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Jennifer Tee
 
b. 1973, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


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Jennifer Tee is known for her experimental, interdisciplinary practice, comprising sculpture, installation, performance, photography, and collages. Ranging from tulip petal collages, ceramic domes, knitted floor pieces, and pineapple cloth tapestries, all of Tee’s works explore the vulnerable relationship between nature and culture, language and perception, beauty and destruction. Migration is of particular interest to Tee, as her father migrated with his parents and sister to the Netherlands from Indonesia on a ship in the 1950s. As such, she researches contemporary life around questions of cross-cultural identity, land rights, belonging, and ecology.

Tee lives and works in Amsterdam, NL. She was a resident artist at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, NL, and ISCP, New York, US. Tee was awarded the Amsterdam Prize for the Arts, 2020.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands; ISCP, New York (USA); Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (Germany); Camden Arts Centre, London (UK); Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (Netherlands); Tina Kim Gallery, New York (USA); Secession, Vienna (Austria); Kunstraum, London (UK); Cobra Museum, Amstelveen (Netherlands); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (Denmark); Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (Netherlands); and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Netherlands).

Tee has been exhibited internationally at: 24th Bienal de Arte Paiz (Guatemala); Folkestone Triennial, Kent (UK); Gropius Bau, Berlin (Germany); Busan Biennale 2022; 13th Liverpool Biennale (UK); Lahore Biennale 03 (Pakistan); the 33rd Istanbul Biennial (Turkey); the São Paulo Bienale (Brazil); La Panacée, Montpelier (France); Manifesta 11; Grazer Kunstverein (Austria); La Loge, Brussels (Belgium); Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Netherlands); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (Germany); White Cube Hong Kong, among others.

Her works is held in collections internationally, including: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University (United States); Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Netherlands); Centraal Museum, Utrecht (Netherlands); Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (Netherlands); Museum De Domijnen, Sittard (Netherlands); TextielMuseum, Tilburg (Netherlands); Keramiek Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden (Netherlands); FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille (France); ABN AMRO Bank (Netherlands); De Nederlandsche Bank (Netherlands); AkzoNobel (Netherlands); Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden (Netherlands); Rabobank (Netherlands); AMC (Netherlands).
Solo Exhibitions 
2027
Jennifer Tee, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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2024
​Ancestral Beginnings, Sessile Beings, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA

2023
Still Shifting, Mother Field, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2022 
Still Shifting, Mother Field, Secession, Vienna, Austria

2020
DRIFT, multilingual performance choreography, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands

2019
Falling Feathers, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

2018
Ether Plane ~ Material Plane, ISCP, New York, USA
Let it Come Down, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2017
Let it Come Down, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Let it Come Down, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
Structures of Recollection and Perseverance, Kunstraum, London, UK
Tulip Palepai, navigating the River of the World, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2016
The Soul in Limbo, 6th Cobra Art Prize, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Netherlands

2014
Occult Geometry, curated by Signal – Center for Contemporary Art, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Heart Ferment, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2013
Practical Magic, Project Art Centre, Dublin, Ireland

2010
​Local Myths, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
ACT VIII: Nether Land, developed by Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Dutch Culture Center Shanghai, China

2009 
Complex Interiors - Trance-lucent Concrete, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2007
Jennifer Tee, SAFN Contemporary Art Collection, Reykjavik, Iceland

2005
The Gift, in collaboration with Jonas Ohlsson, Art Space, Sydney, Austrailia

2004
[Feasting on the] E*V*O*L*E*YE-LAND*S-END, An Outburst of Passion in Limbo, São Paulo Biennial, Brazil

2003
Ultraviolet, Ripeness of Event, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nameless Swirls, an Unfolding in Presence, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

2002
Art Foundation Xiamen, Xiamen, China
Fresh and Upcoming, Presentation and Performance at Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

2001
In Air I Presume. The Non-Logical Hunt for Toverknal, Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard, Netherlands

1999
Hanging Around, Down the Chimney, BQ, Cologne, Germany
Down The Chimney, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, Netherlands



Group Exhibitions
2025
The Calling of Home, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA
Shared Skin, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental, Adelaide, Australia
Liverpool Biennale, 13th Edition: Bedrock, Liverpool, UK
Folkestone Triennial, Kent, UK

2024
Lahore Biennale 03, Lahore, Pakistan
Substance, Gathering, London, UK
CHALEUR HUMAINE, Triennale Art & Industrie in the North of France, Frac Grand Large, Dunkirk, France
Mysterious Ways, The Glucksman, Cork, Ireland

2023
Echoes of Our Stories, Quinta do Quetzal, Vidigueira, Portugal
Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora, SAVVY Contemporary and Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany

2021
The Botanical Revolution, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sonsbeek 20➝24: Force Times Distance – On Labour and it’s Sonic Ecologies, Arnhem, Netherlands
La Colour crue, Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes, France

2020
​In the Presence of Absence,. Proposals for the Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rode draden | oude en nieuwe verhalen in kunst en design, TextielMuseum, Tilburg, Netherlands
The Seventh Continent, the 16th Istanbul Biennial, Türkiye
Push Angle: Kasper Bosmans, Mariana Castillo Deball, Jennifer Tee, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Uit de Klei, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Hague, Netherlands

2018
​Cultural Threads, TextielMuseum, Tilburg, Netherlands
This is the Gallery and the Gallery is Many Things X, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
Further Thoughts on Earthy Materials, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
Affective Affinities, the 33rd Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil

2017
Retour sur Mulholland Drive, La Panacée, Montpellier, France

2016
Rethinking HOME, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Benefit Exhibition, Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, Middelburg, Netherlands
Manifesta 11, Zürich, Switzerland
Preview, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2014
The Peacock, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria

2013
My Third Land, Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Six Possibilities for a Sculpture, La Loge, Brussels, Belgium

2012
Star Crossed, Beyond Imagination, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2011
Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany

2010
De Nederlandse identiteit? Museum de Paviljoens, Almere, Netherlands

2009
Double Dutch, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, USA
The Knight’s Tour, Museum De Hallen, Haarlem, Netherlands
Totem Today, Open Source (International art manifestation), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Feminine and Formal (Triangle France), Galerie de la Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France

2008
Transgressing Mind, 2008 Prague Triennale, Czech Republic

2006
Le Nouveau Siecle, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fever Variations; Trace Route: Remapping Global Cities, the 6th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea

2005
Capoeira, Roberts + Tilton, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2004
Olandu Burias, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003
Rijksakademie Show, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Conflicts/Resolution, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Prix Nouvelles Images 2003, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Netherlands
How to live somebody else's life, MonteVideo, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2002
Political Correct? Dutch! Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
BIG Torino 2002, Torino, Italy
Watou Poëziezomer 2002: Tabula, Watou, Belgium

2001
Dai dai dai, Where do we go from here? MonteVideo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Down the Chimney, Viafarini, Milan, Italy
Wild Zone with: Blowtorch the hood, crossdress trespass, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2000
Snowhere Tee Tee Tee unravels the sci-fi-delic past of Lullailaco, For Real, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1999
Exit, Chisenhale, London, UK
Hit them where they least expect it! (Prix de Rome presentation), Arti en Amicitae, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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​Commissions
2026 
Womb of Time, Art on the Meuse, Maasmechelen, Belgium

2020
Stralen door de Broze Geest, in collaboration with Jonas Ohlsson, Museum voor de Geest, Haarlem, Nehterlands
The Life of the Spirit, Rabobank, Utrecht, Netherlands

2019
Markt Mozaiek, Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands

2016
Tulip Palepai, Centraal Station Noord/Zuid lijn, Amsterdam Netherlands

2014
Primary Capital Programme, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK

2013
Bits of the world blow towards him, and come apart on the wind, The Marque, Cambridge, UK

2009
Ceremonial Wandering, artistic masterplan Minerva-as, Zuid As, Virtueel Museum, Amsterdam, Netherladns

2008
Totem Folie, in collaboration with Jonas Ohlsson, Dolhuys Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
OEVERLOOS VERLANGEN, Gershwinplein, Zuid As, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2007
De niet-zichtbare wereld/ Built on dreams, in collaboration with Jonas Ohlsson, SKOR Wintertuin, Kennemergasthuis, Haarlem, Netherlands

2006
The State of Limbo / The Teargarden, ABN AMRO Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Skyline Zuid Oost, in collaboration with Richard Niessen, Raadszaal Stadsdeelkantoor Zuid Oost, Amsterdam, Netherlands



Collections
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, United States
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Museum De Domijnen, Sittard, Netherlands
TextielMuseum, Tilburg, Netherlands
Keramiek Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, France
ABN AMRO Bank, Netherlands
De Nederlandsche Bank, Netherlands
AkzoNobel, Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
Rabobank, Netherlands
AMC, Netherlands

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Residencies

2012 ISCP, New York, NY, USA
2009 HVCCA, Peekskill, NY, USA
2005 Artspace, Sydney, Austrailia
2002 Art Foundation Xiamen, China



Awards

2020 Amsterdam Prize for the Arts, Netherlands
2015 Cobra Art Prize, Amstelveen, Netherlands
2003 Prix Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Netherlands
2001 Uriot-prijs, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000 Uriot-prijs, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999 Prix de Rome, Italy
1998 GRA-award for fine arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Education

2000-2001 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998-1999 Sandberg Institute (MFA), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1995-1998 Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art and Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands



Publications

2022
Jennifer Tee – Tampan Tulip: Seasonal Work, with texts by Annette Südbeck, Sofía
Hernández Chong Cuy (preface), Natasha Ginwala, Sophie J. Williamson.
Published by Secession, Kunstinstitute Melly, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2015
Jennifer Tee - The Soul in Limbo, with texts by Zöe Gray, Maxine Kopsa, and
Monika Szewczyk. Published by Roma Publications, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2010
Local Myths / Love Spells, with texts by Gavin Wade and Monika Szewczyk.
Published by Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK

2004
E*V*O*L E*Y*E LAND*S-END, with texts by Xander Karskens, Ann
Demeester, and Stijn Huijts. Published by Artimo, Amsterdam, Netherlands