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Dana Lixenberg is based in Amsterdam (NL). She studied photography at the London College of Printing from 1984 to 1986, and at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam from 1987 until 1989. Lixenberg is known for her stripped-down portraits that revel in the elemental characteristics of her subjects. She uses a large-format field camera – a cumbersome tool, which necessitates what the artist refers to as a ‘slow dance’ between her and her subjects. The resulting portraits contain an enormous amount of detail and texture, and are as revelatory as a personal encounter. The power of the work arises from its intimacy, compositional rigor and, importantly, the absence of social stereotyping. Lixenberg has been predominantly active in the United States, and her thorough understanding of the country and its society seeps through palpably in her work.
Besides her extensive editorial practice, for which she photographed many cultural icons, she pursues long-term projects with a primary focus on marginalized communities. These projects include "Jeffersonville, Indiana" (2005), a collection of landscapes and portraits of a small town’s homeless population and "The Last Days of Shishmaref" (2008), which portrays an Inupiaq community on an eroding island off the coast of Alaska. Lixenberg’s most extensive body of work to date is "Imperial Courts, 1993-2015" (2015), which she begun in the aftermath of the 1992 Rodney King riots. Spanning 22 years, the project tracks the changing shape of an underserved community in Watts, Los Angeles. In contrast to the often one dimensional, sensationalized media coverage of this neighborhood, Lixenberg employs a more subdued and collaborative photographic approach. Like her other projects, Imperial Courts consists of a series of photographs and a publication. Exploring other media for the first time, Lixenberg also included audio recordings and created a three-channel video installation. The project was awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2017 and continues to be exhibited internationally.
Besides her extensive editorial practice, for which she photographed many cultural icons, she pursues long-term projects with a primary focus on marginalized communities. These projects include "Jeffersonville, Indiana" (2005), a collection of landscapes and portraits of a small town’s homeless population and "The Last Days of Shishmaref" (2008), which portrays an Inupiaq community on an eroding island off the coast of Alaska. Lixenberg’s most extensive body of work to date is "Imperial Courts, 1993-2015" (2015), which she begun in the aftermath of the 1992 Rodney King riots. Spanning 22 years, the project tracks the changing shape of an underserved community in Watts, Los Angeles. In contrast to the often one dimensional, sensationalized media coverage of this neighborhood, Lixenberg employs a more subdued and collaborative photographic approach. Like her other projects, Imperial Courts consists of a series of photographs and a publication. Exploring other media for the first time, Lixenberg also included audio recordings and created a three-channel video installation. The project was awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2017 and continues to be exhibited internationally.
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Lixenberg heeft eerder geëxposeerd in Aperture, New York (VS); Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (NL); Centre Photographique, Rouen (FR); MMK, Frankfurt (DE); The Photographer's Gallery, Londen (VK); Busan Biennale (KR); Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL); Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL); FOAM, Amsterdam (NL); Frans Halsmuseum De Hallen, Haarlem (NL); en LACP, Los Angeles (VS).
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Born 1964 in Amsterdam (NL)
Lives and works in New York (US) and Amsterdam (NL)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
Polaroid 54/59/79, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
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
2022
Deciphering the Artist’s Mind, ABN AMRO Art Space, Amsterdam (NL)
NL Imagined, Three Shadows Photography Center, Xiamen (CN)
NL Imagined, Three Shadows Photography Center, Beijing (CN)
NL Imagined, Shanghai Center of Photography, Shanghai (CN)
BOUT IT #3, OSCAM, Amsterdam (NL)
COAL + ICE, Asia Society, The REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC (US)
2021
Artist Portraits, Museum of Photography, The Hague (NL)
Condition Humaine, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
Eleven Women, and More..., ABN AMRO Art Space, Amsterdam (NL)
Haarlem Heroes: Other Masters, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (NL)
Inaugural exhibition, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography, Monash Gallery of Art (AU)
Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (NL)
2020
The City & The City & The City, curated by Tom Morton, Frestonian Gallery, London (UK)
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
2022
Polaroid 54/59/79, Roma Publications, Amsterdam (NL)
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
2021
Royal Photography Society Award, Honorary Fellowship (UK)
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)
THE EKARD COLLECTION
FNAC, Paris (FR)
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
Lisser Art Museum, Lisse (NL)
Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (NL)
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (NL)
Rabo Art Collection (NL)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
Lives and works in New York (US) and Amsterdam (NL)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
Polaroid 54/59/79, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
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
2022
Deciphering the Artist’s Mind, ABN AMRO Art Space, Amsterdam (NL)
NL Imagined, Three Shadows Photography Center, Xiamen (CN)
NL Imagined, Three Shadows Photography Center, Beijing (CN)
NL Imagined, Shanghai Center of Photography, Shanghai (CN)
BOUT IT #3, OSCAM, Amsterdam (NL)
COAL + ICE, Asia Society, The REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC (US)
2021
Artist Portraits, Museum of Photography, The Hague (NL)
Condition Humaine, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
Eleven Women, and More..., ABN AMRO Art Space, Amsterdam (NL)
Haarlem Heroes: Other Masters, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (NL)
Inaugural exhibition, GRIMM, New York, NY (US)
Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography, Monash Gallery of Art (AU)
Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (NL)
2020
The City & The City & The City, curated by Tom Morton, Frestonian Gallery, London (UK)
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
2022
Polaroid 54/59/79, Roma Publications, Amsterdam (NL)
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
2021
Royal Photography Society Award, Honorary Fellowship (UK)
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)
THE EKARD COLLECTION
FNAC, Paris (FR)
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL)
Lisser Art Museum, Lisse (NL)
Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam (NL)
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (NL)
Rabo Art Collection (NL)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
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