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Born in 1980, Enschede, Marleen Sleeuwits currently works and lives in The Hague.
Education.
2005 • MA Photography at AKV|St. Joost in Breda.
2001 • BA Photography at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.
Collections.
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
NN Group in The Hague.
ING in Amsterdam.
KPMG in Amstelveen.
AkzoNobel in Amsterdam.
Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen.
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam.
Heden in The Hague.
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague.
Stichting Kunstvijver.
various private collections including the Sanders Collection and the De Groen Collection.
Grants, awards.
2022 • Kunstenaar Basis grant by Mondriaan Fonds in Amsterdam.
2021 • Project grant by Stichting Stokroos in Utrecht.
2020 • Project investment Artist and Mediator by Mondriaan Fonds in Amsterdam.
2019 • Meijburg Art Commission Award winner at Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam.
2017 • Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize nominee by The Photographers’ Gallery in
London UK.
2017 • Grant Proven Talent by Mondriaan Fonds in Amsterdam.
2016 • Best Photo Books selection by De Volkskrant in Amsterdam.
2015 • Publication Grant by Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds/Josine de Bruyn Kops Fonds in Amsterdam.
2015 • Publication Grant by Stroom in Den Haag.
2015 • Publication Grant by Mondriaan Fonds in Amsterdam.
2014 • Finalist at 29th International Festival de Mode & de Photographie in Hyeres FR.
2013 • Prix de Rome nominee by Mondriaan Fonds in Amsterdam.
2013 • Prix Levallois special mention at Photo Levallois in Levallois-Perret FR.
2012 • Foam Talent winner by FOAM in Amsterdam.
2012 • Basic stipend by Mondriaan Fonds in Amsterdam.
2008 • Basic stipend by The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture in
Amsterdam.
2008 • Pro premium grant by Stroom in The Hague.
2007 • Individual exhibition grant by Stroom in The Hague.
2005 • Presentation grant by Stroom in The Hague.
Exhibitions.
2024 •
Solo exhibition at Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague.
Art Rotterdam, group presentation with Galerie Bart, Rotterdam.
2023 •
Radical Intervention duo exhibition with Julie Boserup at Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York, US.
photo basel duo presentation with Galerie Bart at Volkshaus Basel, Basel, CH.
In Situ solo exhibition at Centre Photographique, Rouen, FR.
2022 •
Amsterdam Light Festival group exhibition with Galerie Bart at Capital C, Amsterdam.
Colums, solo presentation at Big Art 2022, Bajeskwartier Amsterdam.
Blow Up Art, Site specific installations in the city centre of The Hague.
Unseen Amsterdam solo exhibition with Galerie Bart in Amsterdam.
Prelude group exhibition at De Grafische Werkplaats in The Hague.
Royal Encounters group exhibition at Museum Escher in The Hague.
Connection group exhibition at Galerie Bart in Amsterdam.
photo basel duo presentation with Galerie Bart at Volkshaus Basel, Basel, CH.
Marleen Sleeuwits solo exhibition at Sous les Etoiles Gallery, New York, US.
Space: Moonshot part two group exhibition at Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen.
Off Grip group exhibition with Maarten Schuurman and Bertjan Pot at Horizonverticaal, Haarlem.
2021 •
A ppr oc he, solo presentation and commissioned installation at Le Molière, Paris. FR.
Amongst Clashing Colours duo exhibition with Harry Markusse at Galerie Bart, Amsterdam.
Grand re-opening summer show group exhibition at Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York, US.
Big Art group exhibition with Galerie Bart at Hembrugterrein, Zaanstad.
Folly Factory duo exhibition with Cindy Bakker at Expo Bart, Nijmegen.
Art Rotterdam duo presentation with Galerie Bart at Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam.
Isomatrix solo exhibition at Kunsthal, Rotterdam.
2020 •
The Great Photography Special group exhibition at Galerie Bart, Amsterdam.
photo basel group presentation with Galerie Bart in Basel, CH. (online)
Mind the Gap group exhibition at Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
Uncloud Festival group presentation with Pieter Baan Centrum in Utrecht.
2019•
Laying Bare solo exhibition at Galerie Bart, Amsterdam.
Marleen Sleeuwits solo exhibition at Gallery FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph, Berlin DE.
Art Miami group presentation with Sous Les Etoiles Gallery in Miami, US.
PICK ME! We Like Art @ De.Groen group exhibition at Collectie De Groen, Arnhem.
Healing Light group exhibition at LUMC gallery, Leiden.
The Photography Show group presentation with Sous Les Etoiles Gallery in New York US.
2018•
NOT the actual site solo exhibition at Space 38CC, Delft.
ScotiaBank Contact Photo Festival solo presentation in Toronto CA.
NOT the actual site solo exhibition at LhGWR, The Hague.
On the Soft Edge of Space solo exhibition at Onomatopee, Eindhoven.
Shared Spaces of the Imagens group exhibition at Cultural Space Fiesp, São Paulo BR.
Architectural Healinggroup exhibition at the Koepelgevangenis, Haarlem.
Nothing New group exhibition at Museo Diocesano di Milano, Milan IT.
Anatomy of the Digital group exhibition at Kunstvereniging, Diepenheim.
2017•
Overlap group exhibition at Kunstpodium T, Tilburg.
2016•
Curved side down group exhibition at Punt WG Amsterdam.
Prime Time: archetypes of abstraction in photography group exhibition at Diehl Cube , Berlin DE.
QuickscanNL#02 group exhibition at The Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam.
Photography Extended group exhibition at Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen.
deLight group exhibition at Gallery FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin DE.
2015•
Danger & Beauty: Turner and the tradition of the sublime group exhibition at Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle.
Unseen Photo Fair group presentation with LhGWR in Amsterdam.
2014 •
Art Rotterdam solo presentation with LhGWR in Rotterdam.
NOT the actual site solo exhibition at LhGWR, The Hague.
Festival International de Mode & de Photographie solo presentation in Hyeres FR.
Paris Photo group presentation with Gallery FeldbuschWiesner, Paris FR.
Cut Fold Rewrite group exhibition at Gallery FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin DE.
2013 •
Time Capsule group exhibition at Core New Art Space, Denver USA.
Wit group exhibiton at Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam.
2012 •
Unseen Photo Fair group presentation with LhGWR in Amsterdam.
Art Rotterdam group presentation with MK award fundraiser show in Rotterdam.
Foam Talent at Unseen group presentation with FOAM in Amsterdam.
2011•
Art Amsterdam group presentation with MKgalerie in Amsterdam.
Straight spaces group exhibition at Horizonverticaal, Haarlem.
2010•
Art Amsterdam group presentation with LhGWR in Amsterdam.
One on one group exhibition at Brno House of Arts, Brno CZ.
As time goes by group exhibition at MKgalerie, Rotterdam.
As time goes by group exhibition at MKgalerie, Berlin DE.
Jeonju Photo Festival group presentation in Jeonju KR.
2009•
Recent werk solo exhibition at Gallery Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam.
Art Rotterdam group presentation with Galerie Hof & Huyser in Rotterdam.
Art Amsterdam group presentation with Galerie Hof & Huyser in Amsterdam.
Untitled group exhibition at LhGWR, The Hague.
Pulse by Miami group presentation with MKgalerie in Miami US.
2008•
Marleen Sleeuwits solo exhibition at Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
Essentially absent group exhibition at Nest, The Hague.
Art Rotterdam group presentation with Galerie Hof & Huyser in Rotterdam.
Photo Miami group presentation with MKgalerie in Miami US.
MiArt group presentation with Jarach Gallery in Milan IT.
2007•
Marleen Sleeuwits solo exhibition at MKgalerie, Rotterdam.
