Jan Baas (1960) followed his education at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam at the Painting / Graphic Arts department of 1978-1983.

Since 1983 he has been a member of the Graphic Collective Thoets in Amsterdam, a collective of artists with a printing workshop.
In 1987 he received the Titia Buning-Brongers prize.

His work is found in many corporate collections (including READE Amsterdam, VSB fund, VSB bank, Fortis, Procter & Gamble, Novartis Seeds, European Cultural Foundation), various art loan collections and in many private collections, including H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Jan Baas teaches painting at MK24, Amsterdam.