Juul Kraijer

Juul Kraijer (1970, The Netherlands) is a visual artist. Since graduating from the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts in 1994 her meticulous, exploratory methods have yielded an authentic, consistent oeuvre of predominantly drawings and photographs that has been exhibited widely and won numerous awards.

She writes:

"My works share an emblemata-like concision. In each image, the figure looms out of an undefined background. Definition of time is absent, no hint of a narrative is present. The postures and facial expressions are a vehicle for meaning rather than portrayals of individuals and elude traditional iconography."

Kraijer's work is represented in public collections internationally, incl. MoMA, NYC; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; MONA, Tasmania; Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf; Kupferstichkabinett Berlin; Museum Moderner Kunst Vienna; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Boijmans, Rotterdam; and Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam.