CV
Born in 1987, Deventer, NL | Lives and works in The Hague, NL
Education
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten | Amsterdam (NL) | 2021
Master Fine art | Chelsea College of Arts | London (UK) | 2013
Post Graduate Fine art | Chelsea College of Arts | London (UK) | 2012
Research student | Toyo Institute of Art and Design | Tokyo (JP) | 2010
BA Fine art, Sculpture and Monumental arts | AKI ArtEZ | Enschede (NL) | 2010
Exhibitions
2023
Dead River | solo exhibition | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption | group exhibition | Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, together with FUTURES European Photography Platform | Budapest (HU)
Toxische Landschaften | solo exhibition | House of Brandenburg-Prussian History | Potsdam (DE)
Here Near | group exhibition | Les Rencontres de la photographie d'Arles 2023 | Arles (FR)
Goudzoekers op zee | solo exhibition | Maritiem Muzeeum Zeeland | Vlissingen (NL)
Petromelancholia | group exhibition | Brutus | Rotterdam (NL)
Terra Libera, Van wie is het platteland? | group exhibition | Rijksmuseum Twenthe | Enschede (NL)
Colonial Indurance | group exhibition | Nieuwe Instituut | Rotterdam (NL)
Beatrice: Transition Under Petrocapitalism | group exhibition | Timespan Heritage Museum & Contemporary Art Gallery | Helmsdale (SCT, UK)
Book launch ‘Forgotten Seas’ | Radius CCA | Delft (NL)
2022
Purple Sky and Blue Waves | group exhibition | Omstand — space for contemporary art | Arnhem (NL)
Neighbour North Sea | group exhibition | Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives | Tha Hague (NL)
Art Island | duo with Elisa Strinna | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Forteiland IJmuiden (NL)
2021
Intensive Places | Tallinn Photomonth Biennial | Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia | Tallinn (ES)
Tanja Engelberts - Future Maps for Hollow Places | with Antoinette Nausikaä – A River Runs Through Me, duo exhibition | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
Mimicry of Hollows | The Fifth Floor, Tokyo (JP)
Art Rotterdam | with Jaya Pelupessy, Satijn Panyigay, Antoinette Nausikaä and Maura Biava | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Rotterdam (NL)
Rijksakademie Open Studios 2021 | Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Ongetemd | Toekomstbeelden van mens en natuur | Museum IJsselstein | IJsselstein (NL)
Possessed Landscapes | Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art | Oldenburg, (GE)
The Natural | Galerie Caroline O’Breen| Amsterdam, (NL)
2019
Rijksakademie Open Studios 2019 | Amsterdam (NL)
VrouwenKunstWerk | Muzee Scheveningen | The Hague (NL)
2018
Petroleum Borealis | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
TorenkamerEXPO | Vondel CS | Amsterdam (NL)
2017
Place| Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
PAN Amsterdam | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
Suspension of Disbelief | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
Energeia Energy Day 2017 | exhibition at congress | Amsterdam (NL)
2 x 5 Exhibition | Stichting de Grafische Werkplaats | the Hague (NL)
North Sea Offshore | Reddingmuseum | Den Helder (NL)
We like art | Art Rotterdam - Van Nellefabriek | Rotterdam (NL)
2016
Cities of desire | Stichting IK | Vlissingen (NL)
Bozeman’s Curse | Seelevel Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Bozeman's Curse - PAN Amsterdam | Seelevel Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
Maand van de grafiek | Grafisch Atelier Friesland | Leeuwarden (NL)
Private life / Public space | Seelevel Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
Prospects & Concepts | Mondriaan Fonds | Art Rotterdam | Rotterdam (NL)
2015
Ondertussen | Stroom | The Hague (NL)
Doodenboek | permanent installation Oranjehotel | Scheveningen (NL)
Place | Clifford Chance | Amsterdam (NL)
SNAP 3 | Haus der Niederlande | Münster (DE)
2014
Tanja Engelberts at Ucross | Ucross Foundation (USA)
The Island | Clifford Chance | London (UK)
2013
The Silver City | Dynamo-Expo | Enschede (NL)
Post Graduate Summer Show | MA Fine art Degree Show | London (UK)
MA Fine art Interim Show | London (UK)
The T show | London (UK)
2012
Staging the City | ING Insurance | The Hague (NL)
The Final Final | Post Graduate Diploma degree show | London (UK)
Chelsea Salon series | London (UK)
Post graduate Interim Show | London (UK)
2011
Bijzondere Portretten/ Unusual Portraits | Commissioned work, part of community art project for Stichting jonge kunst, KunstWijkRoute | Amersfoort (NL)
2010
Tanja Engelberts in Filter | Filter gallerie | Enschede (NL)
City Without Neighbors | To-bi gallery, Toyo Institute for art & design | Tokyo (JP)
Ongekend Talent | Affordable Art Fair | Amsterdam (NL)
Art Olive young talent XXL | Westergas fabriek, Amsterdam (NL)
Inside Out, Graduation show | AKI ArtEZ | Enschede (NL)
Istjärnan 2009/ Icestar 2009 | Hällefors (SE)
Artist Residencies
2022 The Shelter by FOTODOK | Arles (FR)
