Lonneke van der Palen
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The work of Lonneke van der Palen (NL, 1985) is a growing visual investigation in which one theme prevails: the aesthetic pleasures of everyday life. She reminds us of the fact that everything around us is shaped, by both nature and man. How all these things take shape and meaning in our lives on this planet and the actions that go with them is the breeding ground for her work.
Van der Palen wants to amaze the viewer. She looks at everything with the same interest. It makes no difference to her whether her subject is a rusty oil bottle in the dusty rocky landscapes of Croatia or a Margiela handbag in a Parisian studio, and whether she shoots with a professional camera or simply a phone. Her aim is to capture a moment and make the viewer look at the world with the same admiration and love.
In recent years, she has built up a large collection of photographs on subjects ranging from plastic chairs, tablecloths, stray shopping bags and jerry cans to stones, tent cloths, exotic fruits and boys in swimming trunks having cocktails. Instead of simply recording these everyday subjects, she literally puts them in a different light. This leads to a sometimes visible, sometimes invisible shift in reality. She enlarges subjects and reduces the image to a cleaned-up essence, which results in compositions in which shape, colour and light relate to each other in a well-considered way.
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Parool, Zelfs de lelijkste, banaalste dingen krijgen iets bijzonders in de foto’s van Lonneke van der Palen
de Volkskrant, Fotograaf Lonneke van der Palen legt alles vast, maar wel op háár manier
C41 Magazine, Lonneke van der Palen wanders in a mysterious world
Sleek Magazine, Lonneke van der Palen: The Dutch Photographer Creating Mathematical Magic -
1985, The Netherlands, Lives and works in Amsterdam
Education
2007-2011 Bachelor - Photography, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL)
2003-2007 Bachelor - Fine Art & Design in Education, Maastricht Institute of Arts (NL)
Awards
2023 - Meijburg Art Commission 2023 (nomination)
2019 - Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs (nomination)
2013 - Wallpaper X Le Book Award
2012 - The Photo Academy Awards (nomination)
2011 - Hollands Diep Fotoprijs (nomination)
Exhibitions
2024
Lonneke van der Palen, Museum Jan, Amstelveen, solo
Amsterdam Art Week, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, solo
2023
Unseen, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Gashouder, Amsterdam, NL - solo
2022
Art Rotterdam, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Rotterdam, NL
Unfair, Amsterdam, NL
2021
Museum voor niet essentiële kunst, Droog, Amsterdam, NL
Summer of 21‘, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, NL
2020
Please Return to the Highlighted Route (solo), Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, NL
Pandemic Street View, Bellamy Kabinet, Amsterdam, NL
The Slow Rush, Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
2019
Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2018
This Art Fair, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, NL
Intervention, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, NL
The Gateway to Fashion, Schueller de Waal, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
My Feeder is a Photographer, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, NL
Selected Works, Kunstplatform De Apotheek, Amsterdam, NL
Better Known As, Salone del Mobile, Milaan, IT
Fata Morgana, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, NL
2017
Sleek Art, Berlin Art Week, Berlin, DE
Jong en Veelbelovend, Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk, NL
Dead Darlings Anonymous Auction, Foam, Amsterdam, NL
Summer of Sun #3 Paris-Arles, Ground Control, Paris, FR
Vincent op Vrijdag, Vincent Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2016
Ordinary Exhibition, KK Outlet, London, UK
The Wandering Eye, Adam&Siam, Amsterdam, NL
Le Club des Directeurs Artistiques, Arles, FR
Bal, Paleis Soestdijk, Soest, NL
Haute Photographie, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
2015
Secret, Kunsthalle, Bern, CH
Beelddragers X10, Volkshotel, Amsterdam, NL
FC DDW 2015, Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, NL
Encontros da Imagem, Braga, PT
This is It/Now, Snapchat Photography Exhibition
Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, FR
Dis, City Hall, The Hague, NL
The Fence, Fotofestival Naarden, NL
Festival Circulation(s), 104 Centquatre, Paris, FR
2014
Current Obsession, Amsterdam, NL
Kantor, De Sloot Office, Amsterdam NL
New Dutch Photography, Art’Otel, Amsterdam, NL
Unseen, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
Soiree Graphique, Komet, Bern, CH
Raw Art Fair, Cruise Terminal, Rotterdam, NL
The Old Man & The Sea, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
De Fotokopie, Galerie de Schans, Amsterdam, NL
2013
Unseen, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
Wit/White, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
Voyage, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
On the Edge, Garage, Rotterdam, NL
Blog Re-Blog, Signal Gallery, New York, US
Message in a Photo, Loenen aan de Vegt, NL
Unfair Amsterdam, Loods6, Amsterdam, NL
Now Or Never, Gem, The Hague, NL
2012
Secret Postcards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL
The Photo Academy Awards, Museum of Photography, The Hague, NL
Fashionclash, Timmerfabriek, Maastricht, NL
Openspace Talent, KunstTour 2012, Maastricht, NL
Future Travels, Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Hague, NL
A Parallel Place, State X Festival, The Hague, NL
Souvenir, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, NL
Teaching
2022-2024 Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL
2022 Academie Artemis, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam, NL
2016 l’Ecole Cantonale d’Art Lausanne, CH
