# Folkert de Jong

Folkert de Jong (Egmond aan Zee, Bergen, 1972) és un artista neerlandès.
De Jong nasqué a Egmond aan Zee als Països Baixos. Fa escultures a gran escala i instal·lacions d'art. Les instal·lacions de De Jong són representacions d'escenes que inclouen figures humanes fetes amb materials com el poliuretà i l'Styrofoam; la seva obra té referències a l'horror de la guerra i els conflictes polítics.
Folkert de Jong està representat a la James Cohan Gallery, New York/Shanghai, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia/Mèxic, Fons Welters Gallery, Amsterdam/Païos Baixos, André Simoens Gallery, Knokke/Bèlgica, Brand New Gallery, Milà/Itàlia, galerie dukan hourdequin, París/França i Saatchi Gallery, Londres/Regne unit.

## Exposicions
### En solitari (selecció)

2012
* The Immortals, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, Mackintosh Museum, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow and galerie dukan hourdequin, Paris
2011
* Operation Harmony, James Cohan Gallery, New York
2009
* Circle of Trust: Selected Works 2001-2009, Groninger Museum, Groningen
2007
* Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York
2005
* Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles
2004
* Prix de Rome/Life's Illusions

### Exposicions en grup (selecció)

2012
* The Best of Times, The Worst of Times - Rebirth and Apocalypse in Contemporary Art, Kiev
2011
* Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, The Saatchi Gallery, London
2010
* Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, SMAK, Ghent
* 17th Biennale of Sydney Arxivat 2010-11-26 a Wayback Machine., Sydney
2007
* Fractured Figure : Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Atenes
2006
* DARK, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

## Premis (selecció)

2004
* KDR KunstRAI Prize, Amsterdam
2003
* Prix de Rome, Escultura

## Col·leccions

* Museu de Groninger, Groningen, Països Baixos
* Galerie Saatchi Collection, London, United Kingdom
* Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Bèlgica
* Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Québec, Canadà
* Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Països Baixos
* Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
* Margulies Art Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, United States
* Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Països Baixos
* Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York, United States
* Dakis Joannou Collection, Atenes, Grècia

## Referències

* ↑ «M. LeBlanc, Folkert de Jong, Beautiful Decay, 2008». Arxivat de l'original el 2015-04-16. [Consulta: 8 abril 2015].
* ↑ Benjamin Genocchio, Folkert de Jong : Les Saltimbanques, New York Times, novembre 9, 2007
* ↑ David Stroband, The Iceman Cometh, 12 May - 24 June 2001
* ↑ Adrian Searle, Glasgow Festival of Visual Art: The new Scottish colourists, the Guardian, 24 April 2012
* ↑ Folkert De Jong, "Operation Harmony" Arxivat 2015-04-24 a Wayback Machine. Time Out, 13 April 2011
* ↑ The Shape of Things to Come - in pictures, the Independent, 31 May 2011
* ↑ Folkert de Jong, 'Shoot the Freak' Arxivat 2014-07-26 a Wayback Machine., NAi Publishers, retrieved 13 June 2012.
* ↑ «Prix de Rome Prix in the Netherlands». Arxivat de l'original el 2012-09-07. [Consulta: 8 abril 2015].
* 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

## Enllaços externs

* Folkert de Jong Official Website
* Further information, images and texts from the Saatchi Gallery Arxivat 2013-05-14 a Wayback Machine.
* James Cohan Gallery
* Artist’s page on galerie dukan hourdequin