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Born in 1980 in Utrecht, the Netherlands
Lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan

Education

1999 - 2004 AKV | St Joost |  Academy for Art and Design Den Bosch (NL)

Solo Exhibitions

2021 "Escape to Solastalgia", New Taipei City Arts Center, Taipei (TW)
2020 "Extraordinary Machine", Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, C-LAB, Taipei (TW)
2014 "Tropism", duo show with Lorraine Robbins, Occupy my Time Gallery, London (UK)
2012 "I'm good at being uncomfortable", Braziliality Gallery, London (UK)
2010 "Artist Available", Artists with Attitude, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 "60m² of Drawing Myself", Casa das Caldeiras, São Paulo (Brazil)​
2005 "Karin Janssen", Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)

Group Exhibitions

2024 "Visual Aids", Berry Campbell Gallery, New York (USA)
2023 "Taiwan Annual", Association of the Visual Arts, Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei (TW)
2022 "Taipei Lantern Festival", Taipei (TW)
2018 Zhoupu Art Museum, Shanghai (China)
2018 "Occuring", IINNOO Gallery, Shanghai (China)
2017 "Expositie Robinson", Galerie Nasty Alice, Eindhoven (NL)
2016 "Tekenkabinet", This Art Fair, Amsterdam (NL)
2015 "Out to Sea", Aurora Museum, Shanghai (China)
2015 "Tekenkabinet", Kunstenhuis, Amsterdam (NL)
2015 "Young & Beautiful", Gallery Nasty Alice, Eindhoven (NL)
2015 "365 Drawings", La Galerie d’Anières (Switzerland)
2015 "Tekenkabinet", Museum Waterland, Purmerend (NL)
2014 "Chinese Whispers", collaboration between Gallery Nasty Alice, Eindhoven (NL) and Karin Janssen Project Space, London (UK)
2014 "Tekenkabinet 2.0 & The Big Draw", Amsterdam (NL)
2014 "365 Drawings", The Keep, Reading, Berkshire, exhibition and talk (UK)
2014 "Tekenkabinet", Museum Waterland, Purmerend (NL)
2014 "Vanitas", Karin Janssen Project Space, London (UK)
2014 "Sex", Gallery Nasty Alice in Eindhoven (NL)
2014 "A5", Platform Projects, by Lubomirov Easton, London (UK) at Art Athina (Greece)
2014 "Summer Exhibition", NSH Arts, London (UK)
2014 "RAW Art Fair", Rotterdam with Gallery Nasty Alice (NL)
2013 "Tekenkabinet", Kunstsalon Assen (NL)
2013 "Growth", Karin Janssen Project Space, London (UK)
2013 "Tekenkabinet", Amsterdam Westpoort (NL)
2013 "Tekenkabinet", Museum Waterland, Purmerend (NL)
2013 "Thots and..., by Neil Ferguson", at Mile End Art Pavilion, London (UK)
2013 "Raw Skin", Karin Janssen Project Space in London (UK)
2013 "Cold Climate", Occupy my Time Gallery in London (UK)
2013 "Defcon Salon", Embassy Gallery in Edinburgh (UK)
2012 "Woman’s Art?", Studio 180, exhibition and talk, in London (UK)
2012 "70 Artists 7 Days", Braziliality, Mile End Art Pavilion in London (UK)
2011 "I am Braziliality", Forman's Smokehouse Gallery in London (UK)
2011 "Bad Girls", C&H Art Space in Amsterdam (NL)
2011 "Local", Karin Janssen Project Space in London (UK)
2010 "Salon", Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam (NL)
2009 "Salon", Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam (NL)
2008 "Aanwinst", BBK, Loods 6 in Amsterdam (NL)
2008 "Tekenen 8", wall drawing, Quartair in The Hague (NL)
2008 "Sugarfactory", Amsterdam (NL)
2008 "Arti et Amicitiae', Amsterdam (NL)
2007 "Stedelijk Museum", Amsterdam (NL)
2007 "Nutopia", Chiellerie, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 Project Aware in Amsterdam (NL)
2006 Casa das Caldeiras in São Paulo (BR)
2006 Casa do Eletricista in São Paulo (BR)
2006 "Jong Talent", Grafisch Atelier in ’s-Hertogenbosch (NL)
2005 "Vanuit de vrouw", RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden (NL)
2005 Grafisch Atelier in ’s-Hertogenbosch (NL)
2004 Gallery RC de Ruimte in IJmuiden (NL)
2004 Media Partners in Amstelveen (NL)
2004 "Eindexamententoonstelling", AKV | St Joost Academy for Art and Design Den Bosch (NL)​
2002 Nova Zembla in Den Bosch (NL)

Collections

Karin Janssen is collected by various private collectors in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Brazil and China.

