Jeanne van Heeswijk (1965, Schijndel) is a visual artist who creates contexts for interaction in public spaces. Her projects distinguish themselves through a strong social involvement. With her work, Van Heeswijk stimulates and develops cultural production and creates new public (meeting-) spaces or remodels existing ones. To achieve this, she often works closely with artists, designers, architects, software developers, governments and citizens. She regularly lectures on topics such as urban renewal, participation and cultural production. She has been educated at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht and the Academy of Fine Arts in Tilburg. Her projects include It Runs in the Neighborhood, a hospital soap series for cultural capital of Norway; The Blue House, a house for the unplanned, IJburg; Dwaallicht, a narrative monument for a working-class neighborhood now part of the Historic Museum, Rotterdam; Face Your World, StedelijkLab Slotervaart, an interactive design lab for youngsters, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Subway to the outside, a TV-series with interventions, Artists Space, New York; and Casco, Coffee and Communication, a mobile communication vehicle for Casco, Utrecht. Lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Van Heeswijk’s work has been featured in internationally renowned biennials such as those of Bushan, Taipei, Shanghai and Venice.