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Jens Pfeifer is a visual artist, making sculptures, drawings and site-specific work. He studied in London and Amsterdam, where he still lives. Pfeifer received grants from the Fonds bkvb, Amsterdam, the Foundation Stokroos, Utrecht and the Pollock-Krasner-Foundation, New York. His work is represented in numerous collections. As an adviser and teacher he was connected to various academies, amongst which: the Sandberg Institute Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, Hochschule fuer Kunst und Design Halle and the AKI Enschede. Being brought up in a forest, animals and the forest itself form a familiar and ever returning image in Pfeifer’s work. Collecting pictures from nature, like anthropologists do, his art contrasts yet with this scientific approach to elaborate a direct, timeless and unstructured dialogue with the viewer. The artist returns to the origins of language, myth, by playing on human instinctive emotions. His ink drawings, sculptures and cut-outs reject therefore what is connected to civilization to explore the ‘un-cultural’, what escapes from and is not domesticated by human.
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Pfeifer (1963, Canary Islands) studied at Royal College of Art in the UK and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in the Netherlands. His work was exhibited internationally at venues such as Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in the Netherlands, CCCB in Spain, CEAC in China and Art Forum Berlin. His work is held in various private and public collections, among which that of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands.
Pfeifer received grants from the Fonds bkvb, Amsterdam, the Foundation Stokroos, Utrecht and the Pollock-Krasner-Foundation, New York. His work is represented in numerous collections. As an adviser and teacher he was connected to various academies, amongst which: the Sandberg Institute Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, Hochschule fuer Kunst und Design Halle and the AKI Enschede.
His most recent exhibitions iclude: Symbiosis, The Window Gallery, Riga, Latvia (2023); Transitions, Biennale Noordwijk (2023); Rolling Snowball, group show at Powerlong Art Centre, Xiamen, China (2022); Reborn, ROG project space, Utrecht (2022); Beyond Transparency, solo show Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (2021); State Of Transparency, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam (2019); Back Stages, Teylers Museum, Haarlem (2019).
Pfeifer received grants from the Fonds bkvb, Amsterdam, the Foundation Stokroos, Utrecht and the Pollock-Krasner-Foundation, New York. His work is represented in numerous collections. As an adviser and teacher he was connected to various academies, amongst which: the Sandberg Institute Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, Hochschule fuer Kunst und Design Halle and the AKI Enschede.
His most recent exhibitions iclude: Symbiosis, The Window Gallery, Riga, Latvia (2023); Transitions, Biennale Noordwijk (2023); Rolling Snowball, group show at Powerlong Art Centre, Xiamen, China (2022); Reborn, ROG project space, Utrecht (2022); Beyond Transparency, solo show Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (2021); State Of Transparency, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam (2019); Back Stages, Teylers Museum, Haarlem (2019).
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EDUCATION
1987/88
Royal College of Art, London
1988/92
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
EXHIBITIONS FROM 2011
2023
Symbiosis, The Window Gallery, Riga, LV
Transitions, Biennale Noordwijk
Beeldenroute Zeist
2022
Rolling Snowball, Powerlong Art Centre, Xiamen, CN
Transferium 2022, Ornamenta, Stadtmuseum Pforzheim, DE
Reborn, ROG project space, Utrecht
2021
Beyond Transparency, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam
Anningahof Zwolle
2020
Beeldenroute Zeist
Beeldenroute Roermond
2019
State Of Transparency, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam
Back Stages, Teylers Museum, Haarlem
The Collection, Museum Het GlazenHuis, Lommel
Museum Alter Hof Herding, Lette, DE
50 jaar rietveld glas, Museum Van der Togt, Amstelveen
GASK, Kutna Hora, CZ
2018
Back Stages, 38CC, Delft in collaboration with K.Korfmann
Beauty of the Battle, Musum CODA, Apeldoorn
Anningahof, Zwolle
Galerie NoD, Školská 28, Praag, CZ
2017
Rolling Snowball, Three Shadows gallery, Xiamen , CN
Anningahof, Zwolle
Dialogues, Manifesta Office, Amsterdam
Back Stages, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam
2016
Unannealed, Arti et Amiticiae, Amsterdam
2015
Golden Cut, National Glas Museum, Leerdam
The Process, nominees of International Glass Prize, Lommel, BE
2014
I Am A Mountain, CEAC Xiamen, CN
I Am A Mountain, Galerie Lumen Travo, met Katrin Korfmann
2013
Gegen die Wand, Galerie Lumen Travo
2012
Goldrush, Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam
Glasrijk, Tubbergen
Amsterdam Drawing 2012
2011
Brummelkamp Galerie, AMC, Amsterdam
Art Rotterdam, met Galerie Lumen Travo
Jens Pfeifer at Lumen Travo, Amsterdam
2010
The Killer Bunny, Gloria-Berlin , DE
Art Rotterdam, met Galerie Lumen Travo
STIPENDS AND SCHOLARHIPS
1995
Startstipendium, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunst, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
1996, 1998, 2004, 2008 Basisstipendium, Fbkvb
2010
Pollock-Krasner-Foundation
2010
Stichting Stokroos
2014
Alexander Tutsek Stiftung
Stichting Stokroos
2019
AFK Amsterdam
Harten Fonds
2021
Pictoright Foundation
2022
Prins Bernard Cultuur Fonds
COLLECTIONS
Museum Boimans van Beuningen
Frans Hals Museum
Nationaal Glasmuseum
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
AMC Collectie
Amersfoortse Verzekeringen
De Nederlandse Bank
ABN/Amro Collectie
Stichting Autoriteit Financiele Markten
VSB Bank
Collectie Sanders-Ten Holte
Collectie Otto Schaap
Various assignments for public space, including in collaboration with STROOM, The Hague and Kunst
en Bedrijfs, Amsterdam
TEACHING POSITIONS
2011- present Head of The Large Glass Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2013 - 2017 Senior lecturer Material-Master, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam
2023 Guest Lecturer at Riga Art University
2014 - 2017 Guest Lecturer at Tomas Bata University, Ziln, CZ
2014 Guest Lecturer at Xiamen University, CN
2012 Guest Lecturer at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, TR
2012 Guest Lecturer at AAAD, Prague, CZ
2012 Workshop in Eskisehir Odunpazari, Cam Sanatları Atölyesi, TR
2004 Lecturer Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2003 Guest Lecturer at University of Wolverhampton, GB
2000 Lecturer Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam
1999 - 2004 Assistant Professor, Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, D
1998 - 1999 Guest Lecturer and Commissioner at AKI Enschede
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2021 Online symposium Glass Virus ism Glass Art Society, USA
2020 Online symposium Glass Virus
2019 Glass Virus Think Tank at Urban Glas, Brooklyn USA
Coordination and organization 50 years Glass Department Rietveld Academy (4 residencies,7
exhibitions, Symposium Rietveld Academy, workshop Bezalel University)
Curator ‘Beyond Transparency’, Looiersgracht 60
2018 Glass Virus Think Tank, Amsterdam
2017 Glass Virus Think Tank, Amsterdam
Curator ‘Mighty Process‘, Galerie Lumen Travo
2016 -2020 Samenwerking met Katrin Korfmann, project ‘Back Stages’
Glass Virus Think Tank, Bornholm DK
Curator ‘Unannealed’, tentoonstelling in Arti et Amiticiae, Amsterdam
2015 Gastdocentschap TBU Zlin, CZ
Coordination of multi-year collaborative project Creative Europe in collaboration with Academy for
Art, Architecture and Design, Prague, CZ / KADK Copenhagen, DK / University of Art Plymouth /
Unversity of Sunderland, GB
2014 3 month residency CEAC, Xiamen, CH
Reading for C-Platform, Xiamen, CN
Workshop KADK Bornholm, DK
Organization of the first international ‘Glass Virus’ Think Tank, Amsterdam
Research in collaboration with LAPS knowledge network: Beyond Transparency (tot ca. 2018)
2013 Launch of ‘The Glass Virus’, Platform for Educational Strategies, Brooklyn US
Reading for Urban Glass, ‘Pedagogical Issues in Glass’, Brooklyn US
2012 Reading for ‘Bridges of Creativity’ at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul TR
Workshop in Eskisehir Odunpazari, Cam Sanatları Atölyesi, TR
1987/88
Royal College of Art, London
1988/92
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
EXHIBITIONS FROM 2011
2023
Symbiosis, The Window Gallery, Riga, LV
Transitions, Biennale Noordwijk
Beeldenroute Zeist
2022
Rolling Snowball, Powerlong Art Centre, Xiamen, CN
Transferium 2022, Ornamenta, Stadtmuseum Pforzheim, DE
Reborn, ROG project space, Utrecht
2021
Beyond Transparency, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam
Anningahof Zwolle
2020
Beeldenroute Zeist
Beeldenroute Roermond
2019
