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Erwin Olaf (Dutch, 1959)
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Erwin Olaf
Barbara, Portrait 2007
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Erwin Olaf
Caroline 2007
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Erwin Olaf
Dancing School 2004
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Erwin Olaf
Felix (from "Fall") 2008
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Erwin Olaf
Grace 2007
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Erwin Olaf
Hope 4 2005
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Biography |
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1995 |
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First prize, ‘Woord en Beeld 1995’ applied photography, Federation of Parents Association Mentally Disabled |
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1998 |
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Silver Lion Award, commercial-festival for Diesel Dirty Denim, Cannes |
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2002 |
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Commercial Prize - festival New York, for Heineken ‘Line-up’, New York |
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2003 |
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"Grote Paul" Award, for the most famous Dutch photographer, Holland |
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2003 |
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Gold, Photography District New York, USA |
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2003 |
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Merit, The Association of Photographers, London |
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2005 |
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Rain, “The Hairdresser’s”, winner of a PDN Award Photography Annual New York, Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York |
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2005 |
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Lavazza Calendar, Selected for the PDN Award Photography Annual New York |
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Collections: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Ludwig Museum, Köln, Germany; Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands; Deutsche Leasing AG, Germany; Caldic collection, The Netherlands; Museo Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Randstad Collection, The Netherlands; Fundacio Foto Colectania, Spain; Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands; COFF collection, Spain
Art + Public, Geneve; Martin Margulies Collection, USA |
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Films: Fotomuseum: Creation and Direction: ‘Toms Space', Antwerp; Rouge (2005) and Le Dernier Cri (2006), Detroit’s 10th International Film Festival; New Videoworks Erwin Olaf, Gallery Espacio Minimo, Madrid; Videoworks of Erwin Olaf, Montevideo, Amsterdam; FFF Videoshow!, Centraal museum, Utrecht; Cinema Sculptuur, Nederlands foto instituut, Rotterdam; Film by the sea, Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Vlissingen; Volumia, Direction, Music Video; Het, VPRO Broadcasting Company |
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Exclusively represented in the United States by Hasted Hunt. |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Why Look at Animals? - Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida
Photography & Video: Rain, Hope, Grief, Fall, Et D’Autres Oeuvres - Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France (solo)
Retrospective, DA2, Salamanca, Spain
Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France |
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2008 |
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Still Living: Structure, Surface and Espression - South Eastern Centre for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (solo)
Hope, Rain, Grief & Fall - The Hague Museum of Photography, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
Grief - Flatland Paris & Gallery Magda Danysz, Paris, France (solo)
Erwin Olaf - Space E6, Shenzhen, China (solo)
Human All Too Human - Fotografia Europea Reggio Emilia 2008, Reggio Emilia, Italy (solo)
Short Stories in Contemporary Photography - Zurich Museum of Design, Zurich, Switzerland
The Hague Museum of Photography, Den Haag, The Nederlands
Fotografia Europea Reggio Emilia 2008, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Erwin Olaf, Public Institute Space E6 in Shenzhen, China, organised by Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong
Erwin Olaf : Grief, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France |
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2007 |
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Grief, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles
Grief, HASTED HUNT Gallery, New York
Grief, Reflex New Art Gallery, Amsterdam
Dangerous Beauty, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Subzones, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt |
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2006 |
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Nostalgia, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris
Elegance & Perversity, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, Australia
People of the Labyrinth, Golden Age, Central Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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2005 |
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Rain & Hope, HASTED HUNT Gallery, New York
Australia Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
ARCO Madrid, Spain
Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Morocco, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Other Europe: On Art and Politically Incorrectness, Bergen, Norway
Self-Exposure, ClampArt Gallery, New York
BAC !05, International Festival of Contemporary Art, Barcelona
Going Dutch, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, USA
Gorgeous Isn't Good Enough, Milan
Viritatas Splendor Photographs 1988-2003, Lodz, Poland |
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2004 |
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Imitation of Live, Modern Art Gallery of Bologna, Italy
National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Limburgs Museum, Venlo, The Netherlands
Galerie J. Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
If ‘Raining Cats & Dogs’, GAM/Modern Art Gallery of Bologna, GenderBender, Bologna
Lies, lust Art & Fashion Signale der kleidung, Podewil, Berlin
30 years Dutch Phototgraphy, ACF, Amsterdam
Cultuurlaboratorium, Limburgs Museum, Venlo |
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2003 |
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Mais Quelle Tête tu fais! part two, Galerie Le Garage, Toulouse
Mortalis, Fotomuseum Den Haag
Fundancion Foto Colectania, Museo Artium, Vitoria-Gazteis
Child in Time, Gemeentemuseum Helmond
Dangerous Beauty, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Melting Pop, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siene
