Education
1989 Fashion Design, Utrecht College of Art, Utrecht
Exhibitions
2022 “It’s our F****** Backyard” – Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2022 “To Dye For” – TextielMuseum, Tilburg, NL
2022 “Dialogues with Nature” – Galerie Fontana, Amsterdam, NL
2021 “Guernica de la Ecología International Touring Exhibition and Conexión Workshop Series” – Menorca, Balearic Islands, ES
2021 “Connecting with Claudy” – Galerie Fontana, Amsterdam, NL
2020 “Claudy Jongstra” – Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, NL
2020 “Inner Vitality” – Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
2019 “A Space for Being” – Google Design Studio, Salone del Mobile, Milan, IT
2019 “The Year of Rembrandt” – Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, NL
2019 “Back to Black” – Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen, BE
2018 “WOVEN SKIN Nomadic Sculpture, Touring Exhibition” – Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden; Intl. Agriculture Conference, Goetheanum Dornach, CH; ‘It Fryske Gea Nature Preserve, Bakkeveen; Climate Week NYC, US; Manifesta 12 Collateral Events, Palermo, IT; Waste NO Waste Factory, Groningen, NL
2016 “Claudy Jongstra: Ancient Light” – Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL
2016 “Aarde” – SFMoMA, San Francisco, US
2015 “Earth Matters” curated by Lidewij Edelkoort – Artipelag, Stockholm, Sweden
2015 “5th Bienal Brasileira de Design” – Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015 “Seele” – Borzo Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2014 “Rudolf Steiner: Alchemie van het Alledaagse” – Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL
2013 “Talking Textiles” curated by Lidewij Edelkoort – TextielMuseum, Tilburg, NL
2012 “Wunderkammer” curated by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien – 13th Architecture Biennale, Venice, IT
2011 United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY
2009 “Fashioning Felt” – Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
2008 “Before Departure (all my changes where there)” – Eylem Aladogan, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, NL
2008 “‘Mapping Out Paradise’ with Marc Mulders” – Museum De Pont, Tilburg, NL
2002 “A Century of Design: Part IV” – Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Publications
2021 See All This 24: Colour Fields, Curated by Claudy Jongstra, See All This
2020 Claudy Jongstra, Museum De Lakenhal, See All This
2017 Claudy Jongstra, design Irma Boom, L. Wijers, L. Edelkoort, L. Richards, P. Tegenbosch nai/010, Rotterdam, NL
2006 Claudy Jongstra: Matter and Meaning, T. Lauwen, I. De Roode, Artimo, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Claudy Jongstra, design Irma Boom, L. Wijers, L. Edelkoort, L. Richards, P. Tegenbosch nai/010, Rotterdam
2006 Claudy Jongstra: Matter and Meaning, T. Lauwen, I. De Roode, Artimo, Amsterdam, NL
Museum Collections
MoMA, New York, NY
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
European Parliament Contemporary Art Collection
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, NL
Limburgs Museum, Venlo, NL
TextielMuseum, Tilburg, NL
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
SFMoMA, San Francisco, CA
Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, NL
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Triodos Bank Art Collection
Akzo Nobel Art Collection
Honors
2022 Inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame
2021 Erelid BNO
2019 Kunstenaar van het Jaar
2019 Creative Heroes Award for National Impact
2016 Silver Gilt Medal RHS Chelsea Flower Show
2015 Vredeman de Vries Design Award
2014 Best Studio Artist Design Award Domotex Hannover
2011 Sustainable Accolade, Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
2010 Doen-Materiaal Award for Sustainable and Innovative Use of Materials
2008 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Award for Applied Arts and Architecture
2005 Amsterdam Award for the Arts
2000 Incentive Award for Industrial Design, Amsterdam
Films
“Atelier Talks” – Galerie Fontana
Film by Lourens Lente, sound by Kay van Vree
“Claudy Jongstra” – Birchwood Films for Triodos Bank