Jan van der Ploeg: Selected Works, 2009-2016

Text by Renate Wiehager
Published by Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne, Germany, 2016
272p, color, hardcover, 11 x 8.5 inches
ISBN: 978-3-86442-174-7

About Jan van der Ploeg
For the past three decades, Jan van der Ploeg (b. 1959 Amsterdam, Netherlands; lives Amsterdam) has exhibited his work extensively in both solo and group exhibitions in Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand.  His recent solo exhibitions include Kunsthaus Baselland (Basel), Taubert Contemporary (Berlin), Gerhard Hofland Gallery (Amsterdam), Nieuw Dakota (Amsterdam), Boeske & Hofland (Leipzig), NP3 (Groningen), Atelier aan de Middendijk (Groningen), Two Rooms (Auckland), Sarah Cottier Gallery (Sydney), Hamish McKay Gallery (Wellington), Giacomo Guidi Gallery (Rome), Raygun Projects (Toowoomba, Australia), Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago), and Klaus Benden (Cologne), among many others.  In 2007, van der Ploeg mounted a large-scale, wall painting installation at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA.

Van der Ploeg’s work is included in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam), Gemeentemuseum (The Hague), Rijksmuseum Twente (Enschede), and Daimler Contemporary Art Collection (Berlin), among others.  He studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Gerrit Rietveld Academie (both Amsterdam), and the Croydon College of Art (London).

In addition to his artistic work, van der Ploeg founded and directs PS (www.psprojectspace.nl), a highly regarded exhibition venue and program based in Amsterdam.  PS aims to provide a platform for the work of upcoming international artists in an environment that exists between the conventions of an artist-run space and a commercial gallery.