Guus Rijven

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Harusame-dori, 2019
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Orandazaki-dori / Dutch Slope, 2019
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Youme-town, Nagasaki, 2019
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Kanko-dori, 2019
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Atomic Bomb Memorial Hall, 2019
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New Murakami Road, 2019
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Gunkanjima / Battle Ship Island, 2019
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Because of the girls, 2018
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Hide and seek, 2018
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The man who called out, 2018
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Barrier, 2018
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On the road, 2018
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Our boys the men, 2018
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What's sad, 2018
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Seasons, 2018
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Game, 2018
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On colour, 2018
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'the participant' from: Elated City

Nieuwjaarsduik, 2012
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Kermis, Böttgerwater, Ypenburg, 2010
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Queens Day, 2010
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Slag om Ypenburg herdenking, 2010
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Kaderock, 2009
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UIT-festival, 2009
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'the spectator' from: Elated City

Segbroeklaan, 2009
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Vlaggetjesdag, 2008
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Benelux open, 2008
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Strandweg, 2007
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Middenstip, 2005
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Rijswijkseplein, 2004
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Snelliusstraat, 2001
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Bieremalaan, 2001
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Korte Voorhout, 2001
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Frederik Hendriklaan, 1999

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When it works, it's true

The documentary photographer is a storyteller who does not consider reality to be essential to the truth. True is the same as credible. The reader/spectator is either taken in or not. If it fits into the story, it’s real and true. " Beauty exists only where it is overlooked "

Websites

Engels

www.guusrijven.com

Engels

www.grrr-editions.com

Member of a professional association/artists’ association

GKf

Curriculum vitae

Education

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building engineering HTS Bouwkunde diploma
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graphic design Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma

exhibitions

2020

Dragon of the White De Ketelfactory Schiedam, Netherlands This photo project aims to visualize, summarize and lift the memory of two centuries of unique cooperation in the field of trade and knowledge with Japan through Deshima (Nagasaki). It consists of three disparate series, which passionately complement each other. Present is tied to past, fact to fiction. Solo
2019

Still De Ketelfactory Schiedam, Netherlands Group
2018

Absence of where you are Kadmium Delft, Netherlands A journey inside, on the way to the outside. Duo
2014

The Ease of Animals Schloss Ahaus Ahaus, Germany How animals are in te front row. Solo
2012

The City, the River and Peter Pan Nutshuis Den Haag, Netherlands Three projects. Solo
2010

DutchDocAward Schouwburg & Carrousel Janskerkhof Utrecht, Netherlands shortlist Fonds BKVB Group
2006

Tokaido Make-over Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands Solo
2002

The Hole in the Horizon Noorderlicht Fotobiënnale Leeuwarden, Netherlands How three travelers travel through South America on one ticket. Group
2001

M.I.L.K.-show Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, New York, USA & Science Museum New York & , South Kensington, London, United States Group
2000

Spaced Out Cemeti Art House & Erasmus Huis Yogyakarta & Jakarta, Indonesia 7 photo / video artists from the Netherlands. Group

Projects

2023
Japan, the track is still fresh Japan www.guusrijven.com/work/draak-van-het-wit/ The bequeathed court journey of adriaen de vosch and what happened when the dragon of the white stepped into the black hole of tokyo. Two volumes, hardcover, together 608 pages.
2019
Europe's Betrothal Spain www.grrr-editions.com In 1996 I travel along the border between Portugal and Spain, exemplary model for lifting borders. In 2018 I follow this route once more. To test the waters. What is the state of the European contact? Has the alliance, the betrothal between the partners led to a hellish marriage, or a heavenly one? Are we headed for an ugly divorce or will we be proudly celebrating our silver wedding? This project is an explorartion of change and movement. Along the length of the border, across the width of the route and through the depth of time: over two decades. Portraits (name, profession, date of birth) alternate with situations and events, infernal and still. This publication wants to gauge the unease and share what is left of the optimism. http://www.guusrijven.com/archive/eng/projects/theborder/index.html
2019
Uitgelaten Stad (Elated City) Netherlands www.guusrijven.com/work/sidewalk-empire-i---spectator-photos/2/ The street the theater, the court city the stage. The publication is a model for new urban living in general, with the court city (the Hague) as a living room in particular. Freely accessible events, sporting and cultural festivities and street parties are the guiding principles, the experience of the modern urbanite the starting point for this photographic essay. There are two main characters in this piece: the participant and the spectator. The first interprets his character close to the skin of the event: the camera zooms in, casually though driven into the frame. The spectator, on the other hand, is standing in public space and has to stand up to it: the camera zooms out, balanced in its environment, which is almost as important.
2018
The Ease of Animals Geen www.guusrijven.com/work/the-ease-of-animals/ How animals are in the front row. Animals are patient. They're good listeners, can sometimes even retrieve, others cloak themselves in mystery. In such cases birds set the tone. They sing the silence from the leaves. Posing prettily is something else. As long as they follow their nature they are outside time. So resolute are animals.
2012
Gold Rush Canada www.guusrijven.com/work/gold-rush/ Yukon River Revisited (1972-2011). In 1972 I travel through Canada, hear about the Yukon River in the far north, rent a canoe and descend the river with two friends to Dawson, 750 km downstream. Forty years later, I fly with my son and two other fathers and their fifteen-year-old sons to Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon Territory. I descend the river once again, in three canoes all together. Initiation for the child while I, the father, paddle through my own history. Goldrush is a quest from the surface to the bottom of the Lake of Memory. Personal and general, experience and history in one.

Commissions

2020

Delft From 2018 design of various exhibition publications.
2019

Den Haag Oranje Hotel, Scheveningen; photography, documentation for Keen designers.
2012

De Electriciteitsfabriek Den Haag Documentation, interpretation. finished
2012

Theater ZeeBelt (vanaf 2000) Den Haag Annual report, publicity & visual archive for theater ZeeBelt. finished
2006

Dienst Stadsontwikkeling/ uitgeverij 'De Nieuwe Haagsche'(Den Haag) Den Haag Ypenburg & Leidschenveen, districts for new housing. Exhibition. Book. finished
2005

Schiphol Amsterdam Experiences and portraits, photography and design on location. finished
2004

Gemeente Delft Delft View of Delft. Exhibition. finished
2002

Schippers architekten Den Haag 78 years of modest architecture. Book. finished
2002

stichting Nomadisch Paviljoen Den Haag Living in The Hague. Book and exhibition. finished
2001

Theater Zeebelt Den Haag Visualization of a radio program according to a photographic process. finished
2000

Dienst Stadsontwikkeling/Uitgeverij '010', Rotterdam Den Haag 15 years of new architecture. Book and exhibition. finished
1999

Artoteek Den Haag Den Haag Kantorama, a new panorama for the city. Book, exhibition and series of lendable works. finished
1999

W.Teschmacher, Vlaardingen Vlaardingen Documentation artists. Book. finished

Sales/Works in collections

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private collection Assen Various works
2012

private collection Zoetermeer Photographic work 'Difference between two horizons'
2010

private collection Delft Photographic work 'Dogset'
2006

Business collection Movares Utrecht Photographic work 'Under the bridge'
2006

SBK Amsterdam Amsterdam Full Tokaido photo series
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private collection Amsterdam Various works from project 'Goldrush'
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private collection Various works from project 'The hole in the horizon'

Publications

2020

Europe's Betrothal Book Grrr-editions www.grrr-editions.com/ See under projects. ISBN 9.789082.819427
2019

Uitgelaten Stad Book Grrr-editions www.grrr-editions.com/ See under projects. ISBN 9.978082.819403
2018

The ease of animals Monograph www.grrr-editions.com/ How animals are in the front row. ISBN 9.789082.819410
2011

Goldrush; Yukon River Revisited Beeld magazine Visual essay
2007

SML, Small-Medium-Large KABK Den Haag Den Haag Catalogue
2006

Tokaido Make-over Mets & Schilt uitgevers, Amsterdam A modern view on the 53 Stations of the Great Coastal Route. ISBN 90.5330.500.9
2006

Kunststof NPS, radio 1 Hilversum Interview by Jeroen Pauw
2006

De Nieuwe Gebieden (The New Territories) De Nieuwe Haagsche, Den Haag Den Haag Housing culture in the youngest extension of The Hague. ISBN 90.77032.75.4
2006

GR onderzoekt grens van feit en fictie NRC-handelsblad, 7 sept; Hans den Hartog Jager Review
2002

Treasure hunt for childhood memories Haagse Courant, 1 feb; Roos van Put Den Haag Review
2002

Mundos Creados stichting Noorderlicht Groningen Festival catalogue

Awards and grants

2021

Japan, the track is still fresh Anna Cornelis Fonds Nagasaki, Tokyo, Japan see website
2019

Europe's Betrothal SO-Award Netherlands nominee
2019

Draak van het Wit Anna Cornelisfonds Netherlands Project subsidie
2018

Europe's Betrothal Stroom Den Haag, Netherlands De temperatuur opnemen van de Europese verbintenis; de grens Portugal-Spanje als exemplarisch model. In 1996 en 2018.
2010

DutchDocAward, shortlist Fonds BK
2007

Basissubsidie Fonds Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2006

PRO subsidie STROOM, Den Haag

Secondary art-related activities

2014 - 2022

Paul Schuitemaprijs, commissielid On-going
2004 - 2005

Commissielid Productieregeling Stroom, Den Haag
2000 - 2006

Bestuurslid Artoteek Den Haag
2000 - 2002

Bestuurslid GKf, beroepsvereniging Fotografen, Amsterdam
1990 - 2018

Docent fotografie KABK-Den Haag
1989 - --

Voorzitter Stichting Hollands Negatief
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Curator SML fotografie KABK jubileum expositie
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commissie-jurylid opdracht provincie Gelderland, fonds BKVB
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Lezing in Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Curator fototentoonstelling IDFA, Melkweg, Amsterdam