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Sarah Mei Herman
Born in 1980, NL | Lives and works in Amsterdam, NL
Education
MA Photography | Royal College of Art, London | 2008-2010
Masterclass | Alessandra Sanguinetti | 2007
Edinburgh College of Art | Edinburgh | 2004 (3 month exchange)
BA Photography | Royal Academy of Fine Art, The Hague | 2001-2005
Philosophy | University of Amsterdam | 1999-2000
Exhibitions
2023
Solace | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam, NL (upcoming)
Germano | Kaunas Photography Gallery | Kaunas, LT (upcoming)
2022
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize (upcoming)
PhMuseum Days | International Photography Festival | Bologna, IT (upcoming)
Queer Festival |Heidelberg, DE
The Polaroid Project | KunstWerkt | Schiedam, NL
Zilveren Camera | Museum Hilversum | Hilversum, NL
Rolling Snowball #14 |Powerlong Art Centre | Xiamen, CN
Biennale Della Fotografia Femminile |Legacy Off-Circuit | Mantova, IT
2021
Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards | Ilham Gallery | Kuala Lumpur, MY
Verzasca Foto Festival | Matters of Touch | CH
Fotofestival Naarden | The Art of Living | NL
Art in Times of Corona | UMC commissioned artwork | Amsterdam AMC | Amsterdam, NL
2020
Germano Project | solo exhibition | Jewish Historical Museum | Amsterdam, NL
Athens Photo Festival | Benaki Museum | Athens, GR
Kuala Lumpur Int. Photoawards | Ilham Gallery | Kuala Lumpur, MY
Explorations of Time and Space | group exhibition with Jaya Pelupessy, Satijn Panyigay, and Marjolein Blom | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam, NL
2019
Coalescence | American Vintage Photography Prize 2018 | Hyères, FR
We Like Art | Collectie DE.GROEN | Arnhem, NL
Fotofestival Naarden | NL
Door de Ogen Van… | Museum Hilversum | Hilversum, NL
2018
Coalescence | American Vintage Photography Prize 2018 | Hyères, FR
Rabobank Dutch Photographic Portrait Prize | Rabobank | Utrecht, NL
Confusing Private and Public | 3rd Beijing Photo Biennial | Beijing, CN
Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography | Hyères, FR
2017
Nuit des Images 2017 | Musee de L’Elysee | Lausanne, CH
Oscillation | Le Chateau d’Eau |Toulouse, FR
You and Me | Landskrona Photo Festival 2017 | SE
Suspension of Disbelief | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam, NL
Making Waves | Nieuw Dakota | Amsterdam (NL)
Rolling Snowball #10 | Datong Museum | Datong, CN
Rolling Snowball #8 | Three Shadows Photography Art Centre | Xiamen, CN
Jimei x Arles: East West Encounters | International Photofestival | Xiamen, CN
Bellamy Kabinet | Amsterdam, NL
Cloud gallery | Zine Launch | Amsterdam, NL
Quietude | Exp12 | Berlin, DE
2016
Jimei x Arles: International Photofestival | Three Shadows Photography Art Center | Xiamen, CN
A Process 2.0 | Der Greif | Krakow Photomonth | Krakow, PL
Gravity | De Punt | Amsterdam, NL
HAUTE Photographie | Las Palmas | Rotterdam, NL
2015
Intimacy | Seelevel Gallery | Amsterdam, NL
Rolling Snowball #6 | CEAC | Djúpivogur | Iceland, IS
Etonnantes Affinités | 40 years collection Chateau d’Eau | Couvent des Jacobins | Toulouse, FR
Young in Prison | exhibition + photo auction Christies | Amsterdam, NL
Past + Present | Kahmann Gallery | Amsterdam, NL
The Possibility Of a Dream | Zhou Art Project | Xiamen, CN
2014
Screen Touch | Chinese European Art Center, CEAC | Xiamen, CN
Between Us | Kahmann Gallery | Amsterdam, NL
Unseen Photofair | Amsterdam, NL
The Folk Revisited | Volkshotel | Amsterdam, NL
Photo España | Surprising Affinities, Fundacion Antonio Saura | Cuenca, ES
Un peu, beaucoup… la vie! | Le Chateau d’Eau | Toulouse, FR
Young in Prison | Christie’s |Amsterdam, NL
2013
Pan Amsterdam | NL
Scope Basel | CH
Keep on dreaming, |New York Photofestival | US
Only You Only Me BIP | Centre Wallonie | Bruxelles, Paris, FR
2012
Film & Foam | collaboration with Kim Boske, & Foam | Amsterdam, NL
Flavour | Kahmann Gallery | NL
Frisse Blik | Kahmann Gallery | NL
Only You Only Me |8th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Musee d’Art Moderne | Liege, BE
2011
Trust |De Balie | Amsterdam, NL
Landgoed de Horst | Driebergen, NL
15th International Biennale of Young Artists | Thessaloniki, GR
2010
A Wordless Whisper | Soledad Senlle Gallery | Amsterdam, NL
Artist Residencies
2016 Kaunas Gallery | Kaunas (LT)
2015 Kaunas Gallery | Kaunas (LT)
2014-2015 CEAC | Xiamen (CN)
Publications
2022
Muileris Magazine, IT (upcoming)
Litvak Photography Overview, Bringing back the memory, LT
Intimate Structures, BE
Aint Bad Magazine, US
2021
C 41 Magazine, IT
Paper Journal, We Love, AU
2020
Booooooom, written by Anna Schneider, April, CA
2019
VOSTOK Magazine, issue #18, Seoul, KR
Hyeres x Lacoste x Boycott
2018
INDIE Magazine, Home, Issue 60, Autumn 2018, DE
Vogue Italia, Photoseries
GUP International Photography Magazine, Transition, Issue #56, NL
2016
Der Greif, Issue #9, DE
I-D Magazine, New York, “Photographing the secret couples of China’s ‘garden island”, written by Alice Newell-Hanson
2014
Photo World, Best European Contemporary Photographers, written by Dr. T. Rosenstein, CN
Collect Magazine, April issue, BE
New Dawn Paper, Volume 1, X Publishers, NL
2012
Gup NEW, Dutch Photography Talent, X Publishers, NL
Tableau Fine Arts Magazine, Hollandse Liefde in Luik, April issue, BE
2011
BCJEM - XV Biennale de la Méditerranée, Symbiosis?, GR
Nido Magazine, Hamburg, October issue, DE
The Art Economist, Artist to watch, Volume 1 / issue 3, US
Dear Dave Magazine, Swimsuit issue, March issue, US
2010
Foam Magazine - Portfolio publication in Foam Talent #, NL
Magenta Flash Forward Festival, Emerging Photographers, UK
Picking up/ Bouncing back - texts by JL. Nancy and A. Düttman, RCA, London, UK
2006
Volkskrant Magazine, Eerste Liefdes (First Loves), February issue, NL
Scholarships/ Awards
2022 Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize (upcoming)
2022 Gomma Photography Grant | (US) | Honorable Mention
2022 Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize | National Portrait Gallery | London (UK) | Shortlist
2022 Aperture Portfolio Prize | (US) | Finalist
2022 Zilveren Camera | Documentary Series International | (NL) | 3rd Place
2022 Mulieris Magazine Prize | (IT)
2021 Leica Oskar Barnack Award | Nominee
2021 Documentary Family Awards | Judges Choice Award | (CA)
2018 Rabobank Dutch Photographic Portrait Prize | (NL)
2018 American Vintage Photography Prize | (FR)
2014 Vrije Beurs Praktijk verdieping | Mondriaan Fonds | Amsterdam (NL)
2012 Standaard bijdrage werkbudget | Mondriaan Fonds | Amsterdam (NL)
2009 Flexibele bijdrage werkbudget | Fonds BKVB | Amsterdam (NL)
2009 Fonds Jong Talent Prins | Bernard Cultuurfonds | Amsterdam (NL)
2008 Flexibele bijdrage werkbudget | Fonds BKVB | Amsterdam (NL)
2007 Startstipendium | Fonds BKVB | Amsterdam (NL)
Teaching / Lectures
2022 Artist Talk, Studio 307 | Amsterdam (NL)
2020 Artist Talk | Germano | Jewish Historical Museum | Amsterdam (NL)
2020 Artist Talk | around the theme “Father” | GKF | Het Veem | Amsterdam (NL)
2016 Pechakucha | Three Shadows Photography Art Centre | Xiamen (CN)
2015 Artist Talk | Seelevel Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
2015 Artist Talk | Kaunas University Art Department | Kaunas (LT)
2015 Workshop | Xiamen University Art College | Xiamen (CN)
2015 Artist Talk | Xiamen University Art College | Xiamen (CN)
2015 Van Gogh Talk | Van Gogh Museum | Amsterdam (NL)
2014 Artist Talk: C-Platform | Xiamen (CN)
2014 Artist Talk: Xiamen University | Multimedia Department | Xiamen (CN)
2011 - 2015 Workshops at Fotoacademie | Amsterdam (NL)
2012 Workshop at Amsterdams Centrum Voor Fotografie | Amsterdam (NL)
2011 Artist talk: Leeds College of Art | Leeds (UK)
2010 Artist talk: University of Brighton | Brighton (UK)
Collections
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rabo Art Collection, Rabobank, NL
AMC Art Collection
Villa Noailles, Hyères, FR
Le Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse, FR
Kahmann Gallery, NL
MIAP Art Foundation, NL
MK gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Several private collections