Folkert de Jong

Folkert de Jong (born 1972) is a Dutch artist. He makes large-scale sculptures and installations.

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

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, James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2011 The Immortals, 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 KDR KunstRAI Prize, Amsterdam, 2004