Art Basel Miami Beach: Special Project Biography / Peres Projects

(b. 1972, Alkmaar, The Netherlands)

Recent Exhibitions:
"Gott Mit Uns," Kunsthalle Winterhur, Switzerland
"Golden Dawn," Peres Projects, Los Angeles
"Shoot the Freak," Museum Het Domein Sittard, The Netherlands
"The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
"Medusa's First Move: The Council," Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
"Prix de Rome," Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Meet me and Mister Beefy," Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Recent Group Exhibitions:
"Utinodiging," Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle, Netherlands
"I love my scene," Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
"Lang Leve Beeldhouwkunst! / Long Live Sculpture! / Vive La Sculpture!" May 28-September 3, 2006, Sculpture Museum Middelheim, Belgium
"Dark," Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Upcoming Solo Exhibitions:
Folkert de Jong, Peres Projects, Berlin

De Jong has been featured in Art Forum, Sculpture USA, KM Magazine, Metropolis M, and a catalogue was recently published by Nai publishers entitled "Shoot the Freak," awarded with the 2004 Thieme/Kunst RAI Prize. His work was also included in the "2003 Prix de Rome" catalog.

De Jong is included in the collection of the Centre for Visual Arts, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Stedelijk Museum Het Domain, Sittard, The Netherlands and Gemeent Museum Den Haag, The Netherlands