De Jong was born in
Egmond aan Zee in the
Netherlands.[citation needed] De Jong’s installations are life-size representations of disturbing scenes including human figures and props formed from materials such as
polyurethane and
Styrofoam;[1] his work often features the
uncanny and takes influence from the aesthetics of horror and the history of conflict,
war and
politics.[2]
Exhibitions
Prix de Rome/Life's Illusions, 2004
Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, 2005
Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2007
Circle of Trust: Selected Works 2001-2009,
Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2009
Operation Harmony,[3] James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2011
The Immortals,[4] Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, 2012
State of light, Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy, 2017
Nancy Durrant, The shape of things to come, The Times, 2011
Saskia van der Kroef, Folkert De Jong: Groninger Museum, Artforum, February 2010
S. van der Zijpp, Y. Tsitsovits, J. Declercq, Circle Of Trust - Folkert de Jong, selected works 2001-2009, Groninger Museum, Black Cat Publishing, Amsterdam 2009
M. Straus, C. Van Gerrewey, Double Dutch, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art 2009
J. Breton, A. Ténèze, Picasso – Ses maîtres et ses héritiers, Beaux Art éditions, Paris 2008
M. LeBlanc, Folkert de Jong, Beautiful Decay, no. 5, 2008