Curriculum Vitae

Short CV

Training
.
 AKI, Academy of Fine Arts, Enschede, The Netherlands

Galleries
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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
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  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)
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  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  Bursa PhotoFest, Ressam Şefik Bursalı Art Gallery, Bursa, Turkey, Urban Defiance
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)
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 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
M +31 (0) 6 53 77 99 59
martin@martinroemers.com
www.martinroemers.com
www.instagram.com/martinroemers/

Personal Agent
Maartje Wildeman
M +31 (0) 6 40 53 65 97,
maartjewildeman@chello.nl