2003 Silver, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
Art Rotterdam Fair, with Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Erwin Olaf, Tapper-Popermajer Gallery, Malmo
Erwin Olaf, Museo Arte Contemp, Nuoro
Separation, B&D Gallery, Milan |
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2002 |
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Paris Photo with Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Cultureel Centrum, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
3rd International Photography Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Golden Eagle, Zlote Orly, ‘Nescafé advertising’, Poland
Paradise, B&D Gallery, Milan
Paradise, Espacio Minimo, Madrid
Paradise, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht
Mind of Their Own, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Citizen K exhibition, Mois de la photo, Ville de Paris
Love at First Sight, Noordbrabants museum, ‘s Hertogenbosch
Fashion Victims, Bari
Elvis is hier/ Hier is Cannes, FAXX podium voor hedendaagse kunst, Tilburg, Guardaroba
Nicé Phore, 3e International Photography Festival, Montferrand |
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2001 |
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Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
2001 B&D, Milan, Italy
Art Chicago, USA
Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Galway Art Center, Dublin, Irland
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, USA |
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2000 |
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Mature, Espacio Minimo, Madrid
Mature & Royal Blood, Paris Photo/Flatland Gallery, Paris
Fashion Victims, Il Ponte, Roma
Retrospective, Arsenal, Prague (cat)
Violence & Passion, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam (cat)
Schijn en wezen, portretten en codes, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam (cat)
Bodies, Clothing, Surfaces, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (cat)
Ecce Homo, het beeld van Christus, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
3e Internationaal Fotofestival, Turnhout |
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1999 |
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Members choice PANL; Photographers Association of the Netherlands
Mature, Kunst Rai / Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam
Mature, Il Ponte, Rome
Theatre-compagnies works, De Meerse Theatre, Amsterdam
Haks was here, Groninger Museum, Groningen (cat)
Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen (cat)
PANL, Photographers Association of the Netherlands, Amsterdam (cat) |
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1998 |
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Silver Lion, commercial-festival for Diesel Dirty Denim, Cannes
The Deadly Sins, Amsterdams centrum voor de fotografie, Amsterdam (cat)
Standje Franciscus, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht |
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1997 |
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Triptych, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (cat) |
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1996 |
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Mind of their Own, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome
Stars in Black & White & Colour, Roselyn Oxley Gallery; Sydney Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (cat)
Home is where the heart is, Fremdkörper Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam |
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1995 |
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Girls 1985 – 1995, Galerie Steltman, Amsterdam, Galerie Steltman New York
Erwin Olaf Fotografien '84 -'95, Museum, Erlangen
Erwin Olaf, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Erwin Olaf, 10 years of photographs, Wessel O'conner Gallery, New York
Mind of their own, Fotofestival, Naarden (cat) |
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1994 |
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Tafel van 10, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht
La Beaute Inexacte, Gallery Oz, Paris
10 years of European Photo-prize, Kulturzentrum Englische Kirche, Bad Homburg (cat) |
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1993 |
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Erwin Olaf , AB Gallery, Paris
Ten Tables, CBK, Groningen (cat)
Joy, Kunsthal for Modern Art, Rotterdam (cat)
Manipulation, Staten Gallery, Den Haag (cat) |
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1992 |
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Style Shapes Function, (with Borek Sipek), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat)
Double Dutch, Sala Uno, Rome (cat)
Photography in assignment, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
Illusions and Travestissements, (Joel Peter Witkin, Cindy Sherman, Pierre et Gilles, Robert Mapplethorpe),AB Gallery, Paris
Reflex Miniatuur museum voor moderne en hedendaagse kunst, AMC ziekenhuis Amsterdam (cat) |
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1991 |
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The Fourth Wall, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam (cat) |
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1990 |
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Blacks - seventeen royal portraits, Fodor Museum, Amsterdam (cat) |
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1989 |
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Preis für Junge Europäische Fotografen, Museum Ludwig, Köln (cat)
Das Portrait, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (cat)
La Biennal de Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona (cat)
Exuberance Now! Less is a Bore, Groninger Museum, Groningen (cat) |
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1988 |
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First prize, Young European Photographers, Deutsche Leasung AG Bad Homburg.
Chessmen - an attempt to play the game, Focus Gallery, Amsterdam (cat)
Behold the Men, The Photographer's Gallery, London; Stills Gallery, Edinburgh |
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1987 |
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Nudity in front of the camera, Meervaart Theater, Amsterdam (cat) |
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1986 |
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Männer sehen Männer, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (cat) |
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1985 |
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The art of seduction, Melkweg, Amsterdam |
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1984 |
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Foto 1984, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam |
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1983 |
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Among Men / Among Women, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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