1957-59
School of Photography in The Hague
1961-63
Travels and works throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
1963-65
Works as a photographer in Paris
1966-79
Moves to Toronto, Canada, to live and work there as a photographer
1970-71
Travels by car from Toronto to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, photographing Latin America
1972-79
Spends five long winters photographing Mexico and Guatemala
1987-88
Lives in Cuba for one year photographing his Cuban Interiors project
2000
Invited to Fukuoka, Japan, by “Japan Seen Through European Eyes”
2001
Spends 3 months in the small town of Baracoa, Cuba, concentrating on interiors, a photography project funded by Institute Néerlandais
2002
April until August: Photographs the Cuban community in Miami
2006-10
Pursuit of his major project “Chinese Interiors” with travels to Xinjiang, Yunnan
Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang, Shanxi, Guizhou, etc. taking up residence in Shanghai

Selected Exhibitions
2011
“Chinese Interiors”, Solo Exhibition, m97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2010
“Chinese Interiors”, Solo Exhibition, Photo Edition, Berlin, Germany
“Chinese Interiors”, Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“Chinese Interiors”, Solo Exhibition, Maurer Zilioli Gallery, Brescia, Italy
“Chinese Interiors”, Solo Exhibition, Joanna Kunstmann Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2009
“PARALLAX”, Group Exhibition, m97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Chinese Interiors”, Solo Exhibition, Galerie Jordanow, Munich, Germany
2008
“Shanghai: 1990-1993” Solo Exhibition, m97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2007
“Document/Portrait” Group Exhibition, m97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Shanxi Province Chinese Interiors”, Pingyao International Photo Festival, Pingyao, China
“Chinese Interiors, Work in Progress”, Solo Exhibition, 798 Photography Gallery, Beijing, China
2006
“Shanghai: 1990 - 1993”, Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
“Chinese Interiors, Work in Progress”, HUP Photography Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005
“America America” - Pingyao International Photo Festival, Pingyao, China
2004
“Cuban Interiors”, World Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
“Cuban Interiors”, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
“Cuban Interiors”, Barcelona, Spain
“Cuban Interiors”, Zagreb, Croatia
“Cuban Interiors”, Tokyo, Japan
2003
“Biarritz/France”, Fundación Carlos de Amberes, Madrid, Spain
“Biarritz/France”, Centro Cultural Español, Miami, Florida, USA
2002
"Cuban Interiors”, Solo Exhibition - l’Institut Néerlandais with the publication of a monograph
2000
“Cuban Photography” Robert van der Hilst and Wim Wenders, Foundation for Photography,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Japan seen through European eyes” series - FNAC Paris and throughout Europe
1998
“Asia Photography” - La Maison de la Chine, Paris, France
1994
“SHANGHAI-PHOTOCOPIES”, l’Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France
1992-94
VISA pour l’Image Photo Festival, Perpignan, France. Touring exhibition: Shanghai, Beijing and
Hangzhou, China
1988
“Cuban Photography”, Maison de L’Amerique Latine, Paris, France
“Cuban Photography”, Bunkamura Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“Cuban Photography”, Canon Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Cuban Photography”, Chateau d’Eau Photo Gallery, Toulouse, France
1986
“World Photography”, Canon Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1981
“SAN FRANCISCO-HOMOPOLIS”, Paris, France
1979
“Mexican and Guatemalan Photography”, Paris, France

Publications
Monographs
“Chinese Interiors”, Gallimard, Paris, 2010
“Shanghai: 1990-1993, m97 Gallery and Timezone 8, Shanghai, 2008
“Cuban Interiors”, l’Institut Néerlandais, Amsterdam, 2002
“Les Cubains”, Vents de Sable (Introduction by Zoé Valdés), 2001
Editorial
Vogue, Stern, GEO, Marie Claire, ELLE, Paris Match, Sunday Times, Merian, Figaro.

Collections
Foundation for Photography of Amsterdam “Huis Marseille”
For more information and images of Robert van der Hilst’s photography works, please visit
http://www.m97gallery.com/artist/?artist=robert_van_der_hilst&from=1