Awards, Residencies & Grants 

2023 Taiwan Annual jury prize finalist, Association of the Visual Arts (TW)
2010 Short-listed for stage 2 of John Moores Painting Prize, Liverpool, (UK)
2007 Artist in Residence, Casa das Caldeiras, São Paulo (Brazil)
2006 Production fund, FBKVB/Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)​
2003 Sandberg Institute, The One Minutes Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)

Projects

​2021-ongoing, Project Resurrection, New Taipei City (TW), Ubud (Indonesia)
2011-2014, Karin Janssen Project Space, founder and curator, London (UK)
2007-2011, NIKA Art Projects, co-founder and director, Amsterdam (NL)
2006-2007, Women and Children First, Quito (Ecuador), Peru (Lima), Aché Village (Paraguay)​
2007, The Enchanted Loft shown in Almere, Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Nieuw Beijerland (NL) and Sheffield (UK)

Commissions

2024 Trophy design for the BCCTaipei Better Business Awards, British Chamber of Commerce Taipei, (TW) [video] >> 

Curating

2014 Co-curator "Chinese Whispers", Gallery Nasty Alice, Eindhoven (NL), Karin Janssen Project Space, London (UK)
2014 Curator "Vanitas", Karin Janssen Project Space, London (UK)
2023 Curator "Growth", Karin Janssen Project Space, London (UK)
2013 Curator "Raw Skin", Karin Janssen Project Space, London (UK)​

TV interviews

2024 "Raise awareness of climate change through creative ideas" (translated title), FTV "We Are Family", national television (TW) — (Chinese, English subtitles) watch >> 
2021 "Escape to Solastalgia", Sonder Film, Taipei (TW), (English) watch >>
2021​"Dutch artist holds painting exhibition hoping for Taiwanese to raise awareness of environmental protection" (translated title), Home+, New Taipei City (TW) — (Chinese, English) watch part 1 | watch part 2 
2020 "Extraordinary Machine", Sonder Film, Taipei (TW) —​ (English) watch >>
2020 ​"Feature People"​ at exhibition "Extraordinary Machine", conversation with Dutch representative Guy Wittich, C-LAB Director Hsiangling Lai and Karin Janssen, covered by 方念華 Georgiana Fan’s 看板人物 show, TVBS National Taiwan television (TW) — (Chinese only) watch >> 
​2018 Pudong Broadcast & TV Station, Shanghai (China)

