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Education
1982 - 1986     Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag, NL
Residencies
1990 - 1992     Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024       Nude Animal Cigar, Voorlinden, Wassenaar, NL
                 Fashion, Sandro Parotta, Cologne, DE
                 Eggs and Rarities, Sandro Parotta, Bonn, DE
2023       Paul Kooiker, Light Society, Beijing, CN
                 Smooth Cotton, Galerie Zink Waldkirchen, Waldkirchen, DE
2022       FASHION, Foam Photography Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
                (curated by Mirjam Kooiman)
2021     Fashion. Museum Folkwang Essen, DE (curated by Thomas Seelig)
2020     Eggs and Rarities, Museum Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk, NL
2019     Eggs and Rarities, Otto Zoo, Milan, IT (curated by Francesco Zanot)
2018     Eggs and Rarities, tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL
               Untitled (Nude), FOMU, Antwerp, BE
               3/5, Hydra + Fotografia, Mexico City, MX
2016     History X, tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL
               Haha Nude, RIOT, Gent, BE
2015     Nude Animal Cigar, G/P Gallery, Tokyo, JP
               Nude Animal Cigar, Galerie Kromus + Zink, Berlin, DE
2014     Nude Animal Cigar, Fotomuseum Den Haag, NL
               Sunday, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, US
2013     Paul Kooiker, RVB Gallery, Paris, FR
               Paul Kooiker, MiCamera, Milan, IT
2012     Sunday, Galerie Wim van Krimpen, Amsterdam, NL
               Room Service, ICM, Haarlem, NL
2009     Crush, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
               A. Roland Host Award, KCB, Bergen, NL
               Crush, Galerie Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, NL
2007     Political Chaos, Galerie Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, NL
               Galerie Maurits vd Laar, Den Haag, NL
2006     Paradise twenty-one, FOAM, Amsterdam, NL
2004     Showground, Galerie Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, NL
2002     Hunting and Fishing, James Cohan Gallery, New York, US
               Hunting and Fishing, Galerie Roger Bjorkholmen, Stockholm, SW
2001     Modelstudies, Galerie Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam,NL
2000     Utrechtse Krop, Universiteitsmuseum, Utrecht, NL
1999     Hunting and Fishing, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL
               Hunting and Fishing, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam,NL
               Utrechtse Krop, Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
1998     Janus Pact, Montevideo, Amsterdam, NL
1997     Galerie De Praktijk, Amsterdam, NL
1996     Galerie De Praktijk, Amsterdam, NL
               Hedendaagse Fotografie, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024    Duo show, Keteleer gallery, Antwerpen, BE
              A Hand Not Seen, tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL
2023    The Art of Belonging, Galerie LUMC, Leiden, NL
              Reimagines the Collection, FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp, BE
              10/10 galerie, Keteleer Gallery, Otegem, BE
              Man Ray and Fashion, Mode Museum Antwerp, Antwerp, BE
2022    RAUW, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, NL
              Transferring cultures into bodies, tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL
              Superstudio #2, Stellar, Antwerpen, BE
              Parents, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, NL
              34 Ondergaande zonnen, Galerie Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam, NL
               Superfan, Galerie Made van Krimpen, Amsterdam, NL
2021     Distorted Duets, Foundation Usine Kugler, Geneva, CH
               Breackman Fieret Kooiker Strba, Be-Part, Waregem, BE
2021     Listen to Your Eyes, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, NL (curated by Joop
               van Caldenborgh)
2020     De tranen van Eros, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
               Animalia, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL (curated by Imke Ruigrok)
2019     Fotofestival Naarden: Dutch Masters & Marvelous Misfits, Naarden, NL
               At the Gym, The Wite House Gallery, Lovenjoel, BE (curated by tegenboschvanvreden)
2018     B is for Bird, Kranenburgh, Bergen, NL (Curated by Hanne Hagenaars)
               Everything happens at once, Galerie Zink, Brussels, BE
               Borrador de un cuerpo intervenido, Artexarte, Buenos Aires, AR
2017     XL-Size Matters, Galerie Fifty One, Antwerp, BE
               Photography and Form, Fotomuseum Den Haag, NL
               Collection of Aernoud Bourdrez, Huize Frankendael, Amsterdam, NL
               Adele, Galerie Zink, Waldkirchen, DE
               Rolling Snowball 8, Three shadows Art Centre, Xiamen, CN
               Dazed, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, IE
2016     The One – The Real, Kromus + Zink, Berlin, DE
               Full Moon, Museum Voorlinden, Wassernaar, NL
               Still Life, Galaxy Art Center, Xiamen, CN
               TOUCHED – Craftsmanship in Photography, Museum het Schip, Amsterdam, NL (curated by Anton Corbijn)
2015     Image As Object, Palermo Galerie, Stuttgart, DE
               Arcadia, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, NL
               De Burgemeester van Veurne, Emergent Galerie, Veurne, BE
               Upcoming 20/20 Vision, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich,CH
               Still Life-Contemporary Dutch Photography, Shanghai, CN
               Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, CN
               H2o Humans, Voorwerf Marineterrein, Amsterdam, NL
               LaLaLa Human Steps, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
               Invisible forces that determine what happens next, tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL
               Law & Order, Apprentice/Master exhibition #5, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg, NL
2014     Still Life, Three Shadows Art Centre, Beijing, CN
               Al Desnudo, The Ordonez Falcon Collection, TEA, Tenerife, ES
               Dutch Photography, The space between us, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
               Haperende Mens, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
               Le Mur, Collection Antoine de Galbert, La Maison Rouge, Paris, FR
               Dutch Photography, The space between us, Felix& Foam, Amsterdam, NL
               Photo Stories, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, NL (cat.)
               Theatre de L’absurde, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, NL
2013     From Holland with Love, Nederlands Fotomuseum,Rotterdam, NL
               Photo as Figure, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, NL
               Political Chaos, Etudes, Colette, Paris, FR
               Undercover, Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta, St. Petersburg, RU
               Easy Living, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, NL
               Images for Images, Artists for Tichy, GASK, Kutna Hora, CZE (cat.)
               Still Life-Contemporary Dutch Photography, MAMM, Moskou, RU
               As Tears Go By, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, NL
               Skinscape, Metis-nl, Amsterdam, NL
               Vrai ou Faix, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL (cat.)
2012     Museum Minutes, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL
               You are here, Gallery Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam, NL
               Basic Instincts, OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, CN
               LaLaLa Human Steps, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, TR (cat.)
               From Holland with Love, Biennial of Photography, Liège, BE (cat.)
               Het Nederlandse fotoboek sinds 1945, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
               De zwervende tentoonstelling, 38CC, Delft, NL
               Photobook Award Kassel, Le Bal, Paris, FR. (cat.)
               Basic Instincts, Eusebiuskerk/Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL
20 1 1     Still Life, FOAM, Amsterdam, NL
               Dutch and Belgian Photobooks, Kominek Gallery, Berlin, DE
               Basic Instincts, Villa Elizabeth, Berlin, DE (cat.)
               Surreal, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
               Foto(=)Kunst, Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, NL (cat.)
               VOTH, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, Den Bosch, NL (cat.)
               Rebound, Galerie Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, NL (cat.)
               Han Nefkens-10 jaar mecenas, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
               Sunday, Motto, Berlin, DE
2010     The library of Babel, Zabludowicz Collection, London, GB (cat.)
               25 years anniversary part III, Gallery Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, NL
               Use Me Abuse Me, New York Photo Festival, New York, US (cat.)
               Both Ends Burning, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
               Anti-Beeld, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
               Le Garage, Rencontres d’Arles Festival, Arles, FR
               The Red Snowbal, Dutch Culture Centre, World Expo Shanghai, CN (cat)
               From Geer van Velde to Rineke Dijkstra, FRAC, Nord – Pas de Calais A 
               l’Instititut Néerlandais, Paris, FR
               Bookmakers, Galerie Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse, FR
               The Red Snowbal, Chinese European Art Centre, Xiamen, CN
               VOTH, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RUS (cat.)
2009     200 jaar Prix de Rome, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL (cat.)
               Archivo, MK Galerie, Berlin, DE (cat.)
               Discovering Slowness, CEAC, Xiamen, CN (cat.)
               Remain in Nature, Galerie LUMC, Leiden, NL
               Desir, Stades de Flandre, Dunkerque, FR
               Rietveld Arsenale, Arsenale Novissimo, Venice Biennal, IT (cat.)
2008     Collectie Van Zoetendaal, Fotomuseum Den Haag, NL
               SWAF, Kunsteyssen, Alkmaar, NL (cat.)
               1141 Magnetic Field, Gist-projectruimte, Brummen, NL
               Archivo, De Boterhal, Hoorn, NL
               Quo Vadis, Autocenter, Berlin, DE (cat.)
               XXste eeuw, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, NL(cat.)
