Always moving, sometimes within Groningen and the north of the Netherlands (where I am based), sometimes further away.
You can get in touch with me via email: jorienketelaar@gmail.com


Projects and residencies

2024
- Curating and coördinating together with Radina Kordova 'that one time the landscape changed', a nomadic program in the province of Groningen with eight artists. We kicked off with wadlopen, we host 3 residencies, a final symposium and exhibition and we publish 4 publications. The program introduces Kunstcentrum de Ploeg into the area and reflects on the legacy of de Ploeg. Supported by Mondriaan fonds, Kunstraad, Kunstcentrum de Ploeg and Beringer Hazewinkel. (september - june)
- Selected for Spoiler; an opportunity for (young) curators to curate the bookcase in the front space of Garage Rotterdam with artists' publications, as part of the exhibition Underdeveloped curated by Reza Afisina and reinaart vanhoe. Together with Floor van Meeuwen we present and develop our project mul-thee-fuhngk-shuh-nl, an interactive reading corner with ceramics and publications. Rotterdam, NL (september-november)
- Coördinator and curator of SRV#10 at VHDG, a travelling residency with The Outsiders and their project 'Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills' in Friesland, NL (May-October)
- Residency at Co*transpose with Laureen Langkamp, overtaking an empty cafe for two weeks with our self made ceramics, serving coffee, screen printing tablecloths and clothes of visitors, celebrating easter, meeting with other artists, hosting jam sessions and celebrating my birthday.
- Program coördinator at Stichting De Vrolijkheid in AZC Delfzijl, coördinating and programming workshops for kids, teenagers and young adults in the refugee centre. NL (Februari - ongoing)
- 'I can pay for the roses'; an exhibition in the ORKZ with works of Franka Geiser, Kalina Meteeva and myself. During the opening Franka gave visitors haircuts, Kalina did tarot readings and I tattooed drawings of Kalina and Franka, Groningen, NL (February-June)
- Sportdag; an one day event with sports themed artworks, sportsy decor, sportsy activities, sweaty karaoke and six local bands performing. Organised together with Chiara Tammaro, Jaap van der Velde and Ike de Zeeuw in our studio MOC in Groningen, NL. (June)
- Together with Laureen we made a new Volkssnakkel about horoscopes, games and advertisements. With Kamile Cesnaviciute we made a boardgame horoscope poster for it. The Volkssnakkel is an irregular published fully screenprinted newspaper A0 size. We printed 150. Groningen, NL (January)
- Selection of the artists for residencies at the Bierumer School for 2024 together with Rolina Nell. Bierum, NL
- Being part of MOC, an artists studio with 20 members, where we also host exhibitions and (music) events in the project space. (ongoing)

2023
- Something Foreign residency at HKICC school in collaboration with No Discipline, Limited in Hong Kong. Gave workshops to students, made ceramics and hosted a dinner with it, visited many art spaces, joined Print How collective during the migrant pride printing on the streets, and made a publication about my research on moving around Hong Kong by foot. (Oktober-November)
- Klei straat kunst route, making clay sculptures with passers by in the Tarwewijk Rotterdam and making a public art route with it, with Floor van Meeuwen. With the Cultuurwerkplaats Tarwewijk. (July)
- Work period of two months in Porto, working at plata.estudio, and working together with Valeria Lehner making ceramics and a publication about food and Porto. Portugal (February-March)
- Residency at Co*Transpose together with Franka Geiser were we did research into the fear of underachieving and the power of taking a break during the residency period, and made a publication about it afterwards. Supported by Culture Moves Europe. Dikea, Greece (April)
- Traces: a zine made by Collective Constructs exhibited during Drawing Zines at Drawing Centre Diepenheim. The zine has instructions for different ways to draw outside. Diepenheim, NL

2022
- Wasserette de Printer: running a laundromat for one month in projectspace SIGN with Laureen Langkamp and Floor van Meeuwen and support from Kunstraad Groningen, Groningen, NL (June-July)
- Geluid van de Eemsdelta: creating a performative drawing installation with Paula Biemans for a music concert, Appingedam, NL (June)
- NewsBar: making newspapers and presenting Vrijplaats Voor Verbeelding at Supermarket independent art fair in Stockholm, SE (May)
- Can you smell the dike?: a short residency at the Bierumer School with Collective Constructs, Bierum, NL (January)
- Collective embroidery with Collective Constructs at Galerie Noord, Groningen, NL, Supermarket Independent Art Fair Stockholm, SE, and at Wasserette de Printer in SIGN, Groningen, NL.

2021
- Vrijplaats Voor Verbeelding: a one year project about the imagination in Bierum working with the Bierumer School and the residents of Bierum, supported by Mondriaan Fonds, Stichting Stokroos and Kunstraad Groningen (March 2021- March 2022)
- Hidden Times: taking over the newspaper of the Bierumer School and publishing a newspaper every month for one year during Vrijplaats Voor Verbeelding, Bierum, NL
- Zitten op eigen risico: an interactive installation built with Chiara and installed in Bierum, NL (December)
- Buiten is het feest, maar wat gebeurd er binnen?: installation in the Haarlemmerstraat in Amsterdam for the week against child abuse in collaboration with Bindert Helder and Sjoerd Rep. (November)
- Meet, Eat and Speak: cooking and eating together at the Bierumer School with Louwrien Wijers and Egon Hansftingl, Bierum, NL (June)

2020
- Tomorrow’s Language: an exhibition with 34 works of Louwrien Wijers behind the windows of residents throughout the city of Groningen, by Collective Constructs in collaboration with Louwrien Wijers and ARTisBOOK, Groningen, NL (May-September)
- Part of Homescreen, an online platform for presenting artists in times of a pandemic on Instagram (@homescreen._) and later on paper. With Kamile Cesnaviciute, Lola Diaz Cantoni, Radina Kordova and Thomas Scholing.
- Space of movement: an online platform where we uploaded every day a postcard with an artwork by different artists to spread their work during pandemic times, together with Franka Geiser.

