Jeroen Jongeleen

Jeroen Jongeleen

Born in The Netherlands, lives and works in Rotterdam

Left: Boom Ravine and Right: Schans, Jeroen Jongeleen (2022) - Running in Disputed Territories - No Man's Land installed during Upstream Focus (2023) Boom Ravine from series Running in Disputed Territories - No Man's Land, Jeroen Jongeleen (2022) Running in Disputed Territories - No Man's Land installed at Artissima (2022) Solo Show Running in Circles (Corona II)/Movement anD politics in the streets of my city, 2020-2021, at Upstream Gallery. A Circle Becoming A Triangle, In Three Acts, 2020,
Video with audio, in Running in Circles (Corona II)/Movement and politics in the streets of my city, 2020-2021 at Upstream Gallery Jeroen Jongeleen
The Street As A Forum For Democracy [MODERN DEMOCRACY], 2019, photoprint, 138,5 x 93,5 cm
Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij Still of Jeroen Jongeleen, Leaking Sea and the Land as Industry, 2020
video, mute Running in Circles, solo at AVL Mundo, Rotterdam (2020) Running in Circles, solo at AVL Mundo Rotterdam (2020). Running A Circle Against The Wind, 2018
3' 03” + audio
camera Marc van der Raaij Meneer Vandalen Wacht Op Antwoord (‘Pandas Eat: Mustard on Dumplings, and Apples with Spice.’) Part of Daydreaming subverts the world, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem 2017 Meneer Vandalen Wacht Op Antwoord (‘Pandas Eat: Mustard on Dumplings, and Apples with Spice.’)
Part of Daydreaming subverts the world, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem 2017 Running A Circle Clockwise, 2016
duration 3min28sec, webpage loop 
http://runningacircleclockwise.com/ Running an imaginary line from my studio in Rotterdam to its exhibition in Berlin, 2015. Video, 6:00:00 min (camera/ edit Joao MB Costa). Edition of 3. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. Runner above the Sea of Grass, Besancon, 2015. C-print on dibond, 62 x 45 cm, edition of 3. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 9-blocks grid with a crossing line, Besancon, 2015. C-print on dibond, 114 x 74 cm, edition of 3. Untitled (from the title cards series), 2014. Mixed media, 11 x 15 cm. Untitled (from the title cards series), 2014. Mixed media, 15 x 10,5 cm. 'Traces/ Looking for the Perfect Square (Portal)', 2013, photo, 85 x 63,5 cm. edition of 3 'Running Shape', 2013, photo, 95 x 70 cm. edition of 3. 'Plastic Bag as Jolly Roger', 2013, Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam 'Traces and traces', 2012, tape lines '1 m2 Dust & Dirt / Rotterdam', 2010. carbon , smear on canvas. 100cm x 100cm and
'1 m2 Dust & Dirt / Paris', 2010. carbon , smear on canvas. 100cm x 100cm and
'1 m2 Dust & Dirt / Paramaribo', 2010. carbon , smear on canvas. 100cm x 100cm. 'Favourite Misspelling #9 [eror]', 2007, St. Gallen, Switzerland 'Lifesupport', 2005, cardboard and black marker, 87 x 53,5 cm. 'Pointless Oneliner', 2004, Parijs. Fingerprints as Corpus Delicti, 2001. Vinyl stickers on glass, 15 x 10,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. '15.000 Most Popular Words in Advertising (in random order)', 1998. 'Oso', 2009. Paramaribo, Suriname 'Miscommunications/Conceptual Art', 2009 'Pointless Oneliner', Cobra Museum 'Free Money for All (Oud Geld Voor Iedereen)', 2006 'Free Money for All (Oud Geld Voor Iedereen)', 2006 'Free Money for All (Oud Geld Voor Iedereen)', 2006 '101 Meetpunten', 1998-2002, Intervention in landscape 'Manipulated Urinal', 2000, stickerseries 'Inside Job / tossing a Mondrian', 2010, photoprint. 'Dirty Line as a Landscape*Printemps 2', 2008, dirt on canvas, 170 x 245 cm. 'Dirty Line as a Landscape*Printemps 1', 2008, dirt on canvas,170 x 234 cm.  'Dirty Line as a Landscape, Symmetrie', 2008, 1045 x 70 cm, [New York] 'View of Belleville', 2008, mixed media. 240 x 11 x 150 cm. 'Our Unconditional Love for Black, Chrome and White', 2008, paper and paint on wood. '2500 Euro in an Broken Bottle, nr.1', 2008, 2500 euro in a glass bottle on a pedestal with alarm system. 157 x 35 x 35 cm. 'Full color black book', 1996 'Free money for all', 2005 'Forbidden for All', 2007, Paris 'Forbidden for al', 2007, sticker-series. Paris, France. 'First Illegal Dutch Hate Parade', 2001. Videostill. 'Fingerprints as Corpus Delicti', 2011, sticker. Florence, IT. 'Exaggeration', 2004, Rotterdam 'Hyperactive Citizens / Commitments', 2005 'Hyperactive Citizens / Commitments', 2005 'Climbing of Buildings, Fences and other Opportunities', 2004-2006 'City Jewels', 2000, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. 'Dancing Black Square', 2008. Video still. 'Blackout (vrij naar Rothko)', 2004 'The Art of Urban WarFare', 2003-2012. 'A Little Movement', 2006/07, a series of sticker projects in various cities resulting in comparable animations. Picture: Christchurch, New Zealand. 'Geenstijl (NoStyle)', Reflections of Public Statements on Art at Museum Hilversum, 2011
'Geenstijl (NoStyle)', Reflections of Public Statements on Art at Museum Hilversum, 2011 'Geenstijl (NoStyle)', Reflections of Public Statements on Art at Museum Hilversum, 2011 ?Influenca / city jewels ? busshelter IV?, 2007
3 gamma buckets with busshelter glass, unique piece.
NoStyle: 'Idiots', 2012, spray paint and wooden panel, 123 x 69,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij NoStyle: 'Whilst we are all having to tighten our belts', 2012, spray paint and wooden panels, 204 x 114,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij GeenStijl: 'Zelfportret als Lutser', 2012, wooden panels and spray paint, 153,5 x 124,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij GeenStijl: 'Dat Volk', 2012, wooden panels and spray paint, 121 x 209 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij 'No Style, Public Statements on Art', 2011, wooden panels and spray paint, 100 x 48 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij 'No Style, Public Statements on Art', 2011, wooden panels and spray paint, 122 x 67 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij 'Paysage Néerlandais a Pantin Paris', 2005, photograph on aluminium, 79 x 46 cm. 'Reconstructions of a colorful childhood', 2008. photographic print, 126 x 95 cm. 'Investment Vanitas Investment', 2008, spray paint and epoxy on burned wood, 170 x 100 cm. 'Vanitas Investment Vanitas', 2008, spray paint and epoxy on burned wood, 170 x 100 cm. 'Our Unconditional Love for Black, Chrome and White *Montana Hardcore Silverdollar Chrom & Krylon Ultra Flat Black', 2008, paper, wood and spray paint. Diptych, each: 215 x 170 cm.  'Our Unconditional Love for Black, Chrome and White *Diamond Shine Burner Gold', 2008, posters with gold paint at the street corner of the Gallery (intervention). 'Our Unconditional Love for Black, Chrome and White *Hardcore Metropolis Grey', 2008, paper and paint on wood, 85 x 115 cm. 'Dirty Line as a Landscape, symmetrie Amsterdam', 2008, Installation, carbon line on wall, 1045 x 70 cm, edition of 3. 'Pointless onliner (Sight on Haerlem as seen from Ryswyck)', 2007, Installation in Cobra Museum. 'Gentlemen's Agreements', 2006, woodcuts, 122 x 122 cm each 'Lifesupport', 2006, cardboard and black marker, 200 x 100 cm. '15.000 Most Popular Words in Advertising (in random order)', 2005, stickers on aluminum, 100 x 100 cm. 'Hyperactive Citizens (Disclaimer)', 2005 Installation at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Hyperactive Citizens (Disclaimer)', 2005, Installation at Bethanienhaus, Berlin. 'Hyperactive Citizens', 2005, window glass, acid, wood and metal, 190 x 85 x 45 cm. 'Influenza - Lifesupport', 2005, black marker on cardboard. 'Commitments', 2005 'Information Blackout', 2005, Intervention, Berlin 'Manipulated Urinal', 2004 'Pointless Oneline', 2005, Backjumps 2, Kunstambt Kreuzberg, Berlin. 'Trophy Hunting', 2005, Paris.
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Biography