2007     The Suspended Moment, Z33, Hasselt, BE (cat.)
               De ontdekking van de traagheid, KW14, Den Bosch, NL (cat.)
               Kunsteditie voor Duchenne, Brummelkamp Galerie/AMC, Amsterdam, NL
               Discovering Slowness, National Center of Photography, Sint Petersburg, RU (cat.)
               Among photographers, Fotomuseum Den Haag,Den Haag, NL (cat.)
               Objeto de Replica, Artium, Vitoria Gasteiz, ES
2006     Portaal naar de hemel, Frans Hals museum, Haarlem, NL (cat.)
               Dutch Insight, Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon, KR (cat.)
               L’esprit du Nord, Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Paris, FR (cat.)
               The Suspended Moment, Museum for Contemporary Art, Vigo, ES (cat.)
               Revisited, Outline, Amsterdam, NL
               De Salon, bureau MVRDV, Rotterdam, NL
               Kunsteditie voor Duchenne, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, NL (cat.)
               Familie, TENT centrum beeldende kunst, Rotterdam, NL
2005     Constructed Moment, KW14, Den Bosch, NL (cat.)
               The suspended Moment, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, FR (cat.)
               Marks of Honour, FOAM, Amsterdam, NL
               Onwerkelijke Schoonheid, Breda’s museum, Breda, NL
               Cadres Revisites, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, FR (cat.)
               Dialogues with San Telmo, San Telmo Museum, San Sebastian, ES
               Dutch Insight, Kumho Art Museum, Seoul, KR (cat.)
2004     Contemporary Dutch Photography, Louis Vuitton, Tokyo, JP (cat.)
               Flash right Turn left, Artwalk, Amsterdam, NL
               Salon de los Inmigrantes, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL
2003     Moved, Galerie Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, NL (cat.)
               Nouvelle photographie hollandaise, L’Lac, Lausanne, CH
               A Bird in the hand ... , Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, NL
               Tender Prey, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL (cat.)
               Remind, De Beyerd, Breda, NL (cat.)
               You’re always on my mind, Loerakker Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
               L’ insense Pays-Bas, Colette, Paris, FRA (cat.)
2002     La Disparition, Biennale Photographie et Arts Visuels, Liège, BE
               Summer, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
               Collectie Van Zoetendaal, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, NL (cat.)
               Fotografen in Nederland 1852-2002, Fotomuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, NL (cat.)
2001     Slow Motion, LUMC, Leiden, NL
               Tales from Paradise, Fotohof, Salzburg, AT
               Dutch Delight, FOAM, Amsterdam, NL (cat.)
               Fieret/Kooiker/Nollen, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, NL (cat.)
               Chambre d’Amis in Bergen, Eeuwigelaan, Bergen, NL
2000     Friesland Is, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL (cat.)
               Gloom, The Living Room, Amsterdam, NL
               Het Paard van Troje, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL (cat.)
               L’oeil du Nord, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, FR (cat.)
               Pleidooi voor intuitie, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den HaaG, NL
1999     FOTO, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL (cat.)
               Abraham, Galerie De Praktijk, Amsterdam, NL
1997     Prix de Rome, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht. NL (cat.)
               No Man’s Land, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, NL
               Noorderlicht Fotofestival, Niggendijker, Groningen, NL (cat.)
               Verhullen/Onthullen, Faculteit v Journalistiek, Utrcht, NL (cat.)
1996     Prix de Rome, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL (cat.)
Grants and Awards
2009     A Roland Holst Award
1996     Prix de Rome Photography
Publications
2018     Eggs and Rarities, Ghent: Art Paper Editions
2017     Tokyo, Ghent: Art Paper Editions
2014     Nude Animal Cigar, Art Paper Editions 
2013     Political Chaos, Paris: Etudes Books
               S/S 13 Island, Paris: Rick Owens 
2012     Heaven, Amsterdam: Van Zoetendaal Publishers
2011     Sunday, Amsterdam: Van Zoetendaal Publishers
               Tondeuse, Paris: JSBJ
2009     Crush, Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 
2008     Room Service, Amsterdam: Van Zoetendaal Publishers 
2006     Seminar, Amsterdam: Van Zoetendaal Publishers 
2005     Hooked (with Arno Nollen), Hotel New York 
2004     Showground, Amsterdam: Basalt Publishers
1999     Hunting and Fishing, Amsterdam: Basalt Publishers
               Utrecht Goitre (with medical photography), Amsterdam: Basalt Publishers