Katja Mater
1979, The Netherlands
Education
2003-2005 De Ateliers, Amsterdam NL
1998-2003 Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Free Media) Amsterdam NL
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 Interior A - J, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
2012 Site Specific Density Drawing 18/12/12 Arnhem, Probe Project Space, Eindhoven NL
2012 Conversion of Time, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, NO
2010 Density Drawings, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2009 Constructions of Colour, Heden, Den Haag NL
2008 Cumulus in the Artis ZOO Library, Amsterdam NL
2008 Principle Matter, V&A, New York NY USA
2008 Aspect, Kunsteyssen Centrum for Modern Art, Alkmaar NL
2006 gonzo:katja mater, Zaandam NL
2006 Contrasts of light - XXII International Festival Sarajevo, Sarajevo BA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 (upcoming) Nieuwe Romantiek, Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2013 (upcoming) De Herontdekking van de Wereld, Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Mater, Deraedt en Fliervoet at A.VE.NU.DE.JET.TE INSTITUT DE CARTON vzw, Brussels BE
2012 Resonance and Repetition, EFA, New York
2012 A Matter Of Time, REWIRE Festival, The Hague, NL
2012 Autumn of Modernism, Temporary Gallery, Koln (Curated by Lorenzo Benedetti)
2012 A man is walking down the street. At a certain moment, he tries to recall something, but the recollection escapes him. Automatically, he slows down, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon
2012 Tanja Bonakdar Gallery, New York
2012 Un Paisaje Holandés / A Dutch Landscape, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, SP
2012 Autumn of Modernism, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
2012 Evidence of Houdini’s Return at AMOA-Arthouse, Austin Texas, USA
2012 Silverstein Annual, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY, USA
2011 Les Marques Aveugles, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, CH
2011 Tangible Time, Nest, Den Hague, NL
2011 Come le lucciole (As the fireflies), Galleria Nicoletta Rusconi, Milano, IT
2011 Still/Life, Contemporary Dutch Photography, Foam, Amsterdam, NL
2011 Walden Affairs, The Hague
2011 Falten, Searching for White, Rise above Reason, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2011 Digital? Analogue!, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
2010 Both Ends Burning, Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2010 Point of Departure, Fotografiska, Stockholm, SE
2010 Common Ground, Nieuwe Dakota, Amsterdam NL
2010 50 Artists Photograph The Future, Higher Pictures, New York NY USA
2010 Time (Lapse), Krowswork Gallery, Oakland CA USA
2010 Quickscan NL#01, Photography Now, Dutch Photomuseum, Rotterdam NL
2009 Photography in Reverse, Foam_Photography museum Amsterdam NL
2009 About Now, Perla-Monde, Zurich CH
2009 Flux-S Festival, Eindhoven NL
2009 La Maison des Poupées, Histories Museum, Arnhem NL
2009 Juntos acordaron adelantar eloscurecer, Fundacion Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca SP
2009 VERNISSAGE #2 logement 11, Antwerpen BE
2008 Décadrage, Musée des Beaux Arts de Caen, Caen FR
2008 Het Proces, ACF, Amsterdam NL
2008 Mondriaan Downloads, Biagiotti Progetto Arte, Florance IT
2008 The Allegory of the Mountain, Mahan Gallery, Columbus OH USA
2008 Graphic Interchange Format, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn NY USA
2008 Essentially Absent, Nest, Den Haag NL
2008 Renaissance at Salvatore Ferragamo Gallery, New York NY USA
2008 Expanding the City, FOAM, Amsterdam NL
2008 Narratives in space // spatial narrations, x=10c, Gent BE
2007 www.iheartphotograph.com, Higher Pictures, New York NY USA
2007 Living the City, Platform 21, Amsterdam NL
2007 DATA, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem NL
