Wytske van Keulen is a photographer who lives and works in Boise - Idaho, Astoria - Oregon (US) and Amsterdam (NL)
She is also part of The Y Astoria, a recently renovated former YMCA in Astoria, OR (US)
Contact
info@wytskevankeulen.nl
Social
@wytskevankeulen
Education
Akademie voor kunst en vormgeving St. Joost (BA), Breda, 2001 - 2005
Post-St. Joost, photography Master (MFA), Breda, 2005 - 2007
Books
2014 Sous cloche
2008 We would come to doubt everything. And almost everyone would come to doubt.
2006 Andzelika
2005 Y'a que la vérité qui compte
Solo exhibitions
2016 MING Studios, Boise ID (US), Not Somewhere Else, But Here
2015 Le Château d'Eau, Toulouse (FR), Books, Notes and Autumn leaves
2014 Myozai Sake Brewery, KAIR2014, Kamiyama Village (JP)
2014 Kominek Gallery, Berlin, Sous cloche
2010 Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, Je rèspire: la santé, la tranquillité, la paix, le succes, 7 jours par semaine
2010 Kominek Gallery, Berlin (DE), Andzelika
2008 Museum de Hallen, Haarlem, We would come to doubt everything. And almost everyone would come to doubt.
Group exhibitions (selection)
2017 Diffusion - Cardiff International Festival of Photography, Cardiff (Wales), Zeitgeist
2016 Garage Rotterdam, The Fortune Teller
2014 Münchner Stadtmuseum, München (DE), Luxus der Einfachheit. Lebensformen jenseits der Norm
2013 Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg (RU), Undercover
2012 POU, Barcelona (ES), A Place No Cars Go
2012 The Camera Club of New York, New York (US), Vague Storytelling
2011 Kominek Gallery, Berlin (DE), A Groupshow on Dutch and Belgian Photobooks
2011 The Photo+Art Book Hamburg, Hamburg (DE), A Groupshow on Dutch and Belgian Photobooks
2010 Dutch Culture Centre, Shanghai (CN), Quickscan NL, Dutch photography now
2010 Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY (US), NY Photo Festival 2010, DutchDoc!Space
2010 Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Quickscan NL#01, Fotografie nu
2009 Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, Harry Penningsprijs
2009 De Verdieping, Veldhoven, Earthbound
2009 Les Rencontres d'Arles 2009, Arles (F), Books Awards 2009
2009 Fundacion Antonio Saura, PhotoEspana 2009, Cuenca (ES), Pages
2009 W139, Amsterdam, Fw:, Art Books in Light
2009 Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH), Plat(t)form 09
2008 ECB, Frankfurt (D), Europe ECB Award 2008
2008 ACF, Amsterdam, A perfect book
2008 Photokina, Cologne (D), ECB Award 'Europe'
2008 Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Beyond Walls
2008 Kasseler Fotofruhling, Kassel (D), Pages
2008 Dorottya Gallery/ Lumen Gallery, Budapest (HU), Pages
2008 Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Pages
2007 De Krabbedans, CBK Eindhoven, Earthbound
2007 Galerie 32-34, SBK Amsterdam, Fw:
2007 LPII, Rotterdam, SEVEN
2007 AKV/St. Joost / CBK, s Hertogendosch, Succes!
2006 KOP, Breda, Andzelika
2006 Stadsgalerij, Breda, Johan Diepstraten prijs
2006 NBKS, Breda, Salon IX
2006 Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Kunstvlaai 6
2005 Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Steenbergenstipendium 2005
2005 Breda Photo, Breda
2005 Extrapool, Nijmegen, Destillaat
2005 Vips Gallery, Rotterdam, Spam!?
2003 De Beyerd, Breda, Ik zie jou
Residencies
2019-2020 The Atlanta School, Atlanta, Idaho (US)
2018 Kamiyama Bed & Studio, Kamiyama (JP)
2016 MING Studios, Boise ID (US)
2014 and 2015 Le Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse (FR)
2014 Kamiyama AIR, Kamiyama Village (JP)
2009 Virginie Janssens Foundation, Mas de Charrou, Lot (FR)
Prizes / grands / nominations (selection)
2020 Alexa Rose Foundation Grant, Boise, ID
2020 ‘Projectinvestering Kunstenaar’/Project investment grant: Stick Holding Branch, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam
2019 ‘Projectinvestering Kunstenaar’/Project investment grant: Atlanta, Idaho, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam
2016-2019 'Bijdrage Bewezen Talent'/ Proven talent grant, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam
2014 'Bijdrage Vrije Praktijkverdieping'/Project research grant, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam
2013 'Publicatie subsidie'/Publication grant, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam
2012 'Project subsidie'/Project grant, Stichting Stokroos, Utrecht
2011 Dutch Doc Award, long list nomination, Amsterdam
2010 Harry Penningsprijs, Eindhoven
2010 Dutch Doc Award, long list nomination, Amsterdam
2010 'Startstipendium'/ Starters Stipend, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2009 Plat(t)form 09, Special Mention, Winterthur (CH)
2008 'Publicatie subsidie'/ Publication grant, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2008 ECB award, 'Europe', second prize, Frankfurt (D)
2007 PUP-award 2007; prize for unique photography, short list nomination, Amsterdam
2006 Johan Diepstratenprijs, Breda
2005 Steenbergenstipendium, Rotterdam
2005 St. Joostpenning, Gemeente Breda, Breda
Workshops / lectures / screenings
2017 Artist talk, Boise State University, Boise ID, (US)
2017 Screening Sous cloche, MING Studios 3 Year Anniversary Event, MING Studios, Boise ID (US)
2016 Movies & Soup, film program Not Somewhere Else, But Here, films by Naïmé Perrette and Ed van der Elsken, MING Studios, Boise ID (US)
2016 Screening Sous cloche, MING Studios, Boise ID, (US)
2015 Screening Sous cloche, Open studio's Nieuw en Meer, Amsterdam
2014 Discussion, I will consider the alternative, Nihonbashi Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tokyo (JP)
2014 Workshop, Kamiyama Junior High School, Kamiyama (JP)
2014 Open Studio Day and presentation KAIR2014, Shimobun Atelier, Kamiyama (JP)
2014 Book presentation and slide screening Sous cloche, talk by Caroline von Courten, Kominek Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2014 Book presentation and slide screening Sous cloche, talk by Caroline von Courten, San Serriffe, Amsterdam
2011 Lecture, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem
2010 Discussion, The Last Photographer, with Steven Harris, Gu Zheng, Kim Bouvy, Samira Ben Laloua and others, Dutch Culture Centre, Shanghai (CN)
2010 Masterclass: Do it yourself/Hands on - Part 1 together with Petra Stavast during NYPH10, St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY (US)
2010 Interview with Nickel van Duijvenboden during 'Weekend van het Fotoboek', Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2009 Fotoboekenmarathon, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
2009 Lecture during Symposium Beroepspraktijk, AKV St. Joost, Breda
2009 Lecture: We would come to doubt everything..., with Nickel van Duijvenboden, de Hallen, Haarlem
2008 Lecture: The Perfect Book with Ringel Goslinga and Anoushka van Velzen, ACF, Amsterdam
2008 Lecture: GKF, Het Boek, with Erik van der Weijden and others, Foam, Amsterdam
2007 Lecture: Earthbound, Beelden van Brabant in verandering, Platform Zibra, Eindhoven
2007 Workshop: What's he building in there?, AKV St. Joost/Den Bosch, 's Hertogenbosch
Publications
2015 Living With The Mekong, with Joep Janssen, Blauwdruk Publishers, Wageningen
2015 Livres, Notes et Feuilles d’Automne, Le Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse (FR)
2014 Luxus der Einfachheit, Kehrer Verlag, Berlin (DE)
2014 European Prospects, Visual Explorations in an Undiscovered Continent (online)
2012 Club Donny #8, Amsterdam
2010 Quickscan NL#01, Fotografie nu, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2008 Europe, European Central Bank annual photography award 2008, Frankfurt (DE)
2008 Behind Walls, Eastern Europe before and beyond 1989, Noorderlicht, Groningen
2008 De laatste fotograaf?, 50 jaar fotografie aan AKV/St. Joost, Breda
2008 Fw #7: Pages, Fw-magazine, Amsterdam
2007 Earthbound / beelden van Brabant in verandering, Platform Zibra, Eindhoven
2007 Fw #6: Miscellaneous, Fw-magazine, Amsterdam
2007 SEVEN, catalogue final exhibition Post-St. Joost, Breda
Articles (selection)
2014 'Lang leve het fotoboek: De mooiste van 2014', Volkskrant, Merel Bem, Arno Haijtema en Madelon Meester
2014 'Living in Kamiyama, making art works', Yomiuri news paper, 29 oktober
2014 'Kamiyama Artist in Residence 2014 exhibition started - New creative works are shown in rural town Kamiyama', Tokushima Newspaper, 25 October
2014 Review Sous cloche at Kominek Gallery, Modern Painters, Mirthe Maria Berentsen, september issue
2014 Books: Sous cloche, New Dawn Paper Issue #2
2014 Photobook reviews (week 25, 2014) Conscientious PhotoMagazine (online magazine), Jörg M. Colberg
2014 Sous cloche, Landscape Stories #15 Mountains, www.landscapestories.net (online magazine)
2014 Cordaid photo auction, Avro’s Kunstuur TV show, broadcast: 2 February 2014
2014 Springvossen, radio interview by Robert van Altena, Amsterdam FM, broadcast: 28 January 2014
2011 iheartphotograph, Leslie Grant and Warren Hill, 11 June
2010 ‘Van papier naar performance; QuickScan NL #01 biedt een blik op de toekomst van de fotografie’, NRC Handelsblad, Tracy Metz, 10 February
2010 'Yeah, I love these photo's', NRC Handelsblad cultuurblog, door Rosan Hollak, 13 Mayi
2009 GRAPHIC, #10 Self-Publishing Issue, Seoul (KR)
2009 Books, Foam Magazine #18 / displaced, Sebastian Hau, Amsterdam
2009 4 X talent volgens de experts, nrc next, Anke Meijer, 14 mei 2009
2009 Bookmarks, Photonews, Zeitung Fur Fotografie, Nr. 4/09, Verena Louwenhaupt, Hamburg (DE)
2009 Die Fotografie nimmt Abschied von alten Gewisscheiten, Tages Anzeiger (CH), Martin Jeaggi, 27 januari (English)
2009 Wytske van Keulen gaat als een speer., BN/De Stem, Rinze Brandsma, 23 januari
2008 Auf der inoffiziellen Seite, TAZ (D) Ursula Woll, 26 november
2006 Wytske's beeld van de waarheid, BN/De Stem, Jacques Hendriks
2005 Stipendium voor Wytske van Keulen, NRC Handelsblad, 12 December
Special thanks to the Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam for their support.