Exhibitions
Ellen Kooi
1981/87 Art academy ABK Minerva, Groningen, the Netherlands
1993/94 Post graduate in Arts at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Ellen Kooi lives and works in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Exhibitions (solo shows are indicated)
2015
World Expo, presentation for France, French Cultural Institute, Palazzo delle Stelline, 1 May – 14 July, Milano, Italy
Close to me, Pôle Art Santé, 26 march - 31 may 2015, Rennes, France
Humble Me, Aeroplastics Gallery, 24 april – 20 June, Brussels, Belgium
Undertones, solo at Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon, 7 March – 6 June, la Roche-sur-Yon, France
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
art fairs: Photo London (by Filles du Calvaire), Art Paris (Camara Oscura), Art Rotterdam (Torch Gallery),
Unseen (Torch Gallery)
2014
In & Out, group show at Galleria de Arte Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain.
Les esthétiques d’un monde désenchanté, Abbaye Saint André, centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France
Undertones, solo show at Centro de Arte Alcobendas (CAA), Madrid, Spain
Absurd – did you say absurd? at Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Paris, France
As it happens, solo at Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Paris, France
Conspiracy of Women, Galleria de Arte Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
The woman Next Door, Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Paris France art fairs: AIPAD Photography Show (solo presentation by PPOW Gallery), ARCO Madrid by Espacio Liquido),
Art Rotterdam (Torch Gallery), Art Miami ( by Camara Oscura, Torch Gallery), Estampa Art Fair, (Camara Oscura)
2013
Kunstmaand Ameland, solo in Ned. Hervormde kerk in Ballum, the Netherlands
La metamorfosis del paisaje en el arte, group show, Caja Vital Foundation. Vitoria, Spain
Paysage fiction, Musée de Laval, France
Miradas de mujeres, Centro Nacional de Fotografia de Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain
De Madonna A Madonna, DA2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain art fairs: Art Paris, YIA art fair Lille, Paris Photo ( (Filles du Calvaire), Art London (Torch Gallery),
Arco Madrid (Espacio Liquido), Aipad Photography Show, (PPOW Gallery), Art Miami (Torch Gallery), Estampa (Camara Oscura)
2012
Transparent days, solo, Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
Cosa Mentale, Paysage(s), Paysage-Fictions. Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Sables Mouvants at Lambersart, solo exhibition, 2013, Lille, France
Sables Mouvants, solo exhibition Lille 3000, Le Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul, Lille, France
Next to me, solo, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
De kleur van water, Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen, the Netherlands
Recent Photography, solo, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Performing for the Camera, ASU Art Museum, Tempe Arizona, USA
Luz Holandesa, solo, in Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain
Latitudes Festival, Fotografía Huelva, Spain art fairs: Art Paris Art Fair (Espace Beaumont); ARCO Madrid (Espacio Liquido), Pulse New York
(Torch Gallery), Art Genève (Filles du Calvaire), Fotofever Brussels (Camara Oscura), SCOPE Miami
(Camara Oscura), SCOPE Basel, (Camera oscura), Foam Unseen Photography Fair Amsterdam,
Pan Amsterdam, Pulse Miami (Torch Gallery), artMRKT San Francisco (Catherine Clark Gallery),
Texas Contemporary (PPOW Gallery)
2011
Opening exhibition Borusan Contemporary, Perili Köşk, Istanbul, Turky
Out of Sight, solo, PPOW Gallery, New York, USA
Photo Event, De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium
Foto = Kunst (the art of Photograpy), Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Jugada a 3 Bandas, group show, Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain.
