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Jonathan Tang (b.1997, Amsterdam) is a Cantonese-Dutch visual artist with a background in architecture. Through his work, which is a combination of sculptures, photographic and archival material, he exposes invisible mechanisms of power structures with the aim of creating a better understanding of the position of the individual in contemporary society.

 

education

2021 - 2023 // photography and society (ma), kabk

2016 - 2020 // architecture and the built environment (bsc), tu delft

2010 - 2016 // gymnasium (n&t n&g), het amsterdam lyceum

selected exhibitions

2024 // The Hand that Searched in the Void, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen (NL)

curated by Rabiaâ Benlahbib, group exhibition

2023 // In Times of Trouble We Must Dream with Open Eyes, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL)

initiated by Arianna Cavalensi, group exhibition

2023 // Sight, Sites, Situations, BK Expo, Delft (NL)

curated by Ir. Alex Kirschstein, group exhibition

2023 // Toko Mokum, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam (NL)

commissioned by Riboet Verhalenkunst, group exhibition

2022 // Windows and Walls, window exhibition Bleijenburg 36, The Hague (NL)

in collaboration with Daniel Zduniuk and Alina Lupu

 

2022 // Yolun Dişinda, pop-up exhibition, Izmir (TR)

in collaboration with Daragaç, group exhibition

 

2022 // (Un)documented Migration, Amare, The Hague (NL)

with Hostile Terrain ‘94, Andrea Stultiens and Cartography Digest, group exhibition

2022 // Countercurrents, Waterkant, The Hague (NL)

curation by He Bo and Beatrice Cera, led by Newsha Tavakolian and Rabiaâ Benlahbib, group exhibition

selected speaking engagements

2023 // Cafe Riboet, artist talk, Tong Tong Fair, The Hague (NL)

2022 // CHIP Photo Video, publicatie, log731 (CN) 

2022 // Countercurrents, artists talk, Waterkant, The Hague (NL)

2022// Designing Cities for All: Breaking the Mould, artist talk, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam (NL)

2022 // Designalism Newsroom, participant and speaker aced.site, The Hague (NL)

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