Daan Zuijderwijk 1974

Lives in No permanent residence. Works in No permanent residence.

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In 2017, the artist and photographer Daan Zuijderwijk embarked on a quest for a different way of living with his partner Maaike Vergouwe and their three daughters Fenna, Alba and Isolde. The life they sought was one that brought them in closer proximity to nature than their previous one, with a smaller ecological footprint. The family left the Netherlands, with a tiny house on wheels, journeying across the various outbacks of Europe.

This simple and flexible lifestyle did not just prove to be a good way to cope with the pandemic, it also changed their view on society in a fundamental way.

With his work Zuijderwijk wants to draw attention to the nomadic perspective—a fresh outlook that emphasises a new way to look at western society, in order to negotiate through current and future challenges.

Zuijderwijk’s conceptual works have been produced over many hours of walking, running and climbing across varied European landscapes at night. Zuijderwijk “manipulates” the landscape by adding lines, circles, colour or lights to his visual renditions in an attempt to reveal its hidden aspects and to highlight that our perception of the landscape is a combination of our senses and imagination.

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The studio of... Daan Zuijderwijk

Lots of people dream of doing it, but photographer Daan Zuijderwijk has actually made that dream a reality. Zuijderwijk and his family have been leading a nomadic existence for six years now. With their off-grid caravan they travel to remote and inhospitable places, such as the Island of Mull in Scotland or the north of Sweden. Zuijderwijk photographs the local nature at night. To him it is about the encounter with nature. To confirm his presence, he manipulates the images on the spot with interventions. “My work is also about becoming aware of our limitations as humans and how we deal with them.” A conversation about his lifestyle, travelling, and the major questions he seeks to answer. De Aarde Ontmoeten (Meeting Earth) by Daan Zuijderwijk can be seen through 22 October at ROOF-A in Rotterdam.

Wouter van den Eijkel

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Vanlife Adventure: Exploring the World with a Family of Five in a Self-Built Van In 2017 Daan Zuijderwijk and Maaike Vergouwe embarked on a quest for a different way of living together with their three daughters Fenna, Alba and Isolde. The life they sought was one that brought them in closer proximity to nature than their previous one, with a smaller ecological footprint. The family left the Netherlands, with a tiny house on wheels, journeying across the various outbacks of Europe. This simple and flexible lifestyle did not just prove to be a good way to cope with the pandemic, it also changed their view on society in a fundamental way.

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Unseen 2024

Sjoerd Knibbeler, Marjan Teeuwen, Daan Zuijderwijk

19 sep - 22 sep 2024, Rotterdam, Nederland

UNSEEN 2023

Sjoerd Knibbeler, Frank van der Salm, Daan Zuijderwijk

21 sep - 24 sep 2023, Rotterdam, Nederland

Daan Zuijderwijk | Wanting to meet the Earth

Daan Zuijderwijk

9 sep - 22 oct 2023, Rotterdam, Nederland

Art Rotterdam 2023

Daan Zuijderwijk

9 feb - 12 feb 2023, Rotterdam, Nederland

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EXHIBITIONS

2022

Bredaphoto / Nomadland

2021

Looking for Inua, Blauwe Paviljoen, 's-Hertogenbosch

Carrara, Glue Amsterdam

2020

Looking for Inua, Ruud van Oosterhout Design, Amsterdam

Looking for Inua, Glue Amsterdam

2019

Mapping, NewWerktheater, Amsterdam

2018

AAF Amsterdam by Artfolly

Art The Hague, by Artfolly

The Playing Circle, Amsterdam

RvO design, Amsterdam

2017

European Encounters, New Werktheater, Amsterdam

The World is my Playground, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven

Livingroom Exhibition, Kathelijn Voets, Amsterdam

2016

Calamita, Materia Gallery Rome

AAF Hamburg, Rademakers Gallery

Wild van Water, Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen

Scope Basel, Rademakers Gallery

Landscape Stories, Zuijderwijk/Vergouwe & Mirjam Abraas, Huub Hannen Galerie, Maastricht

Upstream solotentoonstelling Rademakers Gallery, Amsterdam

Art Breda, Huub Hannen Galerie, Maastricht

Art Karlsruhe, Rademakers Gallery + STP Gallery, Duitsland

2011 -2015

PAN Amsterdam, Rademakers Gallery

The River Vecht, De Donkere Kamer, Breda

Begeleiden examen kandidaat/externe beoordelaar Fotovakschool Amsterdam

Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Rademakers Gallery

Art The Hague, Rademakers Gallery

KunstRAI Amsterdam, Rademakers Gallery

Tentoonstelling Summer in the city, Rademakers Gallery

RAW Art fair, Rotterdam, Rademakers Gallery

Tentoonstelling Noorderlicht, Extra Ordinary

Deelname Fotoweek, authentieke fotostudios langs de rivier De Vecht

Benefietveiling Save a portrait, Stadsarchief van Amsterdam

RAW Art fair, Rotterdam, Van Kranendonk Galerie

UNSEEN Amsterdam, Van Kranendonk Galerie

Solo tentoonstelling un natural, Van Kranendonk Galerie, Den Haag

Solo tentoonstelling Galerie Fort a/d Drecht, Uithoorn, The Volgermeer Recreated/Vanishing Landscapes

Solo tentoonstelling, Stadsarchief van Amsterdam, De Herschepping van de Volgermeer

BOOKS / PUBLICATIONS

2019 Mapping

2016 The Walking Mountain, Calamita project

2016 Wild van Water, naar gelijknamige tentoonstelling in Zuiderzeemuseum gecureerd door Maartje v.d. Heuvel

2014 medewerking wetenschappelijk onderzoek „Transcending the I, the working process of duo’s in visual arts” door J. Verhoef / Prof.dr. A. v.d. Born, FNV KIEM / Universiteit van Tilburg

2013 Noorderbreedte Magazine, Vanishing Landscapes

2013 Tortuca magazine, Vanishing Landscapes

2012 Trees, Landscape Stories (.net) publicatie + interview

2011 De Herschepping van de Volgermeer, fotobook, uitgever: Sjaalman Media

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