My photography depicts realistic situations that hold a certain theatricality. I am intrigued by the unexpected extraordinarity of everyday settings, which can be surrealistic, poetic or outright puzzling. I compose the photographic registrations of these settings according to my aesthetic beliefs, carefully choosing my frame and light to heighten the surrealism of the situation.
Generally, I start a project by documenting a specific area. I collect images or objects from an environment or situation and use them as the foundation for my work. The collected images become photographic registrations once I’ve adjusted the frame and the light. I use the found objects in balancing acts or installations, which I then take photos of.
Jeroen Arians
°1979, Nijmegen
currently based in Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
exhibition (selection)
2022
Find - engine
Nieuw Charlois
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
with Marie Claire Gellings and Float
2021
Surface Tension
Neck of the Woods
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend
Studio Pompstraat
Rotterdam (NL)
Open Studio
2020
Roodkapje's Culturele Supermarkt
Roodkapje
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
South Special explorer
Studio Pompstraat
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
Publieke Werken Rotterdam
city exhibition
Rotterdam (NL)
Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend
Studio Pompstraat
Rotterdam (NL)
Open Studio
2019
Co/Lab 4
Torrence Art Museum
Los Angeles (USA)
group show
Rotterdam the Hague Airport
YEDS
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
Aanschouw Veiling
TENT
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
Hectorbar 3.0
TENT
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2018
#Streetlogic
Studio de Bakkerij
Rotterdam (NL)
solo show
BeWarehouse of Art
Kunst10daagse
Bergen (NL)
group show
South explorer
Studio Pompstraat
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2017
Facts and Clarifications
Riga Photomonth
Riga (LV)
group show
#Streetlogic
Openstudio Borgerstraat
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2016
The Boxes
Neck of the Woods
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2015
Lost & Found
Ampelheus
Oranienbaum (D)
group show
Swim #1
Art-Athina
Athens (GR)
group show
Inside Land
Stroop
Rotterdam (NL)
solo show
2014
'REBELLION' KSAT#7
Paris (F)
group show
2013
Kunst op de koffie
Arnhem (NL)
group show
Lien
De Aanschouw
Rotterdam (NL)
solo show
IJsselmonde
NN DE Café
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
IJsselmonde
RDM-campus
Rotterdam (NL)
city exhibition
IJsselmonde
Galerie Nederlands Fotomuseum
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
IJsselmonde
Mediawall Stadsschouwburg
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2012
The Photocopy Club
Brighton Photo Fringe
Brighton (UK)
group show
KiNK
st. Nicolaaskapel
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
Kunstraffinaderij-XL
Sint Stevenskerk
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
Passionate files
de Wintertuin
Antwerp (BE)
group show
2011
VideoWall
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
Utrecht (NL)
video projection in collaboration with:
Annelinde de Jong and Karlijn Zinken
Kunstnacht
Extrapool
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
KiNK
st. Nicolaaskapel
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
StageTheSpace
Schaurauschen
Berlin (D)
group show
Kunstraffinaderij-XL
(oude) Pershal de Gelderlander
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
2010
van Leentstraat
Sint Romboutstoren
Mechellen (BE)
group show
2007
Martin van Blerk Gallery
Antwerp (BE)
solo show
Soleil Envoloppe
Antwerp (BE)
group show
f-RtGllry
Final photography projects
Antwerp (BE)
group show
nomination and residence
2022
Creators - City of Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Project: Find Footage
2021
Makersloket - Stichting Droom en Daad
Rotterdam
Project: Find Footage
2019
IBB CBK Rotterdam
(Centre for Visual Arts Rotterdam)
for Co/Lab Los Angeles
2015
Artist in Residence Ampelhaus
Oranienbaum (D)
Project: What if the Orange tree falls apart
TFHMF award
Nomination (longlist)
2013
De Kracht van Rotterdam
Nomination
Rotterdam (NL)
2011 - 2012
Mentoring project by Culture+Entreprneurship Knowledge Centre
mentor: Annaleen Louwes
publication (selection)
2020
Onbedoelde Schoonheid
Article on #Streetlogic, by Jeroen Bos
in FD persoonlijk
(Het Financieele Dagblad - magazine)
#Streetlogic. Jeroen Arians
De Monsterkamer (online)
2018
Borgerstraat 24
edition IV
2017
Street Flora
We are Europe (online)
2016
interview: Je hebt gelijk, maar ik zie het anders
Gers! Magazine
Dorp van tegenstellingen
Gers! Magazine
2015
Hoogvliet: Feniks van Rotterdam
Gers! Magazine
2014
HIER BLIJF IK
IJselmonde stories by Sanneke vn Hassel
Autonomy by Dissent
EHBK/OT-301
De Grote Rotterdamse Kunst Kalender
IJsselmonde
Financieele Dagblad 26-04-2014 and 15-02-2014
stories by
Sanneke van Hassel.
2013
van Leenstraat
Incandescent, issue three
Analog photography zine, (Portland, USA)
De Vier Parken
Stampsy
(online)
Swim
Aint bad magazine
(online)
2011
interview
ILOVETHATPHOTO
(online)
2008
Estonia today
Vice Magazine, photo issue
(USA and EU)
education
Masters of fine Arts - major photography
Royal Academy of Antwerp (Belgium)
2003 - 2007
mentoring project
Mentor: Annaleen Louwes
2011 - 2012
Tartu Kunstikool
photography department Tartu (Estonia)
2006
Bachelor of Arts (hons) in Graphic Design
University of Lincoln (England)
2002 - 2003
Communication and Design, MBO
Sint Lucas Boxtel (the Netherlands)
1997 - 2002
My photography depicts realistic situations that hold a certain theatricality. I am intrigued by the unexpected extraordinarity of everyday settings, which can be surrealistic, poetic or outright puzzling. I compose the photographic registrations of these settings according to my aesthetic beliefs, carefully choosing my frame and light to heighten the surrealism of the situation.
Generally, I start a project by documenting a specific area. I collect images or objects from an environment or situation and use them as the foundation for my work. The collected images become photographic registrations once I’ve adjusted the frame and the light. I use the found objects in balancing acts or installations, which I then take photos of.
Jeroen Arians
°1979, Nijmegen
currently based in Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
exhibition (selection)
2021
Roodkapje's Culturele Supermarkt
Roodkapje
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
South Special explorer
Studio Pompstraat
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
Publieke Werken Rotterdam
city exhibition
Rotterdam (NL)
Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend
Studio Pompstraat
Rotterdam (NL)
Open Studio
2019
Co/Lab 4
Torrence Art Museum
Los Angeles (USA)
group show
Rotterdam the Hague Airport
YEDS
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
Aanschouw Veiling
TENT
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
Hectorbar 3.0
TENT
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2018
#Streetlogic
Studio de Bakkerij
Rotterdam (NL)
solo show
BeWarehouse of Art
Kunst10daagse
Bergen (NL)
group show
South explorer
Studio Pompstraat
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2017
Facts and Clarifications
Riga Photomonth
Riga (LV)
group show
#Streetlogic
Openstudio Borgerstraat
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2016
The Boxes
Neck of the Woods
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2015
Lost & Found
Ampelheus
Oranienbaum (D)
group show
Swim #1
Art-Athina
Athens (GR)
group show
Inside Land
Stroop
Rotterdam (NL)
solo show
2014
'REBELLION' KSAT#7
Paris (F)
group show
2013
Kunst op de koffie
Arnhem (NL)
group show
Lien
De Aanschouw
Rotterdam (NL)
solo show
IJsselmonde
NN DE Café
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
IJsselmonde
RDM-campus
Rotterdam (NL)
city exhibition
IJsselmonde
Galerie Nederlands Fotomuseum
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
IJsselmonde
Mediawall Stadsschouwburg
Rotterdam (NL)
group show
2012
The Photocopy Club
Brighton Photo Fringe
Brighton (UK)
group show
KiNK
st. Nicolaaskapel
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
Kunstraffinaderij-XL
Sint Stevenskerk
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
Passionate files
de Wintertuin
Antwerp (BE)
group show
2011
VideoWall
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
Utrecht (NL)
video projection in collaboration with:
Annelinde de Jong and Karlijn Zinken
Kunstnacht
Extrapool
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
KiNK
st. Nicolaaskapel
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
StageTheSpace
Schaurauschen
Berlin (D)
group show
Kunstraffinaderij-XL
(oude) Pershal de Gelderlander
Nijmegen (NL)
group show
2010
van Leentstraat
Sint Romboutstoren
Mechellen (BE)
group show
2007
Martin van Blerk Gallery
Antwerp (BE)
solo show
Soleil Envoloppe
Antwerp (BE)
group show
f-RtGllry
Final photography projects
Antwerp (BE)
group show
nomination and residence
2022
IBB CBK Rotterdam
(Centre for Visual Arts Rotterdam)
for Co/Lab Los Angeles
2015
Artist in Residence Ampelhaus
Oranienbaum (D)
Project: What if the Orange tree falls apart
TFHMF award
Nomination (longlist)
2013
De Kracht van Rotterdam
Nomination
Rotterdam (NL)
2011 - 2012
Mentoring project by Culture+Entreprneurship Knowledge Centre
mentor: Annaleen Louwes
publication (selection)
2020
Onbedoelde Schoonheid
Article on #Streetlogic, by Jeroen Bos
in FD persoonlijk
(Het Financieele Dagblad - magazine)
#Streetlogic. Jeroen Arians
De Monsterkamer (online)
2018
Borgerstraat 24
edition IV
2017
Street Flora
We are Europe (online)
2016
interview: Je hebt gelijk, maar ik zie het anders
Gers! Magazine
Dorp van tegenstellingen
Gers! Magazine
2015
Hoogvliet: Feniks van Rotterdam
Gers! Magazine
2014
HIER BLIJF IK
IJselmonde stories by Sanneke vn Hassel
Autonomy by Dissent
EHBK/OT-301
De Grote Rotterdamse Kunst Kalender
IJsselmonde
Financieele Dagblad 26-04-2014 and 15-02-2014
stories by
Sanneke van Hassel.
2013
van Leenstraat
Incandescent, issue three
Analog photography zine, (Portland, USA)
De Vier Parken
Stampsy
(online)
Swim
Aint bad magazine
(online)
2011
interview
ILOVETHATPHOTO
(online)
2008
Estonia today
Vice Magazine, photo issue
(USA and EU)
education
Masters of fine Arts - major photography
Royal Academy of Antwerp (Belgium)
2003 - 2007
mentoring project
Mentor: Annaleen Louwes
2011 - 2012
Tartu Kunstikool
photography department Tartu (Estonia)
2006
Bachelor of Arts (hons) in Graphic Design
University of Lincoln (England)
2002 - 2003
Communication and Design, MBO
Sint Lucas Boxtel (the Netherlands)
1997 - 2002
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