Performing for the Camera, February 4 – May 19, ASU Art Museum, Tempe Arizona, USA
Latitudes Festival, Fotografía Huelva, Feb 21 - April 3, Spain
“Luz Holandesa” Solo in Espacio Liquido, March 1 - April 12, Gijon, Spain
Solo in Torch Gallery, September 15 - October 13, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Solo in Camara Oscura, autumn, Madrid, Spain
Lille 3000, Le Fortde Mons, Lille, France
art fairs:
Art Paris Art Fair (Espace Beaumont); March 29th - April 1st
ARCO Madrid (Espacio Liquido); February 15th - February 19th
Pulse New York (Torch Gallery); May 3th - May 6th
BIOGRAPHY
1962 Leeuwarden, NL1981 - 1987 Art academy ABK Minerva, Groningen, NL
1993 - 1994 Post graduate in Arts at the Rijksacademy, Amsterdam, NL
Ellen Kooi lives and works in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
EXHIBITIONS
A selection, solo shows are indicated2012
2011
Opening exhibition Borusan Contemporary, Perili Köşk, Istanbul, Turky
Out of Sight, solo, May 19/ June 18, PPOW Gallery, New York/ USA
Foto=Kunst (the art of Photograpy),February 16/ June 3, Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Jugada a 3 Bandas, group show,April 2/ 30, Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain.
Ellen Kooi: Out of Sight, solo, April 28/ June 5, Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse, France
The International Festival of Photography of Lodz, main program: OUT OF LIFE, 5-15 May 2011, Lodz, Poland
Photo Event, June 15/ September, De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium
Arte Esencial, Collecion Olorvisual, Casino de la Exposición, April 11 to May 22, Sevilla, Spain
On the Other side of Twilight, duo-show with Astrid Kruse Jensen, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, the Netherlands
art fairs
Fiac Paris (Beaumontpublic);
Paris Photo (Beaumontpublic, Les Filles Du Calvaire);
Art Amsterdam, Estampa, Swab10 Arte Fiera (Camara Oscura);
Art Brussels (Les Filles Du Calvaire);
Pan Amsterdam (Torch Gallery);
Out of Sight, solo, May 19/ June 18, PPOW Gallery, New York/ USA
Foto=Kunst (the art of Photograpy),February 16/ June 3, Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Jugada a 3 Bandas, group show,April 2/ 30, Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain.
Ellen Kooi: Out of Sight, solo, April 28/ June 5, Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse, France
The International Festival of Photography of Lodz, main program: OUT OF LIFE, 5-15 May 2011, Lodz, Poland
Photo Event, June 15/ September, De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium
Arte Esencial, Collecion Olorvisual, Casino de la Exposición, April 11 to May 22, Sevilla, Spain
On the Other side of Twilight, duo-show with Astrid Kruse Jensen, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, the Netherlands
art fairs
Fiac Paris (Beaumontpublic);
Paris Photo (Beaumontpublic, Les Filles Du Calvaire);
Art Amsterdam, Estampa, Swab10 Arte Fiera (Camara Oscura);
Art Brussels (Les Filles Du Calvaire);
Pan Amsterdam (Torch Gallery);
2010
Out of Sight/ Hors de Vue, Institut Néerlandais, solo,November 17/ December 22,Paris, France
Contriving Inquiries, Oktober 30 / November 14, Seelevel Gallery at Het Magazijn, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
De pictura, canon pictórico e imagen contemporánea, EMAT, Valencia, Spain
Ellen Kooi, Photographies,solo, Le centre Image/ Imatge, Orthez, France
Colección Norte 1996-2010,Santander, Spain
Estancias, Residencias, Presencias,Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain
art fairs
Paris Photo (Torch Gallery)
Artesantander, Valencia Art (Camara Oscura)
Contriving Inquiries, Oktober 30 / November 14, Seelevel Gallery at Het Magazijn, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
De pictura, canon pictórico e imagen contemporánea, EMAT, Valencia, Spain
Ellen Kooi, Photographies,solo, Le centre Image/ Imatge, Orthez, France
Colección Norte 1996-2010,Santander, Spain
Estancias, Residencias, Presencias,Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain
art fairs
Paris Photo (Torch Gallery)
Artesantander, Valencia Art (Camara Oscura)
2009
New Photowork, solo September 19 to October 24, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dutch Art, 400 years of trade relations Japan - the Netherlands, August 3 - 31, Okura hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Signs of the Apocalypse/ Rapture, July 19 to September 20, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, USA
New Works, June 27 to September 1, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
"Borrowed Landscapes", soloshow, part of Festival Off PhotoEspaña, May 28 to July 25, Gallery Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
Torch Gallery, the unforgettable fire, May 29 to Sept 6, Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Fotowerken, de Willem III, solo, Vlissingen, the Netherlands
NOK in MET, Museum Bélvèdere, Heerenveen, the Netherlands
Art fairs
Arco 09 Beaumontpublic, Camara Oscura
Pulse Miami Torch, PPOW
Paris Photo Torch, Beaumontpublic
Art Brussels Beaumontpublic
Artesantander Camara Oscura
Pulse Miami Espacio Liquido
Dutch Art, 400 years of trade relations Japan - the Netherlands, August 3 - 31, Okura hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Signs of the Apocalypse/ Rapture, July 19 to September 20, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, USA
New Works, June 27 to September 1, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
"Borrowed Landscapes", soloshow, part of Festival Off PhotoEspaña, May 28 to July 25, Gallery Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
Torch Gallery, the unforgettable fire, May 29 to Sept 6, Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Fotowerken, de Willem III, solo, Vlissingen, the Netherlands
NOK in MET, Museum Bélvèdere, Heerenveen, the Netherlands
Art fairs
Arco 09 Beaumontpublic, Camara Oscura
Pulse Miami Torch, PPOW
Paris Photo Torch, Beaumontpublic
Art Brussels Beaumontpublic
Artesantander Camara Oscura
Pulse Miami Espacio Liquido
2008
Times Square, December 18, 2008 to February 28 2009, group with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Gudny Gudmundsdottir, Filip Markiewicz, Yves Netzhammer, Edmond Oliveira, Roland Quetsch, Su-Mei Tse, Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxembourg
Whatever happened to your dreams (Fantasy), May 23 to July 19, Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Bruxelles, Belgium
De kleur van Friesland, beeldende kunst na 1945, April 19 to August 24, Fries Museum, the Netherlands
Recent Photography, soloshow, March 7 to April 19, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain
“Dentro por Fuera, Within from without”, soloshow, April 14 to June 15, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Art fairs
Art Rotterdam, presented by Torch Gallery;
Art Dubai, March presented by Torch Gallery;
Art Chicago, presented by Espacio Liquido, Gijo, Camara Oscura, Madrid, PPOW Gallery, NY;
Scope Basel by Camara Oscura.
Whatever happened to your dreams (Fantasy), May 23 to July 19, Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Bruxelles, Belgium
De kleur van Friesland, beeldende kunst na 1945, April 19 to August 24, Fries Museum, the Netherlands
Recent Photography, soloshow, March 7 to April 19, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain
“Dentro por Fuera, Within from without”, soloshow, April 14 to June 15, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Art fairs
Art Rotterdam, presented by Torch Gallery;
Art Dubai, March presented by Torch Gallery;
Art Chicago, presented by Espacio Liquido, Gijo, Camara Oscura, Madrid, PPOW Gallery, NY;
Scope Basel by Camara Oscura.
2007
What Ever Happened to Your Dreams? (Fantasy) November 24 to January 12 2008, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, France
C'est pas du jeu! (Fantasy), October 9 to December 22, CPIF Art Centre, Paris, France
NY C Photo, Philips de Pury & Company, NY, USA Ellen Kooi, solo show in Catharine Clark Gallery, October 25 - November 24, San Francisco, USA
Paradise gained, LUMC, Leiden, the Netherlands
Figure it! The Human Factor in Contemporary Art, Clay Center for the Arts, West Virginia.
Group Photo Show, with Ruud van Empel, Aaron Plant, Carlos and Jason Sanchez, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA
PULSE London, by PPOW (Nw York, USA, ARCO Art Fair/ DFOTO - San Sebastian International Contemporary
Photography and Video-Art Fair/ Art Brussels, presentated by Les Filles Du Calvaire, (Paris)
Art Chicago, presented by PPOW (NewYork, USA)
C'est pas du jeu! (Fantasy), October 9 to December 22, CPIF Art Centre, Paris, France
NY C Photo, Philips de Pury & Company, NY, USA Ellen Kooi, solo show in Catharine Clark Gallery, October 25 - November 24, San Francisco, USA
Paradise gained, LUMC, Leiden, the Netherlands
Figure it! The Human Factor in Contemporary Art, Clay Center for the Arts, West Virginia.
Group Photo Show, with Ruud van Empel, Aaron Plant, Carlos and Jason Sanchez, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA
PULSE London, by PPOW (Nw York, USA, ARCO Art Fair/ DFOTO - San Sebastian International Contemporary
Photography and Video-Art Fair/ Art Brussels, presentated by Les Filles Du Calvaire, (Paris)
Art Chicago, presented by PPOW (NewYork, USA)
2006
Architecture and Landscape Biennal of the Canaries, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderne (CAAM), Gran Canaria, Spain
Night & Day, Vishal Haarlem, the Netherlands
Pulse Miami Art Fair, presentated by PPOW Gallery (New York), Miami, USA
Paris Photo, presented by Torch Gallery (Amsterdam) and Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris), Paris, France
Ellen Kooi, Pavel Wolberg, a conflicting encounter, mois européen de la photo, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Out of Context, Fields Sculpture Park at Art Omni International Arts Center, starting from May 2006, Ghent, New York, USA
Recent Photography, PPOW Gallery, New York, USA
Presentation with Duchenne foundation on KunstRai/ Art Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Trial Balloons, Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain
Photo-London, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens, presentated by Houldsworth Gallery, Great Britain
Travaux Recents, duo show with Hans Op De Beeck, Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
Photography Biennale MOSCOW, Moscow house of photography, Moscow, Russia
Art Brussels, Presentated by Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris), Brussels, Belgium
Van scheepswerf tot filmindustrie, presentation photography assignment
Night & Day, Vishal Haarlem, the Netherlands
Pulse Miami Art Fair, presentated by PPOW Gallery (New York), Miami, USA
Paris Photo, presented by Torch Gallery (Amsterdam) and Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris), Paris, France
Ellen Kooi, Pavel Wolberg, a conflicting encounter, mois européen de la photo, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Out of Context, Fields Sculpture Park at Art Omni International Arts Center, starting from May 2006, Ghent, New York, USA
Recent Photography, PPOW Gallery, New York, USA
Presentation with Duchenne foundation on KunstRai/ Art Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Trial Balloons, Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain
Photo-London, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens, presentated by Houldsworth Gallery, Great Britain
Travaux Recents, duo show with Hans Op De Beeck, Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
Photography Biennale MOSCOW, Moscow house of photography, Moscow, Russia
Art Brussels, Presentated by Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris), Brussels, Belgium
Van scheepswerf tot filmindustrie, presentation photography assignment
2005
PULSE Miami Art Fair, (PPOW Gallery), USA.
Fiac, (Les Filles du Calvaire, Gallery Beaumontpublic), Paris, F.
Recent Work, solo, Les Filles du Calvaire, Kanal 20, Brussles, B.
"Hold Still, Keep Moving IV", solo, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, L
"Out There: Landscape in the New Millennium", Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA
Constructed Moment, KW14, Den Bosch, NL
Dutch Eyes / Chrysalis,Castello Svevo, Bari, I
HxBxD, ExhibitionCollection Rabobank, GEM, Gemeentemuseum & Fotomuseum, The Hague, NL
Going Dutch, new photography from the Netherlands, Museum of New Art (Mona), Michigan, USA
Histoire(s)Parallèle(s), création-confrontation, France / Pays-Bas, by E.Kessels (NL) and G.Bauret (F)
FOAM, Amsterdam, NL Bomen & Bossen (Trees & Forests), Melkweg gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Fiac, (Les Filles du Calvaire, Gallery Beaumontpublic), Paris, F.
Recent Work, solo, Les Filles du Calvaire, Kanal 20, Brussles, B.
"Hold Still, Keep Moving IV", solo, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, L
"Out There: Landscape in the New Millennium", Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA
Constructed Moment, KW14, Den Bosch, NL
Dutch Eyes / Chrysalis,Castello Svevo, Bari, I
HxBxD, ExhibitionCollection Rabobank, GEM, Gemeentemuseum & Fotomuseum, The Hague, NL
Going Dutch, new photography from the Netherlands, Museum of New Art (Mona), Michigan, USA
Histoire(s)Parallèle(s), création-confrontation, France / Pays-Bas, by E.Kessels (NL) and G.Bauret (F)
FOAM, Amsterdam, NL Bomen & Bossen (Trees & Forests), Melkweg gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2004
Dreamscapes, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, B
Paris Photo (Torch, Les Filles du Calvaire) Paris, F
Histoire(s) Parallèle(s), création-confrontation, France/ Pays-Bas, by E.Kessels (NL) and G.Bauret (F) Institut Néerlandais, Paris
Art Cologne 2004 (Torch Gallery) Cologne, D
FIAC (Les Filles du Calvaire) Paris, F
Art Brussels (Les Filles du Calvaire) Brussels, B
Transhumance 6, Le Château D’Eau-Toulouse, Toulouse, F
Art Basel Miami Beach (Torch Gallery), Miami, USA
Vervreemding in het Hollandse landschap, University Groningen, NL
The Armory Show (Torch Gallery) New York, USA
Art Rotterdam (Torch Gallery) Rotterdam, NL
Paris Photo (Torch, Les Filles du Calvaire) Paris, F
Histoire(s) Parallèle(s), création-confrontation, France/ Pays-Bas, by E.Kessels (NL) and G.Bauret (F) Institut Néerlandais, Paris
Art Cologne 2004 (Torch Gallery) Cologne, D
FIAC (Les Filles du Calvaire) Paris, F
Art Brussels (Les Filles du Calvaire) Brussels, B
Transhumance 6, Le Château D’Eau-Toulouse, Toulouse, F
Art Basel Miami Beach (Torch Gallery), Miami, USA
Vervreemding in het Hollandse landschap, University Groningen, NL
The Armory Show (Torch Gallery) New York, USA
Art Rotterdam (Torch Gallery) Rotterdam, NL
2003
Hold still, keep moving III, solo Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Potential Images of the World, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Art Basel Miami Beach (Torch Gallery & PPOW Gallery) Miami, USA
Paris Photo (Torch Gallery) Paris, F
Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire ,solo. Paris, F
Where the grass is green, solo P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, USA
Art Basel 34 (Torch Gallery) Basel, CH
Energy and physics of spirituality, Westwood Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
Art Rotterdam, (Torch Gallery) Rotterdam, NL
The Armory Show (Torch Gallery) New York, USA
Fotografen in Nederland 1852-2002, Photo museum, The Hague, NL
Retrospective View, Photo’s from the collection, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
Potential Images of the World, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Art Basel Miami Beach (Torch Gallery & PPOW Gallery) Miami, USA
Paris Photo (Torch Gallery) Paris, F
Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire ,solo. Paris, F
Where the grass is green, solo P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, USA
Art Basel 34 (Torch Gallery) Basel, CH
Energy and physics of spirituality, Westwood Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
Art Rotterdam, (Torch Gallery) Rotterdam, NL
The Armory Show (Torch Gallery) New York, USA
Fotografen in Nederland 1852-2002, Photo museum, The Hague, NL
Retrospective View, Photo’s from the collection, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
2002
Art 33 Basel (Torch Gallery) Basel, CH
Paris Photo (Torch Gallery) Paris, F
Faces, People and Society, hedendaagse fotografie, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
De Noorderbreedte collection, CBK Groningen, NL
M.A.F. artfair, Renaissance Koepelkerk (Torch Gallery) Amsterdam, NL
Paris Photo (Torch Gallery) Paris, F
Faces, People and Society, hedendaagse fotografie, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
De Noorderbreedte collection, CBK Groningen, NL
M.A.F. artfair, Renaissance Koepelkerk (Torch Gallery) Amsterdam, NL
2001
Met een knipoog van de camera, Museum Het Kruithuis, Tilburg, NL.
Revisited, Noorderlicht Festival, Galerie De Pijp, Groningen,NL
Les Intérieurs Du Monde, Exchange project with city’s of Haarlem and Zaanstad, NL
Paris Photo (Torch Gallery) Paris, France
Revisited, Noorderlicht Festival, Galerie De Pijp, Groningen,NL
Les Intérieurs Du Monde, Exchange project with city’s of Haarlem and Zaanstad, NL
Paris Photo (Torch Gallery) Paris, France
2000
Zien is geloven / Seeing is believing, Kunstestafette (Art-manifestation) Zuid-Holland, Gouda, NL
3 Photographers, De Vishal, Haarlem, NL
Work in commission for the Province of Noord-Holland, NL
3 Photographers, De Vishal, Haarlem, NL
Work in commission for the Province of Noord-Holland, NL
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Acquisitions by semi-public and public collections
ING Collection, the Netherlands
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
FNAC Collection, (French State Collection) Paris, France
Marsh collection, London, Great Britain
C.B.K. Groningen (centre of contemporary art), the Netherlands
City collection Amersfoort, the Netherlands
FNV foundation, the Netherlands
Gasunie (Dutch Gas Company), Groningen, the Netherlands
Beanet Collection (part of Interpay,) the Netherlands
Artoteek Schiedam (art foundation, the Netherlands)
Collection Océ van der Grinten, the Netherlands
Collection Rabobank, the Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Freedom of the seas, Art Collection,
Zaans Museum, Zaanstad, the Netherlands
Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain
21 C Museum, Louisville-Kentucky, USA
DSM collection, the Netherlands
De Geestgronden collection, the Netherlands
Work by Ellen Kooi is also to be found in various private international collections
ING Collection, the Netherlands
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
FNAC Collection, (French State Collection) Paris, France
Marsh collection, London, Great Britain
C.B.K. Groningen (centre of contemporary art), the Netherlands
City collection Amersfoort, the Netherlands
FNV foundation, the Netherlands
Gasunie (Dutch Gas Company), Groningen, the Netherlands
Beanet Collection (part of Interpay,) the Netherlands
Artoteek Schiedam (art foundation, the Netherlands)
Collection Océ van der Grinten, the Netherlands
Collection Rabobank, the Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Freedom of the seas, Art Collection,
Zaans Museum, Zaanstad, the Netherlands
Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain
21 C Museum, Louisville-Kentucky, USA
DSM collection, the Netherlands
De Geestgronden collection, the Netherlands
Work by Ellen Kooi is also to be found in various private international collections