EUGENIE BOON, (1995)
The Hague based - www.eugenieboon.com
BIO
Eugenie Boon (1995) is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Curaçao, working across painting, sculpture, installation and performance. Her practice explores how cultural, spiritual, biological and social systems shape human perception and experience. Drawing from the island’s oral traditions, landscapes and layered histories, she develops symbolic visual languages that translate complex ideas into spatial and visual forms. Through analogical thinking, Boon connects patterns observed in nature and society, creating works in which multiple layers of meaning unfold through design, materials, symbols and narrative.
EDUCATION
2016-2020 Bachelor in Fine Art, HKU,Utrecht, NL
2014-2016 Preparatory course,Instituto Buena Bista IBB, Willemstad, CW
Group shows:
2026 We like art - Amsterdam, NL
Prospects - Ahoy Rotterdam -Mondriaan Fund, NL
Greiche Fantastic - Performance De Nederlandse Bank x Stedelijke Museum,NL
2025 Nederland wordt beter! Amsterdam Museum, Beautiful distress, Amsterdam,NL
Under the big bright yellow sun, Duo-show Michel Hogenboom, AVL,NL
Blue Zone: VBCN Kunst vereneging - Kunsthal Rotterdam
BlowUpArt x public-air x pulchri & gemeente den haag- Lange voorhout den haag,NL
2024 Majalla’s Mantel - Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden,NL
Kunstwand in de Hoftoren, Ministerie van Onderwijs,Cultuur & Wetenschap,NL
LUMC - Aaanwinsten 2023-2024, Galerie LUMC, NL
Kunstparade -Opaque borders and fictions of ownership - Museum Prinsenhof Delft, NL
Soft Intimacies - The heart of the matter = matters of the heart,Stroom -Den Haag, NL
Verhalen van het strandruif, solo Brummelkamp gallerie, AMS-UMC,NL
Limburg Bienalle 2024, juryleden/curator—Marres & Odapark,Maastricht,NL
2023 Rose tinted glasses, Ojiri Gallery curated by Sasha Bogojev, Londen, UK
Beelden in Leiden 2023, Playground - “Bot’i Piskado rib lama ganchu”,Leiden, NL
Unfair 2023, "Guera sin Chincha" - Amsterdam,NL
AYCA (All you can art, IBB X Kunsthal Rotterdam,NL
Lift Off - group show - Refectiehuis, Utrecht
2022 Pawns that wandered in promise land - Art Rotterdam x Nest Ruimte
Park - Promising 11 - Tilburg x Kunst Podium T, NL
Biennale di Venetie, Dutch Paviljoen opening performance: “The Orphan in search of wisdom" Venetie , IT
Foulsplay sometimes bakery - Centraal Museum Utrrecht
(DE)Constructing Places - solo- guest artist-Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL
Assembly - group-show , ballonrouge x PAC Ballonrouge Gallery, BE
Out & About - At’e Wega exhibition NestRuimte, DenHaag,NL
Performance & Creative direction “Spiritu di Klof” -"Pega Saya i Spiritu nn ka forma nos" Stroom, Kevin Osepa solo, Den Haag, NL
2021 Liefdevol en Kritisch curated by Frank Koolen Collectie de Groen, Ahrnem, NL
Colored, projections on skin - CBK Zuid-Oost,NL
Arcadia- Kunstpanel- Festival Down the Rabbit Hole x NestRuimte Beuningen, NL
Duality Unity Trinity - performance De School, Amsterdam,NL.
Gun nos tambe - opening performance voor Quwntly Barbara, KunstenLab, Deventer,NL
All Inn Graduation show - At’e Wega - performance/installation,Het Hem Zaandam, NL
Rooted-Uprooted - Group exhibition & performance CBK ZO/ Bijlmer,NL.