State Of Transparency, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam
Back Stages, Teylers Museum, Haarlem
The Collection, Museum Het GlazenHuis, Lommel
Museum Alter Hof Herding, Lette, DE
50 jaar rietveld glas, Museum Van der Togt, Amstelveen
GASK, Kutna Hora, CZ
2018
Back Stages, 38CC, Delft in collaboration with K.Korfmann
Beauty of the Battle, Musum CODA, Apeldoorn
Anningahof, Zwolle
Galerie NoD, Školská 28, Praag, CZ
2017
Rolling Snowball, Three Shadows gallery, Xiamen , CN
Anningahof, Zwolle
Dialogues, Manifesta Office, Amsterdam
Back Stages, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam
2016
Unannealed, Arti et Amiticiae, Amsterdam
2015
Golden Cut, National Glas Museum, Leerdam
The Process, nominees of International Glass Prize, Lommel, BE
2014
I Am A Mountain, CEAC Xiamen, CN
I Am A Mountain, Galerie Lumen Travo, met Katrin Korfmann
2013
Gegen die Wand, Galerie Lumen Travo
2012
Goldrush, Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam
Glasrijk, Tubbergen
Amsterdam Drawing 2012
2011
Brummelkamp Galerie, AMC, Amsterdam
Art Rotterdam, met Galerie Lumen Travo
Jens Pfeifer at Lumen Travo, Amsterdam
2010
The Killer Bunny, Gloria-Berlin , DE
Art Rotterdam, met Galerie Lumen Travo
STIPENDS AND SCHOLARHIPS
1995
Startstipendium, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunst, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
1996, 1998, 2004, 2008 Basisstipendium, Fbkvb
2010
Pollock-Krasner-Foundation
2010
Stichting Stokroos
2014
Alexander Tutsek Stiftung
Stichting Stokroos
2019
AFK Amsterdam
Harten Fonds
2021
Pictoright Foundation
2022
Prins Bernard Cultuur Fonds
COLLECTIONS
Museum Boimans van Beuningen
Frans Hals Museum
Nationaal Glasmuseum
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
AMC Collectie
Amersfoortse Verzekeringen
De Nederlandse Bank
ABN/Amro Collectie
Stichting Autoriteit Financiele Markten
VSB Bank
Collectie Sanders-Ten Holte
Collectie Otto Schaap
Various assignments for public space, including in collaboration with STROOM, The Hague and Kunst
en Bedrijfs, Amsterdam
TEACHING POSITIONS
2011- present Head of The Large Glass Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2013 - 2017 Senior lecturer Material-Master, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam
2023 Guest Lecturer at Riga Art University
2014 - 2017 Guest Lecturer at Tomas Bata University, Ziln, CZ
2014 Guest Lecturer at Xiamen University, CN
2012 Guest Lecturer at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, TR
2012 Guest Lecturer at AAAD, Prague, CZ
2012 Workshop in Eskisehir Odunpazari, Cam Sanatları Atölyesi, TR
2004 Lecturer Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2003 Guest Lecturer at University of Wolverhampton, GB
2000 Lecturer Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam
1999 - 2004 Assistant Professor, Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, D
1998 - 1999 Guest Lecturer and Commissioner at AKI Enschede
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2021 Online symposium Glass Virus ism Glass Art Society, USA
2020 Online symposium Glass Virus
2019 Glass Virus Think Tank at Urban Glas, Brooklyn USA
Coordination and organization 50 years Glass Department Rietveld Academy (4 residencies,7
exhibitions, Symposium Rietveld Academy, workshop Bezalel University)
Curator ‘Beyond Transparency’, Looiersgracht 60
2018 Glass Virus Think Tank, Amsterdam
2017 Glass Virus Think Tank, Amsterdam
Curator ‘Mighty Process‘, Galerie Lumen Travo
2016 -2020 Samenwerking met Katrin Korfmann, project ‘Back Stages’
Glass Virus Think Tank, Bornholm DK
Curator ‘Unannealed’, tentoonstelling in Arti et Amiticiae, Amsterdam
2015 Gastdocentschap TBU Zlin, CZ
Coordination of multi-year collaborative project Creative Europe in collaboration with Academy for
Art, Architecture and Design, Prague, CZ / KADK Copenhagen, DK / University of Art Plymouth /
Unversity of Sunderland, GB
2014 3 month residency CEAC, Xiamen, CH
Reading for C-Platform, Xiamen, CN
Workshop KADK Bornholm, DK
Organization of the first international ‘Glass Virus’ Think Tank, Amsterdam
Research in collaboration with LAPS knowledge network: Beyond Transparency (tot ca. 2018)
2013 Launch of ‘The Glass Virus’, Platform for Educational Strategies, Brooklyn US
Reading for Urban Glass, ‘Pedagogical Issues in Glass’, Brooklyn US
2012 Reading for ‘Bridges of Creativity’ at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul TR
Workshop in Eskisehir Odunpazari, Cam Sanatları Atölyesi, TR
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