16 February 2010 Bouw In Beeld Prijs 2010
I am nominated for the Bouw in Beeld Prijs 2010!!
From today 10 finalists will be working on a new series within the theme Back Home.The winner will be rewarded with a price of €10.000, which will be announced 21th of june in Cobra Museum for Modern Art in Amstelveen, The Netherlands. All the photographic works will be exhibited at the Cobra Museum from 22 june till the end of july 2010 .
06 January 2010 - New Agency!
23 December 2009 - Tokyo Monogatari Book for Sale online!
Tokyo Mongatari is published in the the first edition of the Viewbook PhotoStory yearbook and in an individual story book.
'With a total of more than 800 pages of superb contemporary photography, these books celebrate the ten winning photographic narratives of the Viewbook PhotoStory 2009 Awards. The books are dedicated to all the participating photographers who, in their own ways, push photographic storytelling forward.
01 November 2009 - Opening Simulacre-Mimicry Paris 10 November 2009
I am happy to invite you to the opening of my exhibition Simulacre - Mimicry
10 November 2009 18h00 till 21h30 at Galerie La Ferronnerie
The exhibition Simulacre - Mimicry is from 10 november 2009 till 8 december 2009
shows work of Ilse Leenders & Maurits Giesen, Solenne Goupil
The exposition Simulacre - Mimicry is part of a series exhibitions designed to celebrate the 20 anniversary of Galerie La Ferronnerie. It presented photographs of the young French artist Solenne Goupil, who is already working with Galerie La Ferronnerie, and a guest artist the Dutch photographer Ilse Leenders, who shows her personal work, and her work in collaboration with Maurits Giesen. Guest curator: Marieke Wiegel of the l’Institut néerlandais.
Galerie La Ferronnerie
40, rue de la Folie-Méricourt
75011 Paris
20 October 2009 - Tokyo Monogatari again rewarded!
Tokyo Monogatari won the 2nd Prize in the Conceptual Jury Prize of the Viewbook Photostory 2009 competition!
Viewbook Photostory: ‘The Jury was very enthusiastic about your work and decided your 'Tokyo Monogatari' series was the second best conceptual story out of the almost 1000 photo stories that were submitted over the last months.'
01 September 2009 - Award for Tokyo Monogatari
I am happy to announce that the series Tokyo Monogatari has won the Award of Excellence of the Communication Arts 2009 Photography Annual competition!!!
'In its 50th year this prestigious competition selected 157 winning projects from 8,612 entries submitted. The winning images are beautifully reproduced in the September/October 2009 issue of Communication Arts. More than 60,000 copies are distributed worldwide assuring important exposure to the creators and publishers of these award-winning photographs.'
20 August 2009 - Djerassi Artist Program Blog
For everybody who is curious about me working at Djerassi Residents Artists Program in California together with Maurits, I will try to update the following blog as frequent as possible.
16 June 2009 - Djerassi Artist Program
Maurits & Ilse are invited to work at Djerassi Artist Program in Woodside, California from 11 augustus till 10 september.
'The location of Djerassi Artist Program, surrounded by nature, makes us very enthusiastic. Spaces are very important in our photography, so we want to make a photo-series we only can make in the nature of this part of California. This way we want the American influence to appear in our work. During our time in Woodside we plan to produce something unique we can only make on this location. Because of its great natures and less cultivation (compared to the Netherlands) we see a series of images showing the greatness of the American landscape, in which we are posing as very tiny creatures.'
01 May 2009 - Opening Sons & Daughters of Amersfoort 16 May 2009
Invitation for the Opening of the project ‘Sons & Daughters of Amersfoort’ 16 MAY at 16 HOURS
The project ‘Sons and Daughters of Amersfoort’ takes place in the context of the 750 years city rights of
Amersfoort. 3 x 3 young artist, ‘sons and daughters’ of Amersfoort, are invited to give their reaction on the
work of the famous painters of Amersfoort; Matthias Withoos, Piet Mondriaan and Armando.
The results will be shown in Museum Flehite, Mondriaanhuis and Armando Museum Bureau.
Ilse Leenders exhibits the series Equilibrated Evolution inspired on the work and live of Piet Mondriaan.
The exhibition will be from 17 May till 13 September 2009.
The Mondriaanhuis is based in the birthplace of Piet Mondriaan (1872-1942) and the neighboring school
where the father of Mondriaan was teacher.
Mondriaanhuis, Kortegracht 11, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
01 May 2009 - Opening Fotofestiwal Warsaw 5 May 2009
The series Mimicry will be exhibit at the Fotofestiwal 2009 the 8th edition of the International Festival of Photography, Poland.
The opening of the Main Programme Tickle Attack is 5 May at 7 p.m.
The series will be showed from 5 till 31 May 2009 at Artistic Centre Fabryka Trzciny
ul. Otwocka 14, Warszawa, Poland.
