Frijke Coumans

I’m intrigued by the difficult relation between the desire for control and balance, and the desire for chaos and irrationality. I find these seemingly contradictory desires strikingly present in everyday life. The relationship between the not-knowing, not comprehending and our continuing desire seems very important to me. This can be expressed in photography: it ensures that you have to use your imagination.

Agitation in my head and unanswered questions do not fit in harmonious and controlled environments. Unanswered questions represent a need, and fuel my projects and correspond to desire. My photo series are full of chaos, not-knowing, impressions and questions, lead by an apparent makeability born in the mind, which however cannot be controlled.

2014 - 2018 AKV|St.Joost Breda, Bachelor of Arts, Photography
2013 - 2014 ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arts in Education, admission for Graphic Design
2012 - 2013 AKV|St.Joost 's Hertogenbosch, Orientation Course Arts and Design

2020
Mirrors and Reflections, Loosenart, Rome
Curators Picks - 2019, Gallery Baird, Seattle
Contemporary Art Venice, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice

2019
The Georgetown Art Attack, Gallery Baird, Seattle
Nasty Women, De Balie, Amsterdam
Volumes 2019, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich
Printing Plant Art Book Fair, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam Art Weekend, Amsterdam
Hécatombe Magazine Release, Arts Connective, New York City
Salon at Forest, Arts Connective, Yuko Nishikawa, New York City
Civic Art Lab 2019, Arts Connective, Chinatown Soup, New York City
Unseen Book Market 2019, Westergas, Amsterdam
Nearly every thought leads to nothing, WolfArt Project Space/WOLk, Rotterdam
Pro•to•type, Le paradis c'est ici, Alterworks Studios, New York City
The first man who ate a banana was a monkey, Amsterdam
Kunstgrillen, The paradis c'est ici, BarVizart, Antwerpen
Blurring the Lines, European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Venice
Blurring the Lines, HKU Oudenoord 700, Utrecht
Rotterdam Photo: City Limits, Rotterdam Art Week, Rotterdam
Бредам,Cultuurnacht Breda, Electron, Breda
This is a good kissing spot, Foto Asiel III, AKV|St.Joost, Breda

2018
This Art Fair 2018, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
New 2019: Melkweg Expo, Melkweg, Amste...