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ABOUT
Jurriaan Benschop is a Dutch writer and curator who is based on Syros, Greece and in Berlin, Germany. His book Why Painting Works (2023) navigates the diverse landscape of contemporary painting and looks into the question of how to find a language that suits the experience of looking at art. For his previous book Salt in the Wound he traveled across the European continent, to speak with contemporary artists about their work and artistic roots.
He contributes on a regular basis to The Brooklyn Rail, to Artforum and to Arterritory. Furthermore, he contributes essays to exhibition catalogs and artists’s books (such as Nikos Aslanidis, Glenn Brown, Katharina Grosse, José Heerkens, Veronika Hilger, Robert Muntean, Anna Tuori, Gerlind Zeilner).
Among the exhibitions he curated are Things as They Are (Jenny up the Hill, Syros, 2025) Wo Man Sich Trifft (Emsdettener Kunstverein, 2023), Taking Root at KIT Düsseldorf (2019-20), Content is a Glimpse (2018-19) at Efremidis gallery Berlin, Re: Imagining Europe (2017) at Box Freiraum Berlin, A Matter of Touch (2020) at Kunsthaus Torstrasse 111 in Berlin and A Grammar of Gestures (2021-22) at Kourd Gallery in Athens.
As a visiting lecturer he travels to art schools in Europe and the USA , offering talks, critiques and writing workshops. He has visited Indiana University in Bloomington, University of Arkansas in Fayettville, University of Chicago, University of South Carolina in Aiken, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the University of the Arts in Helsinki, Free Art School in Helsinki, the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn, the Art Academy of Latvia in Riga and the University of the Aegean in Ermoupoli.