CV
Curriculum Vitae Jan Hoek
Jan Hoek ( 1984) is an artist, photographer and writer.
He is the founder of Stichting Captain Hoek which aims to connect the world of outsider artists with the world of insider artists
Solo Shows
2021: Jan Hoek & Others & New Ways Of Pricing, Gallery Vriend van Bavink - Opening september 24
2020: Boda Boda Madness, Festival CIRCULATION(S), Paris
2019: Photo Manifstation Enschede, Enschede
2018: Mental Superpowers, AMC Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam
2018: Mental Superpowers, Mentrum Psychiatric Institute, Amsterdam
2018: Mental Superpowers, Beautiful Distress House, Amsterdam
2018, Boda Boda Madness, Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam
2017: Boda Boda Madness, Photoville, New York
2017: Duo presentation with Boris Mikhailov, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2016: New Supermodels, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam , The Netherlands
2016: Unfair, solo presentation, Westergasterrein, Amsterdam
2016: Sistaaz of the Castle, in collaboration with fashion designer Duran Lantink, presented at Amsterdam Fashion Week and at FOAM (jan)
2016: Shooting Stars, solo exhibition, FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium
2015: Solo presentation, guest gallery Ron Mandos in Citroën garage Amsterdam. Part of Unseen Festival
2015: Panorama Carland, outdoor Panaroma at Gashoudervijver, Unseen Photo Festival, Amsterdam
2015: Riot, 'Me & My Models the Gold Edition', solo exhibition, Gent, Belgium
2015: The Stan/Jan-show, about the collaboration between Jan Hoek and Stan Aziz Abdul, a street painter living in Kumasi, Ghana, exhibition in: De Balie, Amsterdam
2013: $€XXX, show in collaboration with fashion designer Nieuw Jurk, 2PR, Amsterdam
2013: Me & My Models, (solo exhibition) New Holland, St. Petersburg, Russia
2013: Unfair, The Sweet Crazies That Didn’t Want To Be Photographed, Amsterdam
2013: Sweet Crazies, solo exhibition, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2013: Me & My Models, solo exhibition, FOAM, Amsterdam
2012: Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul (represented by Galerie Ron Mandos), Turkey
2012: Solo exhibition ‘Sweet Crazies’ in de Openbare Bibliotheek Utrecht, The Netherlands
2011: Soloshow in galerie Artpocalypse Collective with the series ‘Sweet Crazies, Amsterdam
Group Shows
2019: Boda Boda Madness, Look Now Here, Amsterdam
2019: Boda Boda Madness, N'Gola Festival, Sao Tomé
2019: Boda Boda Madness, Bilbao Photo Festival, Bilbao, Spain
2019: Boda Boda Madness, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles France
2019: The photograph that took the place of a mountain, Vriend van Bavink Gallery, Amsterdam
2019: Gothics in Nigeria, together with Stephen Tayo, in Corrosia, Almere
2018: Darlings, Vriend van Bavink Gallery, Amsterdam
2018: The Kitab – India's First Photobook Festival, India
2018: Unseen, represented by Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2018: Photo Festival for Transgender Community, Sandesh, India
2018: Charles goes Arles, Hamburg Triennale, Hamburg
2018: Neue Heimat, Willem Twee Kunstruimte, Den Bosch
2017: Lagos Photo, My Maasai and The “Real” Somali Pirates, Lagos
2017: Scooters Will Never Die!!!!, Het Tijdelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2017: Bending the Frame, curated by Fred Ritchin, Western Gallery, New York
2017: Haus der Kunst, Factor X, München
2017: Jubileumtentoonstelling 30x30, CBK Zuid-Oost, Amsterdam
2017: Expoplu, Gender: A Universal Language, Nijmegen
2017: Colony Studio's, Hyperrealism, New York
2016: AIR (artist in residency), CBK Zuid-Oost, Amsterdam
2016: A Bed End Story (curated by Aldo van den Broek), Berlin Art Week, Berlin, Germany
2016: 'Woonrubriek zoals God het bedoeld heeft', Breda Photo, The Netherlands
2016: The Ultimate Sailor, showing 'The “real” Somali Pirates, Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam
2016: Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
2016: Margin of Visual Treshold, Circle Art Gallery, Shenzhen, China
2016: QUICKSCAN NL#02, Fotomuseum Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2016: (S)he, CBK Zuid-Oost, Amsterdam
