Jeroen Blok

born 1976.

Despite the varied painting and thematic subjects that Jeroen Blok tackles, ranging from abstract material research to series in which figuration and abstraction create an exciting balance, his signature style is very recognisable for those who delve into his oeuvre. A serial approach is typical of his working method as well as his evident pleasure in experimenting with techniques and materials, resulting in an unconventional use of collage technique, intriguing layers and a narrative visual language. The working method and the chosen themes show the need for complete autonomy and a degree of maladjustment, contradiction and obstinacy. And if I were to say that he is enthusiastic or driven, it would be an understatement: possessed comes closer. In other words, an enormous inner drive, or, as can be said so beautifully in German: making art "aus innere Notwendigkeit", because you cannot do anything else. This is reflected in an enormous flow and production. His work is characterised by a critical attitude, a commentary on what is going on in the world and the social cohesion amongst people. This is accompanied by a great desire for freedom, an opposition to any form of patronage or restraintment. In Blok's recent work,...

Solo/duo expositions

2023 Luycks Galerie (Feast of wire)
2023 Steenhoven advocaten Amsterdam
2022 Ruby Soho Galerie (blinded by the lights)
2019 Noordkade Veghel
2018 Luycks galerie Tilburg ( Met Paul van Rijswijk)
2017 Twelve Twelve galerie (Den Haag)
2017 Rechthuys Nieuwkoop (Hometown- Met Caroline Waltman)
2017 Vuurtoren Breskens (tekst Wim Hofman/Illustraties)
2017 Ruttkowski;68 (keulen)
2016 Luycks Gallery (Tilburg) Met Rik van Iersel
2016 Ruimte van Rolf (Gouda)
2015 De Aanschouw (Roterdam)
2015 De Nieuwe Poort (ism. Kers Gallery Amsterdam)
2014 WTC The Hague Art Gallery
2014 Solo Exposition Galerie Majke Husstege
2013 Willem 3 Vlissingen (Cultuurwerf) Met Wim Hofman
2012 Wonderwood Amsterdam
2011 Ververs Galerie Amsterdam met Anne van Eck
Selected groupexhibitions
2023 Ruby Soho galerie (Collage expo)
2021 Luycks galerie (Joy)
2021 Ruby Soho Galerie (out of step)
2020 APPÈL-galeries
2020 Luycks Gallery
2019 De Compagnie
2019 Torrence Art Museum/aanschouw/sec. of fame
2019 A Joy Forever #5 (Luycks Gallery)

2018 A Joy Forever #5 (Luycks Gallery)
2018 Kunstrai 2018
2018 Groepsexpositie (Luycks gallery)

2017 Groepsexpositie (Luycks gallery)
2017 PAN Amsterdam (Wonderwood)
2017 Imago Mundi, Benetton Foundation, Treviso, Itali...