GERCO DE RUIJTER, VIANEN 1961

Lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Education:

1981-1984 School for Photography and Photonica, The Hague
1988-1993 Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam


Solo exhibitions (selection):

2019
Grid Corrections, Fotomuseum, The Hague

2018
In Search of a Sense of Scale, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam

2017
TETHER, Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede

2015
On The Grid, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita KS, USA
Extended View, Van Kranendonk Gallery, The Hague

2014
Almost Nature, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss

2013
the Black Box, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

2012
Almost Nature, Galerie Zic Zerp, Rotterdam

2011
Permanent Kwadraat SM Schiedam

2009
Fries Museum Leeuwarden

2008
Loslaten, Creatief Laboratorium 38CC, Delft
Borders MKgalerie.nl, Rotterdam
Landing Soon #4, Heden, Den Haag (cat.)

2007
Grenzen/Borders, Belasting en Douane Museum, Rotterdam (cat.)
Citycollection, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Scale of Structure MK galerie.de Berlin

2006
MK galerie.nl, Rotterdam

2004
MK galerie.nl, Rotterdam
De Waag, Leiden

2002
MK galerie.nl, Rotterdam
Cargo Z, Almere

2001
Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
Galerie Modulo, Lissabon

2000
MK galerie.nl, Rotterdam (cat.)
False Flat, Fries Museum Buro Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden

1999
Van Kranendonk Gallery, The Hague
Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia (cat.)

1998
Galerie Bernard Jordan, Parijs

1997
Witte de With, centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Rotterdam (cat.)

 

Group exhibitions (selection):

2018
Civilization: The Way We Live Now, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, South Korea
Het Trage Lage Land, Museum More, Gorssel

2017
The Darkened Mirror, San José Museum of Art, San José (USA)
Expanding Animation, Nicolaïkerk, Utrecht
Hidden Treasures - Van Kranendonk Gallery, The Hague

2016
Now&After 16 - Now&After - International Video Art Festival, Moscow
ARENA Noorderlicht Photofestival 2016 - Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen
Panorama Continuüm - Panorama Mesdag, The Hague

2015
Farming Folk - Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Summer again - Van Kranendonk Gallery, The Hague
Worlds of Nature - RAM, Rotterdam
Rotterdam In The Picture. 175 Years Of Photography In Rotterdam - Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape - Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art - University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2014
Traces (with Johan Nieuwehuize and Pier Pennings) Art9 Galeria, Budapest
Google Mapping (with Hans Gremmen) Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
Frames per Second, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2013
Landmark, the Fields of Photography, Sommerset House, London
distURBANces Museum National d'Histoire et d'art, Luxembourg
Stad in beeld, beeld van de stad, Stedelijk Museum Zwolle
Photography Extended, Museum Het Valkhof Nijmegen
Viewmasters, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag

2012
Sense of Place, Bozar, Brussels
Sweet&Salt, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
Wonderland, Photo Festival, Knokke-Heist
Terra Cognita, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen
Tulca Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland

2011
Zó Hollands, Ons landschap in de kunst sinds 1850, De Hallen Haarlem
De Saedeleer Revisited, Stedelijk Museum Aalst

2010
Na Pele da Terra, Van Kranendonk Gallery, The Hague
Collectiepresentatie Kunst na 1945 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

2009
Desert Passage Harwood museum,Taos, New Mexico
Nature as Artifice , Aperture Gallery, New York
Nature as Artifice , George Eastman House, Rochester NY

2008
Nature as Artifice , Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Parts and the Whole , The Centro Cultural Bancaja , Alicante, Spain
Nature as Artifice , Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Dutch Dare, fsmgallery Florence, Italy
Expandig the City, Foam Amsterdam

2007
Contour / Continuïteit , Prinsenhof Delft (cat.)
Parts and the Whole, Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona (cat.)
Dutch Landscapes, Home Views, Brisbane, Australie

2006
Photo London, MK Galerie.nl, London
Dutch Dare, Sydney (cat)

2005
Constructed Moment, 's Hertogenbosch
Histoire(s) Parallele(s) FOAM, Amsterdam
Ground Management/Fantasy Landscape, SFAI, Santa Fé

2004
Le Cinema des photographes Neerlandais, Maison Européene de la Photographie, Parijs
Echo 3, Archipel, Apeldoorn (met Martijn Schuppers)
De Magie van het Beeld, In Situ Galerie, Aalst

2003
Shine, museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (cat.)
Art Brussels, MK galerie.nl
Panorama Amsterdam, FOAM, Amsterdam

2002
International Photofestival, Musée Réattu, Arles
Filmlounge, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam

2001
In The Rough, Museu Serralves, Porto (cat.)
The People's Art, Eléctrica do Freixo, Porto; Witte de With, Rotterdam(cat.)

2000
Musee des Beaux Arts, Beaune
Stedelijk Museum, Gorinchem

1999
Dutch Photography, House of Photography, Moskou
De Vleeshal, Middelburg
Paris Photo (galerie Flatland)

1998
Carambolage, Gothaer Kunstforum, Keulen (cat.)
Carambolage, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam
Big enough for both of us, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (cat.)

1997
National Gallery, Praag
Fotofestival Naarden (cat.)

1995
Verzameld Werk 6 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam


Screenings:

2018
Grid Corrections, Festival du Film / Grasse
Grid Corrections, Technologies of Violence / Kino Arsenal / Berlin
Grid Corrections, IAFF ANIMATOR / Poznan Poland
Grid Corrections / Curated by LIMA / Seoul South Korea

2017
Grid Corrections, International Film Festival / Rotterdam
Grid Corrections, Holland Animation Film Fesitival / Utrecht
Grid Corrections, Glas Animation Festival / Berkeley (CA) USA
Grid Corrections, Intermediaciones 2017 / Medellin Colombia
Grid Corrections, Fresh Off the Grill Film Festival / Royal Oak, USA
Dissolve, Expanded Animation / Utrecht
Grid Corrections, Kurz & Knapp / Documentary Film and Video Festival Kassel
Grid Corrections, Imagen Ex Machina / La Casa Encendida / Madrid

2016
CROPS, GLAS Animation Festival / Berkeley (CA) USA
Grid Corrections, NOW & AFTER / The State Darwin Museum / Moscow
Grid Corrections, Transparency Machines / Arts Santa Monica / Barcelona
Grid Corrections, Tallgrass Film Festival / Wichita KS USA
CROPS, OFF-CRIMMP_CINEMA_02 / Rotterdam

2015
Playground, Holland Animation Film Fesitival / Utrecht
Playground, European Media Art Festival / Osnabrueck
Playground, Different and Experimental Cinema / Paris
Playground, Nederlands Film Festival / Utrecht
Playground, International Documentary Film Festival / Jihlava
Playground, Documentary Film and Video Festival / Kassel
Playground, Animateka / Ljubljana

2014
CROPS, Tempo Não Para (Time Doesn’t Stop) / TIFF Toronto, Canada

2013
CROPS, Animpact Animation Festival 2013 / Korea
CROPS, Nederlands Film Festival / Utrecht
CROPS, International Film Festival / Rotterdam
CROPS, Holland Animation Film Festival (nomination for the Grand Prize for Dutch Animation)

 

Residencies:

2015
The Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas

2007
Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2005
Santa Fé Art Institute, Santa Fé New Mexico

 

Commissions:

2015 Cropped, Amtrium RAI Amsterdam
2012 Corridor, Stichting Stedelijke Fotografie, Utrecht
2011 Maasstad Ziekenhuis, Rotterdam
2010 Dutch Embassy, Brussels
2006 De Brug, Kadaster Apeldoorn
2005 Eiland Insel Island Eilaun, Schiermonnikoog
2004 Virtual Zoom, Zuidas Amsterdam
2003 Stromen, Unie van Waterschappen, Den Haag
2001 Fondation de France, Villelaure, Vaucluse

 

Awards:

1998 Grand Prix de la Ville de Vevey (Kodak Award)
1993 Drempelprijs Stad Rotterdam

 
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gerco de Ruijter, Almost Nature, Timmer Art Books / Lecturis (2016)
isbn 978-94-62261-63-1

Wind, Water, Wad. Han Steenbruggen, Museum Belvédère Heerenveen (2015)
isbn 978-90-71139-25-3

Rotterdam in the Picture, 175 Years of Photography of Rotterdam, Frits Gierstberg en Joop de Jong.
Hannibal Publishing (2015)
isbn 978- 94-920-8117-9

Landmark, the Fields of Landscape Photography, William A. Ewing.
Thames & Hudson , London (2014)
isbn 978-0-500-54433-4

25 jaar Stadscollectie Rotterdam Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2013)
isbn 978-90-6918-264-3

