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]
- absurdity
- everyday reality
- disruptive art
- urban details
Works by Jos Houweling
- 1975 700 Centenboek Published for the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam.
- 1975 Het Handige Jongensboek A manual for making artworks.
- 1978 Kunstgenot Speciaal
- 2010 Dit, Dat en Dat
- 2018 Bal & Voet
- 2018 Afvalstillevens
- 2018 Portretcatalogus
- 2021 ONE + 1 = 4
- 2022 Niet Combineren met Vis
- 2022 De Stem van Loes
- 2023 Zo denkt Jezus er ook over
Exhibitions
- 2019 Amsterdam Seventies
Awards
- 2015 Arti-medaille
- 2002 Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau