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Vivian Ammerlaan (1994, The Netherlands) is a Schiedam and Rotterdam based artist, who works with digital and analogue photography, and occasionally with video and installations. Her work is her personal search to depict the sublime: the feeling of awe and terror. It is about everything that can’t be put into word or image because it is of enormous and undying beauty, and can therefore be extremely frightening. She gets inspired by overwhelming landscapes and nature, such as the effects of water and light.
“To give image to things that can’t be put into image, is impossible. Somehow this inspires me to make work about these things, knowing it is doomed to fail. With materials, I try to create impressions of landscapes and elements. Sometimes I have a specific idea about what I want to create, but usually the materials I use determine the image. There is a paradox in creating wilderness and untouched places with my own hands. I believe that without this, my work would not exist. It underlines the inability of portraying this subject.”
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Photo by Wouter le Duc (2021)
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Education
2012 - 2016 | Bachelor of Photography - AKV St.Joost, Breda NL
Solo exhibitions (a selection)
2021-2022 | Het landschap dat ik ken, iCOON Hoek van Holland
2020 | De Centrale, Delft
2018 | Waanplekken, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen
2017 | Galerie DeelenArt, Rotterdam
Group / duo exhibitions (a selection)
2022 | Going Places, Het Archief, Rotterdam
2022 | Constructies van verlangen, Foundation B.a.d., Rotterdam
2022 | HVDF Collectief, Huis van de Fotografie, Rotterdam
2021 | Het Zoete Leven (How Sweet Life Is), Debsaysyes at Huis van de Fotografie, Rotterdam
2020 | Launch, Huis van de Fotografie (House of Photography), Rotterdam
2020 | Zwischenräume, Debsaysyes at Rosalux Berlin (DE)
2020 | Echte Troostkunst, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
2019 | KunstDok Schiermonnikoog + UMC Groningen
2019 | Galerie Noord Groningen
2019 | Festival OFF Naarden
2019 | Terra Incognita TAC Eindhoven
2018 | LichtKunstGouda
2018 | LekArt Culemborg
2018 | Vruchtbare Grond Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
2018 | Opium Torenkamer Expo Amsterdam
2017 | Licht, Galerie Pouloeuff Naarden
2017 | Kunst10daagse Bergen
2017 | Senses, Galerie DeelenArt Rotterdam
2017 | WKNDX Electron Breda
2017 | Museumnacht 010 Galerie DeelenArt + Flowerdales Rotterdam
2016 | Ongekend Talent, Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam
2016 | FreshCACAO, Cacaofabriek Helmond
2016 | Chambres de Schie, Photo Festival Schiedam
2016 | Graduationshow Photography AKV|St.Joost Breda
Nominations / prizes
2018 | Nomination Kunst.nl Fotografie Award 2018
2017 | Winner Rabo Ontdekt Talent-prijs Kunst10daagse Bergen
2016 | Winner Young Talent Award Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam
2016 | Nomination St. Joost Penning
Residencies
2019 | Artist Residency Schiermonnikoog
2018 | Artist Residency De Torenkamer Opium Amsterdam
Talks
2019 | (2x) Artist Talk at Kunstenaars aan Zee - KuZhuis Hoek van Holland
2018 | Pitch at De Donkere Kamer - LantarenVenster Rotterdam
2018 | Artist Talk at Aan Tafel - A Tale of a Tub Rotterdam
2017 | Interview at Nadorst - Chassé Theater Breda
Publications (a selection)
2020 | GUP New Photo Talent 2020
2020 | Grote Nederlandse Kunst Kalender 2020
2017 | NRC
2017 | deFusie
2017 | Witte Rook
2016 | Metropolis M - Eindexamens 2016
2016 | New Dawn Paper
Other activities
2020 - present | Huis van de Fotografie, co-founder
2016 - present | Kunst in de Kroeg, project organization
2016 - 2018 | Kunsthuis18, exhibition committee and board
2016 - 2017 | De Kracht van Rotterdam, junior projectmanager
2012 - 2016 | Bachelor of Photography - AKV St.Joost, Breda NL
Solo exhibitions (a selection)
2021-2022 | Het landschap dat ik ken, iCOON Hoek van Holland
2020 | De Centrale, Delft
2018 | Waanplekken, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen
2017 | Galerie DeelenArt, Rotterdam
Group / duo exhibitions (a selection)
2022 | Going Places, Het Archief, Rotterdam
2022 | Constructies van verlangen, Foundation B.a.d., Rotterdam
2022 | HVDF Collectief, Huis van de Fotografie, Rotterdam
2021 | Het Zoete Leven (How Sweet Life Is), Debsaysyes at Huis van de Fotografie, Rotterdam
2020 | Launch, Huis van de Fotografie (House of Photography), Rotterdam
2020 | Zwischenräume, Debsaysyes at Rosalux Berlin (DE)
2020 | Echte Troostkunst, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
2019 | KunstDok Schiermonnikoog + UMC Groningen
2019 | Galerie Noord Groningen
2019 | Festival OFF Naarden
2019 | Terra Incognita TAC Eindhoven
2018 | LichtKunstGouda
2018 | LekArt Culemborg
2018 | Vruchtbare Grond Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
2018 | Opium Torenkamer Expo Amsterdam
2017 | Licht, Galerie Pouloeuff Naarden
2017 | Kunst10daagse Bergen
2017 | Senses, Galerie DeelenArt Rotterdam
2017 | WKNDX Electron Breda
2017 | Museumnacht 010 Galerie DeelenArt + Flowerdales Rotterdam
2016 | Ongekend Talent, Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam
2016 | FreshCACAO, Cacaofabriek Helmond
2016 | Chambres de Schie, Photo Festival Schiedam
2016 | Graduationshow Photography AKV|St.Joost Breda
Nominations / prizes
2018 | Nomination Kunst.nl Fotografie Award 2018
2017 | Winner Rabo Ontdekt Talent-prijs Kunst10daagse Bergen
2016 | Winner Young Talent Award Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam
2016 | Nomination St. Joost Penning
Residencies
2019 | Artist Residency Schiermonnikoog
2018 | Artist Residency De Torenkamer Opium Amsterdam
Talks
2019 | (2x) Artist Talk at Kunstenaars aan Zee - KuZhuis Hoek van Holland
2018 | Pitch at De Donkere Kamer - LantarenVenster Rotterdam
2018 | Artist Talk at Aan Tafel - A Tale of a Tub Rotterdam
2017 | Interview at Nadorst - Chassé Theater Breda
Publications (a selection)
2020 | GUP New Photo Talent 2020
2020 | Grote Nederlandse Kunst Kalender 2020
2017 | NRC
2017 | deFusie
2017 | Witte Rook
2016 | Metropolis M - Eindexamens 2016
2016 | New Dawn Paper
Other activities
2020 - present | Huis van de Fotografie, co-founder
2016 - present | Kunst in de Kroeg, project organization
2016 - 2018 | Kunsthuis18, exhibition committee and board
2016 - 2017 | De Kracht van Rotterdam, junior projectmanager