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Jeroen Toirkens
Jeroen Toirkens (Netherlands, b. 1971) studied Photographic Design at the Royal Academy for the Visual Arts in The Hague and is working as an independent photographer and filmmaker since 1995. He focuses on social documentary photography and slow-journalism and has published extensively in national and international newspapers and magazines.
”A photographer and filmmaker, Jeroen Toirkens has documented lifeways throughout the world, highlighting the landscapes of remote places and the people who have thrived through a reciprocal relationship with that land. From the Arctic of Alaska, Norway and Greenland, through Central Asia, Russia and Mongolia, Toirkens work speaks to climate, food, water, shelter, nomadism, tradition and globalization.
At a time of great economic, social and environmental change, Toirkens work speaks to humanity. Stretching across a circumpolar boreal forest region, his work reveals cultures and places that have adapted for millennia, while stressed by forces far outside the region. His work is at once research, documentation and photo essay, extending over multiple years and vast stretches of the world. The work connects us to those people and places, building an awareness of life at both the periphery and the center. Through the focus on people and human lifeways, we are reminded of the power of sharing, of finding those threads that bind us. Toirkens makes the world one—raw, yet resilient.”
~ Julie Decker, Director/CEO, Anchorage Museum.
Studio
Vlaardingweg 62 / unit 506
Rotterdam
toirkens@euronet.nl
+31 6 24666765
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Books
2020 BOREALIS - trees and people of the northern forest (Lannoo, 2020) | Photographs Jeroen Toirkens, text Jelle Brandt Corstius
2019 PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY | various authors
2018 BOREALIS Catalogue Kahmann Gallery | Photographs Jeroen Toirkens, text Jelle Brandt Corstius
2013 SOLITUDE - In the wake of Willem Barentsz (Lannoo 2013) | Photographs Jeroen Toirkens, text Petra Sjouwerman, Diederik Veerman, edit Marc Prüst, design Wout de Vringer
2013 NOMAD - The last nomadic life on the Northern Hemisphere, 2th printrun (Lannoo 2013)
2012 SILVER CAMERA yearbook 2011 | various authors
2011 NOMAD - The last nomadic life on the Northern Hemisphere (Lannoo 2011) | Photographs Jeroen Toirkens, essay Jelle Brandt Corstius, edit Marc Prüst, design Wout de Vringer
2011 GROWTH - Prix Pictet (longlist) included in catalogue | various authors
2010 LAND / country life in the urban age, catalogue | various authors
2010 SILVER CAMERA yearbook 2009 | various authors
2005 SILVER CAMERA yearbook 2004 | various authors
Nominations and Awards
2019 PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY | shortlist
2018 SILVER CAMERA | third price - Foreign Documentary
2014 DUTCHDOC Award| longlist | SOLITUDE
2012 DUTCHDOC Award | longlist | NOMAD
2012 SILVER CAMERA / Canon prize 'Best innovative photostory completed in 2011'
2013 SOLITUDE selected on 'The 10 best photography books of 2013 | Volkskrant
2011 NOMAD selected on 'The 11 best photography books of 2011' | Brainpickings
2011 DUTCHDOC Award | longlist | NOMAD
2010 PRIX PICTET GROWTH | longlist | included in catalogue
2010 DUTCHDOC Award | longlist | Inuït series Greenland
2009 SILVER CAMERA | first price - Foreign Documentary
2004 SILVER CAMERA | third price - Foreign Documentary
Selected Exhibitions and lectures
2021 HEALING POWER | Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam | NL - group
2021 BOREALIS Life in the woods | The Hague Museum of Photography | NL - solo
2020 BOREALIS | Paraty Em Foto | BRA - group
2020 UNITED | Kahmann Gallery | NL - group
2020 HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE | LP2, Rotterdam | NL - group
2019 HEALING POWER | Museum Volkenkunde | NL - group
2019 BOREALIS | Arti et Amicitiae | NL - group
2019 BOREALIS | Hoorneboeg | NL - solo
2019 HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE | LP2, Rotterdam | NL - group
2019 PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY | travelling - group
2018 PAN Amsterdam | Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam | NL - group
2018 UNSEEN | Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam | NL - group
2018 BOREALIS HALFWAY | Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam | NL - solo
2018 THE ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE | Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen | NL - group
2018 BOREALIS | Museum Valkhof | NL - solo
2018 HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE | LP2, Rotterdam | NL - group
2017 ROOTS & ROADS | 80days of summer, Gent | BE - group
2017 HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE | LP2, Rotterdam | NL - group
2016 TRANSFER | The Australian Centre for Photography | AU - group
2016 VIEW FROM UP HERE | Anchorage Museum | USA - group
2016 HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE | LP2, Rotterdam | NL - group
2015 PAN Amsterdam | Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam | NL - group
2015 FOTOGRAFISKA Stockholm | Kahmann Gallery | SE - group
2015 PAST&PRESENT | Kahmann Gallery | NL - group
2013 SOLITUDE | Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow | RU - solo
2013 NOMAD | Photoq gallery, Amsterdam | NL - solo
2013 NOMAD | Cortona On The Move Int. Photofestival | IT - solo
2013 NOMAD | Annenberg Space for Photography | USA - lecture
2012 SILVER CAMERA college tour | A series of lectures | NL - lecture
2012 TENGER | Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam | selected artwork and photos from Mongolia curated by Jeroen Toirkens and Matthea van Staden | Amsterdam, NL | solo
2012 NO STRANGERS | Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles | USA - group
2012 SILVER CAMERA / Canon prize | travelling exhibition | NL - group
2012 ROOTS2SHARE| Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden | 16 short films on East-Greenland | NL - travelling exhibition
2011 NOMAD Dutch&Belgian photobooks | Kominek Gallery, Berlin | GER - group
2011 ROOTS2SHARE| Museon, The Hague | NL - solo
2011 NOMAD, curated by Wim van Sinderen | Gemak, The Hague | NL - solo
2010 NOMAD | Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen | NL - solo
2010 LAND country life in the urban age | Fries Museum - curated by Wim Melis | NL - group
2010 SILVER CAMERA | travelling exhibition - group
2009 NOMAD | RASA, Utrecht | NL - solo
2008 NOMAD | National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden | NL - solo
2007 NOMAD | KIT, Amsterdam | NL - solo
2007 ZIEN OF NIET ZIEN | Photofestival Naarden off | NL - group
2006 NOMAD | Holland Unique Photofestival, Amsterdam | NL - group
2006 NURSING Bronovo hospital, 12 acquired photos | NL - solo
2005 NOMAD | Holland Unique Photofestiva, Amsterdam | NL - group
2005 YIPART benefit auction | NL - group
2005 SILVER CAMERA | travelling exhibition | NL - group
2005 NAARDEN Phototofestival | Vintagephoto gallery | NL - group
2003 MUSEON | 4 acquired photos | The Hague | NL - solo
1995 KABK | Graduation show | The Hague, | NL - group