Jan Steenman is a Swiss artist-sculptor born in Geneva in 1994. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK) in 2018 and was an artist-in-residence at Het HEM – Contemporary Art Center in Zaandam, Netherlands, in 2019. He continued his studies at the Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD), where he earned a master’s degree in visual arts in 2022. Currently based in Geneva, he runs his own sculpture studio and exhibition space Espace OLIZANE in the district (Quartier des Bains) in Geneva. Through his work, Steenman explores the intersection between the seductive and the strange, as well as the sculptural and the performative. His creations encourage the viewer to engage in deep reflection on physio-biological reality, confronted with a preternatural imagery. His multifaceted approach, which encompasses performance, sculpture, and pictorial representation, interrogates the physical limits of the individual while examining the boundaries of the infra-organic, figuration, and language, offering a reflection on the complex dynamics of perception and existence. Exhibitions include Gallery GoMulan (Amsterdam, 2023); Gallery Polomarco (Geneva, 2023); 3rd Biennale heART (Geneva, 2022); Kunst Rai (Amsterdam, 2021); Big Art n.5 (Zaandam, 2020); Het Hem Contemporary Art Center (Zaandam, 2020); Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert (California, 2019); Boggieland (Amsterdam, 2019); Ruimte voor Idealen (The Hague, 2019).