1974 Zuid-Beijerland, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
1997-2010 Member of Antistrot art collective 2010 -----> Member of Kamp Horst art collective
EDUCATION
1995-2000 Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam 1999 Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
RESIDENCIES
2009 Frans Masereelcentrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2010 Frans Masereelcentrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2013 National Center for Contemporary Arts, Kronstadt, Russian Federation
2015 CBK Rotterdam R&D Residency, Taipei, Taiwan,
2017 Institute For Provocation, Beijing, China
2018 The Tower Room, VondelCS, Amsterdam
GRANTS & AWARDS
2001 Start Stipendium, Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
2004 Start of Stipendium, Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
2006 Investment Contribution, CBK Rotterdam
2008 Live Grant, Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
2010 Basic Stipendium, Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
2015 Development and Research Grant, CBK Rotterdam
2016 Investment Contribution, CBK Rotterdam
2017 Artist-in-Residency Grant, Mondriaan Fund
2017 Production Loan, CBK-Fonds Kwadraat
2021 Production grant, Droom & Daad Foundation
2022 Production grant, Droom & Daad Foundation
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Kuruma, Morgen Galerie, Rotterdam
2011 Unstable Situations, Wall Gallery, Rotterdam
2012 Collapses, Aquvii, Tokyo, Japan
2014 Skwirriel, Galerie Untitled, Rotterdam
2015 Concrete Jungle, Gallery Untitled, Rotterdam
2017 Controlled Demolition, Black Sesame Space @IFP, Beijing, China
2018 Chinezen, Untitled Gallery, Rotterdam
2018 Tower Tower, VondelCS, Amsterdam
2019 Stang Kleinjan, Galerie 158, Schiedam (duo)
2020 Sight by Sight, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, duo, with Saar Scheerlings)
2020 Ten Cats In The Window, Raam Maar @ Printroom, Rotterdam
2021 Wild, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, (duo, with Bas Kosters)
2022 New Print, Kapitaal Utrecht
2022 This Art Fair, Amsterdam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001 Willard Worveren, Gallery Blue Nile, Osaka, Japan
2001 Hard Pop, Showroom Mama, Rotterdam 2001 GRRR ZBUCH! Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague, Czech Republic 2003 Trans Habitos, Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal. 2005 Stick Figure, Showroom Mama, Rotterdam 2006 Dialogue 1, Vis a Vis Art Lab, Xiamen, China 2006 Eldorado, MUDAM, Museum for Modern Art, Luxembourg 2006 Grant 31, Murals, Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture 2008 I Have Some Trash In My Head, C.A.G. Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation 2010 Project Runaway, 3rd Ward, New York, USA 2010 Solid Cold, The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, USA 2010 Tunnel Vision, F.A.R.T. , Rotterdam, the Netherlands 2011 Collection exhibition 2010, Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium 2011 A Paper Trail, Warande / De Hallen, Geel, Belgium 2012 Pain language, Parco, Tokyo, Japan 2012 Nature, Untitled2011, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 2013 Easy Living, Kunstverein Diepenheim 2013 Kunst RAI, Amsterdam (with Gallery Untitled) 2014 Kronstadt Stories, State Museum of the History of St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2014 Miscellaneous // The Summer Edition 2014, Walls Gallery, Amsterdam 2015 Aquvii Art Ticket, YCC Yokohama, Japan 2016 010, Rento Brattinga Galerie, Amsterdam 2017 Holland, Galerie Vonkel, The Hague / Tent, Rotterdam 2017 Got It For Cheap, The Hole, NY, USA 2018 Velvet Ropes, Galeri Golsa, Oslo, Norway 2019 The Great Fleur & Wouter Show, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam 2019 Dahmer's Dates & Other Sex Stories, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam 2020 Ongemak, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam 2020 Americana, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam 2021 Summer of ’21, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam 2021 Art on Paper @ Kunst Rai, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam 2021 Nieuwe Werk, Hilton Art Lab, Rotterdam 2021 Vertekend Beeld, Moving Gallery, Utrecht 2022 Omikron Edition, Tinimini Room, Dordrecht 2022 Wild Summer of Art, Brutus, Rotterdam 2022 A Perfect Day Drawing Show, Amsterdam 2022 The Elusive Self, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
COMMISSIONED
2011 Print designs for Alternative Shift Control, Osaka, Japan 2012 Mural painting, JWT Amsterdam, The Netherlands (with Kamp Horst) 2013 Mural, FRAME, Copenhagen, Denmark (with Kamp Horst) 2015 Mural painting, Patronaat, Haarlem (with Kamp Horst) 2015 Die Kuche, Sud Deutsche Zeitung Magazine 2016 Mural painting, Generator Hostel, Amsterdam 2016 Mural painting, Kookpunt, Rotterdam
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
1999 Willem de Kooning Academy Presents: Johan Kleinjan 2001 Hard Pop, Showroom Mama 2012 Collapses, in-house 2012 Yellow Pages, Pogo Books, Berlin 2013 Sweet Sixteen, Trichis Publishing 2013 A Paper Trail, De Warande, Geel, Belgium 2013 Sweet Sixteen, Showroom Mama Rotterdam 2017 Chinezen, Volkskrant Magazine 2018 Research and Development, CBK Rotterdam 2019 Apropos Art, CBK Rotterdam 2019 I stayed in the stomach of a serial killer for a while, VICE NL 2019 Dahmer’s Dates & Other Sex Stories is meer dan een verleidingstruc, Edo Dijksterhuis, Het Parool 2020 Onderhuidse humor die schuurt, Edo Dijksterhuis, Het Parool 2020 Gefascineerd door Amerika, Maarten Moll, Het Parool 2020 Accessible art for young collectors, Flor Linckens, Gallery Viewer 2021 Johan Kleinjan playfully highlights the absurdity of Bounty Hole racing, Sam Powell, WeScrutinize 2021 De wereld van Johan Kleinjan, Walter van Teeffelen, If Then is Now 2021 Maarten Janssen et al at Hilton Art Lab, Jeroen Bosch, Trendbeheer 2022 Kunstbeurs voor vrije geesten, Kees Keijer, Het Parool 2022 Faces, Fukt Magazine
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE & LECTURES
2008 Studium Generale Lecture, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam 2009 Guest teacher, Project Week Minerva Academy, Groningen 2011 Guest teacher, Designlab, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam 2011 Guest teacher, Project week, Willem de Kooning academy, Rotterdam 2012 Guest lecture, Willem de Kooning academy, Rotterdam 2015 Guest teacher, Willem de Kooning academy, Rotterdam 2016 Guest lecture, The Autonomous Fabric, WdKA, Rotterdam 2017 Guest lecture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China 2018 Guest teacher, Project week, Willem de Kooning academy, Rotterdam 2019 Guest teacher, SURF Project week, Grafisch Liceum Rotterdam 2019 Guest lecture, BNO IMG LAB, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam