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, The Netherlands
2027 | Culemborg Market Square, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa
Selected exhibitions
2026 | Nederlandsche Landschapsmaatschappij, Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands (solo)
2026 | Prospects 2026, Mondriaan Fund, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2026 | UPDATE - Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2025 | The Clean that Stains - TROEF Leiden , Leiden, The Netherlands (co-curator)
2025 | Thuis - Gallery Naerden, Foto Festival Naarden 2025, Naarden, The Netherlands
2025 | Home is ***, Hiphophuis, QISSA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2024 | The Hand that Searched in the Void, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands
2023 | In Times of Trouble We Must Dream with Open Eyes, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, The Netherlands
2023 | Sight, Sites, Situations, BK Expo, Delft, The Netherlands
2023 | Toko Mokum, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023 | Graduation show 2026, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
2022 | Windows and Walls, window exhibition Bleijenburg 36, The Hague, The Netherlands
2022 | Yolun Dişinda, Daragaç, Izmir, Turkey
2022 | Countercurrents, Waterkant, The Hague, The Netherlands
Grants
2024 | Artist Start, Mondriaan Fund
2024 | Individual makers and collective, Cultuurfonds
Selected publications and speaking engagements
2026 | Nederlandsche-Landschapsmaatschappij, Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands (paneltalk)
2026 | The Realisation of the Jan van Riebeeckhuis, Jan van Riebeeck Museum, Culemborg, The Netherlands (lecture)
2026 | Prospects, Mondriaan Fund
2025 |Studio 3: Photography as Visual Inquiry, Master Photography and Society KABK, The Netherlands (guest lecture)
2025 | Visual Storytellers 2025, HipHopHuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (artist talk)
2024 | Disciplined Landscapes, artists talk, Art and Social Innovation Lab, Chengdu, China (guest lecture)
2024 | NDSM x QISSA: Young Curator: Charmaine de Heij, MOVO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (paneltalk)
2023 | Cafe Riboet, artist talk, Tong Tong Fair, The Hague, The Netherlands (artist talk)
2022 | Chip Photo Video, China (publication)
2022 | Countercurrents, Waterkant, The Hague, The Netherlands (artist talk)
2022 | Designing Cities for All: Breaking the Mould, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (paneltalk)
2022 | Designalism Newsroom, participant and speaker aced.site, The Hague, The Netherlands