Resume
Jan Willem van Welzenis
1981 Born in Oudewater, The Netherlands
Lives in Dordrecht
2022-2024 Lived in Oranjestad, Aruba, Caribbean Sea
Solo exhibitions
2022 Kunsthandel CO | MO contemporary and modern art. Dordrecht
2018 Kunsthandel CO | MO contemporary and modern art. Dordrecht
2016 Galerie Hein Elferink. Staphorst
2015 Galerie Hein Elferink. Staphorst
2015 Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie Hein Elferink. Rotterdam
2012 Alla Prima, Pictura Dordrecht
2012 The Grant Bradley Gallery. Bristol. United Kingdom
Group exhibitions
2026 Pictura Dordrecht (curator)
2025 Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Trier, Germany
2025 K.L.8 artspace Brussels, Belgium (curator)
2025 Saam, Ghent, Belgium (curator)
2025 Vita Terrena, Galerie Ruimte P60 Assen (curator)
2025 L’ illuminateur, Villa Le Cedre Tanu, Lievegem, Belgium (curator)
2025 Klaarlicht, Barbara-artspace, Dordrecht (curator)
2024 Get Rid of the Body, Galerie P60 Assen (curator)
2024 Abstracte Abstracten, Galerie Ecker, Breda (curator)
2023 Het Altijd Zijnde, Breda (curator)
2022 Kara Kitap, The Court, Pescara, Italy (curator)
2022 PEK, Visserhallen, IJmuiden (curator)
2020 Unlocked/Reconnected, duo wall painting with Jasper van der Graaf, RUIT Omstand, Arnhem
2018 Notre Dame des Fleurs, De Huiskamer. Amsterdam (curator)
2018 Who Loves the Sun, Pictura Dordrecht (curator)
2018 Flugblätter, curated by Birgit Jensen and Teresiña Talarico, Pictura Dordrecht
2018 Ganz Nichts, W139, Dordrecht (curator)
2018 Abstract Wall Paintings, ACEC, AWP Retrospect, Apeldoorn
2017 Abstract Wall Paintings, ACEC, De Stijl 100 Years, Apeldoorn (cat.)
2017 Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair. Rotterdam
2016 From Scratch, Pictura Dordrecht (curator)
2016 Kunstverein Recklinghausen. Germany
2012 Haften, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (curator)
Bibliography
2020 Antoon Erftemeier / Lars Been, Virtuoos! Israels tot Armando, Frans Hals Museum. Haarlem
2018 Peter Krüll, Bilderschreiben, Challenging Calligraphy, Maro Verlag, Nuremberg, Germany
2016 Jeroen Bosch, Viva the Artist Curator!, Tinque Art Paper #1, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 Aliha Thalien, Pudeur Magazine #1, Paris, France
2014 Philip A. Hartigan, A View From The Easel, Hyperallergic, New York, USA
2013 Cameron Patton, The Dead Dear, New York, USA
Residencies
2017 Penang, Malaysia
3 months self-directed residencie
2014 Mooloolaba, Gold Coast, Australia
2 months self-directed residencie (cat.)
