Frijke Coumans (v)
25/09/1995
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Education
2014 - 2018 AKV|St.Joost Breda, Bachelor of Arts, Photography
2013 - 2014 ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arts in Education, admission for Graphic Design
2012 - 2013 AKV|St.Joost 's Hertogenbosch, Orientation Course Arts and Design
Artist Statement
I’m intrigued by the difficult relation between the desire for control and balance, and the desire for chaos and irrationality. I find these seemingly contradictory desires strikingly present in everyday life. The relationship between the not-knowing, not comprehending and our continuing desire seems very important to me. This can be expressed in photography: it ensures that you have to use your imagination.
Agitation in my head and unanswered questions do not fit in harmonious and controlled environments. Unanswered questions represent a need, and fuel my projects and correspond to desire. My photo series are full of chaos, not-knowing, impressions and questions, lead by an apparent makeability born in the mind, which however cannot be controlled.
Exhibitions
2020
Ghost Art Project, Season Three Artists, Omaha
Mirrors and Reflections, Loosenart, Rome
Curators Picks - 2019, Gallery Baird, Seattle
Contemporary Art Venice, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice
2019
The Georgetown Art Attack, Gallery Baird, Seattle
Nasty Women, De Balie, Amsterdam
Volumes 2019, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich
Printing Plant Art Book Fair, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam Art Weekend, Amsterdam
Hécatombe Magazine Release, Arts Connective, New York City
Salon at Forest, Arts Connective, Yuko Nishikawa, New York City
Civic Art Lab 2019, Arts Connective, Chinatown Soup, New York City
Unseen Book Market 2019, Westergas, Amsterdam
Nearly every thought leads to nothing, WolfArt Project Space/WOLk, Rotterdam
Pro•to•type, Le paradis c'est ici, Alterworks Studios, New York City
The first man who ate a banana was a monkey, Amsterdam
Kunstgrillen, The paradis c'est ici, BarVizart, Antwerpen
Blurring the Lines, European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Venice
Blurring the Lines, HKU Oudenoord 700, Utrecht
Rotterdam Photo: City Limits, Rotterdam Art Week, Rotterdam
Бредам,Cultuurnacht Breda, Electron, Breda
This is a good kissing spot, Foto Asiel III, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
2018
This Art Fair 2018, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
New 2019: Melkweg Expo, Melkweg, Amsterdam
Blurring the Lines, Paris Photo 2018, Paris College of Arts, Paris
NONF #1 Protest in de 21e eeuw, MotMot Gallery, Tilt Festival, Breda
Wijland Festival, Wisentbos, Dronten
Hoveniers van het Verlangen (Graduation Show), Launch 2018, AKV St. Joost, Breda
Het Foto Asiel II, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
Scissors, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
Het Foto Asiel (Open Dag Editie), AKV|St.Joost, Breda
2017
Het Foto Asiel, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
I know what you did last summer (Open Dag Editie), AKV|St.Joost, Breda
I know what you did last summer, Nieuwe Veste, Breda
Love and the ultimate tragedy (Solo exhibition),Museum 't Oude Slot, Veldhoven
Wijland Festival, Wisentbos, Dronten
A Photographer's Journal, Cloud Gallery, Amsterdam
Hole in the wall, AKV|St.Joost 's Hertogenbosch, First Floor
2016
When The Saints Go Marching In, Dutch Design Week 2016, Natlab Eindhoven
Je bent godverdomme niet thuis!, Mengfabriek, 's Hertogenbosch
Betonne Expo II, Zandbergweg, Breda
Publications
2020
Looking Glass Edition, Verses Mag
LDCLÜB Online Issue #4, Ladies Drawing Club
Issue 5, Zanna Magazine
Lowland Issue 6, Lowland Magazine
Leap Year - Valentine Day, Är Zine
Love: Issue 12, Polemical Zine
Apero Fine Art Catalogue - January 2020, APÉRO
I Can Hear The Road Call, Jeff Smudde
2019
Le paradis c'est ici, Self Publish
Untitled No.1, Gallery Baird
A5 Magazine, #32 November, A5 Zine
Like a Girl Zine Issue 05, Tyler Elise
Thin fortune, rushed hours, Self Publish
2018
Blurring the Lines, Urbanautica Institute
New Dutch Photography Talent 2019, GUP Magazine
Sleeping with the Fishes, Self Publish
Frijke Coumans 2014 - 2018, Self Publish
Hoveniers van het Verlangen, Self Publish
Happy People, Catalog Launch 2018
2017
Try Purple Without Blue, Self Publish
A Photographer's Journal, Cloud Gallery Amsterdam
2016
Naast mijn verstand, Self Publish
Home, Self Publish
Awards, Residencies and Grants
2020
(upcoming) Residency, Alterworks Studios New York City
Grant, KunstLoc Proeftuin Internationalisering Brabant
2019
Nominated for European Identity Dialogues, Copenhagen Photo Festival
Selected for Arts Connective: Volume One
Longlist Harry Pennings Award, Galerie Pennings
2018
Selected for New Dutch Photography Talent by GUP Magazine
Selected for Blurring the Lines
Press
2020
Read Before Bed, Pigiama Zine
Art In The Outbreak, Oases Art
The Politics of Home, Vacant Museum
2019
Image (3/4) Frijke Coumans, Identity Dialogues Europe
Elaboration 2: Frijke Coumans, FIVE NINE
Bougie Art Gallery Magazine: Body as a language, Bougie Gallery
Frijke Coumans: Gardeners of Desire, Blurring the Lines
2018
Frijke Coumans, This Art Fair
Op weg naar het eindexamen: Frijke Coumans, Kiekie tabloid
The Launch 2018 Graduation Show Breda, Mimi Berlin
Art Spotlight: Frijke Coumans, The 405
Eros and the Endless Desire, Booooooom
2017
We Care, kunstexpositie in samenwerking met De Kunstpraktijk, Cult & Tumult
We Care - Piëta, Museumtijdschrift
Duo-expositie Museum 't Oude Slot & De Kunstpraktijk, Fotobond Brabant Oost
Zolang we blijven fantaseren kunnen we alles zijn wat we willen!, New Dawn Paper