Remy Jungerman (b. 1959) lives and works in New York and Amsterdam. He studied at the Academy for Higher Arts and Cultural Education in Paramaribo, Suriname, and later at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

For over three decades, Jungerman has explored the intersection of Surinamese Maroon culture, the African diaspora, and 20th-century Modernism. His work incorporates materials such as cotton textiles, kaolin clay (pimba), and wood—elements central to the Afro-Surinamese Winti religion. Using ritual textiles and gridded compositions, he reflects on spiritual symbolism and the elemental forces of water, earth, air, and forest.

Jungerman represented the Netherlands at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019 and was the subject of a major survey exhibition, Behind the Forest, at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2021–2022). In 2022, he received the prestigious A.H. Heineken Prize for Art. Other honors include the 2008 Fritschy Culture Award from Museum Het Domein.

He is co-founder and curator of the Wakaman Project: Drawing Lines – Connecting Dots, which aims to amplify the global presence of Surinamese artists.

Jungerman’s work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del Barrio, Prospect.3 (New Orleans), the International African American Museum (Charleston), and the Havana Biennale. He is represented by Goodman Gallery (London, Johannesburg, Cape Town), Fridman Gallery (New York), and Galerie Ron Mandos (Amsterdam). His residencies include Art Omi, ISCP (New York), and Tembe Art Centre (Moengo, Suriname).

His work is held in major public and private collections, including the Stedelijk Museum, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, International African American Museum, Centraal Museum, Tropenmuseum, and the Rennie Collection, among others.