Koos Breukel (The Hague, 1962)
Lives and works in Amsterdam
solo (selection)
2019 | Women & Drumkits, andriesse eyck galerie Artist Impressions, Circl.ART, Amsterdam |
2018 | Zoon / Son, 2018 Huis Marseille, Museum for photography, Amsterdam 2018 |
2016 | Studio Aleppo, pop-up exhibition with portraits of immigrants and Amsterdam inhabitants during Unseen. Felix Meritis, Amsterdam |
2015 | Erfgooiers, portraits of former farmers with a special community in the region combined with paintings. Singer Laren Youth, older analogue framed portraits combined with new digital paper prints. Tetem Enschede The Busy People, analogue portraits. Galerie Beeldend Gesproken, Amsterdam |
2014 | De Geest Geportretteerd, inhabitants and employees of a psychiatric hospital. Dolhuys Haarlem |
2013 | Tí, portraits made in Papua New Guinea with Roy Villevoye. FOAM, Amsterdam Being Dutch, curated by Willem van Zoetendaal. Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria Me We – The Circle of Life, a retrospective of nearly 30 years of portrait photography. Fotomuseum Den Haag |
2012 | Recent portraits. Verkadefabriek, ’s-Hertogenbosch |
2011 | Eerste Kamerleden, portraits of senators. Haags Historisch Museum |
2010 | Retrospective. Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris Voor het oog van Job, Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen |
group (selection)
2019 | Amour(s), Acroop Wall Project, Carouge Dutch Masters & Marvelous Misfits, FotoFestival Naarden |
2018 | Mooi Samen, duo exhibition with Sander Troelstra, ZuiderZee Museum, Amsterdam |
2017 | Nacht ontwaakt, Fotomuseum, Den Haag Théâtre de l’humanité Custodia, Paris Ode aan een Amsterdammer, curator and participant, Maritime Museum, Amsterdam |
2016 | Dutch Identity - on Dutch portrait photography, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle Unter den Baum, in remembrance of Frido Troost, De Vishal, Haarlem Het is Bal!, 40 artist in a former Royal residence, Paleis Soestdijk, Soestdijk Photo exhibition during European Chairmanship, Europagebouw, marineterrein Amsterdam PS Camera, initiator/participant/curator of new work with old camera’s by a new generation, Museum Hilversum I shall use my time/ Ata Kandó, curator and participant of this exhibition, Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam |
2015 | Faces Then, Faces Now: European Portrait Photography since 1990, BOZAR, Brussels / Rotterdam/ Athens/ Paris H2o Humans, group portrait exhibition connected to the location, Former Marine Base, Amsterdam Muze, with Giselle d’Ailly’s portrait as muze, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem Exhibition on Kees Scherer book award with a presentation of ‘Me We’ and photos on youth, Naarden Fotofestival, Naarden SCENE, Koos Breukel’s portraits combined with work of Henk Wildschut, Daya Cahen, Anika Schwarzlose, Rene de Haan, Angelique van Woerkom, Laura Cnossen, Sander Troelstra, Ringel Goslinga and Bianca Pilet, Citroen Kunsthal, Amsterdam Portraits, IJssalon Aris Laan Fotoroute Den Helder Transmission, photos of Miepie Molendijk, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam |
2014 | Een nieuwe Koning, een nieuw portret. Presentation of the new Royal portraits after inauguration, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Het Oude Hof, curator Pieter Bijwaard, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen El desnudo, nudes, Tenerife Espacia de las Artes |
2013 | Wonder, with o.a. Lucebert, Rineke Dijkstra and other artists that resided in Bergen, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen Oud geld, Portraits from the Golden Age combined with photographic portraits, Fries Museum |
2011 | Portraits, with Stefan Vanfleteren and Joost van den Broek, Naarden Photofestival |
2009 | Mother, Naarden Photofestival Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize with portrait of Lucian Freud, National Portrait Gallery, London |