For press and work inquiries contact: frijkecoumans@gmail.com
Education
2014 - 2018
Bachelor, Photography, AKV|St.Joost Breda
2013 - 2014
Arts in Education, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts
Exhibitions
2023
Ornates, Atelier Katinka, Dordrecht (upcoming)
It'll be alright: launch party, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow (upcoming)
2022
New Vision, AtelierK84, Amsterdam
Art Matters 6, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne
On fire, Cheap Festival, Bologna
Felle Ellende, Bieb3000, Arnhem
Mag Launch: Why Take Photographs?, These Days, Los Angeles
Bookrelease 2021, Boys with Wood Radio, Nijmegen
2021
Earthlings, Atelier Néerlandais, Dutch Embassy, Paris
About Desire, Ragusa Photo Festival 2021, Ragusa
Every Woman Biennial, The Copeland Gallery, London
Demons, CHARTA: a Photobook Festival, Rome
Behind the Lens plus: expanded, R.I. Center for Photographic Arts, Providence
2020
Lowland #6, HuMBASE, Stüttgart
Mirrors and Reflections, Loosenart, Rome
R E C L A I M, Cheap Festival, Bologna
Expo bij David, Kwekelstraat, Gorinchem
ARTivism Initiative, Postcard Project, Online event
Bond/Bound, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville
Ghost Art Project, Season Three Artists, Omaha
Curators Picks - 2019, Gallery Baird, Seattle
Contemporary Art Venice, THE ROOM, Venice
2019
New religions: Nasty Women, De Balie, Amsterdam
Printing Plant Art Book Fair, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam Art Weekend, Amsterdam
Unseen Book Market, Westergas, Amsterdam
Nearly every thought leads to nothing, WolfArt Project Space/WOLk, Rotterdam
Pro•to•type, Alterworks Studios, New York City
Kunstgrillen, BarVizart, Antwerpen
Blurring the Lines, HKU Oudenoord 700, Utrecht
Rotterdam Photo: City Limits, Rotterdam Art Week, Rotterdam
Cultuurnacht Breda 2019, Electron, Breda
2018
This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
GUP New 2019: Melkweg Expo, Melkweg, Amsterdam
Blurring the Lines, Paris College of Arts, Paris
NONF#1 Protest in de 21e eeuw, MotMot Gallery, Breda
Wijland Festival, Wisentbos, Dronten
Launch 2018 (Graduation show), AKV|St.Joost, Breda
Scissors, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
2017
Het Foto Asiel, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
I know what you did last summer, Nieuwe Veste, Breda
Love and the ultimate tragedy, Museum 't Oude Slot, Veldhoven (solo)
Wijland Festival, Wisentbos, Dronten
A Photographer's Journal, Cloud Gallery, Amsterdam
Hole in the wall, AKV|St.Joost,'s-Hertogenbosch
2016
When The Saints Go Marching In, NatLab, Eindhoven
Je bent godverdomme niet thuis!, Mengfabriek,'s-Hertogenbosch
Betonne Expo II, Zandbergweg, Breda
Publications
2022
It'll be alright, The Alchemy Experiment
Why Take Photographs?, FIVE NINE
2021, Self Publish
2021
MOJO flavour, Yogurt Magazine
Issue 02, Goldenrod Editions
Secrecy and confession, Potted Purple Mag
FIRST EDITION, Ladies Drawing Club
TIME WARP, Velvet Fields
2020
Lowland #6, Lowland Magazine
Read: Frijke Coumans, Angels Magazine
Solstice, Bad Egg Mag
Dreams - Vol. 2, Polemical Zine
Looking Glass Edition, Verses Mag
LDCLÜB Issue #4, Ladies Drawing Club
Leap Year - Valentine Day, Är Zine
Love - Vol. 2, Polemical Zine
I Can Hear The Road Call, Jeff Smudde
2019
Le paradis c'est ici, Self Publish
Untitled No.1, Gallery Baird
A5 Magazine #32, A5 Zine
Thin fortune, rushed hours, Self Publish
2018
Blurring the Lines, Urbanautica Institute
New Dutch Photography Talent 2019, GUP Magazine
Sleeping with the Fishes, Self Publish
Frijke Coumans 2014 - 2018, Self Publish
Hoveniers van het Verlangen, Self Publish
Happy People, Launch 2018
2017
Try Purple Without Blue, Self Publish
A Photographer's Journal, Cloud Gallery Amsterdam
2016
Naast mijn verstand, Self Publish
Awards, Residencies and Grants
2022
Pictoright Steunfonds, Grant
Stroomversneller Arnhem, Grant
2020
Urbanautica, Winner Ragusa Photo Festival 'About Desire'
KunstLoc Proeftuin Internationalisering Brabant, Grant
2019
Copenhagen Photo Festival, Nominated for European Identity Dialogues
Arts Connective, Selected for Volume One
Galerie Pennings, Longlist Harry Pennings Award
2018
GUP Magazine, Selected for New Dutch Photography Talent
Blurring the Lines, Selected graduate 2018
Press
2022
Kennismaken met de mannen van Boys With Wood, IntoNijmegen
EXPO TIP: Ornates, Felle Ellende, Photo31
Talent in Focus: Frijke Coumans, Photo31
2021
Ragusa Foto Festival 20.21: The Desire, The Eye of Photography
A Ragusa Ibla torna il Foto Festival, Rolling Stone Italy
2020
This is a good kissing spot by Frijke Coumans, Grace Marie Dewitt
Change, Thai Youth Express
Read Before Bed, Pigiama Zine
Art In The Outbreak, Oases Art
The Politics of Home, Vacant Museum
2019
Interview: Frijke Coumans, ITSLIQUID
Image (3/4) Frijke Coumans, Identity Dialogues Europe
Elaboration 2: Frijke Coumans, FIVE NINE
Body as a language, Bougie Gallery
Gardeners of Desire, Blurring the Lines
2018
This is Frijke, This Art Fair 2018
Op weg naar het eindexamen: Frijke Coumans, Kiekie tabloid
The Launch 2018 Graduation Show Breda, Mimi Berlin
Art Spotlight: Frijke Coumans, The 405
Eros and the Endless Desire, Booooooom
2017
We Care, kunstexpositie in samenwerking met De Kunstpraktijk, Cult & Tumult
We Care - Piëta, Museumtijdschrift
Duo-expositie Museum 't Oude Slot & De Kunstpraktijk, Fotobond Brabant Oost
Zolang we blijven fantaseren kunnen we alles zijn wat we willen!, New Dawn Paper