Johan Kleinjan
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Johan Kleinjan (Zuid-Beijerland, NL, 1974) works in a characteristic unpolished style with a special use of colour. His works of art originate from his fascinations, which can consist of strange everyday things. To name a few: Formula 1, the participants of Tempation Island, victims of the Stalin terror and the participants in the television programme Opsoring verzocht.
In 1999, he studied for six months as an exchange student at Tokyo Zokei University in Japan, where his fascination with Asian culture began. Because of the language barrier Johan was often sent on trips by his teachers to draw what he came across, here he began to record everything he saw. Later he worked in Taiwan, Beijing and Chongqing. In Beijing he spent four months as an artist in residence at the Chinese Institute for Provocation, which collaborates with the Dutch Mondriaan Fund. Johan takes his pencils and sketchbook with him wherever he goes. He likes to draw people in their own environment, preferably without them being aware of it. In Beijing he drew the Chinese people in crowded places such as restaurants.
Another fascination in China were the large buildings. On the balconies, Johan discovered the diversity among the residents of the uniform residential towers. Where one turns his balcony into a jungle, the other uses it as a birdcage or storage for air conditioners. At the moment Johan is working on a new series of buildings, from all over the world.
In addition to his personal work, Johan is part of the Antistrot collective with which he carried out joint projects such as murals and exhibitions until 2010. Since 2010 Johan has been a member of the collective Kamp Horst.
Johan exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions. His work is greatly appreciated in Asia, where he also did several residencies, for example at the Institute For Provocation in Beijing, China, which collaborates with the Mondriaan Fund. Since 2018 he has worked closely with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, where he held special exhibitions about the victims of the American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and his fascination with the American Bounty Hole racing culture.
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Zuid-Beijerland, Netherlands, 1974
1997-2010 Lid van Antistrot kunstcollectief
2010-----> Lid van KAMP HORST kunstcollectief
Education
1995-2000 Willem de Kooning Academie Rotterdam
1999 Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
Guest ateliers
Frans Masereelcentrum, Kasterlee, België
Frans Masereelcentrum, Kasterlee, België
2013 National Center for Contemporary Arts, Kronstadt, Russische Federatie
2015 CBK Rotterdam O&O Residency, Taipei, Taiwan,
2017 Institute For Provocation, Beijing, China
2018 De Torenkamer, VondelCS, Amsterdam
Grants
2001 Start Stipendium, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
2004 Start Stipendium, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
2006 Investeringsbijdrage, CBK Rotterdam
2008 Live Stipendium, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
2010 Basis Stipendium, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
Ontwikkeling- en Onderzoekssubsidie (werkperiode Taiwan) CBK Rotterdam
Investeringsbijdrage, CBK Rotterdam
Bijdrage Buitenlandatelier, Mondriaan Fonds
2017 Productielening, CBK-Fonds Kwadraat
Solo & duo Exhibitions
2002 Kuruma, Morgen Galerie, Rotterdam
Unstable Situations, Wall Gallery, Rotterdam
Instortingen, Aquvii, Tokyo, Japan
Skwirriel, Galerie Untitled, Rotterdam
Concrete Jungle, Galerie Untitled, Rotterdam
2017 Controlled Demolition, Black Sesame Space, Beijing, China
2018 Chinezen, Galerie Untitled, Rotterdam
2018 Toren Toren, VondelCS, Amsterdam
2019 Stang Kleinjan, Galerie 158, Schiedam (duo)
Group exhibitions
2001 Willard Worveren, Gallery Blue Nile, Osaka, Japan
2001 Hard Pop, Showroom Mama, Rotterdam
2001 GRRR ZBUCH! Centre for Contemporary Arts, Praag, Tsjechië
