Joost Conijn
Winner 2005 of the
Cobra Art Prize Amstelveen
The Cobra Art Prize Amstelveen is awarded biennially to an artist living in the Netherlands working in an innovative and experimental sense. The prize consists of the sum of 10,000 euro plus an exhibition with accompanying catalogue in the Cobra Museum of Modern Art Amstelveen.
The Cobra Art Prize Amstelveen 2005 has been awarded to Joost Conijn.
The title of the prize reflects the link with both initiators - Amstelveen Council and the Cobra Museum of Modern Art. Amstelveen.
The board of the Foundation Cobra Art Prize Amstelveen comprises Jan Brummelhuis (chairman), Jan van Zanen (mayor of the municipality of Amstelveen), Marieke Sanders-ten Holte and John Vrieze (director of the Cobra Museum).
Members of the jury are Hedwig Fijen (chairman and director of Manifesta), Alexander Strengers (head of the art collection of De Nederlandsche Bank), Bert Jansen (publicist) and John Vrieze.
