Koos Breen

Koos Breen is an interdisciplinary designer, artist and curator, based in The Hague (NL). Trained as a graphic designer at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, his work now ranges from coins to carpets, from books to shoes, and from tables to spatial installations. He has been commissioned by the Royal House of the Netherlands; the Royal Dutch Mint; the Escher Museum (NL); Bloc Studios (IT); and the Nieuwe Instituut (NL). He often collaborates with other artists, designers and studios; including Studio Dumbar, Audrey Large, and Jeannette Slütter.

He has co-organised various international exhibitions; is a member of the international collective Morph.Love, is co-curator of the world-wide Design in Motion (DEMO) Festival, has taught at the HfG Karlsruhe (DE) and the Rietveld Academy (NL); and has been a judge on several international (graphic) design awards. His work has been shown at various international exhibitions, including at the Design Museum Ghent (BE), Escher Museum The Hague (NL), K11 Art Foundation Guangzhou (CN), Etage Projects Copenhagen (DK) and Salone del Mobile in Milan (IT). Together with Jeannette Slütter he recently designed the official Dutch contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale. Koos is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.