Born in Spakenburg, The Netherlands, 1962
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Education
1996-1997 PS 1, New York, United States 
1993-1994 Sandberg Institute (MFA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
1987-1992 Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art and Design, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Awards
2006 Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art 
2002 Nebest Award 
1999 Sandberg Award 
1996 Charlotte Köhler Award 

Solo exhibitions
2012
Collage / Storyboard, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010
The Real Fiction Cinema Tour, Claus Littman Bureau, Zurich, Switzerland 
2008 
Loco Motion, De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands 
2007 
What is the Word, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 
2006
Continuing Performance, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004 
Art Unlimited (Art Basel 35), Basel, Switzerland 
People can only deal with the fantasy when they are ready for it, De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands 
Signs and substance, Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk, Belgium 
2003 
Durée, STROOM, Den Haag, The Netherlands 
Try and See it Your Way, Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds, United Kingdom 
2002 
Running Shadow, Stella Lohaus Galerie, Antwerp, Belgium 
2001
Time Machine, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Foksal Galerie, Warsaw, Poland 
Common Ground, Begane Grond, Utrecht, The Netherlands 
2000 
Editions 1993-2000, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Flucht ohne e, Studio K, Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland 
Double Dutch (with Cees Krijnen), Galleria Laura Pecci, Milan, Italy 
Jump, Chisenhale Gallery, London, United Kingdom 
1999 
Job Koelewijn (with Olafur Eliasson), De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
The Well, Huis aan de Werf Beeldende Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands 
1998 
Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 
A Dutchman in New York, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands 
1997 
Art Statements, Art Basel 27, Basel, Switzerland 
1996 
The World Is My Oyster, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
App. BXL (with Moritz Küng), Brussels, Belgium 
Het Glazen Huis, Amstelpark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
1995 
Blow, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 
De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands 

Group exhibitions
2015
Days push off into nights (curated by Christina Li), Spring Workshop, Hongkong
2014
Zomeren op de buitenplaats, Buitenplaats Beeckestijn, Velsen Zuid, The Netherlands
Repeat 2.0, 38CC, Delft, The Netherlands
2012
Artmandu, Kathmandu International Art Festival, Nepal
Road to Kathmandu, Galerie Ramakers, The Hague, The Netherlands
BETER, de kunst van gezondheid (BETER, the art of healing), research exhibition, Haaglanden Medical Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands
CER VARIABIL, Works from the Romenian Mircea Pinte Collection and from the collection G + W Netherlands, Collectors House, Heerlen, The Netherlands
2011
IKJIJWIJ, Rabo Kunstzone, Utrecht, The Netherlands
De Nederlandse identiteit? De kracht van heden, De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Imagine Being There, Rabo Kunstzone, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Screaming from the mountain, SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway

2010 
Multiple Visions, Archaeology and Topicality of the artwork as/in edition , NICC, Antwerpen, Belgium 
Noord-Holland Biennale 2010, Noord Holland, The Netherlands 
Beeld Hal Werk, Amsterdam Noord, The Netherlands 
Monumentalism— History and National Identity in Contemporary Art: Proposal for Municipal Art Acquisitions 2010, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
De Nederlandse identiteit?, De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands 
Happy Street (John Kormeling), World Expo Shanghai, China 
Double Infinity (Developed by Van Abbe Museum), Dutch Culture Centre in Shanghai , China 
Morality Act III; And the moral of the story is..., Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 
2009 
Difference on Display, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Borders and Beyond, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland 
Group Show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Discovering Slowness, CEAC, Xiamen, China 
Towing the Line, Drawing Space (40 Dutch artists defining the moment in Holland), White Box, New York, United States 
Double Dutch, The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, United States 
Echigo -Tsunami Art Triennial 2009, Niigata, Japan 
Stardust, Fundament, Tilburg, The Netherlands 
May & June, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 
Take the Money and Run, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
A story of the Image (Visual arts as visual culture), Shanghai Art Museum (i.c.w. MUHKA Antwerpen), China 
Chinetik, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland 
Group show with gallery artists, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
2008
Carried Away - Procession in Art, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands 
2007 
Group show with Gallery Artists, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Helden van Holland, De Nieuwe Kerk, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Een lek in het zwijgen, Poëziezomer Watou, Belgium 
Drawing Typologies. Voorstel tot Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen Tekeningen, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Twee en twintig duizend vijfhonderd: De Collectie Almere, aanwinsten 01-07, Museum de Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands 
Modern Solitude, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Night of the 25th; MiArt 2007 (Arcipelagi Olanda), Milan, Italy 
Contour / Continuiteit, Heden en Verleden, Museum het prinsenhof, Delft, The Netherlands 
The discovery of slowness, Kw14, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 
Future systems: Rare moments; Dreaming the future in the present, Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria 
2006 
Nederland 1, Museumgouda, Gouda, The Netherlands 
Everywhere, Busan Biennial 2006, Korea 
Panoramic, Be-Part, Waregem, Belgium 
2005 
ADAM, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Territoria, Prato and the Bisenzio Valley, Italy 
Collectie zomer 2005: de Zomer van Middelburg, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium 
Group Show with Gallery Artists, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Leporello, een reis door de collectie (curated by Carel Blotkamp), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
H x B x D: The Rabobank Art Collection, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands 
2004 
Nederland niet Nederland, Aankopen 1980-2004, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 
Safety and peace! Order and Freedom!, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana,, Slovenia 
Wonderholland, Mercati di Traiano, Rome, Italy 
Secrets of the nineties, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, The Netherlands 
Entropy: on the vanishing work, AR/GE Kunst Galerie Museum, Bozen, Italy 
Olandu Burias, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania 
Job Koelewijn, Wolfgang Plöger, Gert Robijns, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 
2003 
People Die of Exposure, SMART project space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Dreamscapes, beelden op de berg 8, Wageningen, The Netherlands 
Outlook. Landschaftsbezogene Kunstprojekte in der Luneburger Heide, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany 
2002 
Group Show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Hell Gruen, Düsseldorfer Hofgarten, Düsseldorf, Germany 
Octopus, Werfplein, Veemarkt, De Republiek, Blindekenskapel Brugge, Belgium 
Grimbergen 2002, Grimbergen, Belgium 
De Grote Hoop, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands 
Self Exposure, Harmoniegebouw, Groningen, The Netherlands 
Contemporary Art from The Netherlands, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 
2001 
Group show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Post Natural (curators: Jaap Guldemond, Marente Bloemheuvel), Ca'Zenobio, Venice Biennial, Italy 
From the Low Countries, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Denmark 
Waterproof, Fort Asperen, Beesd, The Netherlands 
The Beauty of Intimacy, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany 
Silhouettes 'n Shadows, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands 
2000 
Summer Show with artists from the gallery, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Group Show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Home is where the heART is, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Metro>Polis, Brussels, Underground, Brussels, Belgium 
Orbis Terrarum. Ways of Worldmaking (Cartography and Contemporary Art), Antwerpen Open, Beglium 
Amateur/Eldsjäl, Göteborg Museum of Art, Göteborg, Sweden 
Dream Machines (National touring exhibition organised by Hayward Gallery), London, United Kingdom 
The Inivisible Touch, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria 
Accrochage, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 
1999 
Group Show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Apertutto (exhibition by Harald Szeemann), Venice Biennial, Italy 
Panorama 2000, Dom, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands 
Tales of the Tip, former landfill Bavel, Breda, The Netherlands 
Avoiding Objects, Apex Art, New York, United States 
Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia 
Nieuwspoort Internationaal Perscentrum, Den Haag (Curator Jhim Lamoree), Nieuwspoort Internationaal Perscentrum, Den Haag, The Netherlands 
De Bodem van de nacht, Lokaal 01, Breda, The Netherlands 
Post-tragi-KoMik, Pallazo delle Papese, Siena, Italy 
Dots and Loops, MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 
Kunst op basis van verhalen in het Stellingwerf, In Verbelinge, Ooststellingerwerf, The Netherlands 
1998 
J.C. van Lanschotprijs voor beeldhouwkunst, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium 
Transparanties, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
NL. Hedendaagse kunst uit Nederland rondom de collectie van het Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 
10 Jaar Charlotte Köhler Prijzen, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Moving In, Ecowijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Re: Zero = 0, Arti en Amicitae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Going Up the Country, Kunstenaars uit Galerie Fons Welters, ACHK De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands 
The Centre Holds. Report from the art scene Netherlands (Curator: Rudi Fuchs), Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany 
1997 
Some Dutch Artists, Projekgruppen LXX, Arhus, Denmark 
Lost in Space, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland 
Le Petit Set Land, Shedhalle, Frauenfeld, Switzerland 
Wat af is, is niet gemaakt, De Utrechtse School/Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht, The Netherlands 
Het Drinkglas, internationale glasmanifestatie Leerdam en omstreken, Fort Asperen, Beesd, The Netherlands 
1996 
Peiling 5, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Dialog Cultur NL - NRW, Restraum, Düsseldorf, Germany 
Shelter, Park Wolfslaar, Brede, The Netherlands 
The Unbelievable Truth, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam/ Tramway, Glasgow, The Netherlands/ United Kingdom 
1995 
TIME, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Photography, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
4th International Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey 
Among Others, San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, Italy 
Art Cologne 1995, Stand Galerie Fons Welters, Cologne, Germany 
Shift, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
presentation: De Mondiale Kleurwedstrijd, Festival a/d Werf, The Netherlands 
1994 
Slow Whoop Siren, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Getransporteerd Atelier, Festival a/d Werf, The Netherlands 
7 jonge Kunstenaars, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands 
1992 
Le Vent du Nord VIII, Institut Neérlandais, Paris, France 

Performance
2010 
Unveiling of Job Koelewijn's 'Water Works' Annsville Creek in Peekskill, USA 

Commissions
2009 
Caldic Collection, The Netherlands 
My name is Spinoza, W139 and SKOR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
2001 
Formule B, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 

Collections
MUHKA, Antwerpen, Belgium 
De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands 
Achmea, The Netherlands 
De Rabobank, The Netherlands 
De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands 
Fortis, The Netherlands 
ABN AMRO, The Netherlands 
Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands 
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 
KPN, The Netherlands 
AKZO, The Netherlands 
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
De Nederlandsche Bank, The Netherlands 
Stedelijk Museum Arnhem, The Netherlands