Sense Of Place
European Landscape Photography, Bozar Books. Hannibal Publishing (2012)
isbn 978-94-913-7612-2

Zoet & Zout, Sweet & Salt
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isbn 978-90-5662-847-5

Aanwinst
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isbn 978-94-6190-111-8

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isbn 978-94-61050-13-7

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isbn 978-94-90198-09-1

Pleidooi voor het Treuzelen, Peter Delpeut, Uitgeverij Augustus (2011)
isbn 978-90-4570-455-5

Toevallig Landschap, Uitgeverij van Wijnen, Franeker (2010)
isbn 978-90-5194-390-0

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Maartje van den Heuvel en Tracy Metz, NAI Publishers (2009)
isbn 978-90-5662-028-8

Landing Soon # 4, Heden den Haag, Cemeti Art House Yogyakarta (2008)
isbn 978-979-25-5646-9

The Unwanted Self, Contemporary Photography from the Low Countries (2008)
isbn 978-90-78487-11-1

Parts And The Whole - Las Partes Y El Todo, H+F Collection, Barcelona (2007)
isbn 978-84-611-8670-9

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isbn 978-90-8690-088-6

Dutch Eyes, critical history of photography in the Netherlands, Waanders Zwolle (2007)
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Contour / Continuïteit, Waanders Zwolle (2007)
isbn 978-90-400-8365-5

Er zijn grenzen . . . tekst Joyce Roodnat, Belasting en Douane Museum, Rotterdam (2007)

Dutch Dare, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam (2006)
isbn 90-5662-548-9

La Terre, Editions du Chêne, Paris (2006)
isbn 978-28-4277-64-97

1908 / 2030 Gemeente Den Haag (2006)
isbn 90-78243-01-5

Desert Passage, Anne Ausloos, Jeroen van Westen, Ton Haak, Gerco de Ruijter (2006)

Constructed Moment, KW 14, 's Hertogenbosch (2005)

Schiermonnikoog, Eiland Insel Ø Island Eilaun, Aurora Borealis, Groningen (2005)
isbn 978-90-76703-25-1

Histoire(s) Parallèle(s), Institut Néerlandais Paris / Foam Amsterdam (2004-2005)
isbn 2-914381-98-0

Gerco de Ruijter, tekst Petran Kockelkoren, Basalt Publishers, Amsterdam (2004)
isbn 90-75574-25-8

AMC Kunstboek, Kunstzaken AMC, Amsterdam (2003)
isbn 90-5356-623-6

Shine, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, NAI publishers Rotterdam (2003)
isbn 90-5662-308-7

Landscape: Photographs of Time and Place, Ferdinand Protzman, (2003)
isbn 0-7922-6166-6

Fotografen in Nederland, een anthologie 1852-2002, Ludion Gent Amsterdam (2002)
isbn 90-76588-35-X

Natuur Cultuur Fusie / Nature Culture Fusion, Louis G. le Roy, NAI publishers Rotterdam (2002)
isbn 90-5662-278-1

Between The Waterfronts, Istanbul-Rotterdam (2002)

Landkaartmos, Dirk Sijmons, Uitgeverij 010, Rotterdam (2002)
isbn 90-6450-294-6

Tot Nut en Genoegen, Uitgeverij 010 Rotterdam (2001)
isbn 90-6450-470-9

The Peoples Art - A Arte do Povo, Witte de With / Porto (2001)
isbn 90-73362-50-4

Talking To You, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam (2001)
isbn 90-5662-259-5

Gerco de Ruijter, tekst Esther Polak, MKgalerie.nl Rotterdam (2001)

In The Rough, Museum Serralves Porto (2001)
isbn 972-739-082-X

Fotocollectie Hoboken 1999-2000, Rotterdam
isbn 90-5677-203-1

Laagland, Wiel Kusters, Henrik Barends, Gerco de Ruijter, Amersfoort (1999)

Carambolage, Dialoog Cultuur - NL in NRW, Rotterdam / Keulen (1998)
isbn 90-5196-105-7

Witte de With Cahier 6, tekst Craigie Horsefield , Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf (1997)
isbn 90-73362-37-7

Decorum, jaargang XIV, nummer 3, Leiden (1996)

Album, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1995)
isbn 90-6918-151-7

Uitgelicht, Startstipendia Beeldende Kunst 93/94 (1994) Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam