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)
Collections (Selected)
. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
. The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
. The Wende Museum, Los Angeles, CA
. Ford Foundation, Art Collection, New York, NY
. 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
. 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
. Schunck Museum, Heerlen, Netherlands
. Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
. Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands
. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Awards (Selected)
. LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2015, 1st prize Metropolis
. World Press Photo 2011, 1st prize Daily Life Stories Metropolis
. World Press Photo 2006, 2nd prize Portraits Stories The Never-Ending War’
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
2022 The Wende Museum, Los Angeles, Relics of the Cold War
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
2017 Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, Netherlands, Metropolis
2017 India Habitat Centre – Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi, Metropolis
2017 Anastasia Photo Gallery New York City, 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
2014 Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum), Berlin, The Eyes of War
2014 Anastasia Photo Gallery, New York, Relics of the Cold War
2012 Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 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
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
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
2021 Photo Festival Paraty em Foco, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Metropolis
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
2016 Art Miami, Miami (Art Fair), Metropolis
2013 Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris (Art Fair), Metropolis
2013 Photoville, New York, 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 Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands, Metropolis
2011 Sony World Photography Festival 2011, London, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sao Paulo
2011 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands, Summer Exhibition
2011 Photofestival Naarden, Naarden, Netherlands, Let’s face it
2010 Duke University, Center for Documentary Studies, Durham NC, USA, Daylight Awards
2010 Breda Photo, Breda, Netherlands, Tilt
2010 Noorderlicht Photofestival, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Warzone
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
Molenweg 27A
3849 RL, Hierden
The Netherlands
M +31 (0) 6 53 77 99 59
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Personal Agent
Maartje Wildeman
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maartjewildeman@chello.nl