Miscellaneous
2025- Member Programme Committee Pictura Dordrecht
2006 Member of the Arts Council of the Municipality of Oudewater
Grants, awards
2018 Grant from Dordrecht City Council
2016 Grant from Dordrecht City Council
2015 De Scheffer Art Prize, shortlist
2015 Royal Award for Modern Painting, longlist
2014 Grant from Dordrecht City Council
2012 Grant from The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK)
Education
2008-2009 University of Antwerp, Faculty of Arts, Philosophy. Antwerp, Belgium
2005-2006 Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Culture. Maastricht
2005-2006 ABKM, Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Specialization: Painting & Drawing. Maastricht
2003-2005 AKI ArtEz Institute of the Arts, Specialization: Sculpture. Enschede
Work in private collections in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United States
Curatorial
2025-
Founder Barbara-artspace Dordrecht
2015-
Co-founder of artists initiative Abstracte
2026 Pictura Dordrecht
2025 with Leyla Aydoslu, Selina Trepp, Charlotte Giacobbi, Riki Mijling, Ines Thora, Kirstin Arndt, Dilum Coppens, Don Voisine, Ronald Zuurmond, Jan Willem van Welzenis. K.L.8 Brussels, Belgium
2025 with Hadrien Lamouye, Lizzie Scott, Michael S.L. Vandorpe, Jan Willem van Welzenis. Saam, Ghent, Belgium
2025 Vita Terrena, with Piet Dieleman, Marjolein Witte, Benjamin Schoones, Rema Ghuloum, Matea Bakula, Anne Van Boxelaere, José Maria Cruxent, Arjan Janssen, Jan Willem van Welzenis. Galerie Ruimte P60 Assen
2025 L’ illuminateur, with Bob Bonies, Jef De Coster, Isa D’hondt, Piet Dieleman, Diego Joosten, Elka Oudenampsen, Martha Scheeren, Piet Tuytel, Geert van Fastenhout, Jan Willem van Welzenis. Villa Le Cedre / Tanu, Lievegem, Belgium
2025 Klaarlicht, with Bram Bogart, Jacques Doucet, Hazel Ver Moesen, Geert Vanoorle, Jan Willem van Welzenis. Barbara-artspace, Dordrecht
2024 Get Rid of the Body, with Willem Boel, Iris Bouwmeester, Bram Braam, Arjan Janssen, Matthijs Kimpe, Jochem Rotteveel, Ines Thora, Jan Willem van Welzenis. Galerie Ruimte P60 Assen
2024 Abstracte Abstracten, with Elsbeth Ciesluk, Arjan Janssen, Britte Koolen, Pjotr van Leeuwen, Bo Stokkermans, Jan Willem van Welzenis. Galerie Ecker Breda
2023 Het Altijd Zijnde, with Matea Bakula, Paul Gees, Arjan Janssen, Pjotr van Leeuwen, Sasha Saari. Breda
2022 Kara Kitap, with Joshua Evan, Arjan Janssen, Riki Mijling, Esther Miquel, Peter Mohall, Maurizio Vicerè, Josef Zekoff. The Court, Pescara, Italy
2022 PEK, with Kirstin Arndt, Peggy Franck, Joanne Greenbaum, Arjan Janssen, Britte Koolen. Visserhallen, IJmuiden
2018 Constructor, with Kirstin Arndt, Bob Bonies, Erwin Cattoor, Willem Cole, Mario De Brabandere, Johan Gelper, Luc Hoekx, Arjan Janssen, Gracia Khouw, Jai Llewellyn, Riki Mijling, Karim Nouraldin, Lon Pennock, Vincent de Roder, Rainer Splitt, Shawn Stipling, Takashi Suzuki, Piet Tuytel. Galerie Noord-Zuid, Arendonk, Belgium
2018 Notre Dame des Fleurs, with Kirstin Arndt, Iris Bouwmeester, Henrik Eiben. De Huiskamer. Amsterdam
2018 Who Loves the Sun, with Anna-Maria Bogner, Bob Bonies, Gabriele Herzog, Arjan Janssen, Franziska Reinbothe, Struan Teague, Piet Tuytel, Bart Vandevijvere, John Zinsser. Pictura Dordrecht
2018 Ganz Nichts, with Arjan Janssen, Takashi Suzuki. Dordrecht
2018 De Lachende Cavalier, with Tess Williams, Sasha Pichushkin, Struan Teague, Caterina Silva. W139, Dordrecht
2016 From Scratch, with Kirstin Arndt, Koen Delaere, Wim De Pauw, Arjan Janssen, Jos van Merendonk, Vincent de Roder, Tyra Tingleff. Pictura Dordrecht
2012 Haften. with Claudia Bröer, Wouter van Schaik, Christoph Schrein, Thijs Veraart, Jan Willem van Welzenis. Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam