Cornelis Hendrik "Cees" Krijnen (born 29 May 1969 in
Velsen
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On the north side of the North Sea Canal there is a major steel plant, Tata Steel IJmuiden, formerly known as ...
) is a Dutch artist.
Krijnen studied at the
Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the post-academic education
DasArts, both in
Amsterdam
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, Netherlands. In 1999 he won the Dutch art prize
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
in the discipline Theatre/Visual Arts, with a reality project named ''Financing my Parents Divorce''. This resulted in the ''Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour'', with exhibitions and performances in New York, London, Paris, Luzern, Milan, Montreal (
La Biennale de Montreal
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Founded in 1 ...
) and other cities. For this, he cooperated with, amongst others, the Italian design house
Pininfarina
Pininfarina S.p.A. (; ; short for Pininfarina Società per Azioni) is an Italian automotive design, car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, Turin, Italy. The company was founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930. On 14 ...
, the British department store chain
Selfridges
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, the
Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain and the Italian artist
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 23 June 1933) is an Italian painter, action and object artist, and art theorist. Pistoletto is acknowledged as one of the main representatives of the Italian Arte Povera. His work mainly deals with the subject mat ...
. Krijnen is also active as a theatre actor. His latest international art project in 2012 was called ''The Ultimate Selfportrait''.
Krijnen lives in the city of
Haarlem
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and is internationally represented by the gallery ''Reuten Galerie'' in Amsterdam,
studio1.1 in London and the gallery
Very Up & Co in New York.
One of his art projects was around
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer, a legendary brave female folk hero in the history of the town.
In 2015, Cees participated with two photographic works in the exhibition O Muse! in
De Hallen, the annex for modern art of the
Frans Hals Museum
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in Haarlem.
In 2018 appears an
autobiography
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and a
graphic novel
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on his life and works as artist.
Publications
* ''G/Blok'' (2003)
* ''Krijnen vs Rembrandt'' (2005)
* ''TH.EVERYTHING'' (2011)
* ''Het Ultieme Zelfportret'' (2012)
* ''TH.EVERYTHING #2'' (2016)
Sources
Press Release Pininfarina, 20 March 2002
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La Repubblica
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, 20 April 200
''Ecco Big: un mese di arti visive, letteratura, musica, gastronomia. E naturalmente, provocazioni''*
The Guardian
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, 22 April 200
''The art of divorce, Dutch-style''''De Hallen: Divorcée est arrivé'' November 2003
*
de Volkskrant
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Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium- ...
, 29 May 200
''Show Krijnen overtreft Patty’s Posse''*
Frieze
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''Cees Krijnen'' June-August 2004''The Ultimate Selfportrait'' October 2012''O MUSE! - De Hallen Haarlem Summer Series 2015''
External links
*
Cees Krijnen websiteStudio1.1 London websiteVery Up & Co website
1969 births
Living people
Dutch contemporary artists
Prix de Rome (Netherlands) winners
People from Velsen
Artists from North Holland
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