Koen Jacobs
Born 1989, Netherlands
EDUCATION
2014 - 2017
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Jewellery Department, Amsterdam/NL
2016
Academy of Fine Arts, second semester Erasmus Exchange, Munich/DE
(with prof. Karen Pontoppidan)
2013 - 2014
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Foundation Year, Amsterdam/NL
2012 - 2013
Alchimia, School of Contemporary Jewellery, Specialisation Jewellery Course 3, Florence/IT
(with prof. Ruudt Peters)
2008 - 2012
International Silver-Gold-Smithery school, Gold- and Silversmithing, Schoonhoven/NL
WORKSHOPS
2016
Life after Death, by Benjamin Lignel, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam/NL
2015
Fragmentary Experiences, by Patricia Domingues, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam/NL
2014
Face Now workshop, by Ruudt Peters and Estela Saez, Ravenstein/NL
2013
Now Roots workshop, by Ruudt Peters and Estela Saez, Ravenstein/NL
Critique Session, with Christoph Zellweger, Alchimia, Florence/IT
Enamel course, by Nicolas Kircher, Alchimia, Florence/ IT
2012
Pigments on Metal, by Lucia Massei, Alchimia, Florence/IT
RED workshop, by Ruudt Peters, Alchimia, Florence/IT
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2021
Teacher at Vakschool Edelsmeden (since 2019), Amsterdam/NL
Ruudt Peters studio assistant (since 2014)
Studio assistant Anke Akerboom (since 2021)
2020
Teacher at Vakschool Edelsmeden, Amsterdam/NL
2019
Start teaching at Vakschool Edelsmeden, Amsterdam/NL
Assistant Ruudt Peters BRON retrospective exhibition/ Helsinki, FI
Assistant Soul Now workshop, Ravenstein/NL
Teaching Jewellery in Motion workshop, Le Arti Orafe, Florence/IT
2018
Assistant Ruudt Peters BRON retrospective exhibition/ Hangzhou, CN/ Tallinn, EE/Legnica, PL
Assistant Space Now workshop, Ravenstein/NL
2017
Teaching Jewellery workshop for children, Museum Valkhof, Nijmegen/NL
Assistant Ruudt Peters BRON retrospective exhibition at CODA, Apeldoorn/NL
Assistant Now Radical workshop, Ravenstein/NL
2016
Assistant Selfie Now workshop, Ravenstein/NL
2015
Assistant Ground Now workshop, Ravenstein/NL
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2019
3 months artist in residence, at Le Arti Orafe, Florence/IT
2018
Torenkamer residency, radio Opium, Vondel CS, Amsterdam/NL
Artist in residence at Kunstmaand Ameland, Hollum/NL
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Window display exhibition, Amsterdam/NL
Online exhibition during Munich Jewellery Week 2021, Munich/DE
2020
Solo exhibition at Four gallery, Gothenburg/SE
ArtWear, Vishal Haarlem/NL
The Palace of the Shattered Vessels, Froots Gallery Shanghai/ Beijing/CN
Preziosa Young 2019, Irene Belfi Gallery, Milano/IT
Exhibition gallery Intro Marzee for Starters, Amsterdam/NL
2019
News from The Netherlands, Crossing Borders, Jewelry Library, New York/USA
Preziosa Young 2019, Oratorio San Rocco, Padova/IT
21 GRAM exhibition, CODA museum, Apeldoorn/NL
Preziosa Young 2019, Galerie La Joallerie par Mazlo. Paris/FR
Metamorphoses, artist in residence result exhibition, Florence/IT
Preziosa Young 2019, Galleria Cartavetra, Florence/IT
21 GRAM exhibition, Les Anciens Abattoirs, Mons/BE
Schoonhoven Silver Award 2018, Freiburg/DE
The Palace of the Shattered Vessels, Froots Gallery, Shanghai/CN
The Palace of the Shattered Vessels, Froots Gallery, Munich/DE
21 GRAM exhibition, Galerie Handwerk, Munich/DE
Preziosa Young 2019 at Inhorgenta, Munich/DE
Junior, Kinder, Wunderkind, Sunday Child - A playroom for friends who meet,
Riutta Gallery, Lappeenranta/ FI
2018
Schoonhoven Silver Award 2018, Schoonhoven/NL
21 GRAM exhibition, Hangzhou/CN
Kunstmaand Ameland/ Hollum/NL
Marzee for Starters at CODA museum, Apeldoorn/NL
Nulllll art fair, Amersfoort/NL
Gallery Pouloeuff, Naarden/NL
Connections, Dutch Design Hotel Artemis, Amsterdam/NL
ABC Contemporary jewellery exhibition, during Melting Point 2018, Valencia/ES
OBJECT Rotterdam, Rotterdam/NL
2017
Marzee Graduates @CODA, museum, Apeldoorn/NL
Group exhibition, Teacher, student, intern, during OBSESSED, Amsterdam/NL
JOYA Barcelona art jewellery fair, Barcelona/ES
Marzee International Graduate Show 2017, Nijmegen/NL
Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam/NL
2016
Annual exhibition, Academy of Fine arts, Munich/DE
Group exhibition, Rietveld Uncut, Amsterdam/NL
Big Fish, group exhibition, Jewellery Week, Munich/DE
2015
Jewellery Department exhibition, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam/NL
Group exhibition, Rietveld Uncut, Amsterdam/NL
Group exhibition, Object Rotterdam, Rotterdam/NL
TALENTE exhibition, Munich/DE
2013
Sieraad Art Fair, Amsterdam/NL
JOYA Barcelona art jewellery fair, Barcelona/ES
Alchimia graduation show, Florence/IT
AWARDS
2019
Preziosa Young Design Competition LAO Award, Florence/IT
2018
Nomination Schoonhoven Silver Award, Schoonhoven/NL
(for "Sonho de Medusa - The Artificial Kingdom")
2017
Overduinprijs 2017 / Overduin award, Amsterdam/NL
(for "The Artificial Kingdom")
2015
Nomination TALENTE Award, Munich/DE
(for "Destroyed Beauty")
2012
Nomination masterpiece award, Schoonhoven/NL
(for "graduation masterpiece")
PUBLIC COLLECTION
2020
CODA museum, Apeldoorn/NL
