Ellen Kooi
Ellen Kooi is an artist living and working in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Biography
Born in 1962, she graduated from the Academie Minerva, in Groningen, in 1987; she was an artist in residency, and completed post-graduate studies, at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten, in Amsterdam, from 1993-1994. Within her oeuvre, themes of humans' intimate interactions with their surrounding natural world are explored. From unsettling landscapes–some even violent–often populated only by young adults; to reassuring scenes of soothing serenity, and shelter; and serendipitous escapes; her subjects–nature and actor–are dramatically staged. Her work has been acquired by the Frans Hals Museum, the Fries Museum, and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all within the Netherlands, as well as the Collection Hermès, in Luxembourg, and the Borusan Contemporary, in Turkey, among others. Her work is also housed in numerous private collections, globally.
1981/87 Art academy ABK Minerva, Groningen, the Netherlands
1993/94 Post graduate in Arts at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Exhibitions
Solo shows (selection)
2015
- Undertones, at Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon, la Roche-sur-Yon, France
- Docks Art Fair Lyon, solo presentation by Gallerie Les Filles Du Calvaire
2014
- Undertones, solo show at Centro de Arte Alcobendas (CAA), Madrid, Spain
- AIPAD Photography Show (solo presentation by PPOW Gallery), New York
- As it happens, Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Paris, France
2013
- Sables Mouvants, Lambertart, Le Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul, Lille, France
2012
- Transparent days, Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
- Next to me, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Recent Photography, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- Luz Holandesa, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain
2011
- Out of Sight, PPOW Gallery, New York, USA
- Ellen Kooi: Out of Sight, Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse, France
- On the Other side of Twilight, duo-show with Astrid Kruse Jensen, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, the Netherlands
2010
- Out of Sight/ Hors de Vue, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France
- Ellen Kooi, Photographies, Le centre Image/ Imatge, Orthez, France
2009
- “Borrowed Landscapes”, part of Festival Off PhotoEspaña, Gallery Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
- Fotowerken, de Willem III, Vlissingen, the Netherlands
- Recent Work, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2008
- “Dentro por Fuera, Within from without”, soloshow, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
- Recent Photography, soloshow, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain
2006
- Travaux Recents, duo show with Hans Op De Beeck, Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
2005
- Hold Still, Keep Moving IV, solo, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Group shows (selection)
2015
- Common Ground: Air, collections from the Borusan contemporary Art Collection, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
- Aux frontières de l’intime: les photographes et leurs enfants, Musée français de la Photographie, Bièvres, France
- Femina ou la reappropriation des models, Pavillon Vendôme, Clichy, France
2014
- Absurd – did you say absurd? at Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Paris, France
2013
- La metamorfosis del paisaje en el arte, group show, Caja Vital Foundation. Vitoria, Spain
2011
- Opening exhibition Borusan Contemporary, Perili Köşk, Istanbul, Turkey
- Photo Event, De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium
- Foto = Kunst (the art of Photograpy), Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- The International Festival of Photography of Lodz, main program: OUT OF LIFE, Lodz, Poland
2008
- Times Square, Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxembourg
- De kleur van Friesland, beeldende kunst na 1945, Fries Museum, the Netherlands
2006
- Trial Balloons, Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain
- Photography Biennale MOSCOW, Ruarts Gallery, Moscow house of photography, Moscow, Russia
- Untouchable Things, Museum Centre Vaprikki, Tampere, Finland
2005
- Out There: Landscape in the New Millennium, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA
- Constructed Moment, KW14, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
- Dutch Eyes/ Chrysalis, Castello Svevo, Bari, Italy
- HxBxD, Exhibition Collection Rabobank, GEM & Fotomuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands
- 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, the Netherlands
2003
- Potential Images of the World, the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Retrospective View, Photos from the collection, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
2002
- Faces, People and Society, (contemporary photography) Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
References
External links
Website Ellen Kooi
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