Jonas Staal (1981) studied Monumental Arts in Enschede and Boston. His work manifests itself internationally by way of interventions in public spaces, expositions, lectures and publications. Staal lives and works in Rotterdam.
Staal involves himself expressly with political themes and developments, in which he approaches democracy from a Beuysiaanse interpretation (democratism) as a total piece of art, in which he considers his co-authorship with politics a necessary part.
In his essay Post-propaganda (Fund BKVB, 2009) he laid down the theoretical framework for this method of working, which since has translated itself into collaboration with several political parties.
In 2010 he presented his work at the exposition Recht voor zijn raap. Stip 2010 en kunst nu in Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands.