Constant Dullaart (born Leiderdorp, 7 March 1979) is a Dutch

conceptual artist Conceptual art, also referred to as conceptualism, is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns. Some works of conceptual art, sometimes called insta ...

, media artist, internet artist, and curator.Constant Dullaart; male / Dutch; conceptual artist, media artist, internet artist, curator
at rkd.nl. Last modification on 2017-03-30. His work is deeply connected to the Internet.

Biography

Dullaart was born and raised in

Leiderdorp Leiderdorp () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland near the city of Leiden. It had a population of in . The municipality covers an area of of which is water. Leiderdorp has now become a suburb ...

in the Netherlands. He attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academy from 1997 to 2002, and the

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...

in the year 2007–2008. After his graduation in 1997 he settled as artist in Amsterdam. From 2010 to 2015 he lived in Berlin. Dullaart drew some attention with his work series ''Jennifer in Paradise'' which "seeks to expose the technological structures that inform modern visual culture". He is also known for distributing 2.5 million bought Instagram followers amongst a personal selection of active art-world Instagram accounts. A 4 month long durational performance commissioned by

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt The Schirn Kunsthalle is a Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, Germany, located in the old city between the Römer and the Frankfurt Cathedral. The Schirn exhibits both modern and contemporary art. It is the main venue for temporary art exhibitions i ...

got the attention of several media outlets when Dullaart raised a virtual army of thousands of fake Facebook profiles, using the names of

Hessian (soldier) Hessians ( or ) were German soldiers who served as auxiliaries to the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. The term is an American synecdoche for all Germans who fought on the British side, since 65% came from the German states o ...

s from the Hetrina archive of the Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen.

Prix Net Art, 2015

He was awarded the

Prix Net Art Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who ...

in late 2015 with the following jury statement:

Works

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Exhibitions (selection)

2019 *''Profile Wars'', Cirl.Art, ABN AMRO, Amsterdam *''dull.lifeTM - hack, hustle, historicize'', Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam *''Link in Bio'', Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig *''Stadstriënnale Hasselt / Genk, Screen it'', Hasselt *''Uncanny Values'', MAK, Vienna *''Screen it!'' at Art Brussels, Brussels *Festival van de Controle, Cultuurcentrum Hasselt, Hasselt Behind the Screen, Kindl, Berlin *''Influencers'', Galerie Hussenot, Paris 2018 *''Cultural Matter: Constant Dullaart'', LIMA, Amsterdam *''Constant Dullaart 100.000 Followers for Everyone'', FOAM Museum, Amsterdam *''The Armory Show'' New York with Upstream Gallery *Strasbourg Biennale, Strasbourg, France *''Agency'', Nome Gallery, Berlin *''All I Know is What's on the Internet'', The Photographers Gallery, London *''Algorithmic Superstructures'', Impakt Festival, Utrecht *''Berlin Zentrum der Netzkunst - Damals und Heute'', Panke Gallery, Berlin *''I Was Raised On The Internet'', Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago *''When Facts don't Matter'', Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore *''From ZERO to 2018'', Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam 2017 *''Electronic Superhighway'', MAAT, Lisbon *''Open Codes'', ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany *''Windows'', Basel *''Collecting Europe'',

Victoria & Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, London *''How to Disappear Completely'', Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam *''Human/Digital: a Symbiotic Love Affair'', Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam *''Transmediale'', Berlin 2016 *''Deep Epoch'', Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam *''Future Gallery'', Berlin, Germany *''MU'', Eindhoven, *''Smart Objects'', Los Angeles 2015 *''The Possibility of an Army'', Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany *''Jennifer'', Futura, Prague *''Opening Time'', London *''Filter economy and quantified social capital'', Dutch National Bank, Amsterdam *''ABC'' with Future Gallery, Berlin *''The Censored Internet'', Aksioma, Ljubliana 2014 *''High Retention Slow Delivery'', Jeu de Paume-espace virtuel, Paris *''Stringendo, Vanishing Mediators'', Carroll / Fletcher, London *''Brave New Panderers'', XPO Gallery, Paris 2013 *''Jennifer in Paradise'', Future Gallery, Berlin *''Jennifer in Paradise'', Import Projects, Berlin 2012 *''Onomatopoeia'', Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City *''HEALING'', Fabio Paris Gallery, Brescia, Italy *''Treffpunkt Internet'', speedshow, Berlin

References

External links

Official website

Jennifer in Photoshop, Constant Dullaart, 2014

Official Prix Net Art website

The possibility of an Army, Constant Dullaart 2016

Mesodiplosis, Constant Dullaart 2015

Chaos Computer Club Conference 32C3, talk, 2015
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