Michiel Jansen (NL, 1973)

Lives and works in Oslo, Norway 

Member of CNK, NBF, NBK

Education
1991 /1993 – architecture study Eindhoven (NL)
1995 – Orientation course Academy for Architecture, Arts & Design, Tilburg (NL)
2000 – 4 year Bachelor degree ‘Academy for Arts and Design’, sculpture department. ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)

Solo exhibitions
2024 – pafX (NO) – Where I meet the mountains and they show me directions
2023 – Kolbotn Garasje Galleri (NO) – Of all the things I know most
2020 – TM51, Oslo (NO) – Construct & Separate
2019 – Prosjectrom Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo (NO) – the Cave
2018 – ZQM, Berlin (D) – the Dalhart Solid
2017 – X-Bank, Amsterdam (NL) – Polymers
2016 – het Plafond, Rotterdam (NL) – 4 elements
– Galerie INKIJK, Amsterdam (NL) – Super Nova of Polymer #4
– van der Vlies en Koers, Rotterdam (NL) – 1m2
2015 – de Aanschouw, Rotterdam (NL) – there are two sides to the story
2004 – de Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond (NL) Point of View
2000 – Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL) – Recent Works

Group exhibitions
2024 – Kunstnernes Hus (NO), Høstutstillingen 2024
2023 – Supermarket Artfair (SE) , Communis Corporalis Atmos Notatio
– Salangen Bienalle 2023 (NO), If Paradise Is Half As Nice #13
– Sør Troms Museum Sjøvegan (NO), Backstage
2022 – Member exhibition NBF, Oslo (NO)
– If Paradise Is Half As Nice, Dresden (D) – IPIHAN#12
2021 – If Paradise Is Half As Nice, Meuselwitz (D) – IPIHAN#11
– kunstrom.art Nærsnes (NO) – SKOGEN
2020 – Galleri 69, Oslo (NO) – Kollaps
– Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo (NO) – Villa Bazaar
– If Paradise Is Half As Nice #10, Rotterdam (NL)
– TAC, Eindhoven (NL) – GrensWerk#10
2019 – Kunsthall, Oslo (NO) – Åpen Kunsthall
– MOM artspace, Hamburg (D) – GrensWerk#10
– If Paradise Is Half As Nice, Zeitz (D) – IPIHAN#9
– BINZ39, Zurich (CH) – This very Book, About a Square
– Oslo Open, Oslo (NO) – Studio presentation
– Vexer Verlag, Berlin (D) – This very Book, About a Square
2018 – Winter Solstice, Oslo (NO) – Poems for Orpheus
– If Paradise Is Half As Nice, Altenburg (D) – IPIHAN#8
– Oslo Open, Oslo (NO) – Hjem
2017 – If Paradise Is Half As Nice, Zeitz (D) – IPIHAN #7
– MOOOI, Amsterdam (NL) – A Life Extraordinary
– MOOOI, New York (USA) – A Life Extraordinary
– Salone del Mobile, Milaan (It) – A Life Extraordinary
– TENT, Rotterdam (NL) – Veiling de Aanschouw
2016 – If Paradise Is Half As Nice, Leipzig (D) – IPIHAN #6
– Route du Nord, Rotterdam (NL) – Polymer #3 orbiting a Macrotubule
2015 – Ampelhaus, Oranienbaum (D) – Lost and Found
2014 – Olismoke, Rotterdam (NL) – Vitamine K.
2013 – Motel Mozaique, Rotterdam (NL) – Stagability ‘het Spreekuur’
– Theaterhaus Mitte, Berlin (D) – Bones
– Glashouse/Arena, Berlin (D) – Moments of Inspiration
2011 – Opperclaes, Rotterdam (NL) – Stageability 4D
– Open Dans, Rotterdam (NL) – Tackers and Tits
– Invisible Cities, Schiedam (NL) – Invisible Cities
2010 – F.A.R.T. 2010, Rotterdam (NL) – Sleep-Work
2009 – SingerSweatShop, Rotterdam (NL) – Stageability
2007 – Grafisch Atelier Daglicht, Eindhoven (NL) – Zapping
– van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL) – Yourspace
– ArtCrumbles #4, Nijmegen (NL) – Crowd
– Las Palmas II, Rotterdam (NL) – 80 questions
2006 – Showroom Mama, Rotterdam (NL) – Lamball Bakra, Baschz & Friends
2005 – TAC, Eindhoven (NL) – Kennis van de Lege Ruimte
2004 – vijfde kunstvlaai, Amsterdam (NL) – Lage Actie
– Peninsula-Daily, Eindhoven (NL) – Totaal 21
2003 – Conteminazzione Possitivo, Turijn (It) – Happening
– de Grote Kerk, Den Haag (NL) – De Grote Verbeelding
2002 – de Fabriek, Eindhoven (NL) – Op papier een goed elftal
– Boulevard Festival, Den Bosch (NL) – BodyScape
– Totaal 21, Eindhoven (NL) – Uit eigen keuken 2
– de Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond (NL) – VideoCafeTwee
– C.A. Zenit, Turijn (It) – Cross section
– ARTOTS, ’s-Hertogenbosch (NL) – Spoorlijn
2001 – Galerie S & H de Buck, Gent (B) – Interferenties
2001 – Joe Mann theater, Best (NL) – Kunst Passie 2001
– Totaal 21, Eindhoven (NL) – Uit eigen keuken
2000 – 2B, Eindhoven (NL) – Double Swallow
– Salon ARTOTS, Den Bosch (NL) – Lichting 2000
– de Fabriek, Eindhoven (NL) – van Onderen
– galerie VERTREK EN VERBLIJF, Amsterdam (NL) – 100
– Eindexamententoonstelling ABK&V, Den Bosch (NL)
– Vierde Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam (NL) – Z.T.
– Lost & Found, Amsterdam (NL) – Learn to Swim
1999 – ABK&V, Den Bosch (NL) – Hekontwerpen voor het Paleiskwartier
– ABK&V, Den Bosch (NL) – Ceramic millennium
– Kruithuis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL) – Floating Time
– Nova Zembla, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL) – Lichtwerk
1998 – Museum de Wieger, Deurne (NL) – Rond de Wieger
– Talkradio (NL) – de Wasserretterit i.s.m. en Willem de Ridder

Other
2024 – Residency Kunstkvarteret Lofoten, 2024 (NO)
2023 – Curator for Salangen Bienalle with the IPIHAN collective (NO)
2022 – One year stipend from Billekunstnernes vederlagsfond (NO)
2021 – Stagedesign for BATS, Sebastian Weber Dance Compagny (D)
– Artist talk during ‘Kunstrom SKOGEN’ with Halvor Haugen (NO)
– One year stipend from Billekunstnernes vederlagsfond (NO)
2020 – Artist talk during ‘Kollaps’ with Kjetil Roed (NO)
– ‘Portals and Arcades’. Work in public space. Commissioned by CBK Rotterdam (NL)
– Works purchased by private collectors in The Hague (NL) and Rotterdam (NL)
– Artist talk during ‘Construct & Separate’ with Matilde Balatti (NO)
2019 – Residency at ‘de Kazerne’ in Tripkau (D)
– Projectfunding for ‘the Cave’ – Cultural counsil Norway (NO)
– Projectfunding for ‘the Cave’ – City of Oslo (NO)
2018 – Work purchased by private collector in Eindhoven (NL)
2017 – Work purchased by MOOOI in New York (USA)
2016 /now – Member of the artist collective ‘If Paradise Is Half As Nice’ (NL)
– Work purchased by private collector in Woudrichem (NL)
2015 – Residency at Ampelhaus, Oranienbaum (D)
2013 /2014 – Living and working in Berlin (D)
2012 – Sphere 2.0 purchased by private collector in Rotterdam (NL)
2011 – Projectfunding CBK Rotterdam for Stageability4d (NL)
2009 – Projectfunding DKC Rotterdam for Stageability (NL)
/2014 – Initiator and curator of Stageability. A mobile and transforming stage for arts (NL)
2008 / 2015 – Founder of SingerSweatShop, artist building in the centre of Rotterdam (NL)
2006 /2009 – Member of TICTOC a Rotterdam based art collective (NL)
2002 – Dream-Machine. Arts workshop leader at Elde College (NL)
– Drawings purchased by ‘de Krabbedans’ centre for the arts in Eindhoven (NL)
/2004 – Organiser at Temporary Art Centre (TAC) in Eindhoven (NL)
2001 /2004 – Curator at ‘de Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek’ in Helmond (NL)
– Projectfunding Noord Brabants Fonds voor Beeldende Kunst (NL)
2000 – Photowork purchased by collector in Herpt (NL)

Publications
2021 – Catalogue ‘Kunstrom Skogen’
2020 – Publication ‘The CAVE’ 
– Catalogue ’10 X GRENSWERK’
2019 – ZQM ‘about a Square’
2016 – Ampelhaus, Artist and Designers in Oranienbaum
– de Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2016
2014 – Opperclaes Viewpaper. 4 years Opperclaes
2011 – Stageability 4D, projectpublication
2007 – Show Your Hope, catalogue ’80 questions’
2003 – Catalogue at ‘de Grote Verbeelding”
2002 – Publication ‘de Overslag’ 2000 – 2001
2002 – Publication ‘kunstpassie2001’
2000 – Hek-Boek ‘a different view on fences’
2000 – Graduation catalogue Academie for Arts and Design ’s-Hertogenbosch
1998 – Multiple for the exhibition ‘Rond de Wieger’