Jos Houweling
author · photographer
Jos Houweling is a Dutch visual artist, typographer, curator, and educator born in Amsterdam on May 28, 1943. He studied at the Amsterdamse Kunstnijverheidsschool and De Ateliers in Haarlem. His work is characterized by an interest in 'disruptive art' and the absurd elements of everyday reality. Houweling gained significant recognition for his series of photo books, most notably the '700 Centenboek' (1975), published to commemorate Amsterdam's 700th anniversary. The book features hundreds of photographs of mundane objects, street scenes, and urban details. He has held various leadership roles, including director of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam (1998–2010) and served as a long-time lecturer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. His artistic practice spans diverse media including drawing, collage, animation, photography, typography, video, and digital art.[1,2]
Themes
- absurdity
- everyday reality
- disruptive art
- urban details
Books
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700 centenboek Uitgegeven door de Gemeentegiro ter gelegenheid van het 700 jarig bestaan van de stad Amsterdam.author · photographer
Works by Jos Houweling
- 700 Centenboek 1975 · Gemeentegiro · book · Dutch Published for the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam.
- Het Handige Jongensboek 1975 · book · Dutch A manual for making artworks.
- Kunstgenot Speciaal 1978 · book · Dutch
- Dit, Dat en Dat 2010 · book · Dutch
- Bal & Voet 2018 · Uitgeverij Voetnoot · book · Dutch
- Afvalstillevens 2018 · Uitgeverij Voetnoot · book · Dutch
- Portretcatalogus 2018 · Uitgeverij Voetnoot · book · Dutch
- ONE + 1 = 4 2021 · Uitgevershuis Silent Woods · book · Dutch
- Niet Combineren met Vis 2022 · Uitgeverij Voetnoot · book · Dutch
- De Stem van Loes 2022 · Uitgeverij Voetnoot · book · Dutch
- Zo denkt Jezus er ook over 2023 · Uitgevershuis Silent Woods · book · Dutch
Exhibitions
- 2019 Amsterdam Seventies Centre Pompidou group
Awards
- 2015 Arti-medaille Arti et Amicitiae
- 2002 Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau