Starting in 2025, Museum MORE will be home to the winners of the Jeanne Oosting Award. This year’s laureates are Carla Klein and Ayşen Kaptanoğlu. Work by these two artists will be presented in our Cabinet Gallery from 9 November 2025 to 3 May 2026.
The Jeanne Oosting Award is one of the Netherlands’ oldest art prizes, made possible by a legacy from the artist Jeanne Bieruma Oosting. The award supports artists who incorporate figuration in their work. Each year, two lifetime achievement awards are presented to artists working with different techniques. A unique aspect of the award is that the jury consists solely of fellow artists. It is therefore a gesture of respect from colleagues, who understand and value the winners’ artistic process. In 2025, the jury consisted of Koen Vermeule, Esther Tielemans and Dieuwke Spaans.
Carla Klein
Carla Klein receives the Jeanne Oosting Award for Painting.
The jury has selected Carla Klein (1970, Zwolle) as the winner for her virtuoso approach to painting. Klein positions a canvas between the lens and the world. She paints emptiness, a world without people – uncanny and detached like a deserted film set – making use of all of the imperfections and distortions of the photographic lens. Her work draws you in and leaves you there, alone.
Klein studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She has participated in group exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad, and has held numerous solo exhibitions, including at KM21 in The Hague in 2024. Klein’s work is represented in various museum collections, including that of Museum MORE.
Ayşen Kaptanoğlu
Ayşen Kaptanoğlu receives the Jeanne Oosting Award for Work on Paper.
Ayşen Kaptanoğlu (1985, Turkey) receives the Jeanne Oosting Award for her work on paper. In her practice, Kaptanoğlu seeks a balance between weighty subject matter and aesthetics. The jury notes that her visual signature unveils a highly personal visual language – a confronting form of Impressionism. The beauty of her work draws you in; once inside, you are left stunned.
Kaptanoğlu studied Italian and English culture and literature at Istanbul University, before turning to art at the Wackers Academie and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She has participated in various group exhibitions at Dutch museums and galleries, including a recent exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.
Jeanne Oosting
‘My whole life and all my thoughts revolve around painting – it is my breath.’
Jeanne Oosting (1898–1994) was a passionate, independent-minded and generous artist. Throughout her life, she surrounded herself with poets, writers and fellow artists. Oosting grew up in a wealthy Frisian family, but received little support for her artistic ambitions. She nevertheless chose a life in the arts – at the time, an unusual and courageous move for a woman. Her eventual recognition in the art world is testament to her determination.
Oosting received her first painting lessons in Lochem. In 1955, she bought a country cottage in Almen, a village near Gorssel, where she spent her summers and created many works. In 1970, while still alive, she initiated the annual presentation of the Jeanne Oosting Award. Thanks in part to the sale of her print collection, the prize money has been awarded for over 50 years.
The Board of the Jeanne Oosting Foundation is delighted to launch a five-year partnership with Museum MORE starting in 2025. It provides an intriguing museum setting and a perfectly fitting habitat for the laureates of the Jeanne Oosting Awards.
