cv Sara Blokland
Education
2011: MA in Film and Photographic Studies, University Leiden, The Netherlands
2001: MFA in New Media, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
1999: BFA in Theatre Design and Photography, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Research & Curating
2024 Colonial copy of Violence (ism RCMC )
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
2026 :
Cobra Museum
De Vleeshal
Museum More
2025 :
Stedelijk Museum, Framer Framed
2024:
Stedelijk Museum , 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, Galerie LUMC, Stedelijk 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,Photo Museum Rotterdam ,Fries Museum
Museum de Domeinen,Zuiderzeemuseum, het Kunst Museum ,Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Museum for Modern Art Arnhem
De Vleeshal, ABN-AMRO Collection ,Photomuseum The Hague, KPN Collection, Rabobank Collection,Museum More
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
2023_now lecturer Leiden University
2023_ now Lecturer MA Photography and society , KABK THe Hague
2012-now : Lecturer BFA Photography/Research and Photography, HKU
2002-2008: Lecturer BFA Photography, Minerva Academy, Groningen
Advisory Commissions/boards
2025 Member of the Akademie der Kunsten
2022 Board member stichting Growing Pains
2020-2026 Board Member Stichting Taak
2020- 2024 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, Reinwardt academie ,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.