2019-2021 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten | Amsterdam (NL)
2018 The Dark Arts residency program | Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity | Banff (CA)
2017 De Torenkamer with Sander van Wettum | Radio 4 | Amsterdam (NL)
2017 Örö Residency Programme | Örö (FI)
2016 Stichting IK | Oost-Souburg (NL)
2016 Kroonborg, maintenance vessel for offshore production platforms on the North Sea | NL /UK
2014 Ucross Foundation | Wyoming (US)
Grants
2022-2026 Mondriaan Fund (NL)
2023 Publication contribution for Forgotten seas | Mondriaan Fund (NL)
2023 Publication contribution for Forgotten seas | Stichting Stokroos (NL)
2023 Publication contribution for Forgotten seas | Prins Bernhard Cultuur Fonds, Charema Fonds (NL)
2023 Publication contribution for Forgotten seas | Jaap Harten Fonds (NL)
2023 Publication contribution for Forgotten seas | Stichting Niemeijer Fonds (NL)
2023 Project grant for Dead river (Rencontres d'Arles) | Stroom Den Haag (NL)
2020 Van Bijlevelt Stichting | Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (NL)
2019 Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds beurs | Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (NL)
2018 Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Scholarship | Banff Centre for arts and creativity (CA)
2018 Project Investment Grant | Mondriaan Fund (NL)
2018 Pro Research Grant | Stroom (NL)
2016 Stichting IK | residency funded by Mondriaan Fonds (NL)
2015 Assistance Contribution | i.a.w. Laurence Aëgerter | Mondriaan Fund (NL)
2014 Spot Individuele Tentoonstelling subsidie | Stroom (NL)
2014 Werkbijdrage jong talent | Mondriaan Fund (NL)
2014 Pro Invest | Stroom (NL)
2009 Huygens Scholarship programme | Nuffic (NL)
Awards
2014 Cultuur & Ondernemen | presentation award | Amsterdam (NL) | Winner
2013 Clifford Chance Sculpture Award | London (UK) | Winner
2010 ArtOlive young talent | Amsterdam (NL) | Nominee
Lectures, Teaching & Artist Talks
2021 Panel talk | North Sea Tales | Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten | Amsterdam (NL)
2021 Artist talk | Sound Ecologies | Fiber Lab | Amsterdam (NL)
2021 Artist talk | ‘Exploring the Hollow: Hidden Structures of Artificial Natural and Industrial Landscape | Tallinn Photomonth Biennale | Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia | Tallinn (EE)
2021 Organiser and panel talk | North Sea Stories | Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten | Amsterdam (NL)
2020 Artist talk | Possessed Landscapes | Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art (group) | Oldenburg (GE)
2018 Lecture | Women in Print | University of Central Lancashire / Harris Museum | (UK)
2017 Teaching | IST course | The materiality of image making | Royal Academy of Art | The Hague (NL)
2017 Lecture | Energeia Energy Day 2017 | Amsterdam (NL)
2017 Lecture and workshop | ENorth Sea Offshore | Den Helder (NL)
2017 Artist talk | 2 x 5 Exhibition | Stichting de Grafische Werkplaats | The Hague (NL)
2016 Organiser and artist talk | 500 metre afar, symposium | IK Foundation | (NL)
Books
2023 Forgotten Seas | published by The Eriskay Connection
Press Publications (selection)
2023
‘Forgotten Seas’: dromerige beelden van eenzame platforms, 27.06.2023, de Volkskrant
Donkere kamer: De kalme dagen, 28.06.2023, De Groene Amsterdammer
Olie- en gasplatforms op zee zijn nu even hot, maar straks reuzen zonder toekomst: ‘Mensen weten dat de toekomst groen is’, 25.05.2023, Trouw
Van optimisme naar kritische blik: fotoboek Forgotten Sead van Tanja Engelberts, 31.05.2023, Het Parool
Amerika ging naar de Maan, Europa naar de Noordzee, 20.05.2023, NRC
2021
‘North Sea oil and gas: Tanja Engelberts’, Anna-Rosja Haveman, Kunstlicht, volume 42
‘Herinneringen aan een verdwijnend landschap’ Kees Keijer, 05.08.2021, Het Parool
Tallina Fotokuu, Tallinn photo biennial, catalogue
‘we had plans’ 150 jaar Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, catalogue
‘Boorplatform film en onderzoekskunst’ Kees Keijer, 12.06.2021, Het Parool
2020
Hollow, video and text, thedrouth.org
2019
Rijksakdemie open, Catalogue
Olie onder het woud, interview, BK Magazine
2018
‘Foto’s opgebouwd uit teerzand’, review, 28.12.2018, Het Parool
2017
FRAEMD, artist profile, fraemd.com
SUMMER SERIES The exotics: ‘Escapism is no longer possible’,
Wouter Hylkema, 21.07.2017 Energeia.nl
‘Steel giants, hidden cities of the offshore industry’, Jeroen Savelkouls, 12.01.2017 Energeia.nl
2016
PAN Amsterdam, Catalogue
‘Invisible cities show their hidden face ‘, Nico Out, 31.12.2016, PZC
Prospects & Concepts, Catalogue
Shell Venster, magazine, autumn issue
2015
SNAP 2015, 3rd International Printmaking Symposium, Catalogue
Collections
De Nederlandsche Bank, NL
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, NL
Ucross Foundation, USA
Normec, NL
Clifford Chance, UK
Nationale Nederlanden, NL
ING Insurance, NL
Chelsea College of Art special collections, UK
Various private collections