Job Koelewijn
Exhibitions
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