2015: Young International Artists, duoshow with Mohau Modisakeng, (by Galerie Ron Mandos) Paris, France
2015: Unseen, represented by Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2015: The Devil is in Detail, SBK Dordrecht, group exhibition, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2015: Do you hear me?, group exhibition FOTODOK, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2015: We Like Art, Art Rotterdam (feb)
2015: Plat(t)form, selected portfolio viewing, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Swiss
2014: AIR in Zuid-Oost 2014, groepstentoonstelling CBK Zuid-Oost, Amsterdam
2014: Lagos Photo, showing New Ways Of Photographing the New Masai, Lagos, Nigeria
2014: Best of Ron Mandos best of graduates, De Kring, Amsterdam
2014: FOAM Town, group show, Felix&FOAM, Amsterdam
2014: Residency Surface Arts, Chiang-Mai, Thailand
2014: He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, group show curated by Foam Amsterdam
2014: The Space Between Us, group show, Felix & Foam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014: The Moving Museum of Clothes, group show, CEC Zuid-Oost
2013 - 2014: New works of painting, photo and sculpture at the Margulies collection, Warehouse, Miami, US
2014: Lagos Photo, showing Sweet Crazies, Lagos, Nigeria (okt)
2014: Art Rotterdam, represented by Galerie Ron Mandos (feb)
2013: In Delta Flux, Jakarta, group show curated by Impakt (dec)
2013: Art in Redlight, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam (dec)
2013: Middle Gate ’13 (group show curated by Jan Hoet), Geel, België (till januari)
2013: Sweet Crazies, Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos (nov)
2013: Wool Week Expo, Oude Kerk, (group show) Amsterdam
2013: Group Show, Easy Living, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, The Netherlands
2012: Group Show, Van Perskamer tot Kunstpaleis, The Times, Amsterdam
2012: Viewing ‘Me & My Models’, Impakt Festival, Utrecht
2012: Pop up-nl, London, represented by Ron Mandos
2012: Unseen Photo Fair, Sweet Crazies, represented by Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2012: Group show ‘Best of the Graduates 2012′ in galerie Ron Mandos in Amsterdam
2012: Graduation Show Gerrit Rietveld Academie with ‘Me & My Models’
2012: Group show ‘Out of the fridge’ in Berm Collectief, Amsterdam
2011: Group Show ‘Teenage Magazines’ in FOAM, Amsterdam
2010: Gabberperformance at Rietveld Uncut, De Brakke Grond
Publications (books)
2019: Sistaaz of the Castle, by Art Paper Editions
2018: Mental Superpowers. by Art Paper Editions
2017: My Maasai, by Art Paper Editions (group project)
2015: Publication: The Pattaya Sex Bubble 1 t/m 10, by Art Paper Editions
2014: Publication ‘New Ways of Photographing The New Masai’ by Art Paper Editions
2013: Publication, ‘Marktplaatspoëzie’, Nijgh & Van Ditmar
2012: Publication ‘Me & My Models’ in news paper form, published by Art Paper editions
Prices & Awards
2018: Flash Fowards 2018, category LGBTQ award, by the Magenta Foundation, for Sistaaz of the Castle
2016: Winner Dutch Design Awards in category Fashion for Sistaaz of the Castle
2016: Nomination Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs
2015: Winner Charlotte Kohler-price 2015, by Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds
2015: Nominated for the FOAM Paul Huf Award
2013: Nominated for the Dutch Doc Awards for The Sweet Crazies
2013: Nominated for the Dutch Doc Awards for Me & My Models
Written articles (selection)
2017: Hoe vergaat het kunstnaars die een één-ster-recensie krijgen, Vice.
2016: 'Woonrubriek zoals God het eigenlijk bedoeld had' voor Volkskrant Magazine
2015-now: Art editor at the Dutch Vice Magazine, with every two weeks my own art column
2003-now: Editor Mister Motley, dutch art magazine (interviews, essays, personal art stories)
2015: Essay for American Suburb X: The (Im)possibilities to Shoot as a White Photographer on the African Continent
2015: Essay voor Vrij Nederland: 'Kunst verzamelen zonder geld'
2014: Article for dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad and NRC.Next: 'Mijn racistische salontafel'
2014: 'Cursus Vakantiefoto's maken die niet saai zijn' for Vrij Nederland
2013: Marktplaatspoëzie, was placed in NRC.Next for a year a few times a week.