Misha de Ridder
Born in 1971 Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Represented by
Gerard Doustraat 128a, 1073VX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel & fax: 0031 (0)20 463 69 04; info@juliettejongma.com
EDUCATION
1996
Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht
RESIDENCIES
2006
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt ^ kaïrolog
2004
Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Juliètte Jongma Gallery at FIAC, Paris, France
2006
Greenleaf Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2005
Juliètte Jongma Gallery, Amsterdam, ‘Elysian Fields’
Kunstkerk, Dordrecht, ‘Het dak van de hemel’
2004
Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, ‘Beautiful Tree in Terrible City’
Kunsthuis 13, Velp, ‘Hunting’, with Joris van der Horst
2003
Foam Photography Museum Amsterdam, ‘Wilderness’
2000
De Balie, Amsterdam, ‘Sightseeing’
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Lost & Found, Amsterdam, ‘Sunset Cairo’
2006
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, ‘Lost&Found’
Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, Alexandria, Egypt, ‘Lost&Found’
PHotoEspaña 2006, Madrid, Spain, ‘Del paisaje reciente’
Art in General, New York, USA, ‘Lost & Found’
Academiegalerie, Utrecht, ‘Google Earth’
2005
Chocoladefabriek, Zaandam
2004
Juliètte Jongma Gallery, Amsterdam, ‘On Angels’
Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, ‘Toekenning 021’
Arcam, Amsterdam, ‘Dig the City’
Lost & Found, Los Angeles, Amsterdam
2003
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, ‘Link - A proposal for Municipal Acquisitions’
Gemeentearchief Amsterdam, ‘From North to South’
2002
Amsterdam Centre for Photography, ‘De steen in de vijver’
Foam Photography Museum Amsterdam, ‘Foam in the Vondelpark’
De Balie, Amsterdam, ‘Bos’
Amsterdam Centre for Photography, ‘The Photographic Landscape’
2001
Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, ‘Mooie foto’s’
FotoFestival Naarden, ‘Exposure’
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, launch Catalogue Magazine
Springdance Festival, Utrecht
2000
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Sightseeing, book presentation
Amsterdam Centre for Photography, ‘SITEseeing’
1999
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, The Perfect Picture
Van Alen Institute, New York, USA, IF/THEN, slideshow
1998
Consortium, Amsterdam, Sec.
NFI, Rotterdam, ‘SubUrban Options’, The Perfect Picture
1996
Amsterdam Centre for Photography, ‘Young Autonomous Photography’
Pennings Gallery, Eindhoven, ‘Transit’
Fotoforum Foundation, Amersfoort, ‘New Harvest’
ART FAIRS
2008
Art Amsterdam
2007
Art Rotterdam, Art Amsterdam, FIAC Paris
2006
Art Rotterdam, Art Amsterdam, Liste Basel, FIAC Paris, NADA Miami
2005
Art Rotterdam, Art Amsterdam
MONOGRAPHS
2005
Het dak van de Hemel, Municipality of Dordrecht (design: Hansje van Halem)
2003
Wilderness, Artimo (design: Mevis & Van Deursen) ISBN 90 7538 075 5
2000
Sightseeing, De Balie Publishers (design: Kummer & Herrman) ISBN 90 6617 247 9
FILMOGRAPHY
2008
I Love Alaska, video 50', director of photography, director Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug,
production Submarine
PUBLICATIONS
2007
Dutch Eyes, 'Reguliersbreestraat', photo
2005
Een nieuwe nederzetting, De onvoltooide geschiedenis van Leidsche Rijn,
De Verbeelding Publishers, ISBN 90 74159 85 0, photo essay
Recollected Work, Mevis & Van Deursen, ISBN 90-8546-031-X
2004
Archis, ‘Beijing’, photo
De Groene Amsterdammer, ‘De reanimatie van downtown LA’, phot essay
2002
Het verlangen naar de stad, De Balie Publishers / SWD, ISBN 90 6617 284 3, photo essay
Forum Magazine, Weekend Agenda, photo essay
2001
Re-Magazine, Review, photo
Catalogue Magazine, I love the Bijlmer, photo essay
Me, Myself and You, Droog Design, design collection
2000
Re-Magazine, Re-Connect, photo series
1998
Sec., photo series
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
The Daily Star Egypt, Phoebe Sloane, 'Lost and Found in Cairo', review
Het Financieele Dagblad, Anne Berk, 'Het nieuwe verlangen', review
2005
de Volkskrant, Maria Barnas, ‘Weelderige realiteit’, about ‘Elysian Fields'
2005
Algemeen Dagblad, Wilko Peenstra, ‘Hemelse foto's’, review
2004
De Gelderlander, Inge Pollet, ‘Wijdbeens meisje temidden van natuur’,
2003
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Hripsimé Visser, catalogue ‘Link’
VPRO radio, De Avonden, interview
Volkskrant Magazine, Gert Jonkers, review Wilderness
De Fotograaf, ‘... rotzooi vonden ze dat, en te vaag’, Jente Posthuma, interview
2002
Catalogue 10 jaar fotografie op de HKU, Mirjam Bestebreurtje, FotoFestival Naarden
Petit Glam, Kyoko Uesugi, interview, Japan
2000
Credits, Pim Milo, ‘Portfolio Misha de Ridder’, interview
Trouw, Ferry Wieringa, ‘Straatschuimer ziet stad opnieuw’, review
De Standaard, Marleen Wynants, ‘Klei voor de geest’, review
de Volkskrant, ‘De stad gaat altijd zijn eigen weg’, Willem Ellenbroek, review
GRANTS & AWARDS
2007
Nomination Dutch Bloggy Award, weblog kaïrolog
2006
Commission Free Photography, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
2005
Basis Subsidy, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts
2003
Project Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts
Publication Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts
2001
Basis Subsidy, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts
2000
Work Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts
Publication Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts
Commission Free Photography, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
1999
Excellence Award, Tokyo Photo biannual, Cd-Rom The Perfect Picture
LECTURE & WORKSHOP
2006
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
2005
Whittier College, Los Angeles, USA
2005
Utrechts Centrum voor de Kunsten
ASSIGNMENTS
2005
Een nieuwe nederzetting, Beaumont / Projectbureau Leidsche Rijn
Het dak van de hemel, Municipality of Dordrecht
Annual report 2004, Netherlands Film Fund
2004
European advertisement campaign Sony Handycam, Fallon, London, UK
2003
The Secret of Utrecht, Foundation for Urban Photography, Utrecht
2003
Development image language TPG Post, FHV BDDO, Amsterdam
2002
Het verlangen naar de stad, Stedelijke Woningdienst Amsterdam
2002
Architecture of the 20th century in Amsterdam North, District Amsterdam North
1998
The Perfect Picture, Cd-Rom by photographer Theo Bos, The Hague
MAGAZINES
Amsterdam Weekly, Archis, Blvd., Casa Brutus (Japan), Esquire, Frame, ID Magazine (USA), LA Times (USA), Management Team, De Morgen (B), Het Parool, Re-Magazine, Sotheby's (UK), Volkskrant Magazine, Wallpaper (UK)
CLIENTS
020, Bureau Beyond, COMA, Delta Lloyd, Droog Design, Fallon London (UK), FC Utrecht, FHV BDDO, Kummer&Herrman, Netherlands Film Fund, Premsela Design Foundation, Prometheus, Proforma, Solar, Stroom HCBK, Submarine, VROM
