Jeroen Koolhaas

Consciously giving your work as a visual artist place and meaning in society: for Jeroen Koolhaas this is almost self-evident. Perhaps also as a logical continuation of his training in the art of applied design. Whether he is active as an illustrator or when designing for a fashion presentation.
For years he has been wholeheartedly working at large projects of town painting. In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, but also in Haiti, Curaçao, Miami, Amsterdam and Philadelphia. Teamwork on the spot. Where local support is essential. And with ambition and unbridled commitment.

Also, Jeroen Koolhaas is that modest solitary worker who stimulates others through his dedication and inspiration. Who knows how to connect the individual to the collective.

Nowadays the privacy of his studio has become more important. His works at major projects continues to be a reference and we see Jeroen Koolhaas use these in his more personal creations. A similar field of tension in both the large projects and the studio created artworks can be observed, either when figurative or non-figurative.

Favela Painting started with large figurative paintings in which the buildings were the bearer of an image. For example the kite flying boy with the favela buildings i...

design academy Eindhoven

2018/03/02 Kunsthal Rotterdam, Community Art for Social Change
2018/03/24 ADCN Mesh festival, Amsterdam
2016/06/12 Scope Basel, Basel
2017/05/26 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Solution or Utopia, Design for Refugees,
2016/04/12 ArtBasel, Miami,
2016/22/09 Studio Berlin, Berlin
2016/05/20 KunsthalKADE, Amersfoort. Soft Power. Arte Brasil
2015/15/07 Kunsthal, Rotterdam interactive exhibition ‘Do It’
2012/12/13 Pecci Center, Prato, Italy
2011/12/08 HongKong-Shenzhen Biennale
2011/10/14 United Nations HQ, New York Design with the other 90%
2011/01/21 Galerie Schau Fenster Berlin, 'Three the Hard way'
2011/05/07 Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York Painting Urbanism
2009/04/04 Ultra de la Rue, Amsterdam
2007/08/31 'Boy with Kite' Exhibit, Amsterdam at Studio Apart
2007/12/01 Shenzhen Biennale, China
2007/03/18 URBIS, Manchester “Play: Experience the Adventure of Our Cities”