Korneel Jeuken

Korneel Jeuken (The Netherlands, 1975) extracts objects from mundane contexts and gives them new meaning to create bold drawings on cardboard cutouts.

Inspired by urban and comic art, Korneel draws his subjects from life as a father and regular guy moving through the streets, nature, and the internet. His models include his children, their toys, and himself. He creates new versions of world leaders, musicians, and football players. Korneel takes these images, cuts, pastes, and reshapes them, and adjusts their colors. A new, drawn reality of floating men and masked superchildren emerge.

Korneel’s illustrated wall objects dialogue with their surroundings. The cardboard surfaces could be found on the street but are transformed by their high gloss faces. Their edges are left matte, giving them broad, rough sides, that make the objects seem to rise from the wall they’re hung on. These contrasts suit the absurd world he creates.

CURRICULUM VITAE KORNEEL JEUKENBorn 14th of March 1975, Venray (The netherlands)EDUCATION:1994-1998:Academy of fine Arts St. Joost, Breda (NL)2000-2002:Post Graduate Studies at the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam (NL)Okt.-Dec. 2001:Exchange, Glasgow School of Arts, Glasgow. Dept. Master of Fine Arts (MFA)EXHIBITIONS:Group exhibitions:2003 Tremor, kunstbunker Tumulka, Mnchen2003 Kunstnomaden#1, Hotel Mariakapel, Hoorn2003 Vacation Destination: Home, Zwaanshals, Rotterdam2002 Urban Positioning System, TENT. Rotterdam2002 Degree show Piet Zwart Instituut, TENT. Rotterdam2002 Uit+Thuis videomagazijn as a part of De Strip, Vlaardingen2002 Cross-section, Zenit, Turijn2002 Preview Cross-section, De Cacaofabriek, Helmond2002Grande Messe Des Morts, Witte de Withfestival, Rotterdam2001 Grande Messe Des Morts, W139, Amsterdam2001 Grande Messe Des Morts, Salto TV, Amsterdam2000 Grande Messe Des Morts, TENT. Rotterdam1999 15x15, home exhibition, BredaSolo exhibitions:2004OPEN ATELIER, Huis da Costa, Paramaribo2003Platvorm, Hedah, Maastricht2003The Greenhouse Effect, Moira, Utrecht2001Performance Art, Glasgow School of Arts, Glasgow2001 Basement Heroes, galerie Morgen, Rotterdam1999 Take me to Cholula, de Cacaofabriek, Helmond1999 Solo-expositie...