Koen

Taselaar

Rotterdam

,

1986

Lives and works in Rotterdam

bio

The work of Koen Taselaar (Rotterdam, 1986) is a unique universe in which only he determines the rules. He makes skillful drawings, but also clumsy ceramics and abstract silkscreen prints. Taselaar’s visual language emerged from the grey area in which text is not only meaning but also form. He expresses this in drawn puns, imaginary record sleeves or large psychedelic paintings. In search of ways to process his diverse output, he makes publications and large scale drawings, which function as flat exhibition spaces. Taselaar is continuously working to further develop his wide scope, for example by learning new techniques in several residencies. Taselaar was nominated for the Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs and had a solo exhibition at Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam.

-words by Rianne Groen

Featured artworks & exhibitions

available artworks

Chorizo Modular Living
,  
2022
jacquard weave
250 x 170 cm
€ 9.000,-
The Never-Ending Question Of What Came Before The Cat House Or The Architect
,  
2021
jacquard weave
250 x 340 cm
€ 17.500,-
Slow Slow Fast Fast
,  
2021
watercolour and marker pen on paper
43 x 32 cm
€ 2.100,-
Chorizo Modular Life
,  
2021
Pencil on paper
43 x 32 cm
€ 2.100,-
Compromise Contrarian
,  
2021
Pencil on paper
43 x 32 cm
€ 2.100,-
Confused on a Higher Level
,  
2021
Pencil on paper
43 x 32 cm
€ 2.100,-
The Return of Purple
,  
2020
jacquard weave
170 x 235 cm
€ 9.000,-
The Opinionated Aquarium
,  
2020
jacquard weave
235 x 170 cm
sold out
The Well Meaning Snakepit
,  
2020
jacquard weave
235 x 170 cm
€ 9.000,-

gallery exhibitions & fairs

The Solo Project
The Solo Project
Ciro Duclos & Koen Taselaar
April 28, 2022
May 1, 2022
Art Island 2022
Art Island 2022
Koen Taselaar
March 3, 2022
March 5, 2022