ABOUT
Jan Hamstra is a freelance illustrator and printmaker currently based in Groningen, The Netherlands. He is part of illustration collective Knetterijs and works as a screen printer for Vera Groningen.Feel free to email me with any questions, projects or commissions.
CONTACT
info@janhamstra.com
Photo by Tom van Huisstede
SELECTED CLIENTS
RijksmuseumUitgeverij Lannoo
Die Zeit
De Volkskrant
NRC Handelsblad
Uitgeverij De Geus
VPRO
Theater Bremen
EDUCATION
2017 | Internship, Hatch Show Print, Nashville2016 | BA Communication Design, Minerva Art Academy, Groningen
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2025 | De Boon for Children’s and Youth Literature (Audience Award)2024 | Het Mooiste Boekomslag (Shortlist)
2020 | European Design Awards - Poster Series (Bronze Medal)
2019 | Creative Industries Fund NL Grant
2017 | StripGrafiekPrijs (Comic Art Award)
2016 | Minerva Art Academy Design Prize
2016 | Fontanel Dutch Design Talent
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 | EPEX, Kunstlievend Genootschap Pictura, Groningen2022 | ONDER_DRUK, GRID Grafisch Museum, Groningen
2020 | Affiche-art voor Films, Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht
2019 | Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2019 | EPEX, GRID Grafisch Museum, Groningen
2018 | Een Schop Onder De Ploeg, Groninger Forum, Groningen
2017 | Fumetto International Comix-Festival, Lüzern
2017 | Nieuwe Oogst, Museum Belvédère, Oranjewoud
2017 | Goed Gemaakt, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort
2016 | GRID Grafisch Museum, Groningen
2016 | HEDEN:STEMMEN, Westerkerk, Leeuwarden
2016 | Museum Belvédère, Oranjewoud
COLLECTIONS
Museum für Gestaltung, ZürichMuseum Belvédère, Oranjewoud
Museum De Buitenplaats, Eelde
GRID Grafisch Museum, Groningen