Short CV
Training
. AKI, Academy of Fine Arts, Enschede, The Netherlands
Galleries
. Anastasia Photo Gallery, New York City
. East Wing Gallery, Doha
Monographs
. ‘Relics of the Cold War’ (updated reprint), Waanders Publishers (Netherlands, 2020)
. ‘Metropolis’, Hatje Cantz (Germany, 2015)
. ‘The Eyes of War’, Hatje Cantz (Germany, 2012)
. ‘Relics of the Cold War’, Hatje Cantz (Germany, 2009)
. ‘Trabant. The Final Days of Production’, Wasmuth Verlag (Germany, 2007)
. ‘The Never-Ending War’, QV Publishers (Netherlands, 2005)
. ‘Kabul’, Legermuseum (Netherlands, 2003)
. ‘Tussen vijandige buren’, Mets & Schilt Publishers (Netherlands, 2000)
. ‘De laatste lichting / The last batch’, Het Apollohuis (Netherlands, 1996)
Museum Collections
. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
. The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
. The Wende Museum, Los Angeles, CA
. Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum), Berlin
. Haus der Geschichte (House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany), Bonn
. Stadtmuseum Berlin, Berlin
. MAST, Bologna, Italy
. Huis Marseille – Museum for Photography, Amsterdam
. Drents Museum, Assen, Netherlands
. Museum Bronbeek, Arnhem, Netherlands
. National Military Museum, Soesterberg, Netherlands
. Schunck Museum, Heerlen, Netherlands
. Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
. Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands
. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Public and Corporate Collections (Selected)
. Ford Foundation, Art Collection, New York, NY
. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC
. Anthony Terrana Collection, Boston, MA
. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Art Collection, The Hague, Netherlands
. Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, The Hague, Netherlands
. University of Leiden, Photography Collection, Leiden, Netherlands
Awards & Nominations (Selected)
. Prix Pictet 2016, Nominee. Included in catalogue ‘Space‘
. Dutch Culture Buitengaats 2016. The Netherlands Cultural Export. The most exhibited Photographers outside The Netherlands: 1. Erwin Olaf, 2. Martin Roemers, 3. Rineke Dijkstra
. LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2015, 1st prize Metropolis
. World Press Photo 2011: 1st prize Daily Life Stories Metropolis
. Prix Pictet 2010. Nominee. Included in catalogue ‘Growth’
. World Press Photo 2006: 2nd prize Portraits Stories The Never-Ending War
Solo Exhibitions
2024 (permanent exhibition) The Wende Museum, Los Angeles, Relics of the Cold War in the Museum Garden
2022 The Wende Museum, Los Angeles, Relics of the Cold War
2021 Photo Festival Paraty em Foco, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Metropolis
2020 Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands, Relics of the Cold War
2019 Erasmus Huis, Jakarta, Indonesia, Metropolis
2019 Zeitgeschichtliches Forum, Leipzig, Germany, Relics of the Cold War
2018 Chicago Forum on Global Cities, Chicago, Metropolis
2018 House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany (Haus der Geschichte), Bonn, Relics of the Cold War
2018 Drents Museum, Assen, Netherlands, Kabul Portraits
2018 Asian Library, University of Leiden, Netherlands, Metropolis
2017 Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, Netherlands, Metropolis
2017 India Habitat Centre – Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi, Metropolis
2017 Anastasia Photo Gallery New York City, Metropolis
2017 University Library, Leiden, Netherlands, New Acquisitions:Urban Jungle. Megacities in Asia
2017 World Forum The Hague, Netherlands, United Nations conference, Metropolis
2016 Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum), Berlin, Relics of the Cold War
2016 Huis Marseille – Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, Metropolis (C)
2016 Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum, Mumbai, Metropolis
2016 East Wing Gallery, Dubai, Metropolis
2016 Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Metropolis
2015 Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, The Eyes of War
2014 Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum), Berlin, The Eyes of War
2014 Anastasia Photo Gallery, New York, Relics of the Cold War
2014 Bursa Fotofest, Bursa, Turkey, The Never-Ending War
2013 Photoville, New York City, Metropolis
2012 Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands, The Eyes of War
2012 Anastasia Photo Gallery, New York City, Metropolis
2011 Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands, Metropolis
2011 Photofestival Naarden, Naarden, Netherlands, Kabul Portraits + The Eyes of War
2010 Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, Relics of the Cold War
2010 Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, Relics of the Cold War
2010 Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany, Trabant – The Final Days of Production
2010 Gallery Simulaker, Fotofestival Fotopub, Novo Mesto, Slovenia, Relics of the Cold War
2009 Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, Relics of the Cold War
2009 Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands, A tribute to the Trabant
2009 Legermuseum, Delft, Netherlands, Cold War Graveyard
2009 Stadt- und Industriemuseum Rüsselsheim, Germany, Trabant – The Final Days of Production
2008 Sächsisches Industriemuseum, Chemnitz, Germany, Trabant – The Final Days of Production
2007 Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands, The Never-Ending War
2007 Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Trabant – The Final Days of Production
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2024 Museum Prinsenhof, Delft, Netherlands, De Kunstparade
2024 Photo Festival Eyes on Main Street, Wilson, North Carolina, 10th Anniversary Edition
2023 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, New Horizons. Modern Colour Photography in the Rijksmuseum Collection
2023 Daegu Arts Center, Daegu, South Korea, Photography Biennale
2022 MAST, Bologna, The MAST Collection. A visual alphabet of industry, work and technology
2020 Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands, City Life. People & the Urban Reality
2019 Guler Sanat Gallery, Ankara, Turkey, A Turkish Breeze through a Dutch frame
2018 House of Photography, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, Street. Life. Photography. Seven Decades of Street Photography
2018 Royal DSM, Art Collection, Sittard, Netherlands, New Acquisitions: Metropolis
2017 DongGang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea, Metropolis
2017 Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands, Wonderkamers
2017 Art Central, Hong Kong (Art Fair)
2016 Art Miami, Miami (Art Fair), Metropolis
2016 Biennial of Photography, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, Mexico Megalopolis
2015 Acte2 Galerie, Paris, Urban Dreams
2014 Visa Pour l’Image, Perpignan, France (screening)
2014 Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta, St. Petersburg, Russia, Under Cover
2013 Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris (Art Fair), Metropolis
2013 The Empty Quarter, Dubai, Metropolis
2013 Art Rotterdam (Art Fair), Metropolis
2012 Photoville, Dumbo Arts Center, New York City, Let’s face it
2012 Rencontres d’Arles, France, Metropolis (screening)
2011 Museum of Estonian Architecture, Talinn, Estonia, Metropolis – City Life in the Urban Age
2011 The Empty Quarter, Dubai, Metropolis 2.0
2011 Sony World Photography Festival 2011, London, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sao Paulo
2011 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands, Summer Exhibition
2010 Duke University, Center for Documentary Studies, Durham NC, USA, Daylight Awards
2010 Breda Photo, Breda, Netherlands, Tilt
2010 Noorderlicht Photofestival, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Warzone
2009 Stadtmuseum Berlin, Ephraim-Palais, Berlin,Fallmauerfall | 61 – 89 – 09 Grenzueberschreitung und Grenzerfahrung im Spiegel der Kunst
2009 Deutsches Architekturmuseum (German Architecture Museum) Frankfurt, New Homeland
2008 FOAM, Amsterdam, The Living Other
Reviews, Interviews, Portfolios (Selected)
. National Geographic Magazine (US edition)
. The New York Times
. The New Yorker
. The Wall Street Journal
. Time Magazine
. Newsweek
. Granta
. Financial Times Magazine (UK)
. GEO (Germany, France)
. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
. Photonews
. European Photography
Contact
Martin Roemers
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martin@martinroemers.com
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Personal Agent
Maartje Wildeman
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maartjewildeman@chello.nl