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Thijs Jansen 1986
Woont in Hoogezand. Werkt in Groningen/Hoogezand.
Vertegenwoordigd door:
Rutger Brandt Gallery
The perhaps surprisingly small size of Jansen's panels does not mean the works can be viewed with a cursory glance. On the contrary. The viewer wishing to take in all the details - how the light falls, the perspective, the spatial composition, the motifs or the varied painting techniques - of his precisely created compositions, will have to stop and take their time. "This format is a means of forcing a deeper level of concentration," says the artist.
The everyday nature of the situations depicted reflects the chosen materials: a wooden plank, unframed, slightly uneven. Jansen's former ambition to be a comic-strip artist is often evident; not only in the narrative rendition, but also in the often comic-style images of, for example, the portrait gallery in International Rescue (2010, 25 x 30 cm) or in his striking love of details, as shown in his piquant work De pornohoek ['The porn corner'] (2010, 25 x 30 cm).
Jansen begins with a thick base layer applied with a large brush whereby the paint spills over the edges of the panel, and goes on to build up a complex spatial setting using oil and acrylic paints.
Back in 2009 the brushstrokes are still somewhat transparent and sketchy. Sometimes he uses pencil (Kleedhokjes ['Changing cubicles'], 2009). An ochre background is dimly visible through the uppermost layer of paint, emphasizing the stagelike feeling of the panels. The artist uses tape to help create straight lines and larger planes.
In this way he builds up layers of paint that are minuscule yet solid. In his latest works this results in an almost three-dimensional surface whereby in addition to paint and tape, he uses a scratch knife. Jansen: "In this way you can use opposite means to achieve the same result."
The everyday nature of the situations depicted reflects the chosen materials: a wooden plank, unframed, slightly uneven. Jansen's former ambition to be a comic-strip artist is often evident; not only in the narrative rendition, but also in the often comic-style images of, for example, the portrait gallery in International Rescue (2010, 25 x 30 cm) or in his striking love of details, as shown in his piquant work De pornohoek ['The porn corner'] (2010, 25 x 30 cm).
Jansen begins with a thick base layer applied with a large brush whereby the paint spills over the edges of the panel, and goes on to build up a complex spatial setting using oil and acrylic paints.
Back in 2009 the brushstrokes are still somewhat transparent and sketchy. Sometimes he uses pencil (Kleedhokjes ['Changing cubicles'], 2009). An ochre background is dimly visible through the uppermost layer of paint, emphasizing the stagelike feeling of the panels. The artist uses tape to help create straight lines and larger planes.
In this way he builds up layers of paint that are minuscule yet solid. In his latest works this results in an almost three-dimensional surface whereby in addition to paint and tape, he uses a scratch knife. Jansen: "In this way you can use opposite means to achieve the same result."
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Thijs Jansen (Groningen 1986), woont in Hoogezand en werkt in Groningen en Hoogezand
OPLEIDING
2008 – 2010 MFA Frank Mohr Instituut, Groningen
2004 – 2008 Academie Minerva, Groningen
2007 California college of the arts, San-Francisco, Californië
SOLOTENTOONSTELLINGEN
2019 Thijs Jansen, De Schilder, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag
2015 EXTRA ORDINAIR, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag
2013 TOTAL THIJS, Drents Museum, Assen
2012 Alle 13 goed, SCHUNCK*, Heerlen
High Definition, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag
GROEPSTENTOONSTELLINGEN
2007 International Student Show, Irwin Student Centre, Oakland, CA
2008 Final Exhibition, Academie Minerva, Groningen
2009 Sweaty Handshakes, Groninger Museum, Groningen
2010 Buning Bongers Prijzen 2010, Arti et Amicitiae, Aamsterdam
Koninklijke prijs voor vrije schilderkunst 2010, Koninklijk paleis, Amsterdam
Vier positionen der MFA Painting, Stiftung Burg Kniphausen, Wilhelmshaven (D)
Cowabunga!, Stichting WEP, Groningen