2003 Trans Habitos, Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal 2005 Stick Figure, Showroom Mama, Rotterdam
2006 Dialogue 1, Vis a Vis Art Lab, Xiamen, China
2006 Eldorado, MUDAM, Museum for Modern Art, Luxemburg
2006 Toekenning 31, Muurschilderingen, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
2008 I Have Some Trash In My Head, C.A.G. Galerie, St. Petersburg, Russische Federatie
2010 Project Runaway, 3rd Ward, New York, USA
2010 Solid Cold, The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Tunnel Vision, F.A.R.T. , Rotterdam
Collectietentoonstelling 2010, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, België
A Paper Trail, Warande / De Hallen, Geel, België
Paintaal, Parco, Tokyo, Japan
Nature, Untitled2011, Rotterdam
Easy Living, Kunstverein Diepenheim
2013 Kunst RAI, Amsterdam (met Galerie Untitled)
Kronstadt Stories, State Museum of the History of St Petersburg, Russische Federatie
2014 Miscellaneous // The Summer Edition 2014, Walls, Amsterdam
2015 Aquvii Art Ticket, YCC Yokohama, Japan
2015 Book Launch Tricknology, Tent, Rotterdam
010, Rento Brattinga Galerie, Amsterdam
Holland, Galerie Vonkel, Den Haag / Tent, Rotterdam
Got It For Cheap, The Hole, NY, USA
Ticket to de Toekomst, Villa Zebra, Rotterdam
2018 Poetry of a Nation / The Nation of Poetry, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (met KAMP HORST)
2018 GIFC Velvet Ropes, Galeri Golsa, Oslo, Noorwegen
2019 The Great Fleur & Wouter Show, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2019 Open Studios Borgerstraat, Rotterdam
2019 Dahmer’s dates & other sex stories, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2019 TENT twintig jaar, TENT, Rotterdam (met KAMP HORST)
2020 Americana, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2020 Van Ostade Biennale, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2020 Summer Show, Galerie Untitled, Rotterdam
2020 Ongemak / Discomfort, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
Media and press
1999 Willem de Kooning Academie Presents: Johan Kleinjan
2001 Hard Pop, Showroom Mama
Yellow Pages, Pogo Books, Berlin
Sweet Sixteen, Trichis Publishing
2013 A Paper Trail, De Warande, Geel, Belgie
Bij de Chinees, Volkskrant Magazine
2018 Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling, CBK Rotterdam
2019 Apropos Art, CBK Rotterdam
2019 Ik zat een tijdje in de maag van een seriemoordenaar, Tim Fraanje, VICE
2019 De maag van Jeffrey Dahmer moet jongeren lokken, Hans van der Beek, Het Parool
2019 Dahmer’s Dates & Other Sex Stories is meer dan een verleidingstruc, Edo Dijksterhuis, Het Parool
2019 Altijd observeren, Algemeen Dagblad
2020 Fleur & Wouter doen Amerika, Hella de Groot, Jegens & Tevens
2020 Onderhuidse humor die schuurt, Edo Dijksterhuis, Het Parool
Lectures
Studium Generale Lezing, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Gastdocent, Projectweek Minerva Academie, Groningen
2011 Gastdocent, Designlab, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Gastdocent, Projectweek, Willem de Kooning academie, Rotterdam
Gastlezing, Willem de Kooning academie, Rotterdam
Gastdocent, Willem de Kooning academie, Rotterdam
Gastlezing, The Autonomous Fabric, WdKA, Rotterdam
Gastlezing, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Gastdocent, Projectweek, Willem de Kooning academie, Rotterdam
Gastdocent, SURF Projectweek, Grafisch Liceum Rotterdam
2019 Gastlezing, BNO IMG LAB, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
2020 Gastlezing, BNO Utrecht, Kapitaal, Utrecht
Performances
2005 Investor, Johan Kleinjan & Dennis Tyfus, Xiamen, China
2006 Behringer Performance, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2008 Caterpillar, Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2009 Ebi Cannibals, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Geiger Telling, Ship of Fools, Den Haag
2011 Tros Banana, @ TodaysArt, Korzo Theater, The Hague
2017 Handbag Emperor, Forbidden City, Beijing , China
