Saskia Janssen

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http://www.saskiajanssen.com
Saskia Janssen mixes performance, documentary and anthropology in her -mostly socially engaged- works, that are made for specific sites. She studied from 90-95 at the Royal Academy in The Hague and in 96-97 at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. Saskia, shows in The Netherlands and abroad and currently teaches at de Rietveld academy in Amsterdam.

Exhibitions / Presentations (selection)
2010 ‘De piramide van IJmuiden’, RC De Ruimte, IJmuiden (sept.’10)
2010 ‘Kaap’, kindertentoonstelling in Fort Ruigenhoek (+ catalogue)
2009 ‘Windows’, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2009 ‘Me & You on a Golden Avenue’, Amsterdam, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam (solo)
2009 ‘Everybody Here Comes From Somewhere’, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly MA, USA
(together with Jonas Ohlsson)
2009 ‘Another China’, Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (+ catalogue)
2008 ‘Blaka Watra Spiders’ Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS (solo)
2008 ‘Imagen Latente’, Galeria Cerro Nutibara Medellin, Colombia
2008 ‘Another China’, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Galerie Nord, Berlin (+ catalogue)
2007 ‘To Raise One Question after Another’, Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing, China
2007 ‘One Year of Experimental Art at Lashihai’, Lashihai Haidong Art Center, Yunan, China (+ catalogue)
2007 ‘Liefde in de Stad’, W139, Amsterdam
2007 ‘Sound of Haarlemmermeer’, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen (+ publication)
2007 ‘Nieuwe Gezichten’ selectie aankopen 2004 – 2006, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2007 ‘EAST/WEST, Paradise in Reverse’, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (solo)
2006 ‘Peter Stuyvesant’s Ghost’, public Space, East-Village, New York City
2006 ‘World Unlimited’, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
2005 ‘Pulse Video Festival’, Durban Art Gallery, South-Africa (+ catalogue)
2005 ‘EAST/WEST, Paradise in Reverse’, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam (solo)
2005 Art Cologne, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, solo presentation (+ catalogue)
2005 ‘Social Sculpture’, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS
(with Jean-Baptiste Ganne and Carey Young)
2005 ‘The Blue Comets’, HCBK Stroom, Den Haag
2005 ‘Jianghu’ public space, Kunming, China
2004 Art Cologne, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS (+ catalogue)
2004 ‘Situations’, Museum de Paviljoens, Almere (+ publication and DVD)
2004 ‘Smog, Smoke & Fortune’ Fries Museum/ Buro Leeuwarden (solo)
2004 ARCO, Madrid, Spain / Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS (+ catalogue)
2004 ‘Straal’, Outdoor projection programme De Balie/AFK, Amsterdam
2003 SKOR, De Inkijk, Ruysdaelkade 2, Amsterdam
2003 Art Forum Berlin, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS (+ catalogue)
2003 ‘Chock-a-block-stock 2’, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam
2003 ‘Smog, Smoke & Fortune’, House of Arts, Brno, Tsjechië, (solo)
2003 Art Rotterdam / Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Rotterdam Cruise Terminal
2002 ‘Upstream’, de Bazel / temporary project in public space, Amsterdam (+ catalogue)
2002 ‘Super Stage’, Display Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (solo)
2002 Art Rotterdam / Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Rotterdam
2001 ‘Grass Plot Shoot’, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam (solo)
2001 Internationales Foto Festival Herten (+ catalogue)
2001 ‘House of Games’, Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht
2001 Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie
2001 ‘Kaleidoscopic Eye’, Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig (+ catalogue)
2000 ‘P’rend’, Museum waterland (+ catalogue)
2000 ‘En Bloc’, MK-expositieruimte, Rotterdam
2000 World Wide Video Festival, Planetarium Artis, Amsterdam (+ catalogue)
2000 PARTIE 8, Brandenburgische Kunsttage / Internationales Kunst Forum Drewen, Duitsland
(site specific installation+catalogue)
2000 ‘Chock-A-Block’, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam
1999 ‘Slick, Bang & Doo wops’, Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam (solo)
1997 ‘Hong kong etc.’, 2e Biënnale Johannesburg, South Africa (+ catalogue)
1997 ‘Jus Primae Noctis’, Lumen Travo galery, Amsterdam
1997 ‘Hong kong, Perfumed Harbour’, De Appel, Amsterdam
Catalogues /Articles /other publications (selection)
2010 ‘Een bioscoop voor vogels op Fort Ruigenhoek’, (NRC, 11-6-2010, Dana Linssen)
2010 ‘Als je niet durft: tanden op elkaar en er doorheen !’
(Trouw, Anita Twaalfhoven, 2-6-2010)
2009 ‘Saskia Janssen, Me & You on A Golden Avenue’, (Kunstbeeld nr. 3-2009, Anna van Leeuwen)
2009 ‘Het spinnen van een mensenweb’ (Tubelight, 23-4-2009, Maarten Steenhagen )
2009 ‘Die webben zijn zelfportretten voor mij’, (Parool, 17-3-2009, Liedewij Loorbach)
2009 ‘Blaka Watra Spiders’, artist’s publication published by Roma Publications
2009 ‘Spinnenportretten van verslaafden’ (De Wereldomroep 26-3-2009, Jan-Willem Oomen)
2008 ‘Inloophuisgasten ontmoeten wereld van verschil’ (De Ware Tijd, Suriname 11-10-2008, Gracia Nelson)
2008 ‘Another China, Das Lijiang Studio in Yunnan’, (KunstForum International nr 92/ p. 267 – 269, Hermann Pfütze)
2008 Mister Motley nr.18 Imago, ‘Altijd in een Outfit’ p. 5 – 7, ‘Annemieke’ p. 22, ‘Alexis’ p. 24 – 25
2008 ‘Gimme Shelter’ #5
2007 ‘Twee leefwerelden vinden elkaar in kunst’ (Het Parool 20-9-2007, Marco van der Heijden
2007 ‘Liefde in de Stad’ (Trouw, 31-8-2007, Hans Nauta)
2007 ‘Blaka Watra Spiders’ ‘Gray Magazine’#3 , p. 42 – 51
2007 ‘Gimme Shelter’ #3 and #4
2006 ‘Gimme Shelter’ #1 and #2, a publication/newspaper in collaboration with De Regenboog Foundation and
Students of the Gerrit Rietveld Akademie and AKV St.Joost.
2005 ‘Een Grens van Bloemen’, (NRC, 21-10-2005, Machteld Leij)
2005 ‘Plumpuddingtapijt’, (NRC, 10-6-2005, Hans den Hartog Jager)
2005 ‘Politiek en Vermaak verenigd in kunst’ (Volkskrant, Wieteke van Zeil, 8-6-2005)
2004 ‘Saskia Janssen, tussen Engagement en Mysterie’(Han Schoonhoven, PhotoQ, 10-2004)
2004 ‘Een hangplek tussen kassen, hokken en rode kolen’ (Mr. Motley, issue#03, Mireille de Putter)
2004 ‘Scene Shifters’, artist’s publication, published by Artimo Publishers, Amsterdam
2004 ‘Soundtrack van een Almeerse woonwijk’ (NRC, 19-5-2004, Edo Dijksterhuis)
2004 ‘Saskia Janssen legt zwartwerkers in de watten’ (SKRIEN, may 2004, Jacquine van de Elzen)
2003 ‘Exedra 1997 – 2001, tussen feit lijn en fictie’(p. 17, p. 64) published by Exedra Foundation, Hilversum.
2002 ‘Superstage’, Umelec Vol.6, 2002/2, Michaela Ivaniskova.
2002 ‘Lidska dramata ve fotografiích Saskie Janssenové’ (Lidové Noviny Kultura, 14-06-2 Michaela Ivaniskinova)
2002 ‘The three-ring circus of life ; artist explores contemporary displacement of ordinary people’
(Prague Post, 22-6-2001, Mimi Rogers)
2002 Catalogue Prix de Rome Photography / Film 2002
2001 ‘Hangjongeren in Purmerend’ (Het Parool, 24-11-2001, Kees Keijer)
2001 ‘Als opgeprikte vlinders, over de portretten van Saskia Janssen’, (Kunstblad, feb.2001, Claudine Hellweg)
2000 ‘Straten, pleinen en schooljeugd in Purmerend’, (NRC, 14-12-2000, Eddie Marsman)
2000 Catalogue 18th World Wide Video Festival, (tekst by Nathalie Zonnenberg )
2000 ‘Kunst abladen verboten’, (Der Tagesspiegel, 16-9-2000, Christophe Tannert )
1999 ‘De Amsterdamse Kunstprijzen’, AT5 broadcast nov. 1999
1999 ‘Maritiem Epos’, (Het Financieële Dagblad, Mirelle Thijssen)
1998 ‘Cliché op cliché is geen cliché meer’ (Volkskrant, 16-9-’98, Anne van Driel)
1998 ‘Een machinekamer als circuspiste’ (Volkskrant, 25-2-’98, Erik Hagoort)
1997 ‘Traderoutes’, catalogue 2e Biennale Johannesburg, Zuid-Afrika
1997 ‘Hongkong etc.’, artist’s publication, published by Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten & Hou Hanrou, Amsterdam

