(    About   )


Hello, I’m Esmée Jakubowski (NL 1997), a Dutch- Polish graphic designer based in the Netherlands. 

Having two cultural backgrounds left me curious on how various (and at times contradictory) interpretations of reality, truth and values come to form. By assembling visual research and written material, I translate multiple ways of percieving an always changing perspective.




Publications

“Did I spill the wine?”
Publication (visual essay) 2024. An attempt to understand the role of the graphic designer as an ‘author’. A reflection on motives, ideology, politics and personal preference.

“Moon, Water, Lake”
Publication, 2024 -the dissection of a memory-

‘In the Netherlands, 4 contemporary art museums go beyond the old masters’  Washinton Post (photography)

“A Supermarket of Lost Bodies”
I wrote the introduction with Ben Howell and contributed a personal project in “À Corps Perdu”
A publication by the HKU Graphic Design department year 3 (2022)

Parts of the jury raport in “Conversation Snippets”
Publisher St. Best Verzorgde Boeken (2021)  

“The quit place in our blind spot” in ABRI-Magazine
Photography, poster, essay (2020), as well as being part of the editorial team.



Contact:   
esmeejakubowski@gmail.com 
 





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Exhibitions:

Did I spill the wine?  Lorum Ipsum, Amsterdam 2024

Did I spill the wine?   Exposure HKU, Utrecht 2024

During my internship at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam I took part in curating and designing the exhibition Yesterday Today 
Amsterdam, 2022 -  now

Collaborations:

Student jury panel (2020/2021)
Best Verzorgde Boeken

Co-founder, initiator (2020)
Ginkgo-Collective in partnership with Kunst Onderzoek (Lectoraat HKU)

Editorial Team (2020) 
ABRI-Magazine (HKU)