For press and work inquiries contact: frijkecoumans@gmail.com
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
Exhibitions
2021
Paris Photo 2021, Atelier Néerlandais, Paris
PhotoSaintGermain, Atelier Néerlandais, Paris
Gardeners of Desire, About Desire: Ragusa Photo Festival 2021, Ragusa (Solo)
Every Woman Biennial, The Copeland Gallery, London
Demons, CHARTA: a Photobook Festival, Rome
Behind the Lens plus: expanded, R.I. Center for Photographic Arts, Providence
2020
Lowland Exhibition, HuMBASE, Stüttgart
Banality of Evil, Alte Münze, Berlin
Mirrors and Reflections, Loosenart, Rome
R E C L A I M, Cheap Festival, Bologna
Don't stop me now, Open Art Freiburg, Freiburg
Expo bij David, Kwekelstraat, Gorinchem
Hands, Re-direct Gallery, Boston
ARTivism, Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham
Bond/Bound, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville
Behind The Lens Plus, R.I. Center for Photographic Arts, Providence
Ghost Art Project, Season Three Artists, Omaha
Curators Picks - 2019, Gallery Baird, Seattle
Contemporary Art Venice, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice
2019
The Georgetown Art Attack, Gallery Baird, Seattle
New religions, Nasty Women, De Balie, Amsterdam
Try purple without blue, 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 (Solo)
Blurring the Lines, European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Venice
Blurring the Lines, Fotodok, HKU Oudenoord 700, Utrecht
Rotterdam Photo 2019: City Limits, Rotterdam Art Week, Rotterdam
Бредам, collaboration Hendrik van Dijk, 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, GUP, 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 (Solo)
Hoveniers van het Verlangen, Wijland Festival, Wisentbos, Dronten
Hoveniers van het Verlangen (Graduation Show), Launch 2018, AKV|St.Joost, Breda (Solo)
Het Foto Asiel II, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
Scissors, Fotografie 4, 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, Museum 't Oude Slot, Veldhoven (Solo)
Cool Area, collaboration Stan Gonera, Wijland Festival, Wisentbos, Dronten
A Photographer's Journal, Cloud Gallery, Amsterdam
Hole in the wall, First Floor, AKV|St.Joost,'s-Hertogenbosch
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
2021
The Doomsday Inn, A Pandemic Motel
MOJO flavour, Yoghurt Magazine
Goldenrod Zine Issue 02, Goldenrod Editions
Secrecy and confession, Potted Purple Mag
FIRST EDITION, Ladies Drawing Club
TIME WARP, Velvet Fields
2020
Lowland Issue 6, Lowland Magazine
Issue Eighteen of Incandescent, Pine Island Press Portland
Frijke Coumans, Rash Media Magazine
Read: Frijke Coumans, Angels Magazine
Issue 001, Mariposa Magazine XO
Beginnings, Dizzie Magazine
Frijke Coumans, Alt Art Project
Solstice, Issue 01, Bad Egg Mag
Identity, Volvox Vault Magazine
Le paradis c'est ici, Quarantine Zine Club
Dreams - Vol. 2, Polemical Zine
Looking Glass Edition, Verses Mag
LDCLÜB Issue #4, Ladies Drawing Club
Issue 5, Zanna Magazine
Leap Year - Valentine Day, Är Zine
Love - Vol. 2, 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
Winner Ragusa Photo Festival 'About Desire', Urbanautica
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
2021
Ragusa Foto Festival 20.21: The Desire, The Eye of Photography
A Ragusa Ibla torna il Foto Festival, Rolling Stone
2020
Shared experience: Second Street launches new web gallery with ‘Bond/Bound’, C-Ville
This is a good kissing spot by Frijke Coumans, Grace Marie Dewitt
Change, Thai Youth Express
OAP 2020: Frijke Coumans, Online Art Project
Read Before Bed, Pigiama Zine
Art In The Outbreak, Oases Art
The Politics of Home, Vacant Museum
2019
Interview: Frijke Coumans, ITSLIQUID
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