ANJA DE JONG
1957 born in Scheveningen, The Netherlands
1976 – 1981 education: visual communication, Academy of Fine Arts, Rotterdam
1981 – visual artist and freelance photographer
1989 – 2020 lecturer on photography, Photography department at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2011 – 2020 lecturer on photography, department of Fine Arts at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2021 – 2022 City Artist (Stadskunstenaar) of Dordrecht
   
 
  SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Am Flutgraben, Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht
  Monuments of Climate Change (The North), Het Lage Noorden, Marrum
2022 Troubled Waters, Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht (with Rachel Bacon and Suzette Bousema)
  The Magic of Polaroid, Art Centre Schiedam
  De Leegte, Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht
2021 Manchester Science Festival, Science Photographer of the Year 2020, shortlist, Royal Photographic Society, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England
2020 EN NU (AND NOW), Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht
  We Got Your Back, online exhibition COVID-19
2019 Nacht (Night), Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht
2017 Personal Structures, GAA Foundation (context Venice Biennale 2017), European Cultural Centre – Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
  Fotografie und die Künstlerische Blick auf Natur, Kunstlerhaus Metternich, Koblenz, Germany
  NUCLEUS | Imagining science, Noorderlicht 2017 Photofestival, KINK, Assen
2016 Anja de Jong – Trudy Kunkeler, gallery Ateliers 22, Dordrecht
  ViaVia3, Kutscherhaus, Recklinghausen, Germany
2014 DordtYart 2014, Five Eras – Five Cultures, DordtYart, Dordrecht 
  Photo Domburg, Domburg
  Licht, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
  DordtYart 2014, Submersa (drowned), DordtYart, Dordrecht 
  ViaVia, Vestischer Künstlerbund, Recklinghausen, Germany
  200 jaar Koninkrijk – 200 jaar Kunst, Pictura, Dordrecht
2013 Aesthetica Art Prize (long list), York St. Mary’s, York, England
  Picturaprint, Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht
2011 Ice Edge – IJsgrens, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
  Photo+Art Book 2011, Hamburg, Germany
2010 Berlin’s Covered History – Photo Projects Anja de Jong, Goethe Institut, Rotterdam
  Tapetenwechsel, Dordrecht – Berlin – Dordrecht, CBK Dordrecht, Dordrecht
2009 Selectie 09, CBK Dordrecht, Dordrecht
  Gestörte Natur / Disturbed Nature, Cluster, Berlin, Germany
  51°49′ N 04°40′ E Photo Projects Anja de Jong 2004-2009, CBK Dordrecht, Dordrecht
2007 Anja de Jong Studio, Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlijn, Germany
2006 Turning Point, 25 years of Photography Projects Anja de Jong, Galerie Arps & Co, Amsterdam
  No Man’s Land, Kruithuis, Den Bosch
2005 One or two things I know about Chisinau, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Dordrecht in co-operation with Gallery Aorta, Chisinau, Moldava
2004 Anja de Jong – Borderland, Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague
2002 Fotografen in Nederland 1852-2002, Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague
2001 Sense of Space, Noorderlicht 2001 Photofestival, Der Aa-kerk, Groningen
2000 Spaced Out, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  Spaced Out, Erasmushuis, Jakarta, Indonesia
1999 Sprekende dingen, objecten en hun verhaal, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn
1998 Borderland 1992-1998 Anja de Jong, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam
1997 De Zaaiers, Stichting Fotoforum, Elleboogkerk, Amersfoort
  Architecture in black and white, European Architectural Photography Prize, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany, after that exhibitions in various European cities (and in 1998)
1996 Borderland, Indesem 1996, within ‘Exploring the Darklands’ (international event on architecture and design), Het Paviljoen, Faculteit der Bouwkunde, Delft
  Weatherview, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England
  Na Scheffer, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
1995 De ontdekking van Dordrecht, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht
1994 Borderland, Het Nederlands Fotomuseum, Sittard
  Anja de Jong – Marijke de Goey, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
  Getuigenissen, Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht
  Strangers in Paradise, Photo International Rotterdam 1994, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam
  Photography Awards of the Netherlands, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, after that in The Association Gallery, London, England
1992 Foto’s voor de stad, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
  Fotowerk, fotografie in opdracht 1986-1992, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
  Camera Femina, Kunsthal ’88, Almelo
  Photography Awards of the Netherlands, Canon Image Centre, Amsterdam
1990 Ruimtes, Museum ‘den Tempel’, Sittard
  Nederlandse architectuurfotografie 1930-1990, Ministerie van VROM, The Hague
1989 Anja de Jong, Galerie Fotomania, Rotterdam
  Fotografie van A tot Z, eigen collectie, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn
  Inzicht – Uitzicht, Stichting Vrouwen in de Beeldende Kunst, Posthoornkerk, Amsterdam
  Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse architectuurfotografie, Galerie ’t Venster, Rotterdam
1988 Contrepoints, Anja de Jong – Teun Hocks, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France
  Anja de Jong – Peter Martens, Galerie Tussenwater, Rotterdam
  De Verbeelding van Leiden, De Waag, Leiden
1987 Anja de Jong – Fotowerken, Gemeente Museum, Arnhem
  La Photographie hollandaise, Metz, France
1986 Anja de Jong – Fotowerken, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn
  Anja de Jong – Recent fotowerk, Canon Photo Gallery, Amsterdam
  Visualisering Gebouwde Omgeving, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn
  Il luogo del lavoro, Triennale di Milano XVII, Milan, Italy
  Architectuur en Fotografie, Galerie Perspektief, Rotterdam, after that in Delft and Tilburg
1985 Anja de Jong – Fotografie, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
  Triennale Internationale de la Photographie, Musée d’art et d’histoire, Fribourg, Switzerland
1984 Anja de Jong, Galerie Algemene Bank Nederland, Amsterdam
  Anja de Jong, Galerie Fiolet, Amsterdam
  Images et Imaginaires d’Architecture, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
  Foto Amsterdam, Canon Photo Gallery, Amsterdam
  Foto Biennale Enschede ’84, Enschede
1983 Fotografie in Nederland, Stichting Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam
1982 Architecture International, HIC, Rotterdam
  Anja de Jong, Architectenbureau Hoogstad, Weeber, Schulze en van Tilburg, Rotterdam
   
   
 
  WORK IN COLLECTIONS:
  Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam
  Moret en Limperg, Rotterdam
  Artotheek Dordrecht
  Artotheek The Hague
  Bank voor Nederlandsche Gemeenten, The Hague
  Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn
  Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
  Musée d’art et d’histoire, Fribourg, Switzerland
  Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
  Trenité van Doorne, Brussel, Belgium
  Het Nederlands Fotografie Museum, Sittard
  Stadhuis, Apeldoorn
  Prentenkabinet, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden
  Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam
  CBK, Dordrecht
  Dordrechts Museum
  Marsh Nederland B.V. Rotterdam
  Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  Private Collections
   
 
  PUBLICATIONS IN BOOKS:
  De Verbeelding van Leiden, published in 1988 by Gemeente Leiden and Bank voor Nederlandsche Gemeenten, The Hague
  Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Architectuurfotografie, published in 1989 by 010, Rotterdam
  Gemeenten maken toekomst, published in 1989 by Bank voor Nederlandsche Gemeenten, The Hague
  Ruimte voor Architectuur, nota architectuurbeleid, published in 1991 by SDU, The Hague
  Fotoboek ‘oog in oog’, Henk Gerritsen, (50 jaar Hasselblad), published in 1991 by P/F, Zoetermeer
  Foto’s voor de stad, Amsterdamse documentaire foto-opdrachten ’89-’91, published in 1992 by Gemeentearchief Amsterdam and Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
  Photography Annual of the Netherlands 3, PANL Foundation, published in 1992 by BIS Publishers, Amsterdam
  Annual 1993 Bond van Nederlandse Architecten, published in 1994 by B.N.A., Rotterdam
  Photography Annual of the Netherlands 5, PANL Foundation, published in 1994 by BIS Publishers, Amsterdam
  De Ontdekking van Dordrecht, published in 1995 by Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht
  Exploring the Darklands, Indesem 1996, published in 1996 by Faculteit Bouwkunde, Delft
  Ary Schefferfonds, published in 1996 by Vereniging Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
  Momentopname. Caldic Collection, published in 1996 by Caldic, Rotterdam
  Architecture in black and white, European Architectural Photography Prize, published in 1997  by Deutsche Bauzeitung, Stuttgart, Germany
  Borderland 1992-1998 Anja de Jong, published in 1998 by Anja de Jong, Dordrecht
  Anja de Jong, Lexicon no. 31, Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Fotografie, published in 1999 by Voetnoot, Antwerpen, België
  Sense of Space, Noorderlicht 2001 Photofestival, published in 2001 by Stichting Aurora Borealis, Groningen
  Fotografen in Nederland 1852-2002, published in 2002 by Ludion, Amsterdam en  Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague
  The Borderland Project, Anja de Jong, published in 2004 by Anja de Jong, Dordrecht
  Moldova in Dutch Light, published in 2005 by Centrum Beeldende Kunst Dordrecht and Gallery Aorta, Chisinau, Moldova
  Schuilstad, Koos Bosma, published in 2006 by SUN, Amsterdam
  Germany since 1945 through the eye of Dutch Photographers, Flip Bool, published in 2008 by Avans Hogeschool, Research Group Photography AKV/St. Joost, Breda
  Berlin’s Covered History, Anja de Jong, published in 2009 by Anja de Jong, Dordrecht
  Shelter City, Koos Bosma, published in 2012 by Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam
  Aesthetica Art Prize 2013, 100 Contemporary Artists, published in 2013 by Aesthetica Magazine Ltd., York, Engeland
  Dijken van Nederland, LOLA Landscape Architects, published in 2014 by Nai010, Rotterdam
  ViaVia, published in 2016 by Kutscherhaus, Recklinghausen, Duitsland,
  Dutch Dikes, LOLA Landscape Architects, published in 2014 by Nai010, Rotterdam
  Fotografie und die künstlerische Blick auf Natur, published in 2017 by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Künstler am Mittelrhein, Koblenz, Germany
  Personal Structures, published in 2017 by GAA Foundation (Biennale di Venezia), Venice, Italy
  NUCLEUS | imagining science, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2017, published in 2017 by Stichting Aurora Borealis, Groningen
  Antarktikos #1 Mapping Nature, published in 2021 by Daarzijn, Rotterdam
  Waterproof, van vechten naar furore, published in 2021 by Trichis, Rotterdam
Waterproof, from battle to victory, published in 2021 by Trichis, Rotterdam
  Polaroid in The Netherlands (The magic of instant-photography), published in 2022, Arno Bauman, Vlaardingen
   
  OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
  Foto, Perspektief, Professionele Fotografie, Eyemazing, Camera Austria, Photonews, Futura, De Architect, Archis and other magazines
  De Volkskrant, N.R.C., Trouw, Haagsche Courant, Algemeen Dagblad and other newspapers
  Images et Imaginaires d’Architecture, published in 1984 by Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
  Scienza e Technica, published in 1986 by Mondadori, Milan, Italy
  Rotterdamse Architectuur in kaart, published in 1988 by Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam
  Portfolio from Annual Bond van Nederlandse Architecten 1993, published in 1994 by Anja de Jong, Dordrecht
  Decorum, published in 1995 by Vakgroep Kunstgeschiedenis Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Leiden
  Photographers Encyclopaedia International from 1839, (CD-ROM), published in 1997 by M. Auer, Switzerland and Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
  GKf fotografen Annuals2009-10, 10-11, 11-12, 12-13 published 2009-2013 by GKf Beroepsvereniging voor fotografen, Amsterdam
  Ice Edge – IJsgrens, a multiple designed by Vincent van Baar with three original prints and a covering and illustrated text about Ice Edge-IJsgrens, edition 2011 by Anja de Jong, Dordrecht
  ‘Omgaan met Geschiedenis, masteropleidingen erfgoedstudies’, Irmgard van Koningsbruggen, article in Monumenten 5, magazine for cultural heritage, published in 2013 by Top/Com-St. Monumenten, Cuijk
  Licht 2014, published 2014 by ArtWorlds, Amsterdam
  De stand van het Land’ – 37 photographers, published in 2017 by GKf, Amsterdam
  Anja de Jong’s website designed by Per Bos, published in 2019 by Zock Design, Dordrecht
  Essay ‘Troubled Waters’, Flos Wildschut with the exhibition and symposium, self-published in 2022, Dordrecht
   
 
  COMMISSIONS:
  Various architectural firms
  Various architecture magazines
  Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat, The Hague
  Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam
  Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn
  XVII Triennale di Milano (Il luogo del lavoro) with Argini in Olanda (‘dams in The Netherlands’), Milan, Italy
  Artotheek Dordrecht (grafiekmap), Dordrecht
  Agfa Gevaert (Kans op Kunst), Rijswijk
  Gemeente Leiden (De Verbeelding van Leiden), Leiden
  Gemeentearchief Amsterdam (Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst), Amsterdam
  Maatschappij voor Bedrijfs Objecten, Amsterdam
  Trenité van Doorne, advocaten en notarissen, Bruxelles, Belgium
  Centrum Beeldende Kunst Dordrecht with Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam
  Gemeente Dordrecht (alderman for culture) with Centrum Beeldende Kunst Dordrecht, Dordrecht
  Scientific research by Koos Bosma (photography), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
  Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht
  DordtYart 2014, DordtYart, Dordrecht
  Pictura, Dordrecht for Art Rotterdam 2017
  Gemeente Dordrecht (museum/archive), City Artist 2021-2023 Dordrecht
   
 
  OTHER ACTIVITIES:
1994 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, lecture and workshop within symposium ‘Ruimte in de Kunsten’,  organization by Rijksuniversiteit Leiden (dep. History of Art)
1995 – 1996 ‘Santa Claus’s wooden shoes’ (project organization),  Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, The Hague and Hunter College, New York, USA (exhibition exchange The Hague – New York v.v.)
1998 Interview on Dutch radio: ‘Ophef en Vertier’, VARA 05-10-1998
1999 Interview on Dutch radio: ‘De Recencenten’, NPS 14-05-1999
2000 Workshop on photography, Design Academy ADVY, Yogyakarta with Cemeti Art House for Design Academy, Indonesian Art Institute and Gaja Mada University (dep. Anthropology) and professional photographers, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  Workshop on photography Trisakti University and Erasmushuis, Jakarta with Cemeti Art House for Trisakti University, Institute Keseman Jakarta and professionals of  Gallery Foto Jurnalistik Antara, Jakarta
  I spy with my little eye’ or ’the manipulable truth’, lectures for Design Academy ADVY, Yogyakarta, Trisakti University, Jakarta and for Erasmus Huis Jakarta,Indonesia
2000 – 2002 Stichting Foto Opdrachten Rotterdam’ (external adviser to the committee ) with Historisch Museum, Nederlands Foto Instituut, CBK Rotterdam and Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst,Rotterdam
2004 Lectures on ‘The Borderland Project’:  Museum of Photography The Hague, bookstore Donner, Rotterdam
   Interview on Dutch radio: ‘DeSmetLive’, IKON 01-04-2004
   Interview on Dutch radio: ‘Weg met BNN’, BNN 12-04-2004
  Interview on Dutch radio: ‘De Avonden’, VPRO 26-04-2004
  Interview on Dutch TV: RTV Rijnmond, 14-4-2004
2005 RABObank Prize2005, Pictura, Dordrecht
2007 Artist-in-residence 2007, Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany
2004/2009 Bookpresentations/ booksigning sessions in bookstores: Atheneum – Amsterdam, Donner – Rotterdam, Van Stockum – Den Haag, Pegasus – Amsterdam
2009 Interview on Dutch Radio: ‘de Avonden’, VPRO 14-10-2009
2010 Double nomination for ‘Berlin’s Covered History’, long list Dutch Doc Awards 2010
2011 Interview on Dutch Radio: ‘De Avonden’, VPRO 15-04-2011
2012 Artist-in-residence 2012, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. Johns in collaboration with National Parks Canada situated in National Park Gros Morne, Woody Point, Newfoundland, Canada
  Discovery Centre National Park Gros Morne (lecture and workshop), Woody Point, Newfoundland, Canada
2015 Submersa’ (drowned), video film by J. van der Horst, T. Kunkeler and G. Willems commissioned by DordtYart 2014
  Artist-in-residence 2015, Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst
2016 Artist-in-residence 2016, Gunnar Daan, Oosternijkerk/Oostmahorn
  ‘WATER defines the city’, video film by Evelyn Jansen commissioned by Stichting de Stad 2015
2018 Photography on location for ‘Monuments of Climate Change’: Katwijk, Hondsbossche Zeewering, Marker Wadden, Deltagoot Delft, Nijmegen, Delfzijl and surroundings
  Course ‘dike monitoring ‘ (dijkbewaking), Waterschap Hollandse Delta
  Symposium ‘Scaling up Building with Nature’, EcoShape, Utrecht
  Lectures ‘Heritage, Archeology and Maritime Landscapes’ (by dr. M.R. Manders), University Leiden
  National Delta Conference 2018, Zwolle
  Lecture about own work, Fotoclub Vleuten
  Lecture about ‘Landscape Photography’ (Landschapsfotografie), GKf, Amsterdam
2019 Photography on location for ‘Monuments of Climate Change’: Schokland, Waterloopbos, Balgstuw Ramspol, Yerseke, Schelphoek, Houtribdijk, Texel, Eemskust Groningen
  Brunings Lecture + visit Metronome (tidal facility), Utrecht University
  Artist-in-residence 2019, Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland
  Photography on location for ‘Iceland [re]visited’: e.g. Stokksnes, Krafla project, Svartsengi, Nesjavellir, Hellisheidi, Bláa Lónið
  National Delta Conference 2019, Goes
  Lecture about own work, Fotoclub X65, Noordwijk
2020 Photography on location for ‘Monuments of Climate Change’: Noordwaard
  National Delta Conference 2020, online because of Covid-19
2021 Science Photographer of the Year 2020, shortlist competition Royal Photographic Society England, category ‘Climate Change’
  Location photography for ‘Monuments of Climate Change’: Metronome, Utrecht University
  Submitting text and photography for Antarktikos
  Artist-in-Residence 2021, “Het Lage Noorden’, Marrum
  Submitting images for WATERPROOF
  Symposium ‘Op Terp Hoogte’, Wadden Academy, Ezinge
  Participation in SOUNDHOUSE project of Nico Parlevliet
  Lecture about own work, Fotoclub Perspektief, Houten
  Lecture about ‘Create or delete: Doomed to tinker with the landscape forever’, Heritage Day 2021, Kunstmin, Dordrecht
  National Delta Conference 2021, online because of Covid-19
  NEXT LEVEL 2021 conference, Dordrecht (online)
  Symposium Sint Elisabethsvloed, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
2022 Member ballot committee , Pictura, Dordrecht
  Symposium NCK-Ecoshape “Salt marshes and Nature-Based Solutions” (online)
  Location photography for City Artist Dordrecht
  Organization of symposium ‘Troubled Waters’, Dordrechts Museum
  TV interviews Troubled Waters/City Artist by Via Cultura
  Guided tours of my exhibition ‘Troubled Waters’, Pictura, Dordrecht
  Participation Erfgoedtafel Waterdriehoek, Heritage department, province Zuid-Holland
  Symposium NCK-NCR “Water-retaining landscapes of the Future”, Deltares, Delft
  GKf symposium “Dealing with archive of an artist and how to proceed?, Gorinchem
  Fiebre Photobook Fest 2022, fair in Madrid, Spain
  Lecture during National Day of History (theme: What a Disaster!), Regionaal Archief Dordrecht
  Talkshow ‘Spotlights On’ during TIJ-festival, Energiehuis/Kunstmin, Dordrecht
  National Delta Conference 2022 (online)
  Dutch Arctic Circle 2022, Wereld Natuur Fonds (WWF), Zeist
2023 Crowdfunding for creative makers (kick off), Stichting voordekunst, DOOR, Dordrecht
  DUOTOON 6, (beam)presentation about own work, Pictura Dordrecht – together with Kees Verschuren
  Ode aan de Brug, at book launch from Frits Baarda a preview of my work as city artist Dordrecht, Stichting De Stad, Nationaal Onderwijs Museum, Dordrecht
  GKf/DuPho, future GKf (2.0?), Fotomuseum Den Haag
  Regional conference of the Delta Program Rijnmond-Drechtsteden, (beam) presentation of my work as city artist Dordrecht for Rijkswaterstaat, Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam
   
   

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