BORN 1958 Born in Breda, The Netherlands,
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
EDUCATION
1976-1981 Academy of Fine Arts Sint Joost, Breda, The Netherlands
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Ruud van Empel, NoordBrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
2013 Ruud van Empel, FoMu, Fotomuseum Antwerpen, Belgium.
2012 Ruud van Empel, Curated by Deborah Klochko, MoPA-Museum of Photographic
Arts, San Diego, USA
2011 New Photographs, Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Solo Exhibitioncurated by Ruud Schenk, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands "Solo Exhibition", Paris, Beijing PhotoGallery, Beijing, China
2010 Generations: New Photographs, Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A. Wonder, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Aanwinsten: Stillevens van Ruud van Empel, NoordBrabants Museum 's- Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Ruud van Empel: Retrospective, Art+Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia Vintage! Ruud van Empel, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2009 Dawn, Souvenir, World, Moon, Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A. Souvenir, Flatland Paris, Paris, France
Souvenir, TZR Gallery Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf, Germany Ruud van Empel, Curated by Jana Bömer, Leica Galerie LGP, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 Solo Exhibition, CB Collection Roppongi Noa Blgd, Tokyo, Japan. Solo Exhibition, Curated By Matthias Rataiczyk & Christin Müller- Wenze, Kunstverein Talstrasse E.V., Halle, Germany
2007 World, Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A. World and other series, Curated by Frank van der Schoorseum de Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
World, Curated by Martin Rogge, Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris, France.
2006 PERFECTION/IMPERFECTION, Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
World, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands World, TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf, Germany. World Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, U.S.A.
2005 Fotoserie Cultuur van Brabant, Noord Brabants Museum, s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
A summary of Photo-Worlds 1996-2004, Curated by Kai Brückner, Caprice Horn Galerie, Berlin, Germany. Digitale schilderkunst, Curated by Catharien Romijn,DSM Hoofdkantoor, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Ruud van Empel, Fotowerken, Jan van Hoof Galerie, s-Hertogenbosch, The
Netherlands
2004 Solo Exhibition, Curated by Henrik Barends, Gallery Baudelaire, Antwerpen,
Belgium.
Study in Green, TZR Galerie für bildende kunst, Bochum, Germany
2001 28 women, urated by Mariona Fernández, Galeria Berini, Barcelona, Spain.
2000 The Office, Curated by Mariona Fernánde, Primavera Photografica,
Caligrama Galeria, Barcelona, Spain The Office, Curated by Mariona Fernánde, Cartagena Galeria, Murcia, Spain. The Office, Curated by Mariona Fernánde, Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
1999 Photographics, Curated by Adriaan van der Have, Carmen Oberst Kunstraum, Hamburg, Germany.
The Office, Curated by Adriaan van der Have, Fotoforum - Armando Museum, Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Waterpas of optisch recht?" Curated by Han Steenbruggen, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Wonderland, Fotomanifestatie Noorderlicht, Kunstbureau Arteria Groningen,
The Netherlands 1998 New Photographics, Curated by Adriaan van der Have, Torch Gallery,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 foto(=)kunst, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
2010 Generations, Jarg Geismar-Ruud van Empel, TZR Galerie Kai Brückner,
Düsseldorf, Germany Fantastische Fotografie, Curated by Sandrine van Noort & Rommert Boonstra, LUMC Leiden, The Netherlands Small Adults curated by Sagi Refeal, Shary Arye Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel Kunstprojekt Elders, Curated by Marc Volger, Stichting Dommel in Beeld Brabant, The Netherlands At the Edge: Subversive Ideas and New Forms, Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art, Portsmouth, VA, USA Portraits of the 21st Century, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, The Netherlands The Valkhof Experience, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijimegen, The Netherlands
2009 2009 Ulsan International Photography Festival, Ulsan Culture and Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea
Visual Intersection, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea Smile, Stad als Canvas, Anti-Crisis AHA-Kunstprojekt, Hasselt, Belgium
Dawn, Moon, World: New photo works by Ruud van Empel, Gallery Terra Tokyo, Noa Blgd, Tokyo, Japan Flower Power, Curated by Andrea Busto, Villa Giulia - CRAA Centro Ricera arte Attuale, Turin, Italy
Picturing Eden, Curator Deborah Kolchko, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A. Picturing Eden, 21C Museum, Louisville, KY, U.S.A. The Elton John AIDS Foundation Portfolio, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, U.S.A Aussich aufs Leben, Curated by Ate Noll & Prof. Kris Scholz, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstädt, Germany
Humor, Brandenburgische Kulturstiftung Cottbus, Kunstmuseum
Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus, Germany 2008 Playground, Ruarts Foundation, Moscow, Russia
The Enchanted Garden, The New Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand The Take off, Schnuck Collectors House, Glaspaleis, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Schnuck Collectors House, The Netherlands Oh L'amour, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA
Diana und Acteon Curated by Beat Wismer, Museum Kunst palast, Düsseldorf, Germany Picturing Eden, Curated by Deborah Klochko, Museum of Art, Utica, New York, U.S.A.