Press & Publications

2021​​ “Dutch artist Karin Janssen's solo exhibition explores our contemporary world with fantastical colors" (translated title), The Storm Media (TW) >>
2021​​ “Dutch artist Karin Janssen's solo exhibition explores our contemporary world with fantastical colors" (translated title), The Taiwan Story (TW)
2021​​ “Deconstruction of form, nothingness: ‘Escape to Solastalgia’ a glimpse of death in fantasy” (translated title), dPi Taiwan Magazine (TW) >>
2021​​ "Dutch artists come to Taiwan for a solo exhibition of fantasy colours to take a look at the contemporary world" (translated title), Taiwan Shih Shang Daily News (TW) >>
2021​​ "Dutch artist Karin Janssen comes to Taiwan for a solo exhibition of fantasy colours to take a look at the contemporary world" (translated title), Central News Agency (TW)
2021​​ "Dutch artist Karin Janssen's solo exhibition will be on display at New Taipei Art and Culture Center today" (translated title), Taiwan Hot (TW) >>
2021​​ "Dutch artist's solo exhibition New Taipei debuts fantasy colors to draw dinosaur skeletons" (translated title), Liberty Times Net, Taipei (TW) >>
2021​​ "Dutch artist Karin Janssen holds a solo exhibition" (translated title), Newtalk News, Taipei (TW) >>
2021​​ "Dutch artists come to Taiwan for a solo exhibition of fantasy colours to take a look at the contemporary world" (translated title), Taiwan Shih Shang Daily News (TW) >>
2021​​ "Foreign artist mother in Taiwan! Karin Janssen's solo exhibition, exploring the meaning of self and environment, nature and home" (translated title), MomBaby (TW) >>
2021​​ “Dutch artist Karin Janssen's solo exhibition explores our contemporary world with fantastical colors" (translated title), National Education Radio (TW) >>
​2020 “The nomadic artist and old dreams under a foreign sky - Karin Janssen” (translated title), Newtalk News, Taipei (TW) >>
​2020 “The nomadic artist and old dreams under a foreign sky” (translated title), Match Lifestyle Web, Taipei (TW) >>
​2020 “Reflecting on Oneself and the World on an Island” (translated title), Newtalk News, Taipei (TW) >>
​2020 "Extraordinary Machine", Arttime Art Web, Taipei (TW) >>
​2020 "Extraordinary Machine", Bureau of Culture’s iCulture, Taipei (TW)
​2020 “Extraordinary Machine, Karin Janssen, solo exhibition", Culture Express by Bureau of Culture, Taipei (TW) 
​2020 “Extraordinary Machine” Karin Janssen, solo exhibition, National Art and Culture Event Information Web, Taipei (TW) >>
​2020 “Extraordinary Machine Karin Janssen solo exhibition”, ARTalks by Tai Shin Bank’s Art and Culture Foundation, Taipei (TW)
2018 "​London Culture Guide: Hackney's 10 Hip Galleries, The Culture Trip (UK) >>
2017 "The Extraordinary Machine", Interview CN Create, Shanghai (China)​ 
2014 "Chinese Whispers", Wall Street International (UK)
2014 "Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London by Tabish Khan", FAD (UK)
2014 "Gallery on Well Street to host Chinese Whispers exhibition", Front cover East End Review (UK)
2014 "Let's talk about sex", The Art Newspaper (International)
2014 "Top 5 exhibitions", Time Out First Thursday (UK)
2014 "Chinese Whispering Gallery", front cover, Hackney Citizen (UK)
2014 "La vida es un Barrio Rojo", El Mundo (Spain)
2014 Time Out London (UK)
2014 "Kunstenaars zorgen voor een dubbel feestje", Eindhovens Dagblad (NL)
2014 "Uitgelicht: Karin Janssen", Galerie Nasty Alice (NL)
2014 "Nasty Alice doet gewaagd", Groot Eindhoven (NL)
2014 "Silent Screams in the Valley of Uncanniness", exhibition catalogue by Occupy my Time Gallery (UK)
2014 "Karin Janssen and Lorraine Robbins", Wall Street International (UK) >>
2014 "Occupy My Time Gallery: Tropism by Karin Janssen and Lorraine Robbins", Inveterate Guide (UK)
2013 "Growth", Wall Street International (UK)
2013 "Screaming Out", Cover East End Review (UK) cover | article
2013 “Karin Janssen: Growth, The Uncanny and The Artist Run Space”, I am like a Wednesday, London (UK) >>
2013 “Screaming with Karin Janssen” Baleeblu, London (UK) 
2013 "It’s a scream!", Hackney Citizen cover, London, (UK) >>
2013 "Growth", front page London Artists Quarters, London (UK) 
2013 "Raw Skin", recommended exhibitions" Artlyst, London (UK) >>
2013 "Hanging Offence", Trebuchet, London (UK) >>
2013 "Raw Skin", Rough, London (UK) 
2012 "The Enchanted Loft", The Star, Sheffield (UK)
2012 "I am Braziliality", Epoca, São Paulo (Brazil) >>
2012 "I am Braziliality", ArtWake (Italy) >>
2012 "I am Braziliality", Hackney Citizen, London (UK)
2012 "Top 5: I am Braziliality", Time Out First Thursdays, London (UK)
2012 "Looking into the Local", Hackney Citizen, London (UK)  >>
2009 "Self", publication by Ovenden Contemporary Project (UK)
2007 "Kunst? Kopen!" publication by Veronique Baar, QKunst, supported by ArtOlive, funded by Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 "60m² of Drawing Myself", Big is Beautiful Magazine, Amsterdam (NL)
2006 "Women and Children First", Amstelveens Weekblad, Amstelveen (NL)
2005 "The Art of Becoming Famous", Scoop, Den Bosch (NL)
​2005 "The One Minutes", AT5 television, initiative from Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam (NL)