Jan Doms (1949) attended the Tilburgse Academie where he studied constructive sculpture, Russian avant-garde and urban history. He continued his education with Material Cultural Studies at Tilburg University, with a specialization in architecture and urban development.

He also embarked on educational trips to urban and rural locations in Europe, America, Brazil and Japan. In 1997 he went tramp shipping from Hamburg to the northernmost tip of the Gulf of Bothnia before traveling south through the Strait of Gibraltar to Gandia, a Spanish port city on the Mediterranean.

Jan Doms constructs, sketches, researches, writes, directs and organizes. His activities cover everything from the art of sculpture and drawing to performance, literature, architecture, urban planning and landscape beyond borders. He delights in operating in the areas where the various art and design disciplines overlap, where excitement and adventure lie.

Retrospectives of his sculptures, designs and performances have been held at the Stedelijk Museum Roermond (NL | 1988 | 2000), Stadtmuseum Meissen - Dresden (D | 2000) and Vertigo - Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the Eindhoven Technical University (NL | 2009 | 2010). In 2013 a new architectural glass sculpture was shown in the sculpture garden of the Joan Miró Museum Palma de Mallorca.

Doms’ own LEF Stadsdynamica, office for spatial design and research, is closely involved with architectural design and urban development-related studies. 

On January 23, 2015, the CAST award for architecture has awarded to Jan Doms by Jacques de Brouwer (Bedaux de Brouwer Architects) during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the CAST (Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Tilburg). 
“I consider it a great honor and of course also as a special form of encouragement to continue my work as an artist and designer. I would like to thank everyone who has helped me as principal, colleague, employee or family and friends at home and abroad. Without their continued support I would have never been able to achieve all these beautiful projects.” 

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