The work of Dutch artist Jeroen Jongeleen, otherwise known as Influenza, is characterized by a distinct stance of dissensus: one that opposes both the superficiality of urban design and the increasing colonization of the street. In a practice that engages with images and public space in a militantly active way, he employes numerous methods and materials - including stickers, plastic bags, spray paints and even the human body itself - in an effort to enliven the banality and sterility of the modern city.
Championing a more liberated public sphere and critiquing the over-regulation of both the city and art, Jongeleen's understated but always ingenious urban interventions are heavily influenced by art movements such as Fluxus (a multidisciplinary group of avant-garde artists in the 1960's), who he sees as the true descendants of the Dada spirit.
He describes his motivation to create art as not about 'decoration or making people happy, but about free speech and movement, about opposition as the essence of a truly democratic society'.
His politically motivated work therefor sets out to illustrate the power and the dynamics of the street, while offering a utopian vision for the future.

*Text Rafael Schacter

 

Artworks by Jeroen Jongeleen were, among others, included in exhibitions at: Kröller-Müller Museum; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen; BRUTUS; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam and many more. 

His works can be found in collections of: Kröller-Müller Museum; LAM; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen; Museum Voorlinden; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.

 

Publications:
Jongeleen, Jeroen. The Clilmbing of Buildings, Fences and other Opportunities. Morava, 2010. ISBN: 978-83-926924-1-6

 

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Exhibitions

Levend Landschap at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

1 Jan '70 - 6 Nov '22

Counterclockwise

15 Mar - 7 Apr '18

IDFA: Human Nurture

25 Nov - 25 Nov '17

Reaguurders Delight

15 Apr - 31 May '16

Hacking Habitat

26 Feb - 30 Jun '16

Hemelbestormers

4 Dec '15 - 14 Feb '16

Weg Ermee! - Jeroen Jongeleen

8 Nov - 20 Dec '15

Canned Laughter

31 Oct - 8 Nov '15

In and Out of Control

23 Oct - 5 Dec '15

Of Land and Local

1 Oct - 18 Oct '15

TRANSFORMER

3 Oct - 14 Nov '15

Desire Lines

10 Sep - 25 Sep '15

Spring Performance Festival 2015

20 Mar - 21 Mar '15

TRACES

31 May - 18 Jul '14

A Decade Upstream

30 Nov - 19 Dec '13

Mapping the Horizon

19 Nov '11 - 7 Jan '12

Cinema

5 Jun - 16 Jul '10

Old Works / New Bottles

14 Sep - 22 Oct '08

Influenza etc.

21 Jan - 4 Mar '06
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