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Light Sculpture
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Light Sculpture
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Light Sculpture
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Light Sculpture
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glow in the dark wall piece
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wall piece
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light piece for wall (part of a series)
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series of futuristic debris
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series of light pieces
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(wall) carpet
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light sculpture
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Photo by Lonneke van der Palen
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icw Nadine Goepfert Photo by Lonneke van der Palen
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(wall) carpet
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Series of 5. ICW Suzanne Bakkum
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Site Specific Elevator Installation
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Member of Artists’ Initiative/Collective/Incubator
Morph.Love
Member of a professional association/artists’ association
Alliance Graphique Internationale
Curriculum vitae
Education
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2010 - 2014Graphic Design Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
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2013Holistic Design Hoghschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main DE - New Tendency
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2012Image Research Hoghschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main DE - Haw-Lin
exhibitions
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2024Jupiter4 Collectible, The Millen House Brussels, Belgium Group
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2023After Party Alcova Project Space Milan, Italy Group
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2023Clair-Obscur Studio Orta Les Moulins Les Moulins, France Group
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2023Hybrid Habitability Etage Projects Copenhagen, Denmark www.etageprojects.com/exhibitions/hybrid-habitability/ Group
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2022Royal Encounters Escher in the Palace The Hague, Netherlands The work of 10 artists based in The Hague will be on display as part of the Royal Encounters exhibition, a dialogue between tradition and experimentation, between past and present. Escher in The Palace invited the artists to produce new graphic work, drawing inspiration from Lange Voorhout Palace and its principal resident, Queen Mother Emma. The artists were challenged to step outside their comfort zone for this exhibition, as they are ordinarily engaged in a wide array of different disciplines, from major architectural installations to photography. Their innovative approach is yielding a colourful palette of artworks. A kaleidoscopic perspective on history which shows that graphic art is more than two-dimensional work on paper. www.escherinhetpaleis.nl/exhibition/royal-encounters/?lang=en Group
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2021ExtraPlaats ExtraWerk Plaatsmaken Arnhem, Netherlands Group
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2021The Architecture of Staged Realities Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Netherlands Group
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2021Temporary House of Home Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Netherlands Installation with ASMR video's, icw Lonneke van der Palen Group
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2021It Enters Into What We Become Gallery 3, Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Netherlands Exhibition by Morph.Love collective Group
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2020Kleureyck Design Museum Ghent Ghent, Belgium Group
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2020JOIN Collective Clothes Das Leben am Haverkamp The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2020Colors, Etc. Tripostale Lille, France Group
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2019Screen Spaces Mathew Gallery New York, United States Installation icw Jeannette Slütter Group
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2019The Librarian Room Espacio Vertice Madrid, Spain Group
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2019Dissolving Views Alcova Sassetti Milan, Italy group exhibition with MORPH collective Group
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2019Palace of Play Collectible Fair (off-site event) Brussels, Belgium group exhibition with MORPH collective Group
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2019Extended Views: From Dusk to Dawn K11 Art Foundation Guangzhou, China group exhibition with MORPH collective www.k11artfoundation.org/en/ Group
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2019The Librarian Room Madrid Design Festival Madrid, Spain Group
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2019We couldn't find the door Château du Fey / Fey Arts Villecien, France Groupshow with Morph Collective Group
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2018Ready, Set, Go! ALCOVA Milan, Italy Ready, Set, Go! groepsexpositie met Boris de Beijer, Lonneke van der Palen, Thomas Ballouhey en Reijnald Kolthof Group
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2017Also Known As Salone del Mobile, Milaan, ALSO KNOWN AS Milan, Italy Groepstentoonstelling met Fabian Bredt, Anne Kranenborg en Adrianus Kundert Group
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2017Concrete Playground Pip Expo The Hague, Netherlands Concrete Playground, Groepstentoonstelling met Thomas Ballouhey en Heejung Kim Group
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2016Reset Salone Del Mobile, Millan, KABK RESET expositie Milan, Italy Morf From Form From Morf 2.0 in collaboration with Fabian Bredt Group
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2015Riso Club Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives The Hague, Netherlands Riso Club - Wandinstallaties van Risoprints Group
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2015Territories 2.0 Stroom Den Haag The Hague, Netherlands Territories 2.0 - presentatie voor nieuw ingeschreven kunstenaars Solo
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2014Graphos Uitgelicht Kunsthal Boschveld, Den Bosch Den Bosch, Netherlands Graphos Uitgelicht - Nieuwe Lichting Grafiek Kunstenaars Group
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2014Arcadia TDC Triskel Cork, Ireland, Ireland Arcadia - Geexposeerd: Film Utopia en Decay Group
International exchanges/Residencies
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2019Samenwerking met Andy & Dave Architecten New York, United States
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2018Samenwerking met Julen Ussia, Spanje Bilbao, Spain
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2017Samenwerking Met Nadine Goepfert, Berlijn Berlin, Germany
Commissions
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2024Duch, More or Less Rotterdam, Netherlands Scenography for semi-permanent exhibition
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2023Coin Design for 50 years recognition COC De Nederlandsche Bank Netherlands
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2021House of Eternal Cleanliness Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Netherlands Spatial Installation with ASMR video's icw Lonneke van der Palen finished
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2020Set Stage Screen: Realities of Postproduction Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Netherlands Spatial Installation for For The Record, on the politics of video culture. ICW Jeannette Slütter finished
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2018Scenografie voor Debatreeks For the Record Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Netherlands ism Jeannette Slütter fortherecord.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/ finished
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2018Catalogus Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst Koninklijke Paleis Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Ontwerp en art direction van catalogus. finished
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2016Chamber Gallery New York City, US, United States Ontwerp van animatie en print ter aankondingen van expositie finished
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2016De Onderwijsraad Den Haag, NL ontwerp van kunst panelen voor in het nieuwe interieur, ism Suzanne Bakkum finished
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2015Teksture - Corners Seoul, Republic of Korea Illustratie voor publicatie finished
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2015Dirk Vis Amsterdam Illustratie voor boek finished
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2015Stichting Historische Verzamelingen van het Huis Oranje Nassau The Hague, Netherlands ontwerp van identiteit en website van de Koninklijke Verzamelingen www.koninklijkeverzamelingen.nl/ finished
Publications
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2021ExtraPlaats 2 Book Knust/Extrapool, Nijmegen Netherlands www.plaatsmaken.nl/nl/galerie/webshop/extraplaats-magazine Een unieke uitgave op A2-formaat in risoprint en zeefdruk. In een gelimiteerde oplage van slechts 120 stuks. 36 pagina's plus omslag. Voor ExtraPlaats #2 zochten tien kunstenaars, illustratoren en vormgevers de grenzen van de riso- en zeefdruktechniek op. Hun beelden werden eerst gedrukt op de risograph-printer (ook wel bekend als stencilmachine), waarna er via zeefdruk handmatig nieuwe lagen aan werden toegevoegd. Het resultaat: een vibrerend geheel dat het uiterste van de technieken vergt. Artsists are / Met bijdragen van: Ruth van Beek (NL), Lysandre Begijn (BE), Koos Breen (NL), Martine Johanna (NL), Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva (RU), Guido Nieuwendijk (NL), Qiaoyi Shi (CN), Wouter Venema (NL), Lasse Wandschneider (DE) en Alex Walker (GB).
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2018Entkunstung II Book Germany entkunstung.com/ ENTKUNSTUNG is an independent forum for art criticism and practice based in Berlin and Vienna. It is a curatorial, artistic and philosophical platform that seeks to map contemporary art discourses that try to bring order to the plurality and disorder created by art practices. It promotes the need to rethink and to reformulate traditional concepts and theories in order to comprehend nowadays’ art and culture.
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2016(In)discernible (Ir)regularities Book Knust Extrapool NL Netherlands Artistiek onderzoek naar patronen
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2016Designer Koos Breen’s well-executed work for the Royal Academy of Art The Hague Its' Nice That (online, UK Online Publicatie met recensie
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2015Graduate Directory Wallpaper Magazine Print & Online publicatie van de beste afstudeerders wereldwijd
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2015Type Plus Book Unit Editions Boek over experimentele typografie
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2014Fine art and graphic design combine in the remarkable work of Koos Breen It's Nice That (online) UK Online Publicatie met recensie
reviews
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2021De tentoonstelling Tijdelijk huis van thuis vertelt over de verandering van het woonhuis in de afgelopen jaren ★★★★☆ Newspaper Jeroen Junte Netherlands www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/de-tentoonstelling-tijdelijk-huis-van-thuis-vertelt-over-de-verandering-van-het-woonhuis-in-de-afgelopen-jaren~bea0fd2a/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.koosbreen.com%2F
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2020Koos Breen expands his graphic practice to feature installations and exhibitions Website Ayla Angelos United Kingdom www.itsnicethat.com/articles/koos-breen-graphic-design-031220
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2020Koos Breen Doesn’t Care for the Distinction Between “Art” and “Design” Website Emily Gosling elephant.art/koos-breen-doesnt-care-for-the-distinction-between-art-and-design-09112020/
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Awards and grants
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2017Talentontwikkeling Subsidie Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie
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20161st prize international poster exhibition graphic design festival scotland Graphic Design Fesitval Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom
Representation
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Secondary art-related activities
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2023 - 2023Tutor, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Karlsruhe, Germany
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2019 - --Co-curator DEMO Festival On-going
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2018 - 2018Co-curator Ready, Set, Go! Exhibtion Milan icw Boris de Beijer
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2016 - 2018Zefir7, lid redactie
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2015 - 2015Curator Exhibition at Quartair during Designkwartier
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2010 - --Graphic Design On-going