Education
2007 – 2009 | Post St Joost, Master Photography, Breda (MFA degree) |
2000 – 2004 | Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague, Photography (BFA/HBO degree) |
1999 – 2000 | Artacademy Constantijn Huygens, Kampen, illustration (propadeuse) |
1997 – 1998 | Ålands Folkhögsskola, Åland, Finland, ‘konstlinjen’ (art and Nordic crafts), degree |
Recipient of Mondriaan Fonds, Art grant for 2022-2025
Represented by Municipal Bonds Gallery, San Fransisco, USA & WeLikeArt Amsterdam
Exhibitions
Now & Soon
2023 | solo | October 4 – November 25 @Municipal Bonds, San Fransico, USA |
2023 | solo | Autumn new series at We Like Art Amsterdam |
Past (selected Solo and Duo exhibitions)
2022 | A Clear Day, solo exhibition @Municipal Bonds, February 19 – March 16, San Fransisco, USA | |
2022 | Time is of Essence, solo exhibition @galerie Helder April 2 – May 7, The Hague, NL | |
2020 | Positioning, Gallery Helder, The Hague, with Stefan van den Berg, 17 October – 14 November (duo) | |
2017 | Stilte in Beeld, Private Collectors view, Den Haag 16 Sept – 14 Oct 2017 (solo) | |
2016 | The Sound of Silence, exhibition with Lenny Oosterwijk at Untitled2011, Rotterdam, 01 Nov 2016 – 03 Feb 2017 (duo) | |
2015 | Born of Concentration,Solo at RAM, Rotterdam, 8 Nov 2015 – 11 Jan 2016 (solo) | |
2012 | Betwixt and Between, Galerie WithTsjalling, Groningen (duo) | |
2011 | ‘Tabletop-presentation’ at STROOM Den Haag (solo) | |
2009 | Lunch, Ha Ha and Other Works, RAMfoundation, Rotterdam (duo) | |
2004 | Boer Berend installation during the Crossing Border festival, Koninklijke Schouwburg Den Haag (solo) |
Past (selected group exhibitions & art fairs)
2023 | San Fransisco ArtMarket, with Municipal Bonds gallery, April 20-23 |
2023 | Voorjaarssalon Pulchri Studio, Den Haag, April 1 – 30 |
2023 | Through the Grid, ACEC Apeldoorn, April 8 – May 14 |
2023 | Art on Paper, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam with Movinggallery 16-20 March |
2022-2023 | Poetic Systems, Galerie Jolie, Urmond with Fiene Scharp & Gerda Kruimer, Nov 27-Jan 22 |
2022 | BIG ART, Bijlmerbajes Amsterdam 3 – 6 Nov |
2022 | Conversations in the dark, @Municipal Bonds, June 25 – August 20, San Fransisco, USA |
2022 | Art Rotterdam, van Nelle factory, @WeLikeArt, booth 1 |
2022 | Kunst RAI, Amsterdam (art fair) April 13-18 |
2021 | ART Rotterdam with We Like Art Art, July 1 -4 |
2021 | CODA Paper Art, Museum Coda, Apeldoorn, June 6- Januari 9 – 2022 |
2020 | CC#6, Gallery Ursula Wachter, Dresden, DE Sept 4 – Okt 31 |
2020 | BIG ART #7, Okt 1-4 |
2020 | Beeldentuin Achter de Westduinen, Ouddorp, Zeeland July – end September |
2019 | Drawing Festival, at Gallery Helder, The Hague 12 Okt – 09 Nov 2019 |
2019 | Ex-Mekh-live, at Quartair, The Hague 4 Okt – 6 Oct 2019 |
2019 | Art on Paper, with Gallery Helder, Amsterdam 26 – 29 Sept 2019 |
2019 | PICK ME!, WeLikeArt @ Collectie de Groen, Arnhem 14 Sept – 23 Dec 2019 |
2019 | Contemporary Contemplations #5, ACEC Apeldoorn 11 mei – 3 juni 2019 |
2019 | Drawing Online, Galleryviewer / gallery Helder 5 april – 5 mei 2019 |
2019 | KunstRai, Amsterdam / gallery Helder 17 – 22 april 2019 |
2019 | Contemporary Contemplations #4, PHK18, Rotterdam 20 jan – 29 maart 2019 |
2019 | We Like Art, Art Rotterdam, van Nelle factory 07-10 february 2019 |
