About
Jules Coumans (b. 1998) is a conceptual artist whose practice focuses on the liberation of space—public, institutional, social and metaphysical.
Viewing his practice as an ongoing site of experimentation—a never-ending playground—he builds potential contexts for alternative modes of interaction, sites of mutualistic symbiosis and spaces where shared agency and autonomy can emerge.
This approach has led to the creation of project spaces, lemonade stands, websites, organisations and art objects.
Grounded in a DIY ethos, his reclaiming and reconfiguring of space—both material and immaterial—aims to showcase possibilities for more autonomous, open-ended, and liberated ways of living and relating in a world we all inhabit collectively.
Education
2023 - 2025 Master Dirty Art Department, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam.
2021 Minor Kunst & Humanistiek (Art & Humanistic Studies), Monastery HX, Hoogcruts.
2018 - 2022 Bachelor Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht.
Awards
2022
Recipient of Gilbert De Bontridder Award 2022. - Read full article here
Recipient Henriette Hustinx Award 2022. - Read full article here
Exhibitions
2025
Acid Reflux, Graduation Show Dirty Art Department, Studio Wieman, Amsterdam
Styx and Stones Exhibition, Slotervaart, Amsterdam.
2024
BOEKIE WOEKIE & Friends, Arti et Amicitiae x Berenstraat, Amsterdam
How To Become a Book, Soledad Senile, Amsterdam
SZYGYZY Art Festival, Maastricht​
Styx and Stones, Slotervaart, Amsterdam​
Swinepiss and Other Fluids, Westerpark, Amsterdam
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2023
NOVELTELENOVELLA, W139 Hosts, Amsterdam
People's Forum - Art Market, W139, Amsterdam​
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2022
Think Again, organised by The Artist And The Others, De Meldkamer, Maastricht
The Hungry Don't Play, Graduation Show Maastricht Institute of Arts, Maastricht
Plateaukunst Bienale, organised by Wanda Reiff, Margraten
SWAP#4: ''I've been thinking'', B32 Artspace, Maastricht
Hot Mess, Transport Artspace, Maastricht
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2021
Hinter Die Baustelle, organised by Lizzie Veldkamp, PAND, Heerlen
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2020
Sound Sittings 4, Odapark, Venray
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2019
Young Office Take Over, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Plateaukunst Bienale, organised by Wanda Reiff, Margraten
Space making
2024-2025
The Cabin Project ( Cabin96 ), Sandberg Institute rooftop, Amsterdam
Published
2022
Metropolis M, Eindexamens 2022. - Read full article here
Graduation show, The Hungry Don’t Play, Maastricht.
Lost Painters, Eindexamen Maastricht Institute of Arts.
Kunstblijfteenraadsel, Eindexamenpresentatie Maastricht Institute of Arts.
Kooness magazine, Art trough the window. - Read full article here
Overgangszone, Editie VII. - Read full article here
2021
Publication as a result of Minor Kunst & Humanistiek (Art & Humanistic Studies), Monastery HX, Hoogcruts
Teaching
2024
Guest tutor, Painting as a Spatial Practice, Bachelor of Architecture, Maastricht.
Guest tutor, Mass and Space, Bachelor of Architecture, Maastricht.
Guest tutor, Minor program, Philosophers studio, Maastricht.
2023
Guest tutor, Painting as a Spatial Practice, Bachelor of Architecture, Maastricht.
Guest tutor, Mass and Space, Bachelor of Architecture, Maastricht.
Guest tutor, Making the space, Bachelor Fine Arts, Maastricht.
2022
Guest tutor, Painting as a Spatial Practice, Bachelor of Architecture, Maastricht.