Bonne Reijn (1990, Amsterdam) is a curator, fashion designer, and cultural entrepreneur, and the initiator of the Warmoes Biennale. His practice does not begin in the studio, but in the street — specifically the Warmoesstraat and its immediate surroundings, where he grew up and works.

For the biennale, Reijn develops a form of art that does not isolate itself, but infiltrates: shops, snack bars, churches, and nightlife venues are temporarily transformed into exhibition spaces. Here, art does not appear as a destination, but as an intervention in everyday life.

As the creative director of the biennale, he works together with artists, business owners, and local residents to reprogram public and commercial spaces. This approach considers the city as a collective canvas, making social relationships, stories, and tensions visible.

Reijn’s work is closely connected to the question of how a neighbourhood can redefine itself. With a strong commitment to the Warmoesstraat — an area often reduced to tourism and clichés — he uses art as a means of presenting a more multifaceted and layered image. In this context, the biennale functions as a collective attempt to shift the dominant narrative and activate new forms of community.

His role moves between curator, designer, and initiator: he does not create objects, but conditions. In this context, art becomes a social process — a temporary infrastructure in which encounter, friction, and imagination come together.