Folkert de Jong (born 1972) is a Dutch artist. He makes large-scale sculptures and installations.^{[ citation needed ]}

Contents

• Exhibitions
• Awards
• References
• Further reading

De Jong was born in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands.^{[ citation needed ]} De Jong’s installations are life-size representations of disturbing scenes including human figures and props formed from materials such as polyurethane and Styrofoam; ^[1] his work often features the uncanny and takes influence from the aesthetics of horror and the history of conflict, war and politics. ^[2]

Exhibitions

• Prix de Rome/Life's Illusions, 2004
• Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, 2005
• Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2007
• Circle of Trust: Selected Works 2001-2009, Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2009
• Operation Harmony, ^[3] James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2011
• The Immortals, ^[4] Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, 2012
• State of light, Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy, 2017
• Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2018

Awards

• Prix de Rome, Sculpture, 2003 ^[5]
• KDR KunstRAI Prize, Amsterdam, 2004 ^[6]

References

Further reading

• Catriona Black, Go figure, Heraldscotland, 15 April 2012
• Timothée Chaillou, Interview à Folkert de Jong, Dorade spring - summer 2012
• Scott Indrisek, The Alchemist, Modern Painters, October 2011
• Philippe Dagen, La sculpture n'est pas morte, c'est Saatchi qui le dit, Le Monde, 16 June 2011
• Alastair Sooke, The future of sculpture - but with an eye on past masters , The Daily Telegraph, 2011
• Jackie Wullschlager, Let's get physical, Financial Times, 2011
• Nancy Durrant, The shape of things to come, The Times, 2011
• Saskia van der Kroef, Folkert De Jong: Groninger Museum, Artforum, February 2010
• S. van der Zijpp, Y. Tsitsovits, J. Declercq, Circle Of Trust - Folkert de Jong, selected works 2001-2009, Groninger Museum, Black Cat Publishing, Amsterdam 2009
• M. Straus, C. Van Gerrewey, Double Dutch, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art 2009
• J. Breton, A. Ténèze, Picasso – Ses maîtres et ses héritiers, Beaux Art éditions, Paris 2008
• M. LeBlanc, Folkert de Jong, Beautiful Decay, no. 5, 2008
• M. Amy, Folkert de Jong – Confronting the Grotesque, Sculpture magazine vol. 27/5, June 2008
• G. Volk, M. J. Straus, A. Finel Honigman, Folkert de Jong - Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, Black Cat Publishing, Amsterdam 2007
• K. Zijlmans, J. Dietvorst, S. Weyns, Folkert de Jong - Gott Mit Uns, Black Cat Publishing, Amsterdam 2006
• S. Wallis, S. Lüttiken, M. van Nieuwenhuizen, Folkert de Jong - Shoot The Freak, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam 2005