Jasper de Beijer

Jasper de Beijer finds inspiration in historical records and photographs that range from Japanese modern and traditional culture to memories of Pacific Island rubber industries and First World War photography. Reconstructing this detritus into scale models in paper from which he creates his works, de Beijer brings the past back to life and leaves a new record of his reinterpretation. These constructions—usually regarded as preparatory studies—were exhibited for the first time at MCA Denver.

Jasper de Beijer was born in 1973 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He graduated from the Amsterdam School of the Arts in 1996 and went on to attend the final year of the Autonomous Design program of the Utrecht School of the Arts, where he graduated in 1997. His work has been exhibited at The Hague Museum of Photography, Netherlands; Museum Het Domein, Netherlands; Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York; Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam; Galerie Nouvelles Images, Netherlands; Galerie TZR, Germany; and Studio d’Arte Cannaviello, Italy.