Jeroen Kooijmans

Jeroen Kooijmans (February 2 1967, Schijndel) is a Dutch video and installation artist.
== Biography == 
Kooijmans attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academie from 1991 to 1995 initially aspiring to be a painter, and experimented with video as it offered him more mobility within the frame.Bast, Truska. "De schaduw op de bewegende trein". 'De Volkskrant', May 15, 1998.. In 1994 Kooijmans's first video art piece Work (1994) was purchased by Rudi Fuchs of the Stedelijk Museum AmsterdamKooijmans, Jeroen, "Stedelijk Museum Online Collectie". stedelijk.nl. Retrieved 5 December 2019.. Kooijmans continued to experiment with video art installation and projections and acquired a national acclaim by winning the NPS Cultuurprijs for his 'video-graffiti', a term Kooijmans coined for the large projections on public buildings and transport vehicles (trains and trucks)Smallenburg, Sandra, "Kunstenaar Jeroen Kooijmans over zijn 'videoschilderijen'". 'NRC Handelsblad, June 18, 1998.. The video-graffiti functioned as a theatrical intervention, where pre-recorded scenes of dancing couples were projected from a car on walls near people passing by. 
In 2001 Kooijmans was selected with a proposal for an arts project Floating Gardens; to make land in the air for a residency at MoMA PS1 in New York. There, Kooijmans witnessed the September 11 attacks which caused a change in his view of the world. Even though Kooijmans exhibited two video projections (Hotel New York, Listening to New Voices: PS1 National and International Studio Program Exhibition), recorded a movie (NPS), published a book (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam) and cooperated in several interdisciplinary efforts (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, MVRDV) in the capacity of video artist, his diligence to portray the world after 9/11 ceasedKooijmans, Jeroen. "Exhibitions MoMA". moma.org. Retrieved 5 December 2019.. He took to traveling, mostly to Africa, India and Pakistan and eventually returned to Amsterdam. The period after Kooijmans worked on a trilogy 'The Fish Pond Song', where characters based on those of the panels The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch are subjected to the abominations of eternal warfare and reconciliationHuisman, Sanneke, "The Fish Pond Song", in 'Metropolis M' 12–14, January 4 2016.. The three parts were produced separately during seven years of filming, editing and building and were exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch during the celebration of 500 years of BoschKooijmans, Jeroen. "Kunstuur". uitzendinggemist.nl. Retrieved January 31, 2020..
== Style == 
Kooijmans work is described as quintessential Dutch, light-hearted and poetic. The early video pieces show composition that is both cinematographic and painterly and a simplicity devoid of narrative. In these works (1994- 2002) Kooijmans mixes techniques of video, installation, (live) projection and intervention in both public and private spaces and crosses boundaries of the personal and professional, pop and high culture, in- and outdoors, home and abroadKooijmans, Jeroen, "Artist in Residence", 2010 ahk.nl. Retrieved January 31, 2020.. Kooijmans later work is clearly more representative of the change in his worldview, more reflective of traveling and foreign cultures, and images of war. The poetic and painterly quality of the cinematographic installations refer to the work of his namesake Hieronymus and incorporate architectural elements as well.
== Works == 
* 'Work' (1994) : Video. Three workmen stand in a circular form and scoop sand only to deposit it in the other's pit (Time Based Arts section at the Stedelijk Museum).Kooijmans, Jeroen (January 31, 2020). "Werk". Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
* 'Cloud Factory' (1996): Video. A factory absorbs clouds from the air (From here to reality-Index 2001).Kooijmans, Jeroen (October 6, 2001). "From here to reality". Indexfoundation.se. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
* 'Pilot' (1998): Video. Plane makes a looping before landing (Spinning- MIT List, 2002)Kooijmans, Jeroen (May 23, 2002)."Spinning-Listart MIT". listart.mit.edu. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
* 'Excuse me.. is this your room?' (2000)- Live and life-size projection of two lovers in a hotel room; projection is on real ‘setting’ of a hotel room in a museum. Live connection, lovers can see visitors on monitors and interact with them (Hotel New York- MoMA/PS1-2001). Kooijmans, Jeroen (2001). "Hotel New York-MoMA PS1". moma.org. Retrieved January 31, 2020
* 'Guards' (2002): Live video projection of two gnome sized security guards, who watch visitors on monitors in another space and interact with visitors as projections (Listening to new voices- MoMA/PS1, 2002).Kooijmans, Jeroen (2002). "Listening to new voices MoMA PS1". moma.org. Retrieved January 31, 2020
* 'It's about time' (2002): Book. (Stedelijk Museum, book presentation 2002; book is part of library collection).Kooijmans, Jeroen (2002). "It's about time- book presentation". Retrieved January 31, 2020
* 'New York is eating me & The Cactus Dance' (2005): film about New York, facial hair and 9/11 (After 9/11 - Stedelijk Museum, After 9/11 - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).Kooijmans, Jeroen (September 11, 2005). "After 9/11 Stedelijk". stedelijk.nl. Retrieved January 31, 2020.Kooijmans, Jeroen (March 3, 2006). "Careof- Videopassages". careof.org. Retrieved January 31, 2006
* 'The Fish Pond Song' (2016): Cinematographic installation with interactive architecture about war and reconciliation (Stedelijk Museum 's Hertogenbosch, 2016).Kooijmans, Jeroen (February 14, 2016). "Kunstuur". uitzendinggemist.nl. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
Category:1967 births
Category:Dutch video artists
Category:Dutch installation artists