My work as a visual artist consists of making large format photographic works by means of self built camera obscuras. In my workshop which has been converted to a camera obscura I make staged compositions. For photographing objects on location I use available structures (such as buildings, sheds or shipping containers) or I use a construction trailer converted to a camera, which I can move around with my tractor. The method enables me to give the image scale/ monumentality and to define the skin of the photograph. I can sit inside the camera and contemplate the projected image before fixing it onto paper. By exposing at nighttime and in negative I force myself to redefine the scene. There is never a 1 to 1 registration of the subject.
In the past two years I developed a method to make large format ceramic reliefs using a camera obscura. Looking at the ceramic works of my father I was struck by parallels between ceramic glazes and the photographic emulsion. I decided to research transferring my photographic visual language to ceramics. This led to the development of The Photographic Hammer. An extremely volatile medium meets the timeless nature of ceramics.

 

CV

Born 1979 in Gelselaar, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam / Zaandam

Education

1997-1999/ 2001-2003 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, free media, Amsterdam, NL
1999-2001 Apprentice at Groot Wesseldijk, historic windmill renovation, Lochem, NL

Exhibitions/ Residencies

(s= solo show, g=group show, co= collaboration, res=residency)

Grants/ Prizes/ Nominations

2018 Creative Industries Fund, NL
2017 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, NL
2015 Creative Industries Fund, NL
2015 Stokroos Foundation, NL
2012 Provincie Overijssel, NL, =MEER Innovation Award, for The Photographic Hammer
2011 Korea Ceramic Foundation, Silver Prize, International Competion at Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale, South Korea
2011 Hollaar Fonds, Deventer, NL, travel grant
2010 Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL, contribution to working budget
2010 Hollaar Fonds, Deventer, NL, contribution to installation ceramic kiln
2008 Hollaar Fonds, Deventer, NL, contribution to designing/building a new paper developing machine
2005 Hollaar Fonds, Deventer, NL, contribution working period
2003 Nomination Shell Young Art Award
2003 Berlage Fonds, Amsterdam, NL, exam stipend

Work in collection of

Korea Ceramic Foundation, South Korea
Movares, Utrecht, NL

Publicity

2016 Parool: Edo Dijksterhuis on ‘The Photographic Ceramic Relief’ at Galerie de Witte Voet
2016 Presentation at De Donkere Kamer Rotterdam #8, Nederlands Fotomuseum
2014 kM Magazine, article ‘Fotograferen met een hamer’, by Harald Schole
2012 Mt. Figure, Issue #2: Illusion
2011 Mister Motley, article on my work by Evaline Losse
2009 Sjef Meijman: on ‘The Silvered Landscape’
2009 Joep van Ruiten on www.woestenledig.com: review of ‘The Silvered Landscape’
2009 Hans Aarsman/ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: Catalogue ‘Off the Record, Proposal Municipal Art Acquisitions’
2007 Elise van der Linden/ Deventer Television: interview
2007 Tubelight: on ‘Catch and Release’
2007 De Stentor: on ‘Catch and Release’
2007 Deventer Television: on ‘Catch and Release’

Curatorial work

2009 Curator of exhibition ‘1 van x’ by Mathijs Lieshout, Havenkwartier Deventer NL
2008 Curator of exhibition ‘Oranje hoop’ by Tonio de Roover, Havenkwartier Deventer NL
2008 Curator of exhibition ‘IJsbeer van autobanden’ by Abel Heijkamp, Havenkwartier Deventer NL
2008 Curator of exhibition ‘Blackbird Sunset’ by Frank Konincks, Havenkwartier Deventer NL