LUUK DE HAAN

Luuk de Haan was born in 1964 in Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. His work emphasizes sequential processes and long durations, returning photography to a unique and individualized practice and away from reproductive economies of mass production.

His photographs break traditional conventions of picture-making, placing us in an alternative viewing position with a different kind of subjectivity to the visual world they confront us with. His work involves an interrogation of the definition and function of photography, inviting us to reflect on what 'photographic-ness' might mean and why it might matter. Such images counter the photographically saturated environment of our hyper-mediated world, slowing our perception and encouraging a more thoughtful consideration of its effects by offering a more contemplative visual experience.

Exhibitions & Fairs

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2023
May 11 – June 17: The Borders | Mob-art Studio, Luxembourg
May 28 – Aug 30: Unusual | Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam
June 15 – 18: Affordable Art Fair Sydney | Lightworks
Sept 20 – 24: Haute Photographie Amsterdam / Haute Photographie Rotterdam

2021
Art Miami
Pauze, SchlessArt, Voert 18, Bergen NH
Orbit, Poimena Gallery, Tasmania, Australia

2020
Intersect Aspen, USA, July 22 – 26
MU in Apeldoorn | Faraway Up Close, with catalogue, ACEC, January 18 – March 1
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Palm Beach, USA, January 8 – 11

2019
Kunst10Daagse, Bergen NH, October 18 – 27
Painting with Light, Yossi Milo Gallery, USA, January 17 – February 23

2018
Expo Chicago
Contemporary Transformations, Duke Contemporary Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
Grenzeloos Tekenen, SchlessArt, Bergen, September 1 – 23
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Palm Beach, USA

2017
Eloquent Geometry, Espace Meyer/Zafra, Paris, France
Expo Chicago
Art New York

2016
Art Basel Miami
Light Painted Abstractions, Kaune Contemporary, Cologne, Germany
Songs on Paper (duo exhibition with Pieter Bijwaard), Kunsthandel Ineke Aronds, Bergen, The Netherlands
Expo Chicago
big nothing - curated by Richard Caldicott - Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York City, USA
Prime Time / Object_if - archetypes of abstraction in photography, with catalogue, DiehlCUBE, Berlin, Germany
Art New York

2015
Silence out Loud - curated by Joost Zwagerman - Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, The Netherlands
Blind Date II, Dapiran Art Project Space, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Modest Masters #1, Het Hof, Bergen, The Netherlands
Ways of the Imagination, Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2014
Inspiratie – kunst, kennis en natuur, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, The Netherlands

2013
Neue Stille, Galerie Vous Êtes Ici, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010
SchoK, Schoorl, The Netherlands

2009
Bergen Geestgrond, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, The Netherlands

1995
He has never been to NYC, Galerie Jansen & Baumler, Amsterdam

1994
Lisboa Taxi, Galerie Jansen & Baumler, Amsterdam

Publications

2023 - Collectables, issue #4, Kahmann Gallery

2019 - outwards #3 in: Maanbrief aan het getij, Inge Nicole, In de Knipscheer
Honourable Mention, Minimalist Photography Awards, 'Open Theme' category - selected for the annual book
Honourable Mention, Minimalist Photography Awards, 'Photomanipulation' category - selected for the annual book

2018 - 'outwards #3' in: Tijdschrift voor Zijnsoriëntatie 57/2018
Selected photographs with an essay by Derek Horton
Volar by Longplay (Pieter Bijwaard & Luuk de Haan), text by Joost Zwagerman

2017 - Dichtersvisioen, Discovery Books, ISBN 978-90-77728-44-4
Abstract, Blow Photo issue #15

2016 - De keuze van Joost Zwagerman. Ode aan de kunst, uitgeverij Terra
Prime Time - Archetypes of Abstraction in Photography, Volker Diehl
Big Nothing, June 16, The New Yorker: 5 Photography Exhibitions to See This Summer
July 5, Aperture
Big nothing at Sous Les Etoiles by Isabelle Von Arx, June 20, Musée Magazine

2015 - waarschijnlijkheid 10, Witteveen Visual Art Centre Magazine, Oeke Witteveen
Inspiratie door het Oude Hof, NRC

2014 - Het Oude Hof in Bergen, uitgeverij Noord-Holland

2013 - Zielsverwant aan de nieuwe stilte, Het Parool

2012 - review Music for Artists #1, Gonzo Circus

2009 - Bergen | Geestgrond, uitgeverij d'Jonge Hond

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