cv Sara Blokland

Education

 2011: MA in Film and Photographic Studies, University Leiden, The Netherlands

 2001: MFA in Photography/New Media, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam

1999: BFA in Photography and Theatre Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam

 

Research & Curating

2018-2020: Imagining The Nation/Identities/RCMC

2016-2017: Srefidensi  (Artistic) Research and Curating  srefidensifoto.org

2009-2012: Unfixed (Co-curated with Asmara Pelupessy)

 

Shows

2024: (upcoming) Stedelijk Museum

          (upcoming) Fries Museum-

2023: Kunstmuseum Arnhem – Tussen de Grenzen,

          Nest – Double Good Plus

2022: De Verbeelding – Nederlands Fotomuseum

          Unrealart- Museum More

2021: Ere Galerij van de Nederlandse Fotografie, NFM,

           FLASH BACK – Mauritshuis

           Van Wie is de Wereld – De Fundatie

2020: Indentities/Contemporary Caribean Perspective – Wereld Museum Rotterdam ,

          The Future is Female – Coda Apeldoorn

          Imagining The Nation/Identities/RCMC Wereld museum Rotterdam ( art and curated)

2019   Mental CBK Zuid oost

           Lighthouse  Fotodok

           What about me ? UMC gallery

2017   Srefidensi  (Artistic) exhibitions and lectures at

          Tropenmuseum, CBK Zuid oost, Black archives, Amsterdam Museum, Fotodok

2018 The Bricks that build a home

          There is something about my family FOTODOK

2014: On the Move – Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

2014: Photo Stories – (Municipal Museum) gemeentemuseum The Hague

2014: Rooted Movement – Gallery Lmakprojects New York

2013: I Love Holland – Dutch post-war art, Municipal museum Schiedam

2012: Guestroom Gallery – Vous etes ici, Amsterdam

          2012: Daegu Photo Biennale – Korea

2011: Identity Bluffs – SMBA Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2010: Recorded stories… РGallery Lmak projects, New York

2010: Sideways – (Municipal Museum) Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, the Netherlands

2009: Family Affairs – Stedelijk museum (Municipal Museum) Schiedam, the Netherlands

2009: Archivo – Gallery MK, Berlin

2008: Sideways – Azad Gallery Tehran

2008: XXTh century – (Municipal Museum) gemeentemuseum The Hague (until 01/04/2009)

1999-2008: – photomuseum The Hague, Zuiderzee museum, ,Naarden fotofestival –

Museum GEM The Hague,Kumho Museum, Seoul Korea,Foam, Amsterdam

Teylers Museum,Lelac Gallery, Lausanne,CCA (Center for Contemporary Art), Kiev, Ukraine

Museum of Modern Art (Municipal Museum

 

Solo Shows ( selection)

2012: Butterflies Don’t Exist – Gallery Lmakprojects, New York

2008: Reproduction of Family (Part please) – Gallery Lmakprojects, New York

2006: Linda & Fatherparadise – Van Zoetendaal Gallery, Amsterdam

2005: Fam. Abstract – Gallery Lmakprojects, New York

2002: Neutrals – Kabinetten v/d Vleeshal, Middelburg

2002: Interiors – Museum Het Domein (De Kabinetten), Sittard

2001: Fam. – Van Zoetendaal Collections, Amsterdam

 

In collection:

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,Netherlands

Photo Museum Rotterdam

Fries Museum (Municipal Museum),

Leeuwarden,

Museum de Domeinen Municipal Museum), Sittard

Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen,Kunst

Museum (Municipal Museum), The Hague

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Museum for Modern Art (Municipal Museum), Arnhem

De Vleeshal (Municipal Museum),

Middelburg,ABN-AMRO Collection The Netherlands

Van Zoetendaal Collections/Photomuseum The Hague,

KPN Collection,

Rabobank Collection

Mauritshuis  and several private collections

 

Grants ( selection)

2021: Mondrian Fund, Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent

2016: The Tholenaar van Raalte Photographic Fellowship RCMC

2015: Mondrian Fund, Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent plus opdrachtgeverschap i.s.m. Fotodok

2012: Mondrian Fund, basisstipendium Grant

2006: Netherlands Fund for Visual Arts, Architecture, and Design, basisstipendium Grant

2004: Netherlands Fund for Visual Arts, Architecture, and Design, Startstipendium Grant

2005: Amsterdam Fund for the Arts grant

2001: MamaCash-award

 

Teaching 

2002-2008: Lecturer BFA Photography, Minerva Academy, Groningen

2012-now : Lecturer BFA Photography/Research and Photography, HKU

2023_ now Lecturer MA Photography and society , KABK THe Hague

 

Advisory Commissions/boards

2022  Board member stichting Growing Pains

2020: Board Member Stichting Taak

2020: Commissie voor de Tekeningen van het Stadsarchief Amsterdam

2014: Mentor at the Mondriaan Fonds

2010: Member of the Advisory Committee ‘live’ of the Netherlands Fund of the Arts (fonds BKVB)

2007-2009: Member of the Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Fund of the Arts (fonds BKVB)

2014: Member of the Netherlands Mondriaan Fonds Advisory Committee ‘Herdenking

Slavernijverleden’ (commemorate the abolition of slavery)

 

Guest Lectures ( selection)

 Guest Lecture, Rietveld Academy, Sandberg Institute/Stedelijk Museum ,

Pakhuis de Zwijger,  HKU, Utrecht/Aki, Enschede/St Joost, Den Bosch,

Minerva Academy, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Willem de Kooning Academy,

 Sandberg Institute,  Gerrit Rietveld Academy.

 

languages: Fluent in English and Dutch, Sufficient in German