Ad van Denderen BIOGRAPHY
 
 
Ad van Denderen photographer
(1943) Zeist, the Netherlands
School of graphics, Utrecht
Member of agencevu.com
Gallery: http://www.west-denhaag.nl

Exhibitions >
Welkom Today, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2019
Jerusalem Stone, (solo) Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017/2018
Mediterraneo, Go No Go, (group), Photolux Festival Lucca, Italy, 2017
Ik ben een geboren buitenlander, Go No Go (group), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2017
World in Transition, Go No Go and So blue, So blue, (group), Rostock, Germany, 2016
So Blue, So Blue, (group), De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 2016
Go No Go, (group), Headquaters of the Gestapo, Lyon, France, 2016
So Blue, So Blue, (group), Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, Germany, 2015
How Far How Near, (group), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2014/2015
Modern Times, (group), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2014
So Blue, So Blue, (group), Mast, Bologna, Italy, 2014
An I for an Eye, (group), Austrian Cultural Center, New York, USA, 2013/2014
So Blue, So Blue, (solo), Toulon, France, 2013
Het Vervolg, (group), Noorderlicht, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2013
Go No Go, (group), Contemporary Art Museum, Marseilles, France, 2013
So Blue, So Blue, (solo), Photofestival Sète, France, 2013
Baladia, (group), Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey, 2012
Baladia, (solo), Galery West, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2012
Go No Go, (group), CNHI, Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, Paris, France, 2011/2012 
Go No Go, (solo), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chili, Chili, 2010
Warzone, (group), Photo-festival Noorderlicht, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, 2010
Warzone, (group), Photo-festival New York, USA, 2010
Warzone, (group), New Church, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010
We Are The World, (WATW), (group), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, 2010 
We Are The World, (WATW), (group), Shanghai, China, 2010
We Are The World, (WATW), (group), Three Art Centre, Beijing, China, 2009/2010
Occupation Soldier, (solo), Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands, 2009/2010
All Alike, (solo), Gallery West, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2009/2010
So Blue, So Blue, (solo), Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, 2009 
Go No Go, (solo), Meisenthal, France, 2008 
So Blue, So Blue, (solo), Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2008 
Go No Go, (solo), Paris, France, 2008  
DE L’EUROPE photographies essays histories, (group), Centre national de l’audiovisuel, Luxembourg, 2007 
Edges of the Mediterranean, photolecture, Photo Espana, Madrid, Spain, 2007 
Go No Go, Montevideo, videofestival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006 
Go No Go, (group), Billboards on Parc Luxembourg, Paris, France, 2005 
Mediterranean Sea, (group), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004/2005 
Go No Go, (solo), Contemporary Art Center “La Criée”, Rennes, France, 2004 
Go No Go, (group), Photo Espana, Spain, 2004 
Go No Go, (solo), Amnesty International Congres, Toulouse, France, 2004 
Kurds in East Turkey, (group), City Hall, Paris, France, 2004 
Mediterranean: Between Reality and Utopia, (group), The Photographers Gallery, London, England, 2004 
Martyr-ship, (solo), Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2004 
LINK, (group), Stedelijk museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003 
Go No Go, (solo), Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003 
Go No Go, viewing on dvd in the European Parliament, Brussel, Belgium, 2003  
Go No Go, (solo), Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria, 2003 
Go No Go, (solo), FOAM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003 
Go No Go, (group), Photographic Centre Skopelos, Greece, 2003
Schengenborders, immigrants and illegals, (solo), Gallery Robert Doisneau, Paris, France, 2002 
Schengenborders, immigrants and illegals, (group), Visa pour l’image, Perpignan, France, 2001 
Air-Zuidwaarts/Soundbound, (group), Madrid, Spain, 2001
Air-Zuidwaarts/Soundbound, (group), Barcelona, Spain, 2001
Kurds in East Turkey, (group), Historic Museum, Hamburg, Germany, 2001
Kurds in East Turkey, (group), photofestival Vigo, Spain, 2000
Kurds in East Turkey, (group), Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, USA, 2000
Kurds in East Turkey, (group), Athens, Greece, 2000 
European railway, (solo), National Institute of Architecture, (NAI), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1999/2000 
Asylumseekers in Europe, (group), Forum-Stadtpark, Graz, Austria, 1999
Air-Zuidwaarts/Southbound, (group), (NAI), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1998
Century of Dutch Photographs, (group), Photo-festival Naarden, The Netherlands, 1999 
Kurds in East Turkey, (group), Houston, USA, 1998 
Kurds in East Turkey, (group), Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1998 
SubUrban Options, (group), Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1998 
Airport, (group), Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1998 
Today's Children, Tomorrow’s Heirs, (group), Photo-festival Naarden, The Netherlands, 1997 
Peace in the Holy Land, (solo), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1997 
Scanning, (group), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996 
Asylumseekers, (group), Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1994 
Photo-festival Naarden, (group), The Netherlands, 1993 
Apartheid in South Africa, (group), National Portrait Gallery London, England, 1992 
Apartheid in South Africa, (group), National Museum of Photography Film and Television, Bradford, England, 1992
Apartheid in South Africa, (solo), Gallery Photomania, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1992 
Apartheid in South Africa, (group), Photo-festival Naarden, The Netherlands, 1991 
Highlights of Dutch Photography in the twentieth century, (group), New Church, Amsterdam,The Netherlands, 1991 
Oeuvre exhibition, (solo), Royal Institute of the Tropics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990 
Miners, (solo), Museum Museon, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1990 
English and Dutch photographers, (group), Photo Biennale State Museum Enschede, The Netherlands, 1989 
Books (solo) >
Welkom Today, 2019
Stone, 2017
Occupation Soldier, 2009
So Blue, So Blue, 2008
Useful Photography no. 4 (special magazine, issue martyrdom), 2004
Go No Go, 2003
Peace in the Holy Land, 1997
Welkom In Suid-Afrika, 1991
Awards >
Capi-Lux Alblas, oeuvre prie, The Netherlands, 1990 
W. Eugene Smith runner-up Grant in Humanistic Photography from the ICP  (International Centre of Photography, New York, USA,1996 
CARE-Award, International Photofestival Visa pour l’image, Perpignan, France, 2001 
Visa d’Or, International Photofestival Visa pour l’image, Perpignan, France, 2001 
Dick Scherpenzeel Award, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2002 
Oeuvre award of Contemporary Art, Foundation BKVB, The Netherlands 2007
Photo-collections >
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
National Museum of Photography Film and Televsion, Bradford, England
Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, Luxembourg
Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Photobiennale Vigo, Spain
Institute Photo-collection, The Hague, The Netherlands
Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
CNHI, Paris, France
Leids Prentenkabinet, Universty of Leiden, The Netherlands
Foundation Anna Cornelis, Leiden, The Netherlands
Photo-archive of Amsterdam
Mast, Isabella Seragnoli, Mast Foundation, Bologna, Italy
Private collections
Film/tv >

Occupation Soldier, RTL (news), 2009
Documentary about my life as a photographer, AVRO, The Netherlands, broadcast in 2005, 2006 and 2007
Go No Go, Nachtkultur, interview and photo’s, Sudwestrundfunk, SWR, 2003, Germany
Go No Go, VPRO, Kunst moet zwemmen (art program), The Netherlands, 2003
Go No Go, VPRO, RAM (art program), The Netherlands, 2002
Schengenborders, immigrants and illegals, Canal+, (France, Germany, Italy, Spain), 2002
Schengenborders, immigrants and illegals, interview, ARTE-canal, (France and Germany), 2002
Schengenborders, immigrants and illegals, NPS, The Netherlands, 2001
Photos of Asylumseekers in Europe, Netwerk, NPS, The Netherlands, 1999
Photos Albania, IKON, The Netherlands, 1992
Documentary over my work about apartheid in Welcome, South Africa, HV-tv,The Netherlands, 1991