2007 Capricious, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam NL
2007 Paper Works, Berendsen Galerie, Rotterdam NL
2006 REDUCTIVE, Mahan Gallery, Columbus OH USA
2006 The €10.000 show, W139 Amsterdam NL
2006 Home Work at Gagosian Gallery in conjunction with The 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Berlin DE
Screenings
2010 Sugary Photographs with Tricks, Poses and Effects, Gent BE
2010 MtyMx Festival, Monterrey MX
2009 Lost & Found, Theatrum Anatomicum, Amsterdam NL
2008 MOVING INDEX, online exhibition door ART OFFICE
2008 Nuit Blanche 2008, Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Totonto CAN
2007 Plein TV, public screens, PARK 4DTV Amsterdam NL
2006 Two nights of film projections, Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles USA
Contributions and publications
2013 (upcoming) Densities (working title), Roma Publications
2012 Autumn of Modernism, Roma Publication, ISBN 978 90 77459 79 9
2012 A Dutch Landscape, Roma Publication 177, ISBN 978-90-774559-78-2
2011 Tubelight 75, Vrijplaats & Edition
2011 Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst 2011 ISBN 978-90-72080-41-7
2010 Aural Marks _Quarterly 5, Swill Children
2010 Color&Color
2010 Lay Flat 02 META
2010 FOAM Magazine
2010 FOAM Album 2009
2009 A Study on Color, published by Heden, The Hague, NL
2009 Stupendous #2
2009 FOAM Album 2008
2008 The COLO(U)R Session
2008 Picnicmagazine
2004 Capricious #2, photography magazine
Bibliography
2012 ART Magazin by Frank Dietz
2012 Modern Painters by Scott Indrisek
2012 Metropolis M, Essay by Maxine Kopsa
2012 Interview with Mister Motley blog
2012 Kunstbeeld #2, Essay by Machteld Leij
2011 Kunstbeeld #5, Essay by Arjan Reinders
2011 BE Magazine #18, article by Jens Asthoff ISSN 0946-3585
2010 NRC Handelsblad, review by Hans Den Hartog Jager
2010 Tube Extra EGO#3, column by Basje Boer
2010 Tubelight 66, article on Constructions of Colour by Ilga Minjon
2010 Financieel Dagblad, article on Photography in Reverse
2010 Quickscan NL#01 by Rianne van Dijck
2009 De Volkskrant, article on Photography in Reverse by Merel Brem
2008 This is That, interview by Johanna Reed
2008 iheartphotograph, interview by Laurel Ptak
2008 NRC Handelsblad, article on Expanding the City by Tracy Metz
2008 De Volkskrant, article on Essentially Absent in Nest by Merel Bem
2008 New York Magazine, article on I heart photograph by Joshua David Stein
2007 Tubelight 49, article on Capricious in SMBA by Bert Mebius
2007 Vrij Nederland, article on Capricious in SMBA by Paul Kempers
2006 Tubelight 42, article on Katja Mater in GONZO by Anouk Laverge
Residencies
2011 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA
2011 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin DE
2010 OʼA.I.R. -Artists in Residence International Program, Milano IT
2009 The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough NH USA
2008 The European Postgraduate Residency, Hoyerswerda DE
2006 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan MA USA
Stipends, Nominations and Prizes
2013 Long listed for the Prix de Rome
2013 Long listed for the PixSea Award
2012 Mondriaan Fonds, Basis Stipend, Amsterdam, NL
2011 The Royal Awards for Painting 2011
2011 Nomination for the Dutch Doc Award 2011
2011 Fonds BKVB Standard work budget to attend LMCC
2010 Nomination for the Dutch Doc Award 2010
2009 Fonds BKVB Flexible work budget for the film Searching for White
2008 Fonds BKVB, Basis Stipend, Amsterdam NL
2007 Fonds BKVB, Starters Stipend, Amsterdam NL
2007 Nomination for The 13e van Bommel van Dam prize, Venlo NL
2006 Fellowship van the Skowhegan Endowment for Scholarship, Skowhegan USA
2004 Dutch Ministry Grant om attend De Ateliers, Amsterdam NL
Selected Collections
FOAM Fotografie Museum Amsterdam
Caldic Collectie
De Nederlandsche Bank