2018 | Contemporary Contemplations #3, Kunsthaus Erfurt, DE 07-9 / 02-11-2018 |
2018 | Papierbiennale, Museum Rijswijk 12 juni – 7 oktober 2018 |
2018 | Contemporary Contemplations #2, Projectraum Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin 27 – 29 July 2018 |
2018 | Contemporary Contemplations #1, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam 10 maart – 8 april 2018 |
2018 | Kunstparade, guest artist at gallery Untitled, Rotterdam 7 – 10 feb / – 30 maart 2018 |
2017 | Secret Postcard sale, We Like Art, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, 15 – 29 Dec 2017 |
2017 | Big Art, De Zonnewijzer, Herengracht 182, 12 – 15 Oct 2017 |
2017 | Art Rotterdam, Up Memory Lane, 30 Years of Berry Koedam, RAM Rotterdam, 08 Feb – 12 Feb 2017 |
2017 | We Like Art, Rotterdam, 08 Feb – 12 Feb 2017 |
2016 | Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam,26-30 Oct 2016, Amsterdam-Noord |
2016 | ArtTheHague , artfair 5-9 Oct 2016, Fokker terminal The Hague |
2016 | Up Memory Lane RAM 30 years (part2), exhibion at RAM, Rotterdam, 28 Aug 2016 – 22 Oct 2016 |
2015 | VBCN- 10 jaar jong, exhibion at VBCN Open, Amsterdam, 18 Dec 2015 – 17 Jan 2016 |
2015 | De Waarde van Kunst,exhibiton & educationproject by art-platform de Meerse, Hoofddorp (Okt-Nov) |
2015 | Art Fair BLOOOM, Colonge, Germany at gallery Untitled |
2015 | ZomerSalon, gallery deCompagnie, Dordrecht |
2015 | Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, gallery Untitled, Rotterdam |
2014 | Art Rotterdam, gallery RAM, Rotterdam |
2014 | Raw Art Fair, gallery Untitled, Rotterdam |
2013 | The value of Art, RAMfoundation, Rotterdam |
2013 | Art & Language Tour / Poetry International Festival, Gallery Untitled, Rotterdam |
2013 | Route du Nord, Zomerhofkwartier, Rotterdam |
2013 | Raw Art Fair, Pakhuis Santos, Rotterdam |
2012 | Happening at the Kunstvlaai, Beatrixpark Amsterdam with the Malieveldinitiatief |
2012 | Making Room, alumni exhibition Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague |
2012 | Différentes Dimensions III, RAM-groupexhibition Salernes, France |
2012 | summerexhibition 4 de Korenbeurs Schiedam, Schiedam |
2012 | screening ‘Lunch’ Galerie de Pieter, Leiden |
2011 | Art Amsterdam at RAM / booth 44 |
2009 | Small Works XIII, RAMfoundation, Rotterdam |
2009 | Fail Again Fail Better, MK-galerie Berlin |
2009 | Yangzhou, a portret of a city, travelling exhibition trough Brabant |
2008 | presentation ‘Lunch’, Witte de Withstraat, Rotterdam |
2007 | Whatever happened to…? Prijswinners STROOM-price for up and coming artists 2001-2007 |
2007 | I.dentity, Stichting KOP, Breda, with Sylvia Korving |
2007 | TussenStaat – Bouw in Beeldprice, NAi Rotterdam |
2005 | Seminar Continental Art Centre en the European Academy for Culture and Arts, in het SBI te Doorn, Nederland |
2004 | De keuze van…, Lily van Ginneken (Stroom – centrum beeldende kunst Den Haag), STROOM-price for up and coming artists |
2004 | Het grote wachten/ asielzoekers, Final exam work, KABK, Den Haag |
2004 | Het grote wachten/ asielzoekers, screening Final exam work, Filmhuis zaal 5, Den Haag |
2004 | Risico, Verbond van Verzekeraars, KABK, Den Haag |
Works are in the collection of the VUmc Amsterdam, Museum CODA Apeldoorn and in several (private) collections.