Teaching & lectures
2002 – present lecturer Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2009 – present lecturer ArtEZ academy, Zwolle
2009 guest lecturer AKV St. Joost, MFA Photography
2009 lecture Blaka Watra Spiders for Studium Generale Rietveld Academy
2008 – 2009 Visiting Artist for Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA, U.S.A.
2008 guest lecturer Artez conservatory, Arnhem
2006 – 2009 Member of Research Group Professorship of Art and Public Space, Gerrit Rietveld

Academy
2006 guest lecturer Artez conservatory Zwolle / lecture and workshop for Lectoraat Popkunst
2004 lecture and workshop for Mr.Motley magazine, 18-11-2004, at Post C.S.
2002 guest lecturer Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen. (MFA Minerva academy)
2002 guest Lecturer workshop Royal Academy for Visual Arts, The Hague
2001/2002 lecturer Academy St.Joost, Breda
2000 lecture /visiting photographer, Amsterdam Centre for Photography
2000 guest lecturer Académie des Beaux Arts Régionale, Rouen, Frankrijk
2001 lecture & workshop for Studium Generale Akademie Kunst en Vormgeving, Den Bosch
1999 visiting artist at Washington University, St.Louis, U.S.A. (with George Korsmit)
1998 – 2004 lecturer Akademie Kunst en Vormgeving, ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Commissions in Public Space
2010 Commission Atelier Rijksbouwmeester for tax office Bonaire
2010 Research commision for Poelenburg, Gemeente Zaanstad
2006/2007 Commission Public Space, Gemeente Haarlemmermeer
2004 Commission Public Space Staatsliedenwijk, Museum De Paviljoens / Gemeente Almere
2003 Commission for new school building ISW college, ‘s-Gravenzande
  
Other
2010 AIR at the Geumcheon Art Space, Seoul, South-Korea (okt – dec.2010)
2009 Loko09, presentation and lecture for SKOR in schouwburg Almere,
2007 three-day-workshop and performance at popfestival Lowlands for Mr.Motley
2004 – 2009 board member Stichting Materiaalfonds voor Beeldend Kunstenaars
2003 – 2004 board member of Stichting de Veemvloer
2000 member of editorial board “Lost & Found”, de Waag
1999 Incentive Price Photography 1999, Amsterdam Foundation for the Arts





















2010 'Cinema for Birds & Hoop for People', Installation for children's exhibition 'Kaap' at Fort Ruijgenhoek.




























2009 'Me & You on A Golden Avenue', Exhibition at Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS 28-2-2009




2009 'Blaka Watra Spiders', artistic research, published by ROMA publications