2005•
Marleen Sleeuwits solo exhibition at MKgalerie, Rotterdam.
BredaPhoto solo presentation in Breda.
Commissioned work.
2020 •Sculpture Meijburg Art Commission, KPMG Meijburg Office Amstelveen.
2020 •Site specific installation for House of Representatives in Den Haag.
2016 •Site specific installation for Royal Palace Soestdijk in Baarn.
2007 •Archive inspired work for Spaarnestad Photo Archive in Haarlem.
& multiple books, and magazine or newspaper contributions, commissioned by De Volkskrant, AkzoNobel, BP, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and many others.
Publicity.
2023 •
00.00 Tableau Fine Arts Magazine Tableau Podium: Marleen Sleeuwits, by Marleen Sleeuwits.
00.00 Rise Above the Void: Tips & Tricks for the Starting Artist, episode 4, produced by Galerie Bart.
2021 •
11.05 Kunst is Lang 168, podcast episode by Mister Motley and Luuk Heezen.
01.06 Isomatrix, Kunsthal, Rotterdam.
01.02. I Pattern di Marleen Elle decoration Italy, editorial.
2020 •
08.01 Musée Magazine Woman Crush Wednesday: Marleen Sleeuwits
editorial.
2019 •
09.09 Metropolis M Het zoete leven by Sanneke Huisman.
01.04 Frame Magazine Get the Picture? by Jane Szita.
21.03 Ignant Marleen Sleeuwits’ Distorts Everyday by Stephanie Wade.
01.05 WePresent Marleen Sleeuwits by Alix-Rose Cowie.
2018 •
07.12 Palet Magazine Marleen Sleeuwits maakt ruimte by Merel van den Nieuwenhof.
2017 •
01.02 PF Magazine Houvast en verwondering in vervreemding by Maurits Schmidt.
2016 •
21.01 On the Soft Edge of Space monograph by Marleen Sleeuwits, Onomatopee Eindhoven.
26.06 Prime Time, archetypes of abstraction in photography by Stefan Heyne, Galerie Diehl DE.
2015 •
01.06 Urbanautica Marleen Sleeuwits. Deforming Spaces by Nicolette Klerk.
21.04 Unseen Magazine Marleen Sleeuwits by Sophie Wright.
2014 •
08.07 Anti-Utopias Marleen Sleeuwits Disconnected Spaces by Sabin Bors.
2012 •
03.09 Foam Magazine #32: Talent issue Marleen Sleeuwits editorial, Foam.
2010 •
01.01 The transparency of appearance artist publication by Misha Andriessen, Stroom The Hague. 01.02 49° _ _ _ _ _ N 16° _ _ _ _ _ O artist publication by Marleen Sleeuwits, self published.
2009 •
05.06 Art Forum Transformations by Daniel Boese.
2007 •
11.04 Algemeen Dagblad Gegrepen door claustrofobie editorial.
15.07 Blauwe Augen Berliner Kunstberichte Dutch mountains at dawn by Petra Henninger.
Other activities.
2022 • Guest lecturer since 2008 at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.
2021 • Lecture Isomatrix at Kunsthal, Rotterdam
2021 • Lecture at Expo Bart, Rotterdam
2018 • Maak het met Marleen Sleeuwits workshop at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
2018 • Lecture at Contact Photo Festical, Toronto CA.
2014 • Lecture at Pecha Kucha, The Hague.
2012 • Lecture at Photographers Gallery, London UK.
2010 • Lecture at Jeonju Photo Festival KR.
2009 • Artist in the classroom guest lectures at secondary schools with Heden, The Hague.
2009 • Lecture at Stroom, The Hague.
2008 • Lecture at Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
2008 • Lecturer Architectural and Interior Photography since 2007 at Beeldfabriek, Rotterdam.
2007 • Lecture at Stroom, The Hague.
2005 • Lecturer Photography since 2002 at Fotogram, Amsterdam.