Folkert de Jong

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Folkert de Jong
Born1972 (age 5354)
Known forSculpture, Installation
AwardsPrix de Rome (Netherlands) (2003)
Websitestudiofolkertdejong.com

Folkert de Jong (born 1972) is a Dutch artist. He makes large-scale sculptures and installations.[citation needed]

De Jong was born in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands.[citation needed] De Jong’s installations are life-size representations of disturbing scenes including human figures and props formed from materials such as polyurethane and Styrofoam;[1] his work often features the uncanny and takes influence from the aesthetics of horror and the history of conflict, war and politics.[2]

  • 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,[3] James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2011
  • The Immortals,[4] 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

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