CV
Born 1964 in Amsterdam (NL)
Lives and works in New York (US) and Amsterdam (NL)
Education
1984 London College of Printing, London (UK)
1987 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (NL)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 American Images, GRIMM, New York (US) [forthcoming]
Imperial Courts, video installation, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) [forthcoming]
2019 Imperial Courts, 1993-2015, Fotohof, Salzburg (AT)
2018 American Images, GRIMM, Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam (NL)
Imperial Courts, 1993-2015, Belfast Exposed, Belfast (IE)
Imperial Courts, 1993-2015, Mai Mano House, Budapest (HU)
Imperial Courts, 1993-2015, Fotobookfestival Kassel, Kassel (DE)
2017 Imperial Courts, Video Installation, GRIMM, New York (US)
Imperial Courts, 1993-2015, GRIMM, Paris Photo, Paris (FR)
Imperial Courts, 1993-2015, Centre Photographique, Rouen (FR)
Burma Storybook, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)
2015 Imperial Courts, 1993-2015, Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam (NL)
2014 De Burgemeester / The Mayor, VNG, The Hague (NL)
2011 De Burgemeester / The Mayor, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Set Amsterdam, FOAM, Museum for
Photography, Amsterdam (NL)
2008 The Last Days of Shishmaref, Las Palmas, Museum for Photography, Rotterdam (NL)
2007 Ieder Kind is Speciaal, Museum for Education Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
2005 Homeless USA, De Hallen, Haarlem (NL)
Bowie Van Valen Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2001 Romain Larivière Gallery, Paris (FR)
united states, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)
1999 Portraits at Imperial Courts & Eight Women in Jeffersonville, Indiana, LACPS/Knowtribe Los Angeles (US)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Pictures from another wall. The collection of Huis Marseille at De Pont, Museum De Pont, Tilburg (NL)
2019 The Hoodie, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (NL)
POSED, Danziger Gallery, New York (US)
No you won’t be naming no buildings after me, TENT, Rotterdam (NL)
Chapter 1NE, Het HEM, Zaandam (NL)
Street Dreams. How HipHop took over Fashion, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)
Changing Views – 20 Years of Art Collection Deutsche Börse, FOAM, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam (NL)
2018 In-house exhibition, curated by Jorg Grimm, Manifesta, Amsterdam (NL)
Gerrit turns 50, Willem only 28, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
Hella en Freek de Jonge: Het Volle Leven, Groninger Museum, Groningen (NL)
2017 9th International Photography Festival Organ Vida NEW CITIZENS, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Zagreb (HR)
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017, Aperture, New York (US)
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017, The Photographers Gallery, London (UK)
2016 Imperial Courts 1993-2015, Busan Biennale 2016, Busan (KR)
2015 The 2015 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, Aperture Foundation, New York (US)
2014 The Rush and Calm, Moments in the City, Museum for Photography, The Hague (NL)
UNSEEN/Robert Morat Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Kate Moss: The Icon, Hiltawsky Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2013 BLOG RE-BLOG, SIGNAL, New York (US)
Karel’s Choice- Looking back at contemporary art, De Hallen, Haarlem (NL)
2011 Global Photography – True Stories from 20 contemporary photographers, Centro Officine Fotografiche, Rome
(IT)
Temporary Stedelijk 2, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
2010 (Some) True Stories, Mi Camera, Milan (IT)
Global Photography; True Stories, Si Fest, Savignano (IT)
Digital? Analogue!, Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam (NL)
Grandioze Protestverkoop, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam (NL)
2009 Rietveld Arsenale, Venice Arsenale, Venice (IT)
Gone with the Wind, Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen (NL)
2005 A View of Women, De Hallen, Haarlem (NL)
The Children’s hour, Museum of New Art, Pontiac (US)
2004 I Amsterdam, FOAM, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam (NL)
2002 Fotografen in Nederland 1852-2002, Museum for Photography, The Hague (NL)
Percy Miller Gallery, London (UK)
1999 Mode Model, Howard Greenberg Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
1997 The Subject Seen, Knowtribe, New York (US)
Publications
2018 Tupac Biggie, Roma Publications x Patta, Amsterdam (NL)
Imperial Courts, 2008-2009, Portra NC 160, Photopaper 29/30, Kasseler Fotografie Festival, Kassel (DE)
2015 Imperial Courts, 1993-2015, Roma Publications, Amsterdam (NL)
2011 De Burgemeester / The Mayor, Nederlands Genootschap van Burgemeesters, The Hague (NL)
Set Amsterdam, Roma Publications, Amsterdam (NL)
2008 The Last Days of Shishmaref, Post Editions & Paradox, Rotterdam (NL)
2007 Ieder Kind is Speciaal, National Museum of Education, Rotterdam (NL)
2005 Jeffersonville, Indiana, Artimo Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
2001 Offstage, Het Nationaal Ballet, Amsterdam (NL)
2001 united states, Artimo Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
1999 Portraits at Imperial Courts & Eight Women in Jeffersonville, Indiana,
LACPS/Knowtribe, Los Angeles (US)
Awards
2018 Best Dutch Book Design (Tupac Biggie)
2017 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize (Imperial Courts)
Dutch Photobook Prize (Imperial Courts)
2008 Best Dutch Book Design (The Last Days of Shishmaref)
2005 Best Dutch Book Design (Jeffersonville, Indiana)
Selected Collections
ABN Amro Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Den Haag (NL)
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
Rabobank Art Collection, Utrecht (NL)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (NL)