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misha de ridder
Born in 1971, Alkmaar (NL) | Lives and works in Amsterdam, NL
Education
HKU University of the Arts | Utrecht (NL) | 1996
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2024
Unreal Reality | Assembly | Houston (USA)
2023
UNSEEN | with Anne Geene and Elsa Leydier | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Resilience | Albada Jelgersma Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
Seven X Seven | Session One | Albada Jelgersma Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
2018
Inside | Galerie Juliètte Jongma | Amsterdam (NL
2017
AMC Brummelkamp Galerie | Amsterdam (NL)
2012
UNSEEN | Galerie Juliètte Jongma | Amsterdam (NL)
Sublime Nature in Brutalist architecture | Thomaskerk | Amsterdam (NL)
2011
Solstice | Foam Photography Museum | Amsterdam (NL)
2009
Abendsonne | Galerie Juliètte Jongma | Amsterdam (NL)
2007
FIAC | Galerie Juliètte Jongma | Paris (FR)
2006
Wilderness | Greenleaf Gallery | Los Angeles (US)
2005
Elysian Fields | Galerie Juliètte Jongma | Amsterdam (NL)
Het dak van de hemel | Kunstkerk | Dordrecht (NL)
2004
Hunting | Kunsthuis 13 | Velp (NL)
Beautiful Tree in Terrible City | Raid Projects Gallery | Los Angeles (US)
2003
Wilderness | Foam Photography Museum | Amsterdam (NL)
2000
Sightseeing | Huis Marseille | Amsterdam (NL)
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2023
EARTH - A collective landscape | AkzoNobel Art Space | Amsterdam (NL)
Inner Façade | Heden | The Hague (NL)
2022
Our Mother the Mountain | La MaMa Galleria | New York (US)
One Year | Assembly Curated | Voxels
Quintessence | Albada Jelgersma Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
UMC-collection | AMC Brummelkamp Galerie | Amsterdam (NL)
2021
Edition 365 | 1854/British Journal of Photography | New Art City
Through the looking glass | Albada Jelgersma Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Koop dit of dit of dit | Capital C | Amsterdam (NL)
Try this at home | Albada Jelgersma Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
2019
Curraint d’ajer utuon | Fundaziun Nairs | Scuol (CH)
Conceal/Reveal | Albada Jelgersma Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
Stad in Zicht | Amsterdam City Archives (NL)
2018
Verlicht MIJ. Night landscape | Museum IJsselstein | IJsselstein (NL)
The Image of a Private Collection | Huize Frankendael | Amsterdam (NL)
In Vivo | Noorderlicht Photofestival | Museum Belvédère | Heerenveen (NL)
The merry-go-round | Galerie Juliètte Jongma | Amsterdam (NL)
2017
Reference | Rosegallery | Los Angeles (US)
Burning with Pleasure, Archipelago | Seen Fifteen Gallery | London (UK)
FIF BH | Belo Horizonte (BR)
2016
Het Kunstlokaal at De School | Amsterdam (NL)
El Bosque | BegiraPhoto Edition VI | Durango (ES)
2015
Mijn Vlakke Land | FoMu FotoMuseum | Antwerpen (BE)
2014
The conquest of the impossible | Mogosoaia Cultural Center | Bucharest (RO)
Hunting | Flatland Gallery | Amsterdam (NL)
Reflected – works from the Foam collection | Foam Photography Museum | Amsterdam (NL)
The Force of Nature | CODA Museum | Apeldoorn (NL)
2011
ikono On Air Festival | ikonoTV | Berlin (DE) | International livestream
It’s About Time | e-flux Time/Bank | The Hague (NL)
Unseen | Dropstuff | Venice (IT)
2012
Terra Cognita | Noorderlicht Photofestival | Museum Belvédère | Heerenveen (NL)
TORINOver | Museo d’Arte Orientale | Turin (IT)
2011
Visions on Film | Triennial of Photography | Hamburg (DE)
2010
Lost & Found in Vilnius | Contemporary Art Centre | Vilnius (LT)
Stream | Space 15 Twenty | Los Angeles (US) | Pent House Gallery | Baltimore (US)
2009
Dutch Seen: New York Rediscovered | Museum of the City of New York | New York (US)
Lost & Found in New York | New Museum | New York (US)