Ellen Kooi: Out of Sight, solo, Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse, France
The International Festival of Photography of Lodz, main program: OUT OF LIFE, Lodz, Poland
Arte Esencial, Collecion Olorvisual, Casino de la Exposición, Sevilla, Spain
On the Other side of Twilight, duo-show with Astrid Kruse Jensen, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, the Netherlands art fairs: Fiac Paris (Beaumontpublic); Paris Photo (Beaumontpublic, Les Filles Du Calvaire); Art Amsterdam, Estampa, Swab10 Arte Fiera (Camara Oscura); Art Brussels (Les Filles Du Calvaire). Pan Amsterdam (Torch Gallery)
2010
Out of Sight/ Hors de Vue, Institut Néerlandais, solo, Paris, France
Contriving Inquiries, Seelevel Gallery at Het Magazijn, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
De pictura, canon pictórico e imagen contemporánea (On painting, pictorial canon and contemporary image” EMAT, Valencia, Spain
Ellen Kooi, Photographies, solo, Le centre Image/ Imatge, Orthez, France
Colección Norte 1996-2010, Santander, Spain
Estancias, Residencias, Presencias, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain
Art Fairs : Paris Photo (Torch Gallery); Artesantander, Valencia Art (Camara Oscura)
2009
Recent Work, solo Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dutch Art, 400 years of trade relations Japan – the Netherlands, Okura hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Signs of the Apocalypse/ Rapture, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, USA
New Works, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
“Borrowed Landscapes”, solo, part of Festival Off PhotoEspaña, Gallery Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
Torch Gallery, the unforgettable fire, Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Fotowerken, de Willem III, solo, Vlissingen, the Netherlands
NOK in MET, Museum Bélvèdere, Heerenveen, the Netherlands
Art Fairs: Arco Madrid 09 (Beaumontpublic, Camara Oscura); Pulse Miami (Torch, PPOW), Paris Photo (Torch, Beaumontpublic); Art Brussels (Beaumontpublic); Artesantander, (Camara Oscura), Pulse Miami (Espacio Liquido)
2008
Times Square, group with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Gudny Gudmundsdottir, Filip Markiewicz, Yves Netzhammer, Edmond Oliveira, Roland Quetsch, Su-Mei Tse, Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxembourg
Whatever happened to your dreams (Fantasy), Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Bruxelles, Belgium
De kleur van Friesland, beeldende kunst na 1945, Fries Museum, the Netherlands
Recent Photography, soloshow, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain
“Dentro por Fuera, Within from without”, soloshow, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Art Fairs: SCOPE Basel (Camara Oscura); Art Rotterdam, (Torch Gallery); Art Dubai, (Torch Gallery); Art Chicago Next (Espacio Liquido, Camara Oscura, PPOW Gallery), Paris Photo (Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire); Estampa,(Camara Oscura); Photo miami (Camara Oscura); Artesander (Espacio Liquido)
2007
What Ever Happened to Your Dreams? (Fantasy) Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, France
C’est pas du jeu! (Fantasy), CPIF Art Centre, Paris, France
NYC Photo, Philips de Pury & Company, NY, USA
Ellen Kooi, solo show in Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Paradise gained, LUMC, Leiden, the Netherlands
‘Figure it! The Human Factor in Contemporary Art’ ‘Clay Center for the Arts’, West Virginia, USA
Group Photo Show, with Ruud van Empel, Aaron Plant, Carlos and Jason Sanchez, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Arrebato, group show in Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain
Art Fairs: PULSE London (PPOW Gallery); ARCO Art Fair/ DFOTO and Art Brussels, presented by Les Filles Du Calvaire); Art Chicago, ( PPOW ); Paris Photo, ( Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire)
2006
Architecture and Landscape Biennal of the Canaries, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderne, Gran Canaria, Spain
Night & Day, Vishal Haarlem, the Netherlands
Ellen Kooi / Pavel Wolberg, a conflicting encounter, mois européen de la photo, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Out of Context, Fields Sculpture Park at Art Omni International Arts Centre, Ghent, New York, USA
Recent Photography, PPOW Gallery, New York, USA
Presentation with Duchenne foundation on KunstRai/ Art Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Trial Balloons, Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain
Travaux Recents, duo show with Hans Op De Beeck, Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
Photography Biennale MOSCOW, Ruarts Gallery, Moscow house of photography, Moscow, Russia
Van scheepswerf tot filmindustrie, presentation photography assignment 2005, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Untouchable Things, Museum Centre Vaprikki, Tampere, Finland
Art Fairs: Pulse Miami Art Fair (PPOW Gallery); Art Brussels (Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire); Paris Photo, presented by Torch Gallery and Gallerie Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris); Photo-London, ( Houldsworth Gallery)
2005
Recent Work, solo, Les Filles du Calvaire, Kanal 20, Brussels, Belgium
Hold Still, Keep Moving IV, solo, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
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
Bomen & Bossen (Trees & Forests), Melkweg gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Art Fairs: PULSE Miami Art Fair (PPOW Gallery) Fiac, ( Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Paris Photo (Les Filles du Calvaire and Torch Gallery)
2004
Dreamscapes, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Histoire(s) Parallèle(s), création-confrontation, France/ Pays-Bas, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France
Transhumance//6, Le Château D’Eau-Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Vervreemding in het Hollandse landschap, (Allienation in Dutch Landscape), University Groningen, the Netherlands
Art Fairs: The Armory Show ( Torch Gallery) Art Rotterdam ( Torch Gallery); Paris Photo ( by Torch gallery and Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire); Art Basel / Miami Beach ( Torch Gallery); FIAC and Art Brussels ( Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire), Art Cologne (Torch Gallery and Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire)
2003
Hold still, keep moving III*, solo Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Potential Images of the World, the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, solo. Paris, France
Artistes et petites mises en scenes, Les Filles du Calvaire, Kanal 20, Brussels, Belgium
Where the grass is green, solo P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, USA
Energy and physics of spirituality, Westwood Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
Fotografen in Nederland 1852-2002, Photo museum, The Hague, the Netherlands
Retrospective View, Photo’s from the collection, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Art Fairs: Art Basel / Miami Beach ( Torch Gallery and PPOW Gallery); Art Rotterdam (Torch Gallery);
Art Basel 34 (Torch Gallery); The Armory Show( Torch Gallery); Paris Photo (Torch Gallery)
2002
Faces, People and Society, (contemporary photography) Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
De Noorderbreedte collection, CBK Groningen, the Netherlands
Art fairs: M.A.F. artfair, Renaissance Koepelkerk, (solopresentation byTorch Gallery); Art 33 Basel, (Torch Gallery); Paris Photo (Torch Gallery)
Acquisitions by semi-public and public collections:
Cristina Masaveu Peterson Fundation, Madrid, Spain • Fernando Fernández Coleccion. Santander, Spain • Los Bragales Coleccion, Santander, Spain • MoPA, (Museum of Photographic Arts) San Diego, USA • La Roche-sur-Yon Museum Collection, France • CBK Den Bosch, the Netherlands • Colección Norte, Gobierno de Cantabria, Spain • Collection Hermès, Luxembourg • Colección Olor Visual, Barcelona, Spain • ING Collection, the Netherlands • Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands • FNAC Collection, (French State Collection) Paris, France • Marsh collection, London, Great Britain • C.B.K. Groningen (centre of contemporary art), the Netherlands • City collection Amersfoort, the Netherlands • FNV foundation, the Netherlands • Achmea Kunstcollectie, the Netherlands • Gasunie (Dutch Gas Company), Groningen, the Netherlands • Béanet Collection (part of Interpay) the Netherlands • Artoteek Schiedam (art foundation), the Netherlands • Collection Océ van der Grinten, the Netherlands • Collection Rabobank, the Netherlands • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands • Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands • Zaans Museum, Zaanstad, the Netherlands • Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain • 21 C Museum, Louisville-Kentucky, USA • DSM collection, the Netherlands • De Geestgronden Collection, the Netherlands • Collection Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands • Collection VUMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands • Collection Menzis, the Netherlands • Borusian Contempory, Turkey
Work by Ellen Kooi is also to be found in various private international collections