Post Dordt, CBK Dordrecht, Dordrecht
Present Work, Frank Mohr instituut, Groningen
FMI Meesters op de Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Once Mohr, DefkA, Assen
2011 Gerrit van Houten prijs 2011, Koetshuis Fraeylemaborg, Slochteren
JCE Biennial'11, La Fabrique, Montrouge, Paris (F)
Groupshow, Fred Wagemans, Nieuw Annerveen
HiHaHo, Gallery With Tsjalling, Groningen
NOK 2011, Egberts Lent, Nieuw Annerveen
Oude helden, jonge meesters, Academie Minerva, Groningen
We like Art! @ Art Amsterdam, RAI, Amsterdam
Realisme 2011, Passenger Terminal, Amsterdam
2012 The Gathering, Yukiko Kawase Galerie, Paris (F)
Real Fiction, SIGN+, Groningen
Realisme 2012, Passenger Terminal, Amsterdam
2013 The Gathering, Mytoro Gallery, Hamburg (D)
Van Bommel Van Dam Preis 2013, Rudolph Scharpf Galerie, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (D)
Horizonnen, kunst in een veranderend Friesland, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Academie Minerva in het UMCG, UMCG, Groningen
Van Bommel Van Dam Prijs 2013, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo
DOWNSTREAM, groepsdruk in beeld, 37PK, Haarlem
Stichting WEP in het CBK, CBK Groningen, Groningen
2014 Buning Brongers Prijswinnaars; De Schoonheid van het verschil, Museum Henriette Polak, Zutphen
Daar komen de Putters!, Museum Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse
I am not doing anything until I feel the need, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
De Kunstdames: Pop-Up Artstore #1, Folkingestraat 33, Groningen
QUAKE AID SHOW, Bart Invites: Kunstruimte Wagemans, Amsterdam
Start Buying Art, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
NOK 6, Voormalig Grietenijhuis, Beetsterzwaag
Cécile Verwaaijen, Henk Peeters, JCJ Vanderheyden & Thijs Jansen, Stand Kunstruimte Wagemans, Art Rotterdam 2014, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam
Prospects & Concepts, Mondriaan Fund presents young talent, Art Rotterdam 2014, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam
2015 THE AFFAIR OF PAINTING, Frank Mohr Institute - Praediniussingel 59, Groningen
Art Rotterdam 2015, Stand Kunstruimte Wagemans, Van Nelle fabriek, Rotterdam
2016 Hoogezand Centraal, Galerie Werfkade 16, Hoogezand
Art Rotterdam 2016, Stand 55 - Kunstruimte Wagemans, van Nelle fabriek, Rotterdam
Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam
Martijn Schuppers: Pentimenti, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf (D)
2017 Art Noord, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen
Painting Now, Gallery Livingstone, Den Haag
Generatieportretten 3, Museum Waterland, Purmerend
Binnenstebuiten, Galerie Mozaiek, Zuidlaren
Art Rotterdam 2017, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam
Lekker, Stichting WEP, Groningen
2018 Northeners, Paviljoen Welgelegen, Haarlem
Thijs Jansen en Johannes Langkamp, I presume, DAK, Utrecht
Art Noord 2018, Museum Belvédère, Herenveen
Cherry Picking, Galerie With Tsjalling, Groningen
2019 Art Beetsterzwaag, Projectruimte Hoofdstraat 17, Beetsterzwaag
It was a pleasure, DAK Utrecht
PAN 2019, RAI, Amsterdam
COLLECTIES
Drents Museum, Assen Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
SCHUNCK*, Heerlen Albert Heijn Kunststichting, Zaandam
Menzis Kunstcollectie, Wageningen
Enexis Kunstcollectie, Den Bosch
UMCG Kunstcollectie, Groningen
Stichting Gerrit van Houten, Groningen
Hanzehogeschool, Groningen
PRIJZEN/STIPENDIA
Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, Mondriaan Fonds (2017)
Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, Mondriaan Fonds (2014)
Startstipendium, Mondriaan Fonds (2012)
Gerrit van Houten prijs (2011)
Buning Brongers prijs (2010)
PUBLICATIES
2013 TOTAL THIJS (monografie), Wbooks/Drents Museum, Zwolle/Assen
OPLEIDING
2008 – 2010 MFA Frank Mohr Instituut, Groningen
2004 – 2008 Academie Minerva, Groningen
2007 California college of the arts, San-Francisco, Californië
SOLOTENTOONSTELLINGEN
2019 Thijs Jansen, De Schilder, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag
2015 EXTRA ORDINAIR, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag
2013 TOTAL THIJS, Drents Museum, Assen
2012 Alle 13 goed, SCHUNCK*, Heerlen
High Definition, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag
GROEPSTENTOONSTELLINGEN
2007 International Student Show, Irwin Student Centre, Oakland, CA
2008 Final Exhibition, Academie Minerva, Groningen
2009 Sweaty Handshakes, Groninger Museum, Groningen
2010 Buning Bongers Prijzen 2010, Arti et Amicitiae, Aamsterdam
Koninklijke prijs voor vrije schilderkunst 2010, Koninklijk paleis, Amsterdam
Vier positionen der MFA Painting, Stiftung Burg Kniphausen, Wilhelmshaven (D)
Cowabunga!, Stichting WEP, Groningen
Post Dordt, CBK Dordrecht, Dordrecht
Present Work, Frank Mohr instituut, Groningen
FMI Meesters op de Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Once Mohr, DefkA, Assen
2011 Gerrit van Houten prijs 2011, Koetshuis Fraeylemaborg, Slochteren
JCE Biennial'11, La Fabrique, Montrouge, Paris (F)
Groupshow, Fred Wagemans, Nieuw Annerveen
HiHaHo, Gallery With Tsjalling, Groningen
NOK 2011, Egberts Lent, Nieuw Annerveen
Oude helden, jonge meesters, Academie Minerva, Groningen
We like Art! @ Art Amsterdam, RAI, Amsterdam
Realisme 2011, Passenger Terminal, Amsterdam
2012 The Gathering, Yukiko Kawase Galerie, Paris (F)
Real Fiction, SIGN+, Groningen
Realisme 2012, Passenger Terminal, Amsterdam
2013 The Gathering, Mytoro Gallery, Hamburg (D)
Van Bommel Van Dam Preis 2013, Rudolph Scharpf Galerie, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (D)
Horizonnen, kunst in een veranderend Friesland, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Academie Minerva in het UMCG, UMCG, Groningen
Van Bommel Van Dam Prijs 2013, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo
DOWNSTREAM, groepsdruk in beeld, 37PK, Haarlem
Stichting WEP in het CBK, CBK Groningen, Groningen
2014 Buning Brongers Prijswinnaars; De Schoonheid van het verschil, Museum Henriette Polak, Zutphen
Daar komen de Putters!, Museum Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse
I am not doing anything until I feel the need, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
De Kunstdames: Pop-Up Artstore #1, Folkingestraat 33, Groningen
QUAKE AID SHOW, Bart Invites: Kunstruimte Wagemans, Amsterdam
Start Buying Art, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
NOK 6, Voormalig Grietenijhuis, Beetsterzwaag
Cécile Verwaaijen, Henk Peeters, JCJ Vanderheyden & Thijs Jansen, Stand Kunstruimte Wagemans, Art Rotterdam 2014, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam
Prospects & Concepts, Mondriaan Fund presents young talent, Art Rotterdam 2014, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam
2015 THE AFFAIR OF PAINTING, Frank Mohr Institute - Praediniussingel 59, Groningen
Art Rotterdam 2015, Stand Kunstruimte Wagemans, Van Nelle fabriek, Rotterdam
2016 Hoogezand Centraal, Galerie Werfkade 16, Hoogezand
Art Rotterdam 2016, Stand 55 - Kunstruimte Wagemans, van Nelle fabriek, Rotterdam
Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam
Martijn Schuppers: Pentimenti, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf (D)
2017 Art Noord, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen
Painting Now, Gallery Livingstone, Den Haag
Generatieportretten 3, Museum Waterland, Purmerend
Binnenstebuiten, Galerie Mozaiek, Zuidlaren
Art Rotterdam 2017, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam
Lekker, Stichting WEP, Groningen
2018 Northeners, Paviljoen Welgelegen, Haarlem
Thijs Jansen en Johannes Langkamp, I presume, DAK, Utrecht
Art Noord 2018, Museum Belvédère, Herenveen
Cherry Picking, Galerie With Tsjalling, Groningen
2019 Art Beetsterzwaag, Projectruimte Hoofdstraat 17, Beetsterzwaag
It was a pleasure, DAK Utrecht
PAN 2019, RAI, Amsterdam
COLLECTIES
Drents Museum, Assen Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
SCHUNCK*, Heerlen Albert Heijn Kunststichting, Zaandam
Menzis Kunstcollectie, Wageningen
Enexis Kunstcollectie, Den Bosch
UMCG Kunstcollectie, Groningen
Stichting Gerrit van Houten, Groningen
Hanzehogeschool, Groningen
PRIJZEN/STIPENDIA
Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, Mondriaan Fonds (2017)
Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, Mondriaan Fonds (2014)
Startstipendium, Mondriaan Fonds (2012)
Gerrit van Houten prijs (2011)
Buning Brongers prijs (2010)
PUBLICATIES
2013 TOTAL THIJS (monografie), Wbooks/Drents Museum, Zwolle/Assen
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