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, SMAK, Ghent

17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney

2007

Fractured Figure : Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens

2006

DARK, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Awards (selection)

2004

KDR KunstRAI Prize, Amsterdam

2003

Prix de Rome, Sculpture

Collections

Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands

Galerie Saatchi Collection, London, United Kingdom

Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Québec, Canada

Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States

Margulies Art Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, United States

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York, United States

Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece