About
Jules Coumans (1998) is a Dutch artist working and living in Amsterdam Netherlands. Received a Bachelors in Fine Art at the Maastricht Institute of Arts in 2022. Currently enrolled at the Dirty Art Department, a Master program in Art and Design at Sandberg Instituut. His visual works mainly consists of paintings, photography, sculptural works and installations.
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Education
2023
Dirty Art Department, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam.
2018-2022
Bachelor Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht.
2021
Minor Kunst & Humanistiek (Art & Humanistic Studies), Monastery HX, Hoogcruts.
Awards
2022
Recipient of Gilbert De Bontridder Award 2022.
- Read full article here
Recipient Henriette Hustinx Award 2022.
Exhibitions
2019
Young Office Take Over, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Plateaukunst, organised by Wanda Reiff, Margraten
2020
Sound Sittings 4, Odapark, Venray
2021
Hinter Die Baustelle, organised by Lizzie Veldkamp, PAND, Heerlen
2022
Think Again, organised by The Artist And The Others, De Meldkamer, Maastricht
The Hungry Don't Play, Graduation Show Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht
Plateaukunst, organised by Wanda Reiff, Margraten
SWAP#4: ''I've been thinking'', B32 Artspace, Maastricht
Hot Mess, Transport Artspace, Maastricht
2023
NOVELTELENOVELLA, W139 Hosts, Amsterdam
People's Forum - Art Market, W139, Amsterdam
2024
BOEKIE WOEKIE & Friends, Arti et Amicitiae x Berenstraat, Amsterdam
How To Become a Book, Soledad Senile, Amsterdam
SZYGYZY Art Festival, Maastricht
REsidencies
2024
Projecto-Buh, Montemor-O-Velho, Portugal
Collaboration
2018
Mandril Gallery
- Co-organiser of Mandril Gallery Space, a temporary gallery space to showcase non-proffesional and beginning local artists.
2018-2020
ZirQus Art Collective
- Organisation of pop-up galleries, workshops and community building.
2021
Diaphane Collective
- Organisation of temporary studio spaces and showcases for graduate students during COVID pandemic.
Published
2021
Publication as a result of Minor Kunst & Humanistiek (Art & Humanistic Studies), Monastery HX, Hoogcruts
2022
Metropolis M, Eindexamens 2022.
- Read full article here
Graduation show, The Hungry Don’t Play, Maastricht.
Lost Painters, Eindexamen Maastricht Institute of Arts.
Kunstblijfteenraadsel, Eindexamenpresentatie Maastricht Institute of Arts.
Kooness magazine, Art trough the window.
- Read full article here
Overgangszone, Editie VII.
- Read full article here
Teaching
2022
Guest teaching, Spatial Painting, Bachelor of Architecture, Maastricht.
2023
Guest teaching, Mass and Space, Bachelor of Architecture, Maastricht.
Workshop, Bachelor Fine Arts, Maastricht.
2024
Guest teaching, Painting as a Spatial Practice, Bachelor of Architecture, Maastricht.
Guest teaching, Mass and Space, Bachelor of Architecture, Maastricht.
Guest teaching, Minor program, Philosophers studio, Maastricht.