​​​​Education

• 1977–1982: ZWN Teachers’ College, Delft
  Graduated in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, and Art History.

• 1985–1986: Academy of Visual Arts, Rotterdam
  Certificate of graduate level.

• 1994–1996: Academy for the Arts, Utrecht
  Postgraduate Studies in Art Philosophy, Art History, and Cultural History.

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Professional Appointments

• 2023–Present: Member of Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam.

• 2019–2020: Assistant to Erwin Wurm, Narrow House Project (Delft).

• 2017–2019: Board Member, Coöperatie De VAK – Centrum voor de Kunsten (Delft).

• 2017: Lecture, Vermeercentrum (Delft).

• 2015 - 2017:  Member the Selection Committee of Pulchri Studio, The Hague

• 2011: Guest Lecturer, Willem de Kooning Academy (Rotterdam).

• 2005–Present: Lecturer, De VAK – Centrum voor de Kunsten (Delft).

• 2003–2005: Board Member, Designers’ Association Delft-Design.

• 1998–2015: Secretary, Society for Artists’ Interests (Delft).

• 1999: Project Coordinator, Volume & Form – Singapore 1999, featuring 116 artists from South-East Asia and the Pacific.

• 1995 - 2021: Member of Pulchri Studio, artist's society, The Hague

• 1987–1988: Chairman of the Exhibition Committee, Artists’ Association Haagse Kunstkring (The Hague).

• 1986–2003: Member, Artists’ Association Haagse Kunstkring (The Hague).

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Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions

• 2017: Vermeercentrum, Delft (NL).

• 2013: Meisjeshuis, Delft (NL).

• 2010: Smelik & Stokking Galleries, Amsterdam, (NL)

• 2009: Down to Art-gallery, Gent , Belgium

• 2008: TAKSU Gallery, Singapore.

• 2005: Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Maleisië (duo)

• 2004: SG Private Banking Gallery , Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore (duo)

• 2000: Galerie Anny van den Besselaar, Maastricht, The Netherlands

• 1997: Asian Art Fair, Kuala Lumpur & World Trade Center, Singapore.

• 1994: Erasmus University, Rotterdam (NL).

• 1989: Galerie Baks, Den Haag. The Netherlands

• 1984: Galerie Stelling, Leiden (NL).

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2023: TAKSU Singapore with BBItalia and Stella McCartney (Singapore).

• 2018: Art Expo Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Repr TAKSU, Singapore).

• 2018: Art Stage, Art Fair, Singapore (Repr TAKSU, Singapore).

• 2012: Galerie Emmy Miltenburg, Schiedam. (NL)

• 2011: Taksu Bali, Indonesia.

• 2009 TAKSU Kuala Lumpur, ‘Overlooked’, Group show. Malaysia.

• 2008: Realisme08, Art Fair, Amsterdam. (NL)

• 2005: Taksu Gallery, Jakarta. Indonesia.

• 2003: Museum ‘Het Prinsenhof’, Delft. (NL): Project ‘de Plek’

• 2002: Galerie v.Ingenhoven, Esbeek. (NL)

• 2000: Galerie 'Kleinhammer", Basel, Switzerland

• 1999: Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore.

• 1997: St'Art97, Strasbourg. France.

• 1996: Europ'Art, Geneva. Switzerland.

• 1996: ACAF, Melbourne. Australia.

• 1994: Art Fair - Découvertes '94, Paris. France.

• 1993: Lineart, Gent. Belgium.

• 1993: Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg. (NL)

• 1992: Art Miami ’92, Miami Beach (USA).

• 1991: Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam. (NL)

• 1988: Galerie Lin Och Torden, Arhus. Danmark.

• 1988: Ridehused, Arhus. Danmark.

• 1987: Flying Exhibition, Scheveningen (NL); Ottawa (Canada); Hamburg (Germany).

 

Selected Collections

• Corporate Collections:

  • Wangz Hotel (Singapore). (commissioned)

  • Kessels & Smit, The Learning Company (Utrecht). (commissioned)

  • Octatube (Delft, NL). (commissioned)

  • Wangz Business Centre, Singapore  (commissioned)

  • Rabobank Singapore, Singapore

  • Samling Private Limited, Singapore  (commissioned)

  • Glasstech Pte Ltd, Singapore   (commissioned)

  • Rabobank, Nederland

• Public Collections:

  • CBK, Rotterdam, NL

  • SBK Amsterdam, NL

  • Artoteek Den Haag, Schiedam, Leiden, and Dordrecht (NL).

• Private Collections: Europe, Asia, the United States, Canada, and Australia.

 

Activities Abroad

Jan Wisse has actively participated in exhibitions, art fairs, and commissioned projects across Europe, Asia, and the United States, with notable activities in Singapore (1996–2024), Malaysia, and Indonesia.

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