' Within photography, I explore humanity as I experience it. My images appeal to sensory perception more than to that of the mind. By using black and white, contrast or grain, a parallel world is being created. An abstract. A world in which light and darkness are allowed to exist side by side.'
Awards
2018 Awarded Ilford MASTER, amongst Sebastião Salgado
2018 Black & White Spider Awards - Nominee in Fine Art and Architectural
2018 Guest Curator 'Wanderlust' exhibition gallery Sehnsucht
2018 PhotoShoot Awards - Emotion Finalist and Transformations Bronze Finalist
2017 Winner of the Porta Coeli Artist Residency Award at the XIth Art Biennale of Florence
2017 Commended Photographer in the Sony World Photography Awards
2017 Black & White Spider Awards - Nominee in Fine Art (twice)
2017 Charles Dodgson B&W (GALA) Award - Nude & Figure Winner. Fine Art & Portraits Finalist.
2017 LensCulture Portrait Awards 2017 Competition - Editor Pick
2017 Magnum Photos Swap Shop Winner
2017 PhotoShoot Awards - Body Parts, Dance & Movement and Fashion Merit
2016 B&W Spider Awards - Fine Art (3x), Nude (2x), Fashion, Children of the World & Silhouette.
2016 B&W Spider Awards - Honorable Mention in People and Fashion
2016 Long-listed for the Rabobank New Talent Award 2016
2016 PhotoShoot Awards - Finalist in dance, emotion and nature
2015 Monochrome Photography Awards - Honorable Mention in Nude (2x)
2015 B&W Spider Awards - Nominee in Fine Art (twice), Nude (twice), Nature and Silhouette
2015 Foto Individueel - Silver Award
2015 Fine Art Photography Awards - Fine Art Nominee (2x)
2015 PhotoShoot Awards - Third price overall
2015 PhotoShoot Awards - Nature finalist. Emotion and Nature category award.
2014 Monochrome Photography Awards - Honorable Mention in Nude (2x)
2014 B&W Spider Awards - Nominee in Nude
2014 GUP - New Dutch Photography talent
2014 B&W Child Photo contest - Nominee
2014 Shoot the frame - Finalist (4x)
Exposities
2018 De Kunsthal, Museum of Contemporary Art (solo). March - September. Rotterdam, NL
2018 International Art Gallery Porta Coeli (solo). May - October. Venosa, Italy
2018 Photokina (shared) with Ilford. Cologne, Germany
2018 Blank Wall Gallery (shared). Athens, Greece
2018 Artists’ association Pictura (shared). Dordrecht, NL
2018 Artists’ association Karmijn (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2018 International Art Gallery Porta Coeli (shared). Venosa, Italy
2018 Music Hall Rotterdam (solo). Rotterdam, NL
2018 Ten days of Art (shared). Bergen, NL
2018 Galerie Sehnsucht (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2018 Art route Kralingen-Krooswijk (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2017 Florence Biennale (shared). Florence, Italy
2017 Ten days of Art (solo). Bergen, NL
2017 Ten days of Art (shared). Bergen, NL
2017 Artists’ association Pictura (shared). Dordrecht, NL
2017 Artists’ association Karmijn (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2017 Piet-Jan van den Kommer (solo). Stompetoren, NL
2017 Sony World Photography Awards (shared). London, UK
2017 Blank Wall Gallery (shared). Athens, Greece
2017 Society Café (shared). Oxford, UK
2017 The Printspace Gallery (shared). London, UK
2017 Gallery Deelen Art (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2017 Bob Smit Gallery (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2017 R’DAM ARTFAIR (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2017 Contemporary Art Fair Rotterdam (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2017 Contemporary Art Fair Rotterdam spin-off exhibition (solo). Rotterdam, NL
2017 Gallery Deelen Art (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2017 Fotofair (shared) with Ilford. Hilvarenbeek, NL
2016 Society Café (shared). Oxford, UK
2016 HC Kunst Cafe. Schiedam, NL
2016 ‘Interrupted Dreams’ (solo), Galerie Deelen Art. Rotterdam, NL
2016 Ten days of Art (shared). Bergen aan Zee, NL
2016 Schiedam Photo Festival (solo). Schiedam, NL
2016 Gallery Deelen Art (solo), Rotterdam, NL
2016 Route du Nord (solo). Rotterdam, NL
2016 Rotown (solo). Rotterdam, NL
2016 Fenix II (solo). Rotterdam, NL
2016 Lane House Arts Gallery (shared). Bath, UK
2016 PodiumGrounds Rotterdam (solo). Rotterdam, NL
2016 NHOW (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2016 Point of streetview (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2016 Paradiso (solo). Amsterdam, NL
2015 Gallery Deelen Art (live performance). Rotterdam, NL
2015 Artists’ association Pictura (shared). Dordrecht, NL
2015 Art the Hague (shared). The Hague, NL
2015 North Sea Jazz, Ahoy (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2015 Blank Wall Gallery (shared). Athens, Greece
2015 PRO6 (shared). Schiedam, NL
2015 Gallery Deelen Art (live performance). Rotterdam, NL
2015 Realisme art fair for figurative and realistic art (shared). Amsterdam, NL
2015 Gallery Deelen Art (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2014 Copenhagen Photo Festival (shared). Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 RAW art fair (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2014 Gallery Deelen Art (solo). Rotterdam, NL
2014 Gallery Deelen Art (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2014 Laurenskerk (solo). Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2014 IJsselland Ziekenhuis (solo). Capelle a/d IJssel, NL
2010 - 2014 Dutch Photography Museum (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2010 - 2014 Music Hall Rotterdam (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2010 - 2014 Outdoor exhibition Rotterdam (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2010 - 2014 Gallery Deelen Art (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2010 - 2014 Dutch Photography Union (shared). Travelling exhibit. NL
2010 - 2014 IJsselland Ziekenhuis (solo). Capelle a/d IJssel, NL
2010 - 2014 OB Groningen (solo). Groningen, NL
2010 - 2014 4MKB (shared). Zoetermeer, NL
2010 - 2014 Music Hall Rotterdam (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2010 - 2014 De Fruitvis (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2010 - 2014 Festival d’images (shared). Toulouse, France
2010 - 2014 Satellite exhibition Noorderlicht Groningen (shared). Groningen, NL
2010 - 2014 Photo gallery Rotterdam (shared). Rotterdam, NL
2010 - 2014 Dutch Photography Union (shared). Travelling exhibit. NL
2010 - 2014 AFV Daguerre (shared). Groningen, NL