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"What started as a father’s series of portraits of his daughter, and then became a play on early Netherlandish portrait painting has gradually moved into a new phase. The daughter and model, Paula, since grown up, has been taking over the direction for some time. Now Paula Kerstens has taken over the artistry from her father, too. The Paula series has therefore slowly changed over time into a series of self-portraits. With the photo studio as “Denkraum” and historical portrait painting as its frame of reference, it is a photographic exploration of female identity in the Low Countries".
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Hendrik Kersten (*1956) did not train formally as an artist. However, he wished to devote himself to a more creative profession and in 1995, at the age of forty, he left the business world and took up photography. His wife Anna worked full time to support this change of direction. In a reversal of more traditional roles, Kerstens cared for their young daughter Paula, while also studying photography during the day. Having a child left a deep impression on Hendrik. Through photography he explored the accompanying feelings of responsibility, vulnerability and love he felt towards his daughter, starting with documentary family snapshots. As Paula physically and psychologically grew, Hendrik Kerstens searched for an artistic manifestation of these changes, leading to his interpretation of the great Dutch Master painters of the 17th century.
Paula Kerstens (*1987) is an art historian. In 2017 she graduated from KU Leuven with her master’s thesis on the relationship between nineteenth-century portrait photography and baroque painting. She gives lectures for cultural institutions at home and abroad and writes articles about the collaboration with her father for international art magazines and journals. She plays an active role in the realization of exhibitions about their work.
Hendrik and Paula Kerstens, who worked many times with Kathy Ryan from The New York Times Magazine, were awarded the PANL award (2001) in the Netherlands; the Taylor Wesing Photographic Portrait Prize (2008) at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the silver Lead Award Medaillon, Porträtfotografie des Jahres (2010) in Germany and the 11th Lucie Award (2013). Hendrik and Paula Kersten’s works and ideas were included in Alexander McQueen's spectacular show “The Horn of Plenty: Everyting but the Kitchen Sink, a retrospective on 15 shocking years in fashion”.
Paula Kerstens (*1987) is an art historian. In 2017 she graduated from KU Leuven with her master’s thesis on the relationship between nineteenth-century portrait photography and baroque painting. She gives lectures for cultural institutions at home and abroad and writes articles about the collaboration with her father for international art magazines and journals. She plays an active role in the realization of exhibitions about their work.
Hendrik and Paula Kerstens, who worked many times with Kathy Ryan from The New York Times Magazine, were awarded the PANL award (2001) in the Netherlands; the Taylor Wesing Photographic Portrait Prize (2008) at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the silver Lead Award Medaillon, Porträtfotografie des Jahres (2010) in Germany and the 11th Lucie Award (2013). Hendrik and Paula Kersten’s works and ideas were included in Alexander McQueen's spectacular show “The Horn of Plenty: Everyting but the Kitchen Sink, a retrospective on 15 shocking years in fashion”.
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Exhibitions (selection)
2025
• „PREMIERS“, group show, Bildhalle, Amsterdam (NL)
• Photo London, group show, Bildhalle, London (UK)
2024
• PAN, group show, Bildhalle, Amsterdam (NL)
• Paris Photo, group show, Bildhalle, Paris (FR)
2023
• Upcoming solo show, The Royal Armoury, Stockholm (SE)
• “Jubilee exhibition”, group show, Bildhalle, Zurich (CH)
• “Great Dutch Master Paintings Revisited”, solo show, Skokloster Castle, (SE)
• “Groeipijn”, solo show, Kunstmuseum Den Haag (NL)
2022
• “Legacy: Larry Friedman Collection”, group show, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego (USA)
• “Richard II”, Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers, Nanterre (FR)
• Art Miami, Miami (USA)
• PAN, Amsterdam (NL)
• ParisPhoto, Paris (FR)
• Art Brussels, Brussels (BE)
2021
• “Lobby”, Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers, Nanterre (FR)
• “Things Matter. A New Look At Old Master Portraits”, solo show, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (DE)
2020
• “Harper‘s Bazaar, Premier Magazine de Mode”, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (FR)
• “Youthful Adventures: Growing up in photography”, Savannah, Telfair Museum (USA)
2019
• Art Miami, Miami (USA)
• PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
• Photo London, London (UK)
• Photo LA, Los Angeles (USA)
• Palm Beach Modern & Contemporary, Miami (USA)
• “Kerstens and Olaf exhibition”, Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin (AU)
• “Black & White”, Textielmuseum, Tilburg (NL)
2018
• Pulse Art Fair, Miami (USA)
• PhotoBasel, Basel (CH)
• “Olaf en Kerstens Exhibition”, Ballarat International Photo Biennale, Cairns Royal Hotel (AU)
• “Lace and Status”, Textilmuseum, Sankt Gallen (CH)
• “Shop it!”, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa (IL)
• “Aus Neu Macht Alt”, Museum Flensburg, Flensburg (DE)
• “Spring Selections”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (USA)
• “Portray and Play”, Qut Art Museum, Brisbane(AU)
Publications (selection)
• 2023, “Self-Reflective”, Hendrik & Paula Kerstens, Maartje van den Heuvel, WBooks
• 2013, “Paula - Silent Conversations”, Martin Barnes & Deborah Klochko, Ludion Editions NV
• 2010, “Paula”, Hendrik Kerstens, Maartje van den Heuvel, Thieme Art Publishers & Witzenhauzen Gallery
Collections
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art, (USA)
• The Caldic Collection, Wassenaar (NL)
• Alexander McQueen Collection, London (UK)
• Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego (USA)
• Special Collections of Leiden University Libraries, Leiden (NL)
• Sir Elton John Collection, London (UK)
• Gund Private Collection, Boston (USA)
• Collezione Arte di Magda e Carlo Clerici (IT)
• Museum of Photography, the Hague (NL)
• Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen (NL)
• Mopa Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego (USA)
• The Sander Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
• La Neuflize Vie Collection, Paris (FR)
• 21st Century Museum, Louisville Kentucky (USA)
• Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
Awards
• 2013, 11th Annual Lucie Awards, Winner Best Fashion Layout of the Year for “The Modern Master Piece” by Harper‘s Bazaar US
• 2010, Lead Award Silver Medal - Porträtfotografie des Jahres for “Paula, Porträts meiner Tochter, die Nacht nr. 5”
• 2010, “Beste Plakette des Jahres” for the Bayerische Staatsoper by the Muncherer Plakatjury- Poster for Don Giovanni and Lucrezia Borghia
• 2008, Taylor Wssing Photographic Portrait Prize by the National Portrait Gallery, London
• 2001, The PANL Award of the Netherlands
2025
• „PREMIERS“, group show, Bildhalle, Amsterdam (NL)
• Photo London, group show, Bildhalle, London (UK)
2024
• PAN, group show, Bildhalle, Amsterdam (NL)
• Paris Photo, group show, Bildhalle, Paris (FR)
2023
• Upcoming solo show, The Royal Armoury, Stockholm (SE)
• “Jubilee exhibition”, group show, Bildhalle, Zurich (CH)
• “Great Dutch Master Paintings Revisited”, solo show, Skokloster Castle, (SE)
• “Groeipijn”, solo show, Kunstmuseum Den Haag (NL)
2022
• “Legacy: Larry Friedman Collection”, group show, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego (USA)
• “Richard II”, Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers, Nanterre (FR)
• Art Miami, Miami (USA)
• PAN, Amsterdam (NL)
• ParisPhoto, Paris (FR)
• Art Brussels, Brussels (BE)
2021
• “Lobby”, Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers, Nanterre (FR)
• “Things Matter. A New Look At Old Master Portraits”, solo show, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (DE)
2020
• “Harper‘s Bazaar, Premier Magazine de Mode”, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (FR)
• “Youthful Adventures: Growing up in photography”, Savannah, Telfair Museum (USA)
2019
• Art Miami, Miami (USA)
• PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
• Photo London, London (UK)
• Photo LA, Los Angeles (USA)
• Palm Beach Modern & Contemporary, Miami (USA)
• “Kerstens and Olaf exhibition”, Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin (AU)
• “Black & White”, Textielmuseum, Tilburg (NL)
2018
• Pulse Art Fair, Miami (USA)
• PhotoBasel, Basel (CH)
• “Olaf en Kerstens Exhibition”, Ballarat International Photo Biennale, Cairns Royal Hotel (AU)
• “Lace and Status”, Textilmuseum, Sankt Gallen (CH)
• “Shop it!”, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa (IL)
• “Aus Neu Macht Alt”, Museum Flensburg, Flensburg (DE)
• “Spring Selections”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (USA)
• “Portray and Play”, Qut Art Museum, Brisbane(AU)
Publications (selection)
• 2023, “Self-Reflective”, Hendrik & Paula Kerstens, Maartje van den Heuvel, WBooks
• 2013, “Paula - Silent Conversations”, Martin Barnes & Deborah Klochko, Ludion Editions NV
• 2010, “Paula”, Hendrik Kerstens, Maartje van den Heuvel, Thieme Art Publishers & Witzenhauzen Gallery
Collections
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art, (USA)
• The Caldic Collection, Wassenaar (NL)
• Alexander McQueen Collection, London (UK)
• Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego (USA)
• Special Collections of Leiden University Libraries, Leiden (NL)
• Sir Elton John Collection, London (UK)
• Gund Private Collection, Boston (USA)
• Collezione Arte di Magda e Carlo Clerici (IT)
• Museum of Photography, the Hague (NL)
• Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen (NL)
• Mopa Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego (USA)
• The Sander Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
• La Neuflize Vie Collection, Paris (FR)
• 21st Century Museum, Louisville Kentucky (USA)
• Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
Awards
• 2013, 11th Annual Lucie Awards, Winner Best Fashion Layout of the Year for “The Modern Master Piece” by Harper‘s Bazaar US
• 2010, Lead Award Silver Medal - Porträtfotografie des Jahres for “Paula, Porträts meiner Tochter, die Nacht nr. 5”
• 2010, “Beste Plakette des Jahres” for the Bayerische Staatsoper by the Muncherer Plakatjury- Poster for Don Giovanni and Lucrezia Borghia
• 2008, Taylor Wssing Photographic Portrait Prize by the National Portrait Gallery, London
• 2001, The PANL Award of the Netherlands
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