Master Apprentice, Group-show Julius Thissen Kunstpodium T Tillburg, NL
2020 Destillaat group-show ExtraPool Nijmegen, NL
Exposure - Graduation show Pastoe HKU, Utrecht NL
Smart distance lab x Air Is Fair, de kromhouthal,NL
All You Can Art 2020, Kunstal Rotterdam, NL
Call for graduates, Public Space, Melkweg Expo & Nest Ruimte, NL
2019 Le Mini Who, curated by Frank Koolen De Nijverheid Utrecht, NL
Solo & Fairs:
2026: We Like Art
2025: Prospects x Mondrian Fund
2024: Art Weiland 2024 - Brinkman & Bergsma, Zwolle,NL
2023: Art Rotterdam 2023- Brinkman en Bergsma Rotterdam, NL
Art Eiland 2023 - Brinkman & Bergsma, Fort bij IJmuiden,NL NL
202: The Pawns that wandered in Promised Land” x NestRuimte, Rotterdam,NL
Poetic Parables - Brinkman & Bergsma- GijsStork Huis.
Publieke Opdrachten
Site Specific work, in opdracht van Rijksvastgoed beheer - Kunstproject JICN Bonaire - “Fruta di Grasia”, Bonaire
Awards & Nomination
Winner HKU Award 2020- Artistieke Prestatie Bibliotheek Utrecht, NL
Genomineerd - Frans de wit prijs
Grants:
2023 Orientation trip - Mondriaan fonds naar Centraal America
2023 Kunstenaar Start - Mondriaan fonds
2022 Gemeente Den Haag x Nest ruimte voor kunst- Makersregeling
Talent Traject Nest Ruimte
Publication:
Pega Saya x Recent.Co x Nest Ruimte & Gemeente Den Haag
Jury, Teaching & Lectures
2024: Jurylid voor beelden in leiden 2024
2023: Jurylid & curator, Limburg Biënnale 2023, Maastricht,NL
Teachings & Lectures
2024: Artist Talk x Blow Up Art
2024: Artist Talk x Majalla’s Mantel-moderated by Lieneke Hulshof, De Lakenhal, NL
2022-2023 Teacher 1st years student - Theatre & Design - HKU Utrecht
2022 Guest teacher 3rd- 4th year student ArTEZ, Tilburg
2021 Artist talk , Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, (De) Constructing places Amsterdam
2021 HKU Lecture on self-reflection Utrecht
2021 Breitner Academy - guest lecturer Amsterdam
2021 Colored Table talk - Moderated Janice Deul, Richard Kofi, Airich & Lisette van de Berg, CBK
2020 Guest lecture/artist talk to AYCA students, Auditorium Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
Guest teacher lecture HKU 1-3rd year fine art students HKU, NL
Workshop - Art-s-chool
Collections
Rijksvastgoed bedrijf
AkzoNobel
KPMG Kunstcollectie
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Kunstcollectie
Museum De Lakenhal
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam Museum Kunstcollectie
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
Amsterdam UMC Kunstcollectie
Albert Heijn Kunstcollectie
CBK - Zuidoost kunstuitleen
LUMC
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Private collections
Articles:
https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/more-about/eugenie-boon-for-de-constructing-spaces-2022
https://metropolism.com/nl/feature/50593_i_want_to_create_spaces_that_encourage_personal_growth_in_conversation_with_eugenie_boon/
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/01/09/kunstenaar-eugenie-boon-ganzenbord-gaat-over-het-niet-opgeven-van-de-hoop-a4186393
Mister Motley - “Zoeken terwijl je er al bent” https://www.mistermotley.nl/zoeken-terwijl-je-er-al-
bent-over-het-werk-van-eugenie-boon-op-art-rotterdam/
Kunst is Lang met Luuk Heezen https://www.mistermotley.nl/eugenie-boon/
HKU AWARD https://www.hku.nl/het-werk-van-hku/projecten/hku-awards/reframing-the-
reference-frames-of-reference-eugenie-boon