Publications / Articles
2022 | Q & A on Gallery Viewer Magazine by Manuela Klerkx in Dutch and English |
2022 | Book: Weten wat je ziet, 30 atelier bezoeken door Alex de Vries, Mr Motley / Uitgeverij De Zwaluw p.110-117 |
2022 | Online article by Dutch Culture USA, written by Robert Kloos for exhibition at Municipal Bonds, USA |
2021 | video-portrait by museum CODA on You-tube |
2020 | Article by Manuela Klerkx for Galleryviewer :”3 The Hague & 3 Amsterdam galleries in 6 artworks” (under Collections) |
2019 | Interview with Els Drummen, Art-advisor NN-Group on June 13 2019 Het Parool and a longer article on Gallery Viewer. |
2018 | Interview by Walter van Teeffelen for Den Haag Direct and If then is now. and also on the Spanish website Marbella, for arts and culture. |
2018 | Catalogue-text of the Rijswijk Paper Biennial 2018. Author: art historian Frank van der Ploeg. (as download in Dutch/English) |
2018 | Article on my work by Alex de Vries for Mr Motley (read online in Dutch). |
2017 | Interview We Like Art (read online in Dutch). |
2015 | Article by Menno Vuister on my work shown at RAM with Born of Concentration (as pdf- 61kb, in Dutch). |
2013 | Haagse Kunstkalender 2014 |
2013 | MAGAZINE DH/// Stroom Den Haag, Interview and showcase work in section talent under 35 |
2012 | Haagse Kunstkalender 2013 |
2011 | Essay in What’s Up’, 2011_nr:8, By Kees Koomen on my work, p.31-32 |
2009 | ‘In Beeld’, (with ‘Cake’ – 2008) NRC Next, 23 juni 2009 |
2009 | ‘Cairo, Umm Iddunya’, (paper) AVK St. Joost Breda, p.4-5, edition 5000 |
2008 | ‘Yangzhou, een portret van een stad’, (boek) AVK St. Joost Breda, p.64-96, edition 1200 |
2008 | ‘Teheran’, in Next.One 003, July 2008 (magazine NRC.Next), p. 44/45 en 53 |
2007 | Tussenstaat’ – Bouw in Beeldprijs, NAi, Cobouw 31-0-2007, by Bart Mullink |
2007 | Catalogus GebouwGezichten, Bouw in Beeldprijs, NAi en Ballast Nedam (edition 300) |
2003 | Verbond van Verzekeraars, nominees of the Verbondsprice, year-report 2003 |
2003 | ‘I was here’ magazine, with Sabine Verschueren and Aya Caspel, KABK, The Hague |
Nominations/Grants
2022 | Mondriaan Fonds, basis beurs 2022-2025 |
2021 | Spot subsidie, Stroom Den Haag |
2012 | Spot subsidie, Stroom Den Haag |
2009 | Participation Dutch-Doc, promotion of Dutch Photography regarding the world-expo in Shanghai, China. dutch-doc, Fonds bkvb |
2009 | Nomination Live -pitch for ‘Call Slovakia’, artist in recidence, Fonds bkvb |
2009 | Material grant, for graduation show MFA by Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude te Den Haag |
2007 | Participant Bouw in Beeldprice 2007 |
2004 | Stroom-price for up and coming artists 2004 |
2004 | Nomination Young Talent Art-Olive |
2003 | Nomination Fotoprice Verbond van Verzekeraars |
Commissioned / Other
2010 Januari | Kosmopolis Den Haag; cooperation with Petar Todorov. Presentation of work at the PI-prison in Schevening, The Hague from 1-14 march |
2009 Summer | Assistent filmmaker/artist Jeroen Kooijmans for video-installation The Fish Pond Song II, Hungary |
2008 Summer | Assistent filmmaker/artist Jeroen Kooijmans for video-installation The Fish Pond Song II, and ‘In den beginne’ assigned by SM’s Den Bosch, Nederland |
2004 – 2010 | Working as freelancer on a more or less regular basis for the Gemeente Museum The Hague as photographer and prepress editor of images, for catalogues. |
2009 – 2016 | Working as freelance prepress editor on commission basis for mostly artists, or the cultural sector. |
2004 – 2009 | Photography for Gemeente Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, ICN Amsterdam, Gemeente Breda, Stichting Kop Breda, Movisie Utrecht, Private assignments |