Ellen Kooi (born November 7, 1962, in

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), is a Dutch artist and photographer, who lives and works in

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. She makes scenographic, theatrical imagery merging landscapes and figures–in the tradition of the city's landscape painters from the

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Biography

Kooi graduated from the

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, in

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, in 1987; she was an artist in residency, and completed post-graduate studies, at the

Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...

, in

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, from 1993 to 1994. Within her body of work, themes of humans' intimate interactions with their surrounding natural world are explored. From unsettling landscapes, often populated only by young adults; to reassuring scenes of soothing serenity, and shelter; and serendipitous escapes; her subjects–nature and actor–are dramatically staged. Her work has been acquired by the

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, the

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, and the

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, all in the Netherlands, as well as the Collection

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, in

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, and the Borusan Contemporary, in

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. She is represented by Torch Gallery, in

Solo exhibitions

2015 * Undertones, at Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon, la Roche-sur-Yon, France * Docks Art Fair Lyon, Gallerie Les Filles Du Calvaire 2014 * Undertones, solo show at Centro de Arte Alcobendas (CAA), Madrid, Spain * AIPAD Photography Show (PPOW Gallery), New York * As it Happens, Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Paris, France 2013 * Sables Mouvants, Lambertart, Le Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul, Lille, France 2012 * Transparent Days, Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain * Next to Me, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands * Recent Photography, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, United States * Luz Holandesa, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain 2011 * Out of Sight, PPOW Gallery, New York City * Ellen Kooi: Out of Sight, Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse, France * On the Other Side of Twilight, duo-show with Astrid Kruse Jensen, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, Netherlands 2010 * Out of Sight/Hors de Vue, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France * Ellen Kooi, Photographies, Le centre Image/ Imatge, Orthez, France 2009 * "Borrowed Landscapes", part of Festival Off PhotoEspaña, Gallery Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain * Fotowerken, de Willem III, Vlissingen, Netherlands * Recent Work, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008 * "Dentro por Fuera, Within from Without", soloshow, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain Retrieved 2016-8-28 (Google translation) * Recent Photography, Espacio Liquido, Gijon, Spain 2006 * Travaux Recents, duo show with Hans Op De Beeck, Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France 2005 * Hold Still, Keep Moving IV, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg, Luxemburg

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Ellen Kooi

Torch Gallery
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