Koos Buster

Koos Buster (Amsterdam, NL, 1991) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2018 with the presentation of his already legendary Grote Koos Buster museum. In his work he is always looking for the perfect doltish perfection or something trivial that deserves to be celebrated. When he has an idea, he starts to sketch it. He sees these sketches as a first phase of a new idea, but also as a work in itself. The 'clumsiness' of a quick sketch often has the lines he wants to see in the final work.

His work consists of several series. In Galerie Fleur & Wouter he previously exhibited his ornamental plates of almost everything that Koos Buster does not like to see. These vary from everyday actions such as brushing your teeth, or dishes such as risotto, to politicians, footballers and natural disasters. The charm of the series lies in the sweet way in which Koos brings his message, combined with the deliberately clumsy way of painting and sculpting ("I can sculpt much better than I show").

Koos also captures everyday objects life-size in clay. Here, too, his choice of subject is special. For example, he already made an overturned scooter, water coolers (which actually work) and a security camera. And here too his naughty sense of humour, special craftsmanship and distinctive own style can be seen.

Koos Buster (1991) studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. His work has been exhibited in various museums, such as the Glass Museum, Museum Beelden aan Zee and the Frans Hals Museum. After graduating, Koos' also showed his work in various galleries, including Fons Welters and Galerie Fleur & Wouter. Het Parool has written several pieces about Koos's work, and articles about his work have also been published in De Volkskrant, NRC, Vice and Mister Motley, among others. His work has been included in various private and corporate collections, including those of AkzoNobel and Allen & Overy. In 2019 he was awarded the Glasstipendium Stichting Stokroos. In 2020 he was on of the participants in Unfair and Room on the Roof, the artist in residency project of de Bijenkorf in Amsterdam.

Exhibitions & fairs with the gallery:
Castlemania
The Big Everyone Works With Everyone Show
KunstRai 2022
Discomfort
Americana