"Born in 1983 the small city of Lelystad, The Netherlands, Joram Roukes earned his BFA in fine arts at the Minerva Academy of Arts in Groningen in 2006. In 2008 Roukes was awarded a stipend from National Arts Foundation ‘Fonds BKVB, which is currently known as the Mondriaanfonds, which he used to set up an artist residency in Brooklyn, NYC. Joram Roukes’ work is a dark, humorous play on topics that range from popular culture, global affairs and personal experience. Creating juxtapositions of imagery to create abstract narratives and figures that evoke introspection and contemplation. His work gained attention from several international galleries like Thinkspace in Los Angeles, StolenSpace in London among others. He has since shown his work in Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and London to name a few. Since 2015 Roukes is actively painting large scale murals, applying his studio esthetics in the public realm. His complex and collage-like compositions can be found on walls across Europe and the United States. In 2020 Roukes founded the project DreamCourts, a social arts and sports project focussing on involving at-risk youths in the creation of artworks on outdoor sports courts. After doing a 2,5 year residency in Los Angeles in close partnership with Thinkspace Gallery, Joram Roukes now lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with his partner Emilie and daughter Nina."