ABOUT

Jan Hamstra is a freelance illustrator and artist 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

SELECTED CLIENTS

Uitgeverij Lannoo
Die Zeit
De Volkskrant
NRC Handelsblad
Uitgeverij De Geus
Theater Bremen

EDUCATION

2017 | Internship, Hatch Show Print, Nashville
2016 | BA Communication Design, Minerva Art Academy, Groningen

AWARDS

2020 | European Design Awards - Poster Series (Bronze Medal)
2017 | StripGrafiekPrijs (Comic Art Award)
2016 | Minerva Art Academy Design Prize
2016 | Fontanel Dutch Design Talent

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022 | ONDER_DRUK, GRID Grafisch Museum, Groningen
2020 | Affiche-art voor Films, Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht
2019 | Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2019 | XyloPrint 2019 Brazil, Xylography Museum, Campos do Jordão
2019 | EPEX, GRID Grafisch Museum, Groningen
2018 | Een Schop Onder De Ploeg, Groninger Forum, Groningen
2017 | The Art of Utopia, The Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem
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, Zürich
Museum Belvédère, Oranjewoud
Museum De Buitenplaats, Eelde
GRID Grafisch Museum, Groningen

Photo by Tom van Huisstede