Jakob Fioole 2011

Let the ghosttown be my city

When people ask me about my work, I tell them that I'm building a city.
I like to see my work as an actual place. A town or a city that I'm building with paintings and drawings that reveal
new parts as time progresses. The theme "let the ghost town be my city" originated a few years ago and continues
to evolve. I'm interested in a certain sense of absence and the manifestation of decay. Elements that suggest that
something you look at must have been different in another time. In the best case, these elements make you
question how much of it is actually real. Maybe you are looking at someone else's memories.
I often find a striking gloomy feeling in my city, similar to what I find in the blues. And I don't mean only a specific
kind of music with that. I'm interested in the feelings behind the blues. There's always something out of reach,
things will end and that end is final.





Biography

Born 1978 in Breda - NL
Lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


Education
1997 - 1999 St.Joost art academy Breda
1999 - 2002 art academy 's-Hertogenbosch


Solo Exhibitions
2005 De Aanschouw gallery, Rotterdam
2005 Verkade Fabriek theatre, 's-Hertogenbosch
2007 AYAC's gallery, Amsterdam
2007 EL gallery, Welle
2008 'The sky is falling' - Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch


Group Exhibitions
2002 Hüsstege Gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch
2004 Banning law firm, 's-Hertogenbosch
2005 Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam
2006 'Teekenings aan de wand' - NBKS art foundation, Breda
2006 'Salon IX' - NBKS
2006 'FW' - De Fabriek art foundation, Eindhoven
2007 'Succes" - CBK art centre, 's-Hertogenbosch
2007 'Vet goeie schilders' - Kunsthaus Rhenania art foundation, Cologne
2008 'Brabant nu' - De Pont museum, Tilburg
2008 AlbusLux Gallery, Roosendaal
2009 Kelderman en van Noort art foundation, Eindhoven
2011 'Artist's Choice Exhibition' - Somerville Museum, Somerville MA (U.S.)


Awards & Residencies
2003 'startstipendium' scholarship BKVB art fund
2006 'startstipendium' scholarship BKVB art fund
2006 'Salonprijs' NBKS art foundation

Publications
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