Jan Boelen (born 1967 in Genk, Belgium) is a curator of design, architecture and contemporary art. He studied Product Design at the Media & Design Academy in Genk, and he is the founder and former artistic director of Z33 – house for contemporary art in Hasselt, Belgium.
Boelen was the head of the Masters program in "Social Design" and the Masters program in "Design Curating and Writing" at the Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands; he is a member of the Flemish Committee for Architecture and Design. Boelen developed the idea of a European Design Parliament[1] as a driving force for change, and he curated[2] the international design festival BIO 50 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the oldest design biennial in Europe. Since 2016, Jan Boelen has held the position of artistic director of Atelier LUMA, an experimental laboratory for design at LUMA Arles in Arles, France.[3] In 2018, Boelen curated the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial A School of Schools. He held lectures in international cultural institutions and universities, such as Harvard University in Cambridge.[4] He is appointed curator of the Lithuanian Pavilion at the postponed 17th Biennale Architettura in Venice,[5] which opened in May, 2021. From 2019 to March 2022, Boelen has been director of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design.[6] He is one of the initiators of the international research program Driving the Human,[7] taking place in 2020-23. Since 2016, Jan Boelen has held the position of artistic director of Atelier LUMA, an experimental laboratory for design at LUMA Arles in Arles, France. He co-edited the book (with Michael Kaethler): Social Matter, Social Design: For Good or Bad all Design is Social.
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JanBoelen (born 1967 in Genk, Belgium) is a curator of design, architecture and contemporary art. He studied Product Design at the Media & Design Academy...
silversmith Herman Boelen (born 1939), Dutch rower Jacob Boelen (c.1657–1729), American silversmith JanBoelen (born 1967), Belgian designer Boelens This page...
graduates of the DAE) and the Dutch Design Awards. Gijs Bakker JanBoelen Kees Bol Ilse Crawford Jan Gregoor Catelijne van Middelkoop Marina Otero Verzier Satyendra...
was one of the first European Masters in Social Design, initiated by JanBoelen. They employ a New Materialist approach to social design. Business ethics...
Andries Boelens (Amsterdam, 1455 – there, 1519), also: Boelenz, Boelensz., Andries Boel Dircksz. or Andries Boelen Dircksz, was an alderman and mayor of...
The Boelens (also Boel) and Boelens Loen were a Dutch patrician family of Amsterdam. The family figured in the city's government lists between the years...
de Eeuwigheid An essay about the heaven-motif in Nescio's works by Marc Boelens. (Dutch) Nescio Entry in the database of the Digital Library of Dutch Literature...
relations. In 2014, under the guidance of Belgian critic and curator JanBoelen, it ceased to award actual design products, and instead begun to grant...
relative of the ruling patrician families Bicker, De Graeff, Hooft, Witsen, Boelens Loen, and Reynst among others. His brothers-in-law also included Amsterdam...
Stadtholderless Period in 1650–1672. Jan (or Joan or Jean) Bicker was a son of Gerrit Bicker and Aleyd Andriesdr Boelens Loen. Jan's oldest brother Andries Bicker...
to Aleyd Andriesdr Boelens, descended from burgomaster Andries Boelens, making him brother in law to burgomaster Jan Claes Boelens. The couple had four...
David Boelen, Governor of Malacca (1758–1764) Essequibo – Aert Adriaenszoon Groenewegel, Governor of Essequibo (1657–1664) Netherlands Antilles – Jan da...
December 1752 David Boelen: 6 December 1752 – 15 October 1753 Hendrik van Homoed: 16 October 1753 – 3 November 1754 David Boelen: 4 November 1754 – 25...
(Boelens Loen). During the 15th and 16th centuries, these families were at the head of the Amsterdam patriciate and, with the exception of the Boelens...
connected to the Wisselbank. Jacob Bicker became one of the managers of the VOC. Jan Bicker, a contractor bought Bickerseiland in January 1631. The Bicker family...
1679) → Descendants Jan Cornelisz (de) Graeff → Descendants Jan Jacobsz Graeffs descendants were related to the families Boelens Loen, Van Foreest, Van...
burgomaster Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Aeltje Boelens Loen (1579-1630), daughter of Cornelis Andriesz Boelens Loen. His godparents were Pieter Dircksz Graeff...
was born as the son of Johannes Lourijsen and Cornelia Maria Petronella Boelen. His brother was the architect Frans Lourijsen (1889-1934). Lourijsen moved...
burgomaster Jacob Dircksz de Graeff of the De Graeff family and Aaltje Boelens Loen of the Boelens Loen family. Wendela has a daughter, Margaretha Nooms (1632 -...
historical figures. The oldest Dutch crown of sonnets is written by H.Th. Boelen in 1876: 'Saffo-fantasie', published in a journal for theatre. The second...
Amsterdam and Vrijheer of Zuid-Polsbroek, and his wife Aeltje Boelens Loen, member of the family Boelens Loen, one of the oldest patrician families of Amsterdam...
Cinekid Kinderkast 1979 Jury award - J.J. de Bom, Aart Staartjes/Frans Boelen, VARA 1981 Jury award - De Zesde Klas, Ruud Schuitemaker, IKON 1983 Jury...
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