Jeisson Drenth is an artist and designer, dedicated to making experimental and meaningful contributions to contemporary visual culture.
In the years after finishing his studies at the Willem de Kooning Academy (2015) he worked internationally as a live video artist. He often collaborated with the cultural organisations and clubs/ festivals that booked him as an artist to help these organisations develop their vision, mission and communication designs as a designer.
As his studio transformed into a space that critically brings together a growing amount of creative disciplines including performance Jeisson set up his art practice.
His first solo-exhibition (2019) presented his research into the rise of commercial DNA-testing companies and the ethical considerations around genetic selection and genetic modification - specifically from a perspective of queerness and from his perspective as an adopted person with a history of migration.
In 2020 Jeisson started working as a consultant to advise cultural organisations on matters of diversity, inclusion and access. In line with this he articulated a new goal for his art practice which is to study image production techniques from an intersectional point of view.
His studies in graphic design (Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, NL) nurtured his interests in network culture and semiotics, and motivated him to make these subjects the theoretical inspiration for his practice.
His ongoing research translates to both commissioned and self-initiated projects which are shared with different audiences in different online and offline experiences.
In June 2019, as a part of the artist residency program Hamburger Community
of Art (Roodkapje, Rotterdam), Jeisson Drenth presented his first solo exhibition Act Natural 04. The works he created for this show reflected on the process of learning about ancestry, health and personal traits through diy DNA testing.
Since the founding of his studio in 2013, he has worked internationally on live shows and design projects for cultural organisations, night clubs and festivals such as M HKA (Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp), Together Festival (Boston), Vision (Berlin, Ghent), Amsterdam Dance Event and Reaktor (Amsterdam),
Atlas Electronic (Rotterdam, Marrakesh), NEXUS Europe Summit (Rotterdam), Untitled (Toronto) and La Bacchanale (Montréal).
