Biography
As a visual artist I work with photography, film and text to tell stories. My work is documentary, but sometimes tends to fiction because of my conceptual approach.
My working method is fluid, allowing the subject matter to dictate the approach and media. Within that fluidity however, the process often forms the final work and is therefore visible to the viewer. My investigative approach and the questions I have about photography often result in my projects not only telling a story, but also being an investigation into photography as a medium.
All in all, I explore relationships, memories and perception, and play with the possibilities and limitations of photography in imagining these themes. My findings help me to better understand myself, my surroundings, photography and the connection between the three.
Books
2024
'I would love to make a photo project about you' [Book I/II]
'TRY NOT TO CHANGE - PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGES EVERYTHING' [Book II/II] - supported by Cultuurfonds
Book-exhibitions
2024
Polycopies, Paris, 'TRY NOT TO CHANGE - PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGES EVERYTHING'
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 'TRY NOT TO CHANGE - PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGES EVERYTHING'
Unseen Amsterdam, 'TRY NOT TO CHANGE - PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGES EVERYTHING'
Exhibitions
2024
Studio Borgerstraat, Rotterdam Art Week: 'TRY NOT TO CHANGE - PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGES EVERYTHING'.
2023
NDSM FUSE, Amsterdam: Tijdgeest & Spookbeelden, 'Inner Paradise' in collaboration with illustrator Carlyn Westerink.
2022
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam: Night In / Day Out, 'TRY NOT TO CHANGE - PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGES EVERYTHING', curated by Aya Musa
AREA 2022, Loods6, Amsterdam: 'I would love to make a photo project about you','TRY NOT TO CHANGE - PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGES EVERYTHING'
2021
FotoFestival Naarden: The Art Of Living, 'I would love to make a photo project about you'
2021
Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, Groningen: The Makeable Mind, 'Bad News'
2019
Defence for Children, Leiden: Defence for Children, 'We Are Family'
2018
ID-Expo, Bijlmerbajes, Amsterdam, 'LekkerDING', 'Asenath Yanara'