1991-95 Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998 Winner NPS Culture Award
2001-02 Selected for PS1/MoMA International Studio program, New York
2007 Winner Impakt Beam System Award
2016 The Fish Pond Song exhibition at Stedelijk Museum
‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
2022 Selected for De Verbeelding (NL Film Fund & Mondrian Fund)
with film project Love-22-Love
2025 World première of Love-22-Love at IDFA Amsterdam
(Envision competition)
Jeroen Kooijmans (born 1967, Schijndel, The Netherlands) is a renowned artist and filmmaker whose work is at the intersection of art and cinema. With a passion for visual storytelling and a unique artistic vision, he has built a multifaceted career interweaving both visual art and film. Jeroen Kooijmans is known for his innovative approach to the medium, pushing boundaries and exploring new forms of expression. His work places a strong emphasis on the poetic layer, creating subtle and layered narratives that invite the viewer to reflect and introspect.
His work has been exhibited internationally at prestigious institutions such as Tate Modern in London, PS1/MoMA and The New Museum in New York, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, MIT List Visual Art Center in Boston, Total Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, Image Forum in Tokyo, Lalit Kala Akademi Gallery in New Delhi, Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, Centre D’art Santa Monica in Barcelona, and Nicolaj, Contemporary Art Center in Copenhagen. In the Netherlands, his work has been shown at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, among others.
Jeroen Kooijmans won the NPS Culture Award in 1998 and participated in the prestigious studio program of PS1/MoMA in New York in 2001/2002, which had an important influence on his further artistic development. LOVE-22-LOVE is a gripping story of love and darkness. It is his first feature length film which marks his film debut.
Jeroen Kooijmans is married to artist Elspeth Diederix, they have 3 daughters and live and work in Amsterdam.