Folkert de Jong
He makes large-scale sculptures and installations. De Jong was born in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. De Jong’s installations are life-size representations of disturbing scenes including human figures and props formed from materials such as polyurethane and Styrofoam; his work often features the uncanny and takes influence from the aesthetics of horror and the history of conflict, war and politics.
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Folkert de Jong
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- Name
- Folkert de Jong
- Born
- 1972
- Birthplace
- Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands
- Field
- Sculpture, Installation
- Awards
- Prix de Rome (Netherlands) (2003)
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- sculptor · artist · draftsperson
- Fields
- art of sculpture
- Education
- Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
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He makes large-scale sculptures and installations. De Jong was born in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. De Jong’s installations are life-size representations of disturbing scenes including human figures and props formed from materials such as polyurethane and Styrofoam; his work often features the uncanny and takes influence from the aesthetics of horror and the history of conflict, war and politics.
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Biography
Biography
Folkert de Jong studied at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Work by Folkert de Jong is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Folkert de Jong • Born — 1972 • Birthplace — Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands • Field — Sculpture, Installation • Awards — Prix de Rome (Netherlands) (2003) • Website — studiofolkertdejong.com
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Prix de Rome/Life's Illusions, 2004 • Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, 2005 • Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2007 • Circle of Trust: Selected Works 2001-2009, Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2009 • Operation Harmony, James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2011 • The Immortals, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, 2012 • State of light, Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy, 2017 • Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2018
Life and career
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Life and career
Explore 1972–2016
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1972
Folkert de Jong was born on 1 January 1972.
2012
Monument Voor Een Saltimbanque is dated 2012.
2014
The Player is dated 2014.
2016
Dutch Mechanisms is dated 2016.
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Folkert de Jong was born at Egmond aan Zee.
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Egmond aan Zee.
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authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 6530201-1, Exhibition Folkert de Jong - Circle of Trust, Selected Works 2001 - 2009 (2009-2010 : Groningen).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- “Folkert de Jong”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3075020: Folkert de Jong
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Awards
• Prix de Rome, Sculpture, 2003 • KDR KunstRAI Prize, Amsterdam, 2004
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- 1.Prix de Rome néerlandais
- 2.M. LeBlanc, Folkert de Jong, Beautiful Decay, 2008
- 3.Folkert de Jong interviewé par Timothée Chaillou, Dorade, printemps - été 2012
- 4.Michael Tomeo, An Interview with Folkert de Jong, Daily Serving, 5 mai 2011
- 5.Laster Paul, Folkert de Jong, Modern Painters, Eté 2010
- 6.Benjamin Genocchio, Folkert de Jong : Les Saltimbanques, New York Times, novembre 9, 2007
- 7.Michael Amy, Testing the limits, in “Circle Of Trust”, Black Cat Publishing, Amsterdam 2009, pp. 84-88
- 8.Ana Finel Honigman, Folkert de Jong in conversation avec Ana Finel Honigman, in “Les Saltimbanques”, Black Cat Publishing Amsterdam 2007, pp. 56-58
- 9.Expo Installation Contemporaine: Folkert de Jong «The Primacy of Matter over Thought ». ACTUART by Eric SIMON.
- 10.Adrian Searle, Glasgow Festival of Visual Art: The new Scottish colourists, the Guardian, 24 avril 2012
- 11.Folkert De Jong, "Operation Harmony" Time Out, 13 avril 2011
- 12.The Shape of Things to Come - in pictures, the Independant, 31 mai 2011
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authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 6530201-1, Exhibition Folkert de Jong - Circle of Trust, Selected Works 2001 - 2009 (2009-2010 : Groningen).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Folkert de Jong is recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Recorded with the occupation visual artist. Works and catalogued output.
Dutch Mechanisms
2016
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