Holland zonder haast, Fotografie uit de jaren vijftig, Scheringa Museum voor Realisme Spanbroek, The Netherlands De Droomfabriek, CBK Almere Haven, Almere, The Netherlands From Head to Toe, Stux Gallery, New York Curated by Stefan Stux, New York. U.S.A
Paris Photo, Flatland Gallery, Paris, France Mijn Kunst: Verzamelaars delen hun passie, (My Art: Collectors Share Their Passion), Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen, The Netherlands De-light, Curated by Cleo Campert, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Private Universe, Des Moines Art Centre, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A. Scope Basel, Flatland Gallery, Switzerland ART Amsterdam/KunstRai, Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands NEXT Chicago, Stux Gallery, NY, U.S.A. ART Paris, Flatland Gallery, Paris, France Far from here, Curated by Kinsey Katchka, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. ART Rotterdam, Flatland Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Group Exhibition, Curated by Henrik Barends, Corrosia, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Flevoland, The Netherlands Wilcovak Expositie, Curated by Erik Stoffers, Hartstocht in Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands Palm Beach 3, Stux Gallery, NY, Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
2007 Coleccion Josep Civit, La vida privada, CDAN Centro de Arte Y Naturaleza, Huesca, Spain
Group Exhibition, Curated by Dick Breebaart, Fotofestival Naarden 2007, Naarden, The Netherlands Exotica, Curated by Martin Rogge, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands Aktuelle Porträte aus Holland, Curated by Henrik Barends, Galerie 4, Galerie Fotografie, Cheb, Czech Republic
Picturing Eden, Curated by Deborah Klochko, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A. Photography, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. ART MIAMI, Stux Gallery, NY, Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
Photo Miami, TZR Galerie Kai Bruckner DE, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Scope Miami, TZR Galerie Kai Bruckner, Miami U.S.A. This is not a Portriat, Curated by Jo Ann Conklin The David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Rhode Island, U.S.A. ART 20 at the Uptown Armory, Stux Gallery, New York, New York Picturing Eden, Curated by Deborah Klochko, MoPA-Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, U.S.A. Paris Photo, Flatland Gallery, Paris, France Showoff ArtFair Paris, Flatland Gallery, Paris, France Bellezza Pericolosa, Pan, Naples, Italy, in collaboration with Chelsea Art Museum Bad Big Love, Curated by Stefan Stux, Stux Gallery. New York, U.S.A. An Instinctive Eye, The Sir Elton John Collection, Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine Scope Basel, Switzerland, Stux Gallery, NY, U.S.A. Photo London, London, UK, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands ART Amsterdam/KunstRai, Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands D-FOTO, Flatland Gallery, San Sebastian, Spain ART Brussels, Flatland Gallery, Brussels, Belgium ART Cologne, TZR Galerie Kai Bruckner, Koln, Germany ART Paris, Flatland Gallery/Galerie Rabouon-Moussion, Paris, France ART Rotterdam, Flatland Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Meet the New You, Curated by Laura Burkhalter, Des Moines Art Centre Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A. Dangerous Beauty, Curated by Manon Slome, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, U.S.A.
