Jan Boelen

Jan Boelen graduated as a product designer at the Media and Design Academy (KHLim), now the MAD Faculty, in Genk (B). He currently holds the position of artistic director of Z33, house for contemporary art in Hasselt (B) and is Head of the Masters Department Social Design and the Master Design Curating and Writing at the Design Academy Eindhoven (NL). He is chairman of the Commission of Architecture and Design of the Flemish Community. Commissioned by the Permanent Deputation of the Province of Limburg, Jan Boelen reformed the Provincial Centre for the Visual Arts into Z33, a house for contemporary art. Since 2002, Z33 has been fashioning projects and exhibitions that encourage the visitor to look at everyday matters in a novel manner. It is a unique laboratory and a meeting place for experiment and innovation where one can discover cutting-edge exhibitions with contemporary art and design. In 2014 Jan Boelen will curate BIO50, the 24th Biennial of Design in Ljubljana (SI) and lead a series of international debates on the future of design.