PERSONALIA
Name: Gijs Kast Huijgen
Birth: 30-12-1983
Nationality: Dutch
Sex: Male
Telephone: +31 (0)614036833
Email: gijskast@gmail.com
Website: www.gijskast.com
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AGENCY
Edsonwilliams – London and Amsterdam based agency
contact edson@edsonwilliams.com for inquiries
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EDUCATION
2004 – 2008 – Design Academy Eindhoven Man & Communication dept. – graduated
2007 – Internship Studio Boot – ’s Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands)
2007 – Internship Pixelpunk – Biel Bienne (Switserland)
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AWARD
2010 – German Design Award – nominee
2009 – Dutch Design Award – best illustration
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EXHIBITION
2010 – Shanghai International Creative Industry Week – Shanghai
2010 – The Misprints – hAI Gallery – Breda – link
2010 – Recht voor zijn raap – Centraal Museum Utrecht – link
2010 - Illustratie Biënnale – Toneelschuur – Haarlem – link
2010 – Best of Dutch Design – Red Dot Museum – Essen – link
2010 – SHOW – your:own – Amsterdam
2010 – The Dutch Corner – Cologne Furniture Fair – Cologne
2009 – Race – Gallery Project – Ann Arbor (Michigan USA)
2009 – Artlab – Pakhuis Afrika – Amsterdam
2009 - Eindhoven**prints prints**New York – Manhattan graphics center – New York
2009 – Bookbox – Lucha Libre – Amsterdam
2009 – Maandexpo – Studio K – Amsterdam
2008 – Graduation Galleries – Design Academy – Eindhoven
2008 – Talent – Designhuis – Eindhoven
2008 - Still – Hotel van de Velde – Brussels
2008 - Still – Spazio Rosanna Orlandi – Salone del Mobile – Milano
2008 – Superstore 05 – RAI – Amsterdam
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PUBLICATION
2010 – De Groene Amsterdammer – Gek op wallen en rimpels – link
2010 – Creatie – De schoonheid van Gijs Kast – link
2010 – Let It Rain – the SHOW must go on – link
2010 – Blend Magazine – new talent – link
2010 – Nalden – link
2009 – Volkskrant – Heiligen der laatste dagen – link
2009 – Dutch Design Yearbook – NAi Publishers – link
2009 – Blend Magazine – incomming – link
2009 – Vice Magazine – The Fiction Issue – link
2009 – Fontanel – Specials Böhnhase – link
2009 – Modart – Book Club – link
2009 – Eigenhuis & Interieur – Annie
2008 – Eindhovens Dagblad – Beunhaaseconomie in een prachtwijk – link
2008 – Bohnhase, De Zwarte Gids – Self released
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CLIENTS
De Volkskrant, Hollands Diep, Effenaar, Reload, PSY, Wink, DJ Broadcast, Mugmetdegoudentand, Start Foundation
