Jan Steenman, a Dutch-Swedish sculptor, was born in Geneva in 1994 and currently works from his
studio in the Quartier des Bains.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK, Netherlands, Bachelor’s degree, 2018)
and HEAD Genève (Master’s degree in Visual Arts, 2022). His work has been exhibited in major
public and private institutions: the Musée Ariana acquired Biface I for the exhibition Liberté
Conditionnelle (2024–2025), and the Palais de Justice presented Veritas Humanum Est as part of the
third edition of the HeART Biennale in Geneva.
His work has also been shown at KunstRAI Amsterdam and the Palm Springs Art Museum
(California). In January 2026, Jan Steenman presented his Mutualism series in a solo show at
ArtGenève. A former exhibitor and resident at Het HEM contemporary art centre (Netherlands,
2019), he has just returned from a residency at the European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC,
Netherlands).
Recent Exhibitions
Mutualisme (solo show), Parcours céramique carouge, Olizane-espace d’art contemporain — 19-27.09.26
Mutualisme (Solo show), ArtGenève, Galerie Espace L, Geneva — January 2026
Liberté Conditionnelle, Ariana, Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass, Geneva — June 2024 – March 2025
Spindream, ArtGenève, Galerie Espace L, Geneva — February 2025
Convergences, Galerie Espace L, Geneva — January 2025
Évanescence, Olizane, Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva — September 2023
Creatures, Amsterdam Art Fair, Galerie GoMulan, Amsterdam — May 2023
Beyond the surface, Galerie Polomarco, Geneva — April 2023
3rd Biennale de heART, Palais de Justice, Geneva — August 2022
Grand Tour, Geneva School of Art and Design, HEAD, Geneva — July 2022
When the Museum is Closed, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, MAH, Geneva — May 2022
ART AMSTERDAM, Kunst Rai, Amsterdam — September 2021
BIG ART n.5, Hembrugterrein, Zaandam — October 2020
Rattling Trickling Whispering, Het Hem Contemporary Art Center, Zaandam — January 2020
Artist Council Exhibition, Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert, California — November 2019
Other Selected Exhibitions (2015-2018)
Yummy Yummy, Galerie Flatland, Amsterdam — January 2019
New Year New Me, Worm, Cultural Center, Rotterdam — January 2018
Spring Festival, The Royal Conservatory, The Hague — April 2017
(De)quantify me, TENT, Art Center, Rotterdam — March 2016
Show More, Stroom, Art Center, The Hague — November 2015
Sculptures — Selected Acquisitions
BIFACE I — 2024 — Public Collection, Ariana, Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass, Geneva
From the exhibition Evanescence — 2024 — Olizane, Espace d’art contemporain, 9 ceramic sculptures acquired by private collectors, Geneva
BIFACE II — 2023 — Private Collection of Willem Sijhoff, Co-founder of Amsterdam Art, Amsterdam
Organique Mécanique — 2021 — Private Collection of Rob van Schaik & Wijnanda Rutten, Contemporary Art Collection, Amsterdam
Extinct Instinct — 2020 — Private Collection of Robert Van Ancum, Contemporary Art Collection, Amsterdam
Residencies
EKWC – European Ceramic Work Center — May-August 2026
Het HEM – Contemporary Art Center, Zaandam — June 2019 – January 2020
Paraiso Escondido – Centro de Arte, Mexico — January 2019 – April 2019
Education
Master of Arts HES-SO in Visual Arts
With a focus on Work.Master – Contemporary Artistic Practices, HEAD, Geneva — 2020-2022
Bachelor of Fine Art
Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague — 2014-2018
Bibliography
La Tribune de Genève, « Une allégorie de la vérité au Palais de la justice », Irène Languin, 9th of August 2022.
Het Parool, « Deze culturele instellingen zijn tijdelijk buiten gebruik » Dirk Kome, 28th of May 2021.
Damn Magazine n.72, The Endurance of Performance, Jan Steenman: The sensorial Art, Emma Lucek, april 2019.
Metropolis M, Graduation Show 2018: KABK Lorelinde Verhees, 12th of July 2018.
MISTER MOTLEY, Art & Everyday Life KABK Graduation, 21st of July 2018.
JEGENS & TEVENS, KABK Graduation Festival Connie van Driel, July 2018.
JEGENS & TEVENS, ‘Nokia’s TagLine / The pre graduates of KABK’ Connie van Driel, 14th of November 2017.
JEGENS & TEVENS, ‘Toon Fibbe / The Shark’s Pretty Teeth’ Jegens, 29th December 2017
de Volkskrant, ‘Ik zie jou niet als seksueel, maar als one of the guys’ Jeanne Prisser, 15th of April 2016.