Arthur Kleinjan studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam and the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
He lives and works in Rotterdam. His work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at The Essl Collection(Vienna, Austria), Western Front(Vancouver, Canada) and 2YK Gallery(Berlin, Germany). He has participated in exhibitions such as the Biennale of Busan (South Korea), in the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (Canada), as well as exhibitions in France, Denmark, Spain, Italy, China and the USA.
In 2021 he won the Aesthetica Art Prize, UK
In Arthur Kleinjan’s video work and photography, a fascinating exploration of visual perception is merged with a metaphysical sensation of place, identity and time as he transforms apparent lucid moments into something complex and evocative.
EDUCATION:
2001 - 2002 Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
1989 - 1993 Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
GROUP EXHIBITION / SCREENING:
2024 Noordelijk licht, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL
2023 De Encore & en-corpse, Forum Exposition, Annecy, France
2021 Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, York Art Gallery, UK
2020 PIFF, Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, USA
2020 MECAL, International Short Film Festival Barcelona, Spain
2019 Sharjah Film Platform at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE
2019 BIFF, Brisbane International Film Festival, Australia
2019 RIDM, Montreal, Canada
2019 Glimmerglass Film Festival, Cooperstown, NY, USA
2019 NEMAF, Seoul, Korea
2019 Underdox International FIlmfestival, Munchen, Germany
2019 Filmfestival Munster, Germany
2019 Festival Curta Cinema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019 Visions du Réel, International Filmfestival Nyon, Swizerland
2019 IFFR, International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL
2018 Familie, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2018 In a world we can't see, TENT, Rotterdam, NL
2018 The memory appendix, van Eyck, Maastricht, NL
2017 Bienalsur, Museo de Arte I.F. Blanco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016 Ritournelle, Espace d’Art Contemporain Salomon, Annecy, France
2016 screening at Galerie National de Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
2016 Amongst treasures, De Nederlandse Bank, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Billboard project at Museum Lazienki Kroleweski, Warsaw, Poland
2013 Gallery Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Geografie van verbeelding, Exposorium VU Amsterdam, NL
2012 More to tell, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, NL
2012 Action Frame, Teatro Parenti, Milan, Italy
2012 Côté court film Festival, Pantin, France
2011 Gallery Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
2011 21Rozendaal, Enschede, NL
2011 Musée-château d’Annecy, France
2011 Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2011 Parkhaus Projects, Berlin, Germany
2010 VIDEO XXI: Collection Lemaitre, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
2010 ARCO (Gallery Ron Mandos), Madrid, Spain
2010 Louvre in Heino, Photo collection Reyn van der Lugt, Heino, NL
2009 Trafo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2009 Ann Arbor Filmfestival, USA
2009 Clermond Ferrand Short Film Festival, France
2009 Signed de Nuit Film Festival, Paris, France
2008 Viva festival, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2008 Viva festival, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Video Collection Lemaitre, Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
2008 ARCO (Gallery Ron Mandos), Madrid, Spain
2008 Video Dumbo, Dumbo Arts Centre Brooklyn, NY, USA
2008 International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL
2008 EMAF, Osnabruck, Germany
2008 Tijdelijk Museum, SMART, Amsterdam, NL
2008 Courtisane Film festival, Brugge, Belgium
2007 Cine Y Casi Cine, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2007 CAAC (Centro Anduluz de Arte Comtemporaneo), Seville, Spain
2007 About Time II, Nordjylands Kunst Museum, Aalborg, Denmark
2007 New York Video Festival Scanners, USA
2006 Biennial Busan, Museum of Modern Art, Busan, South Korea
2006 Body and Soul, FRAC, Marseille, France
2006 Optica 06, International Video Art Festival, Gijon, Spain
2006 Architectual Quotations, Gallery Ron Mandos, Rotterdam, NL
2006 Digital Art festival, Changzhou, China
2006 FIAC (Gallery Ron Mandos), Paris, France
2005 Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITION:
2025 Kronenboden, Berlin, Germany
2025 CopyrightBerlin, Berlin, Germany
2019 Balzer Projects, Basel, Switserland
2018 REPRISE, DordtYart, Dordrecht
2009 Babel Tales (with Peter Funch), Gallery Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2006 Loop Video Artfair, Barcelona
2006 ROAM (with Silvia B), Gallery Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2005 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2004 Gallery Ron Mandos, Rotterdam
2003 Museum Sammlung Essl, Vienna
2002 Western Front, Vancouver
2001 TENT., Rotterdam
2001 2YK Gallery, Berlin
PUBLIC COMMISSION:
2013 UMC, Utrecht
2011 City hall, Heemskerk
2010 Housing project Lombardijen
2008 UMC, Utrecht
2007 City hall, Rotterdam
2003 VU, Amsterdam
2001 Schiphol airport, Amsterdam
RESIDENCY / AWARD:
2021 Aesthetica Art Prize (Main Art Prize), UK
2020 Mecal Award (2nd Prize), Spain
2019 BISFF Fresco Award, China
2017 Residency Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010 Residency Futura projects, Prague, Czech Republic
2005 Residency Townhouse, Cairo, Egypt
2005 Red Dot Award, Mediamatic, Netherlands
2002 Longlist Prix de Rome, Netherlands