2008
Horror Vacui | Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary | Vienna (AT)
FIAC | Galerie Juliètte Jongma | Paris (FR)
2006
Naturaleza | PHotoESPAÑA | Madrid (ES)
Google Earth | HKU Academiegalerie | Utrecht (NL)
2004
On Angels | Galerie Juliètte Jongma | Amsterdam (NL)
Toekenning 021 | Fonds BKVB | Amsterdam (NL)
2003
Link - Municipal Acquisitions | Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | Amsterdam (NL)
2001
Mooie foto’s | Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries | Amsterdam (NL)
Monography (selection)
2019 high up close by | Roma Publications
2016 Falaise | Roma Publications
2012 Solstice | Native Publications (USA)
2011 Abendsonne | Schaden.com
2011 Dune | Lay Flat
2003 Wilderness | Artimo
2000 Sightseeing | Uitgeverij De Balie
Filmography
2020 verwirklichungen | Premiere Filmtheater de Uitkijk | Amsterdam (NL)
2008 I Love Alaska | Director of Photography | Director Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug | Commissioned by Submarine Channel | 2009 Netherlands Film Festival | 2010 Tromsø International Film Festival (selection)
Tokens
2024 glitch, released by Fingerprints DAO in collaboration with Assembly
2023 $REALNESS, speculative project connecting digital and physical
2022 generative by nature, 36 JPG on custom marketplace by Moniker
2021 high up close by, 22 JPG on Foundation, Assembly, NY/Houston
Nominations & Awards
2023 Nomination Meijburg Art Commission
2019 The One Minutes China Award
2017 The One Minutes China Award
2011 Photo-Eye USA (Abendsonne), Best Books of 2011
2011 Photo-Eye USA (Dune), long list Best Books of 2011
Press (selection)
2023 Right Click Save Magazine, mirror.xyz
2022 The One Minutes, Het Parool, PhotoVerso
2021 The One Minutes
2020 The One Minutes, Collector Daily
2019 Het Parool
2018 Het Parool
2017 FOTOgrafie, AMC Magazine, We Like Art!
2015 Unseen Magazine, Focus Magazine, Mister Motley, Punkt, New Dawn
2014 Metropolis M, Wallpaper Magazine,, Museumtijdschrift
2013 FOTOgrafie
2012 Vrij Nederland, VPRO Zomergasten, Volkskrant, Avro Kunstuur, Lay FLat, Foam Album 11, Scalpel
2011 Photo-Eye Magazine, Metropolis M, VPRO De Avonden, Het Parool
2010 Everyday catalogue, Stupendous #02, Wallpaper Magazine
2009 Foam Album 09, The New York Times Magazine, De Volkskrant, Kunstbeeld, Conscientious, WNYC
2006 Dutch Eyes, Het Financieele Dagblad
2005 De Volkskrant
2002 Forum Magazine
2000 Re-Magazine
Artist in Residency
2019 Fundaziun Nairs | Scuol/Engadin (CH)
2006 Townhouse Gallery | Cairo (EG)
2004 Raid Projects Gallery | Los Angeles (USA)
Grants
2023 Mondriaan Fund | Artist Project,
2022 Mondriaan Fund | Artist Basic
2020 Stokroos Foundation | Grant
2020 Mondriaan Fund | Project Investment Artist
2019 Stokroos Foundation | Paul Deiters Stipend
2018 Mondriaan Fund | Grant for Publication
2017 Amsterdam City Archives | Amsterdam Photography Commission
2017 Mondriaan Fund | Stipendium for Established Artists
2017 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts | Development Budget
Grants from 1999 to 2016 (miscellaneous)
Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
Fonds Cultuur+Financiering
Fonds Kwadraat (and former Materiaalfonds)
Mondriaan Fund
Collections
AkzoNobel Art Foundation (NL)
UMC-kunstcollectie | Amsterdam (NL)
Amsterdam City Archives (NL)
Asheville Art Museum (USA)
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | Amsterdam (NL)
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NL)
Doctors Pension Fund (NL)
Foam Photography Museum | Amsterdam (NL)
Fons Welters (NL)
Jenny Metaverse DAO
Kunstcollectie KPMG (NL)
Museum Voorlinden | Wassenaar (NL)
Oude Kerk | Amsterdam (NL)
Sanders (NL)
The Dutch House of Representatives (NL)
Wienerberger Contemporary Photography Collection | Vienna (AT)