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Ellen Kooi Biography
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1962 |
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Born in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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1981 - 1987 |
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Art Academy ABK, Minerva, Groningen, The Netherlands
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1993 - 1994 |
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Post graduate in Arts at the Rijksacademy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lives and works in Haarlem, The Netherlands
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012 - 2013
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dans le cadre de lille3000 – Fantastic 2012, Lille, France : Sables Mouvants – accrochage en extérieur dans la ville
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2012
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Commande et exposition, Fort de Mons, Mons-en-Barœul, France
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2012
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Transparent Days, Galeria de Arte Camara Oscura, Madrid, Espagne
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2012
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Next to me, Torch Gallery Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
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2012
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Recent Photography, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo)
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2012
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New Works, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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2012
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Luz holandesa, Espacio Líquido, Gijón, Spain (solo)
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2012
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Fotofever Brussels, camara oscura galeria de arte, Belgium
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2012
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SCOPE Basel, camara oscura galeria de arte, Switzerland
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2012
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Latitudes Festival, Huelva, Spain
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2012
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Lille 3000, Lille, France
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2012
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Performing for the Camera, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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2012
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De kleur van water, Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen, the Netherlands
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2011
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Out of Sight, PPOW gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2011
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Dag & Nacht / Ellen Kooi, Astrid Kruse Jensen, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, the Netherlands (solo)
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2011
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De kleur van water, Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen, the Netherlands
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2011
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Office, Borusan Contemporary Museum, Istanbul
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2011
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Art Amsterdam, camara oscura galeria de arte, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2011
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All we did was not enough, camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, Spain
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2011
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Arte Esencial, Casino de la Exposición, Seville, Spain
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2011
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On the Other side of Twilight, duo-show with Astrid Kruse Jensen, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, the Netherlands
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2011
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The International Festival of Photography in Lodz, main program: OUT OF LIFE, Lodz, Poland
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2011
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ARTEFIERA 11, camara oscura galeria de arte, Bologna, Italy
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2011
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Photo Event, Mechelen, Belgium
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2011
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De Kunst van het Fotograferen (the art of Photograpy), Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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2010
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Out of Sight/ Hors de Vue, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France (solo)
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2010
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SWAB Art Fair, camara oscura galeria de arte, Barcelona, Spain
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2010
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Contriving Inquiries, Seelevel Gallery at Het Magazijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2010
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Estampa 10, camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, Spain
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2010
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Colección Norte 1996-2010, Santander, Spain
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2010
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Estancias, Residencias, Presencias, (Cándida Höffer, Georges Rousse, Joan Fontcuberta, Gabriel Basilico, Edward Burtynsky), Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain
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2010
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De pictura, canon pictórico e imagen contemporánea, (with Pierre Gonord, Yasumasa Morimura, Anthony Gayton, Erwin Olaf, Rita Magalhäes, Victoria Diehl, Jose Manuel Guerrero, Toni Catany and Manuel Vilariño), EMAT, Valencia, Spain
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2010
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Le Centre Image/Imatge, Orthez, France (solo)
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2010
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L’Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France (solo)
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2009
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Borrowed Landscapes, camara oscura galeria de arte, Festival Off PhotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2009
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Fotowerken, Willem 3, Vlissingen, the Netherlands (solo)
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2009
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Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxembourg (solo)
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2009
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Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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2009
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Centre Néerlandais, Paris, France (solo)
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2009
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Valencia.Art, camara oscura galeria de arte, Valencia, Spain
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2009
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Artesantander, camara oscura galeria de arte, Santander, Spain
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2008
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photomiami, camara oscura galeria de arte, Miami, FL
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2008
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Estampa Art Fair, camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, Spain
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2008
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Recent Photography, Espacio Líquido, Gijon, Spain (solo)
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2008
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Within from Without, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2008
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Art Chicago NEXT, camara oscura galeria de arte, Chicago, IL
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2008
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Times Square, group with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Gudny Gudmundsdottir, Filip Markiewicz, Yves Netzhammer, Edmond Oliveira, Roland Quetsch, Su-Mei Tse, Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxembourg
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2008
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Whatever happened to your dreams (Fantasy), Les filles du Calvaire, Brussels, Belgium
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2007
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Alice et Peter, les mythologies de l'enfance, Musée Abbaye Saint Germain, Auxerre, France
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2007
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NYC Photo, Philips de Pury & Company, New York, NY
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2007
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What Ever Happened to Your Dreams? , Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
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2007
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Paradise Gained, LUMC, Leyden, The Netherlands
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2007
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Figure it! The Human Factor in Contemporary Art, Clay Center for the Arts, Charleston, WV
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2007
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Ellen Kooi, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2006
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Recent Work, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2006
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Flatland Galerie, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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2006
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Trial Balloons, Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Castile and León, Spain
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2006
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Photo-London, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens, presented by Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
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2006
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Recent Work, Galerie les filles du calvaire, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Recent Work, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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2005
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Hold still, keep moving IV, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg (solo)
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2005
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Out There: Landscape in the New Millennium, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
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2005
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Constructed Moment, KW14, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
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2005
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Dutch Eyes/ Chrysalis, Castello Svevo, Bari, Italy
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2005
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HxBxD, Exhibition Collection Rabobank, GEM, Gemeentemuseum & Fotomuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
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2004
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Dreamscapes, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
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2004
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Histoire(s) Parallèle(s), création-confrontation, France/ NL, by E.Kessels (NL) and G.Bauret (Fr.) Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France
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2004
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Transhumance//6, Le Château D’eau-Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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2004
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Vervreemding in het Hollandse landschap, University Groningen, NL
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2003
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Potential Images of the World, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (solo)
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2003
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Energy and Physics of Spirituality, Westwood Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2003
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Fotografen in Nederland 1852-2002, Fotomuseum Den Haag / Photo museum, The Hague, The Netherlands
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2003
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Where the grass is green, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2003
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Hold still, keep moving III, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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2003
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Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Paris Photo, Torch Gallery, Paris, France
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2002
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M.A.F. artfair, Torch Gallery, Renaissance koepelkerk Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2002
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De Noorderbreedte collection. CBK Groningen, The Netherlands
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2002
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Faces, People and Society, hedendaagse fotografie, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
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2002
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Art 33 Basel, Torch Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
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2001
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Paris Photo, Torch Gallery, Paris, France
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2001
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Met een knipoog van de camera, Museum Het Kruithuis, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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2001
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Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen, 'Revisited', Galerie De Pijp, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2001
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Les Interieurs Du Monde. Exchange project with cities of Haarlem and Zaanstad, The Netherlands
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2000
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Kunstestafette Zuid-Holland, Gouda, NL Zien is geloven/ Seeing is believing 3 photographers, De Vishal, Haarlem, The Netherlands
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2000
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Work in commission for the Province of Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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1999
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Prix artistique, Kamper Kunstprijs, Kampen, The Netherlands
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1999
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Photofestival Naarden, The Netherlands
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1998
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Een keuze (A selection of work by women artists in museum collections) Grote Kerk, Den Haag, The Netherlands
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1998
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De Fotografen van Minerva, (The photographers of the Minerva Art Academy Groningen), USVA, Groningen, The Netherlands
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1997
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Commission de la Ville de Groningen, CBK, Triadezaal, Groningen, Series Dog Hour, The Netherlands
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1997
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Caleidoscoop, CBK Quadrant, Groningen, The Netherlands
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1996
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Oog op A73, billboards, Horst, Limburg, The Netherlands
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1995
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Hold Still Keep Moving, installation en coopération avec le compositeur français Luc Ferrari, CBK, Groningen, The Netherlands
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1994
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Made in Heaven, Utrecht, The Netherlands (solo)
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1993
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Tijdelijk Asiel (Temporary Asile), Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1992
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Kunstlicht (Artificial Light), Duo Exhibition with Margré Romein. Fotomania, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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1991
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Stadsverlangen, Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Groningen, The Netherlands
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1990
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Making theatre in 1/60 of a second, Kruithuis, Groningen, The Netherlands (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Collection Rabobank, the Netherlands
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Freedom of the seas, Art Collection, Zaans Museum, Zaanstad, the Netherlands
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DSM collection, the Netherlands
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De Geestgronden collection, the Netherlands
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Borusan Contemporary Art Museum, Estambul
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Colección Norte, Gobierno de Cantabria, Spain
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ING Collection, the Netherlands
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Marsh collection, London, Great Britain
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City collection Amersfoort, the Netherlands
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FNV foundation, the Netherlands
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Gasunie (Dutch Gas Company), Groningen, the Netherlands
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Beanet Collection (part of Interpay,) the Netherlands
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Artoteek Schiedam (art foundation, the Netherlands)
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Collection Océ van der Grinten, the Netherlands
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21 C Museum, Louisville, KY
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BESart - Banco Espirito Santo Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
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Colección Olor Visual, Barcelona, Spain
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Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
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FNAC Collection, (French State Collection) Paris, France
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C.B.K. Groningen (centre of contemporary art), the Netherlands
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Artoteek Schiedam (art foundation, the Netherlands)
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
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Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
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Zaans Museum, Zaanstad, the Netherlands
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Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain
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| Literature |
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2008
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"Beyond Photography. Imagination and Photography", Rommert Boonstra, Maartje van den Heuvel, Lotte Menkman, Eric Min. Stitching Voetnoot publishers
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2008
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“Dentro por fuera”, exhibition catalogue, La Casa Encendida
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2008
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Time Out New York, “Ellen Kooi, recent photoworks, were the grass is green”
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2002
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“Fotografen in Nederland 1852-2002”. Exhibition catalogue Fotomuseum Den Haag
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2002
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“Onderneming & Kunst”. Edition 2002
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2002
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“Les Interieurs du Monde”. Document of Interiors in 7 steden by 14 photographers from 5 countries (book)
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1999
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“Document van een stad” 1999. City Photography in commision. Publication avec un texte de Johan de Vos and Hans Bouman.
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1999
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Book with text : Recent Verworven. Visies en aankopen van 19 musea voor Moderne Kunst
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