2006 Six Degrees of Separation, Curated by Stefan Stux, Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Group Show, Curated by Olga Sviblova, 6th Photography Biennale, House of Photography, Moscow, Russia Scope Miami, TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Miami, U.S.A. Paris Photo, Flatland Gallery, Paris, France
ART Cologne, Messe Köln, TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Köln, Germany Scope London, TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, London, U.K. Out of Context, The Art Omni International Arts Center, The Fields Sculpture Park, New York, U.S.A.
D-FOTO, Flatland Gallery, San Sebastian, Spain ART Brussels, Flatland Gallery, Brussels, Belgium SCOPE New York, Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A. DiVA, TZR Galerie, New York, U.S.A. ART Rotterdam, Flatland Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Picturing Eden, Curated by Deborah Klochko George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, U.S.A. LA PHOTO, TZR Galerie, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2005 SCOPE Miami, TZR Galerie, Miami, U.S.A. La Revanche du Collage, Curated by Henrik Barends, Foto Antwerpen 2005, Gallery Baudelaire, Antwerp, Belgium
ART Cologne, TZR Galerie, Köln, Germany Berliner Liste, Caprice Horn Galerie, Berlin, Germany Paris Photo, Jackson Fine Art Gallery (Atlanta, U.S.A.) Paris, France KUNSTRAI/Art Amsterdam, Jan van Hoof Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Scope New York, TZR Galerie, New York, U.S.A. H X B X D RABO Kunstcollectie, Curated by Marieke van Schijndel, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2004 PARIS PHOTO, TZR Galerie Paris, France Group Exhibition, Curated by Dorothée Luczak, Quatrieme Biënnale internationale de la Photgraphie et de Arts Visuels, Liége, Belgium.
2003 Magisch Realisme in Context, Scherina Museum Voor Realisme, Spanbroek, The Netherlands
Boundless, Curated by Dick Breebaart, Fotofestival Naarden, Grote kerk Naarden, The Netherlands The Office, Curated by Frits Gierstberg Fotobiennale Rotterdam, Fotogalerij Erasmus faculteit Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
2002 Het Verlies van Onschuld, Curated by Moniek IJzermans, Universiteit van
Tilburg, FAXX Tilburg, The Netherlands Oog in Oog, Curated by Adriaan Monshouwer, Kunsthal de Remise, SBK Amsterdam, The Netherlands ARCO Art fair, Galeria Berini Madrid, Spain
2001 Art-Twente, Curator Han Steenbruggen – Enschede, The Netherlands ARCO-Art fair, Galeria Berini, Madrid, Spain
Fragments, MUA's Four Halls, Universitat d'Alcant, Spain
1998 ART Cologne, Torch Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
S.B.K. Photography weekend, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Charlotte Kohlerprize Winners 1988-1998, Arti et Amicitiae Netherlands
AWARDS
2001 H.N. Werkmanprize
1993 Charlotte Köhlerprize
1981 St. Joost prize
COLLECTIONS
The Alturas Foundation, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. C-Photo Colloection, London, U.K. CB Collection, Tokyo, Japan Collectie Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, The Netherlands David Roberts Collection, London, U.K.
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A. DSM Art-Collection, Heerlen, The Netherlands Eneco Energie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Sir Elton John Collection, Atlanta, U.S.A. and London, U.K. Fundación N.M.A.C., Cadiz, Spain
The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Den Haag, The Netherlands Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Amsterdam, The
George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, U.S.A. The Hoboken Photo-Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ING Real Estate Photography Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Colección Juan Redón, Barcelona, Spain Christian Louboutin, Paris, New York MoPA Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California, U.S.A. Nerman Museum, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A. The Essential Collection Rabobank Nederland, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Collection Rabobank Groningen e.o., Groningen, The Netherlands Collection Rabobank West-Flakkee, Stellendam, Zeeland, The Netherlands Collection Rabobank Midden Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beack, Florida, U.S.A. Reflex Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Spanbroek, The Netherlands Museum Het Valkhot, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel VU MC Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SELECTED NEWSPAPER REVIEWS
2008 De Morgan / Netherlands December 31 Het Parool / Netherlands October 9
2007 NRC Next / Netherlands March 28
NRC Handelsblad / Netherlands March 27 Gelderlander / Netherlands March 23, March 31 Telegraaf / Netherlands March 5 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Germany March 10 Exporama / France February
Foto Videa Kiev / Ukraine November Foto No. 5 Gallery Magazine / Kiev Ukraine August Mixte / France April
Next Level Magazine / United Kingdon PF Magazine / Netherlands March Photo France / March
2006 Konak / Turkey Kunstbeeld / Netherlands
Milk / France
The Art Issue / U.S.A.
2005 DIE WELT / Germany May 14-Spotlight Berlin
NRC (Galerieselectie) / Netherlands January 20
2003 Garp Magazine / Netherlands October
De Gooi en Eemlander / Netherlands October 16 NRC Handelsblad / Netherlands October 9 Dagblad de Stem / Netherlands June 13 Het Parool / Netherlands June 2
De Gooi en Eemlander / Netherlands May 28 Trouw / Netherlands May 31 De Volkskrant / Netherlands May 30 NRC Handelsblad / Netherlands May 28
2002 Brabants Dagblad / Netherlands October 31 2001 Het Parool / Netherlands October 26 Het Parool / Netherlands October 25
2000 La Opinión / Spain June 18 La Verdad / Spain June 7
1999 Foto / Netherlands September De Volkskrant / Netherlands April 3
Groninger Dagblad / Netherlands March 5 Algemeen Dagblad / Netherlands February 25 NRC Handelsblad / Netherlands February 25 Friesch Dagblad / Netherlands February 24 Nieuwsblad van het Noorden / Netherlands February 17 PS van de Week/Het Parool / Netherlands January 30
1998 De Gooi en Eemlander / Netherlands June 25 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Germany June 27
SELECTED MAGAZINE REVIEWS
2010 Asante Magazine PhotoArt International, March
2009 Art in America MercedesMagazine, February
Photography Special, Korea 2008 Arte Al Limite No. 30 Chile
art_icle Vol. 11 September Boekenkast Netherlands Digitalis Netherlands March Eigen Huis & Interieur Netherlands June Elle Decoration Netherlands Fotomagazine Netherlands August
Le Monde 2 France November Le Mook Autrement France Kunstforum Netherlands July- August Museum U.S.A. May- June New York Times House and Home April 24 Shinsegae Style Korea March- April Snoecks Belgium Whitewall U.S.A. Fall
2007 Bloom No. 16
2005 Zoom Magazine No. 2 The Netherlands March/April 2003 L'Insense (photo) No. 3 France October 23
Kunstbeeld Netherlands October PS van de week/Het Parool Netherlands October 11 Garp Netherlands 9 October PS van de week/Het Parool Netherlands May 31 FOTO Netherlands February
2002 Kunstblad Netherlands April Man Netherlands February
PI Projekt & Interieur Netherlands January 2001 Graficus Netherlands October 18
Kunstwereld Netherlands September 25 Gente di Fotografia Italia No. 29 September Items Netherlands September Skrien Netherlands No. 4 May PS van de week/Het Parool Netherlands March 17
2000 Credits Netherlands No. 3 September CV photo Canada No. 52 Fall
Items No. 1 March - April Next Netherlands Jaargang March 3 Photo Technik Internationaal Germany No. 1 Jan./Feb.
1999 Volkskrant Magazine Netherlands No. 18 December 31 Photonews/Zeitung fur Fotografie Germany No. 6 June
Juxtapoz USA No. 19 Special Photography Issue March/April
Vrij Nederland Netherlands February 6 1998 Beaux Arts France November No. 174
FOTO Netherlands September No. 9 Items Netherlands No. 4 July Vrij Nederland Netherlands June 27 blvd 43 Netherlands March
Items Netherlands No. 1 February
