Haas & Hahn

Haas&Hahn is the working title of artistic duo Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn. They started working together in 2005, when they filmed a documentary about hip hop in the favelas of Rio and São Paolo for MTV. Inspired by this visit, they embarked on a journey to bring outrageous works of art to unexpected places, starting with painting enormous murals in the slums of Brazil together with the local youth.

Jeroen Koolhaas (Rotterdam, 1977) studied graphic design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven and has been working as a freelance audio-visual designer and illustrator for the New Yorker magazine since graduation. www.jeruniverse.com

Dre Urhahn (Amsterdam, 1973) has worked as a journalist, copywriter, and art-director and has set up successful companies specializing in different fields, from event management to television production.

resume

To see all work, exhibits, articles and the likes, please visit their resume

interview

To learn more about Haas&Hahn and their view on their work, please read the interview Brendan mcGetrick wrote for ArtReview

stupidtelligence

Next to their work on the Favela Painting project, they keep a blog, using their trademark approach of stupidtelligence at stupdtelligent.blogspot.com

lectures

Haas&Hahn have exhibited their work and held lectures at many museums, schools, universities and congresses in the Netherlands and abroad. For more information or bookings, please contact info@favelapainting.com