Jonathan Tang (he/him) (1997) is a Cantonese-Dutch visual artist with an architecture background. His artistic practice reflects on topics such as the disciplined landscape, cultural control and the traces of institutional violence. Through his work, he seeks a new understanding of how human behaviour and actions are influenced by power structures. As instruments of intervention in these structures, he creates photographs, archival materials and sculptures.
Education
2021 - 2023 // Photography and Society (MA), Royal Academy of Art The Hague
2016 - 2020 // Architecture and the Built Environment (Bsc), Delft University of Technology
2010 - 2016 // Gymnasium (N&T/N&G), Het Amsterdam Lyceum
Upcoming exhibitions
2026
Culemborg Market Square, Jan van Riebeeck Museum, Culemborg (NL)
2027
Culemborg Market Square, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (SA)
Selected exhibitions
2026
Nederlandsche Landschapsmaatschappij, Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer (NL)
Prospects 2026, Art Rotterdam (NL)
UPDATE - Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
2025
The Clean that Stains - TROEF Leiden (NL)
Thuis - Gallery Naerden, Foto Festival Naarden 2025 (NL)
Home is ***, Hiphophuis Rotterdam (NL)
2024
The Hand that Searched in the Void, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen (NL)
2023
In Times of Trouble We Must Dream with Open Eyes, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL)
Sight, Sites, Situations, BK Expo, Delft (NL)
Toko Mokum, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Graduation show 2026, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL)
2022
Windows and Walls, window exhibition Bleijenburg 36, The Hague (NL)
Yolun Dişinda, Daragaç, Izmir (TR)
Countercurrents, Waterkant, The Hague (NL)
Grants
2024
Artist Start, Mondriaan Fund
Individual makers and collective, Cultuurfonds
selected speaking engagements
2026
Nederlandsche Landschapsmaatschappij Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer (NL)
paneltalk, moderated by Jan-Dirk van der Burg
The Realisation of the Jan van Riebeeckhuis, Jan van Riebeeck Museum, Culemborg (NL)
European Heritage Days, in collaboration with curator Stan-Jaap Hordijk
2025
Studio 3: Photography as Visual Inquiry, Master Photography and Society KABK (NL)
guest lecture, invited by Andrea Stultiens
2024
Disciplined Landscapes, artists talk, Art and Social Innovation Lab, Chengdu (CN)
NDSM x QISSA: Young Curator: Charmaine de Heij (NL)
2023
Cafe Riboet, artist talk, Tong Tong Fair, The Hague (NL)
2022
Countercurrents, artists talk, Waterkant, The Hague (NL)
Designing Cities for All: Breaking the Mould, artist talk, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam (NL)
Designalism Newsroom, participant and speaker aced.site, The Hague (NL)