Rob Johannesma (1970, Geleen, NL) studied at the de Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (1993-1997), the Cooper Union, New York (1996-1997) and De Ateliers Amsterdam (1997-1999). Afterwards, he completed residencies at Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg (2001-2002) and Projectstudio KNIR, Rome (2005-2006). His expertise spans across various media such as video works, collages, installations, photographs, paintings and drawings. Johannesma’s work has been a part of many (solo and group) exhibitions in museum and galleries, both national and international, including Venice Biennial (2001), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2001), De Hallen, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (2002, 2006), Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (2005), ar/ge kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano (2012), Galleria Lia Rumma (2012), 13de Istanbul Biennale (2013), Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (2014, 2015), Galerie Albada Jelgersma, Amsterdam (2020, 2021), and WG terrain, Amsterdam (2021).