2019
- Tea Mobile: organizing and taking part in the summer residency with five artists from Hanoi at academie Minerva, Groningen, NL. (Summer)
- Art as a Tool by Collective Constructs during FORMED / UNFORMED graduation show, Former Sugar Factory, Groningen, NL (June)
- Window Exhibitions: hosting exhibitions in windows during The World We Live In festival, in collaboration with Chiara Tamarro, Groningen, NL (May)
- 48hrs residency: at kunsthuis SYB with Collective Constructs, Beetsterzwaag, NL. (April)

2018
- Turbo Solarium: workweek in Skoki with Franka Geiser. (April)
- Exchanging Dialogues: a three week project in Hanoi with KLAP platform, working together with students from the academy in Hanoi towards a group exhibition.
- Melting: a performance presented during The Supreme Exodus LAB, with Lola Diaz Cantoni and Mairi Munro, Groningen, NL
- Giving a project week together with Niels Bekkema at academie Minerva Groninge


Other things I do/did

2024
- Program coördinator at Stichting De Vrolijkheid in AZC Delfzijl, coördinating and programming workshops for kids, teenagers, young adults and families in the refugee centre. NL (Februari - ongoing)
- Coördinator and curator of SRV#10 at VHDG, a travelling residency with The Outsiders and their project 'Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills' in Friesland, NL (May-September)
- Developing and writing nomadic program for Kunstcentrum de Ploeg together with Radina Kordova (March-April).
- Selection of the artists for Bierumer School together with Rolina Nell in Bierum, NL
- Being part of MOC, an artists studio with 20 members, where we also host exhibitions and (music) events in the project space.

2023
- Head of production of Green Fields | Subsurface. A residency and exhibition with three artists developing new works organised by Het Resort, a nomadic art space in Groningen. (May-October)
- Giving workshops at De Vrolijkheid in Delfzijl, Netherlands.

2022
- Part of ORKZ art; organizing exhibitions in the daycafe in the ORKZ, an anarchistic living community where I live with 250 neighbours. (ongoing)
- Cooking club with Jesse Havinga, Kalle Wolters, Lola Diaz Cantoni en Tjesse Riemersma, hosting dinners and creating space for encounters.
- Presenting our zines, publications and newspapers with Laureen Langkamp and Floor van Meeuwen at Le Vois Zines in Ghent, BE.
- Presenting Vrijplaats Voor Verbeelding newspapers at the Book Fair in NP3, Groningen, NL.
- Curator together with Rolina Nell for the residents in the Bierumer School (ongoing)
- Giving a guest lecture at the minor GIST at the NHL Stenden in Leeuwarden.
- Part of the jury for the prize for DBKV students of NHL Stenden and of the graduation show Minerva

2021
- De Zwanenhals Uitgeverij: a small self-publishing collective with Koen de Graaf and Bindert Helder. Groningen, NL
- Co-organizer and member of Lack of Feedback (LOF), an online feed- back group during pandemic times.
- Part of the collective Droom en Vreesmann, sharing a studio, working together and hosting events.
- Part of Homezeen, Homescreen made physical in the form of a zine after pandemic times were calming down.
- Spread zine fest Groningen, presenting zines, newspapers and publications with the VVV-kantoor, Groningen, NL
- Giving workshops at the refugee centre in Delfzijl with De Vrolijkheid, and at primary and high schools (ongoing)
- Taking part in the online masterclasses by VHDG (2021)

2020
- Part of the board of HUL as treasurer, running a studio in Groningen.

2019
- PresentingTea Mobile at academie Minerva and the Dutch embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam
- Giving classes at a creative school in Hanoi, Vietnam
- Producer of the Summer Residency with four artists from Hanoi in Groningen, summer 2019

2018
- Forest of Symbols book presented at Does It Have A Name (DIHAN), Groningen, NL
- Stamppot dinner in NP3 presenting the outcome of the 48hrs residency we did in kunsthuis SYB as Collective Constructs, Groningen, NL
- The Space by Collective Constructs at the Green Lights exhibition, Groningen NL
- Giving a project week together with Niels Bekkema at academie Minerva Groningen
- Moderator at the gesprekken marathon in the Bierumer School.
- Part of the admission committee for new students of academy Minerva, Groningen
- Facilitating and organising the studio’s in academie Minerva, Groningen
- Member of Collective Constructs, an art collective with Lola Diaz Cantoni that focuses on collaborative and socially engaged projects. (December-present)
- Member of the board of The Catalyst Club, a self-organized group of students, alumni, and tutors from a range of disciplines building together an extracurricular program. (2018-2019)

2017
- Organising research trips with Chiara Tammaro to Leeds and Rotterdam.
- Organising an one-week-exchange-program with a student from Willem de Kooning academy
- Member of KLAP, a student-initiated platform that organizes lectures, exhibitions, events & collaborative projects (2017 - 2019)


Education

- Bachelor in fine arts at Academie Minerva (2015 -2019)
- Erasmus exchange Uniwersytet Artystyczny w Poznaniu, Poznan, Poland (summer semester 2018)


Bibliography

- Artist in space (2021)
- Cultuur in tijden van Corona (2021)
- Metropolis M (2019)
- Kunstpunt (2019)
- Radio Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee (2019)