THEO JANSEN

Born 1948 in Scheveningen, Netherlands

1968 Studies physics at University of Delft

1975 Stops studying physics and becomes a painter

1980 Flies UFO across Delft

1981 Develops the painting machine in Delft

1986 - present Writes fortnightly columns for
national daily newspaper "de Volkskrant"

1987 "Zogenaamd Ik", book published by Bzztoh,
The Hague

1990 - present Develops Animari (beach animals)

Engaged in designing a 'new nature'

1995 "Klimmen in de lucht", book published by SUN
 

'Mission Impossible' exibition at Westergasfabriek

1999 Exhibits Panorama 2000 at Centraal Museum, Utrecht

2003 Grand Exhibition, Kunsthal, Rotterdam

Start of Ypenburg project

2006 Animals let loose in Trafalgar Square, London.
Exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art, The Mall,
London

ETAT, Exhibition in Taipeh, Taiwan

BMW commercial televised in South Africa

2007

Lectures at TED conference, Montery (CA), USA

Lectures at New York Academy of Sciences

'The Believers', exhibition at Museum of Contemporary
Art, North Adams (Mass.), USA

BMW commercial televised in South Africa