EUGENIE BOON
The Hague, NL · www.eugenieboon.com · born 1995
EDUCATION
HKU – University of the Arts Utrecht, NL
Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), 2016–2020
Instituto Buena Bista (IBB), Willemstad, CW
Two-Year Preparatory Course, 2014–2016
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 – Art Eiland, Brinkman & Bergsma, Fort bij IJmuiden, NL
2023 – Art Rotterdam, Brinkman & Bergsma, Rotterdam, NL
2023 – Verhalen uit de Stranddruif, Galerie Brummelkamp, Amsterdam UMC, NL
2022 – The Pawns that Wandered in Promised Land, in collaboration with Nest, Rotterdam, NL
2021 – (DE)Constructing Places, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL 2021 – Poetic Parables, Brinkman & Bergsma, GijsStork Huis, NL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 – Blue Zone, “Kant’i kaya” VBCN x Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
2025 – BlowUpArt x Public-Air x Pulchri, “Koncha pa dilanti “ Lange Voorhout, The Hague, NL
2024 – Majalla’s Mantel, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, NL
2024 – De Kunstparade - installation “Opaque Borders and Fictions of Ownership” Kunstparade Prinsenhof, Delft, NL
2023 – Soft Intimacies, “Installation: Guerra sin Chincha, performance: “The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart” Stroom Den Haag & Guerra sin Chincha, NL
2023 – Frieda Hunziker – Vlucht naar Curaçao, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2023 – Beelden in Leiden – Playground, Leiden, NL
2023 – Unfair 2023, Amsterdam, NL
2023 – All You Can Art, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
2021 – ALL Inn Gradduation show, “At’e Wega” , Het Hem, Zaandam NL
2020 – Exposure, Graduation Show, Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht, NL
(Full exhibition list available upon request)
COMMISSIONS
2024-2025 – JICN Bonaire - “Fruta di Grasia”, Rijksvastgoedbedrijf (Government Real Estate Agency), Kralendijk, BON
TEACHING, LECTURES & JURY
2024 – Jury Member, Beelden in Leiden
2024 – Artist Talk, Blow Up Art 2024 – Artist Talk - Majalla’s Mantel
2022–2023 – Teacher, 1st Year Students, Theatre & Design, HKU Utrecht
2021 – Guest Lecturer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, (DE) Constructing Places
2020 – Artist Talk, Auditorium Kunsthal Rotterdam (AYCA Program)
2020 – Alumni guest teacher Fine Art 1st Year Students, HKU Utrecht
PUBLICATIONS 2022 – Artist book “Pega Saya P’ie Tera” in collaboration with Nest Ruimte by courtesy of Gemeente Den Haag
COLLECTIONS
- Rijksvastgoed bedrijf (NL)
- AkzoNobel Art Collection
- KPMG Art Collection
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
- Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NL)
- Amsterdam UMC Art Collection
- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
- Albert Heijn Art Collection
- CBK Zuidoost Kunstuitleen
- LUMC Art Collection
- Private Collections (NL, CW, BE)
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2020 – Winner, HKU Award for Artistic Achievement, Utrecht, NL
2020 – Nominee, Frans de Wit Prize
GRANTS
2022 – Basis Project, Gemeente Den Haag x Nest Ruimte 2023 – Mondriaan Fund, Orientation Trip to Central America 2024 – Kunstenaar Start, Mondriaan Fund
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
- Mister Motley – "Zoeken terwijl je er al bent"
- Metropolis M – "I want to create spaces that encourage personal growth"
- NRC – "Kunst over het niet opgeven van de hoop"
- De Kanttekening – "Ik ben trots op mijn Curaçaose achtergrond"
- HKU Awards – "Reframing the Reference"