| Biography |
Jorn Konijn is an architecture and design curator and writer based in Amsterdam. His overarching interest in both domaines is to approach the disciplines from a social, cultural or environmental angle, emphasizing the process of creation itself as a valuable experience, and not exclusively the end result or product. He has curated several globally renowned exhibitions, including the official Dutch Pavilion for the International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo; the award-winning “Housing with a Mission” exhibition for the Urbanism & Architecture Bi-City Biennale of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, 2011; and the exhibition “Lelé – Architect of Health and Happiness,” for the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) in 2012. In 2015, Konjin was appointed curator of the 5th Bienal Brasileira de Design, which took place in Florianopolis, Brazil. After the biennale, the exhibition continued to travel through Brazil, debuting in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Recently, Konjin was appointed as curator for an exhibition on the work of Dutch artist Claudy Jongstra, for Het Fries Museum in The Netherlands. Beyond his work as a curator, he is also a DJ, and the host of two award-winning weekly radioshows.
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