Born 1962, The Netherlands. Lives and works in Amsterdam (NL).

Job Koelewijn is a conceptual artist, whose work at the same time is often highly sensory. Although his work takes on various forms – ranging from space-filling and site-specific installations to video, photographs and sculptures – they are essentially always interventions in reality with the aim of intensifying the experience of a place or moment, creating enhanced awareness and sharpening the mind. To achieve this, Koelewijn’s work tends to appeal to several senses simultaneously, making the viewer aware that their senses are conditioned.

Language is an important element in Koelewijn’s oeuvre as well and appears in his work in the shape of poetry, literature and philosophy. Since 2006, Koelewijn reads out loud for 45 minutes each day, as part of his Ongoing Reading Project (1 February 2006–present), looking at reading as an exercise for the mind.

Koelewijn’s work is part of the collections of a.o. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL), MUHKA (BE), Guangdong Museum of Art (CN), S.M.A.K. Ghent (BE) and Museum Voorlinden (NL).

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1996–1997 PS 1, New York, USA
1993–1994 Sandberg Institute (MFA), Amsterdam, NL
1987–1992 Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art and Design, Amsterdam, NL

Awards

2006 Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art
2002 Nebest Award
1999 Sandberg Award
1996 Charlotte Köhler Prize