Jeroen De Nijs

Jeroen de Nijs is a Dutch artist based in Enschede.
Before going to art school, he was already fascinated by the playfulness of the modernist artists around the 1920s-1940s who had this strong believe and desire to envision a better world.
Besides art and design, he loves magic objects like charms, self inquiry and meditation. How it can create feelings of joy and get you into a special kind of state. More energized, yet light at heart.
In his small collages and installations, he tried to refer to these states as some sort of Utopia.

It was later that he realized that kinetic art objects like mobiles are perfect objects to represent and transmit these feelings of effortless joy and playfulness. A balanced play of shape, color, and movement in someone's home.
He creates these mobiles in his studio with the pleasure of knowing that they will contribute to the soul of someone's interior.

Dutch Art Institute (AKI2) Enschede, MFA, Master of fine art

AKI, Enschede, Bachelor

2023 anno NU, B93
2020 Carte Blanche, B93
2017 groepsexpositie kunstruimte Concordia, Enschede
2014 d.ART mechelen, Mechelen (BE) duo-expositie, curator: Vincent Verbist (BE), Actionfields // platform voor actuele kunst
2014 S.R.N.D.P.T, groepsexpositie , Tetem Enschede, curator: Vincent Verbist (BE), Actionfields // platform voor actuele kunst
2013 Twente Biënnale
2013 Interview, Hart van Enschede
2012 De laatste dag, groepsexpositie Kunstfort Vijfhuizen
2012 Wintergasten, samenwerking met Ben Kruisdijk, groepsexpositie , Tetem II Enschede
2012 B93 moves to Polaroid, groepsexpositie, Polaroid Enschede
2012 Fresh art to go, groepsexpositie , Tetem II Enschede
2011 HxBxL Enschede, groepsexpositie
2010 MultiSolo groepsexpositie , Tetem Enschede