Ellen Kooi

*1962 / Netherlands

Works

Solo exhibitions

Finity

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
22 Feb 2025 – 24 May 2025
finity

Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
20 Apr 2024 – 25 May 2024
Written in Water

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
9 Sep 2021 – 23 Dec 2021
Reflecting

Alice Brasser

Kunstenaarsvereniging De Vishal, Haarlem (NL)
4 May 2019 – 2 Jun 2019
Being Places

Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
10 Nov 2018 – 5 Jan 2019
Elements

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
9 Mar 2018 – 26 May 2018
Crossings

Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
9 Jan 2016 – 20 Feb 2016
UNDERTONES

Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Alcobendas (ES)
16 Oct 2014 – 9 Jan 2015
Días Transparentes

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
8 Nov 2012 – 16 Feb 2013
Next to Me

Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
8 Sep 2012 – 20 Oct 2012
Out of Sight

P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York (US)
19 May 2011 – 18 Jun 2011
Out of Sight

Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse (FR)
27 Apr 2011 – 5 Jun 2011
Out of Sight / Hors de vue

l'Atelier Néerlandais, Paris (FR)
17 Nov 2010 – 22 Dec 2010
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Image/Imatge, Orthez (FR)
2 Jul 2010 – 18 Sep 2010
New Photowork

Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
19 Sep 2009 – 24 Oct 2009
Borrowed Landscapes

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
28 May 2009 – 25 Jun 2009
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P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York (US)
20 Oct 2006 – 25 Nov 2006
Ellen Kooi

Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg (LU)
17 Oct 2006 – 25 Nov 2006
Travaux récents

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
5 Apr 2006 – 13 May 2006
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RUARTS Gallery, Moscow (RU)
30 Mar 2006 – 30 Apr 2006
Travaux récents

Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Brussels (BE)
22 Sep 2005 – 5 Nov 2005
Holland Stills

Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
29 Nov 2003 – 10 Jan 2004
where the grass in green...

P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York (US)
2 Jul 2003 – 8 Aug 2003
Sweet Illusion

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
22 May 2003 – 12 Jul 2003

Group

Neue Blicke

Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Kunst der Westküste

Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr (DE)
27 Sep 2026 – 12 Sep 2027

with Nicole Ahland, Joakim Eskildsen, Rune Guneriussen, Peter Hamel, Karoline Hjorth, Riitta Ikonen, Anja Jensen, Per Bak Jensen, Andreas Jorns, Trine Sondergaard, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Mila Teshaieva …
Ain’t that just like me?

¿No es eso típico de mí?

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
30 May 2026 – 18 Jul 2026

with Cristóbal Ascencio, Roger Ballen, Elina Brotherus, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Emma Álvarez Marty, Ignacio Navas, Yun Ping Li
Untamed beauty

Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo (JP)
30 May 2026 – 4 Jul 2026

with Olafur Eliasson
SALON AMSTERDAM

Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
17 Jan 2026 – 14 Feb 2026

with Slim Aarons, Edward Burtynsky, Popel Coumou, Bob Gruen, Peter Hutchinson, Justine Kurland, David LaChapelle, Takashi Murakami, Thomas Ruff, Ellen von Unwerth
Fenómenos.

Perspectiva para una aproximación a la Colección MUSAC

MUSAC Museo de Arte, León (ES)
22 Mar 2024 – 15 Dec 2024

with Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Eelco Brand, Gregory Crewdson, Dora Garcia, Pierre Huyghe, Kimsooja, Jorge Macchi, Shirin Neshat, Pipilotti Rist, Trine Sondergaard / Nicolai Howalt, Joana Vasconcelos
Retrospect. 15 years of photography

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
21 Jan 2023 – 18 Mar 2023

with Roger Ballen, Elina Brotherus, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Hugh Mangum, Johann Ryno de Wet
Inside the outside: pioneers in lens-based media

CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (NL)
15 May 2022 – 25 Sep 2022

with Eelco Brand, Elspeth Diederix, Alexandra Hunts, Anouk Kruithof, Natascha Libbert, Erwin Olaf, Daan Paans, Jaap Scheeren, Richard Tepe, Awoiska van der Molen, Jacquie Maria Wessels
10 Years of MKdW – Contemporary

10 Jahre MKdW – Contemporary

Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr (DE)
16 Jul 2019 – 12 Jan 2020

with Joakim Eskildsen, Anja Jensen, Mette Tronvoll
FILIGRANES @ FILLES DU CALVAIRE

30 ans d’édition

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
29 Jun 2019 – 27 Jul 2019

with Laurence Aegerter, Christophe Beauregard, Katharina Bosse, Edouard Boubat, Mohamed Bourouissa, Elina Brotherus, Clement Cogitore, Denis Darzacq, Claudine Doury, Valerie Jouve, Karen Knorr
Faces

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
18 Jan 2019 – 23 Mar 2019

with Jamie Baldridge, Roger Ballen, Elina Brotherus, Julia Fullerton-Batten
The map and the territory

El mapa y el territorio

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
10 Mar 2017 – 20 May 2017

with Elina Brotherus, Johann Ryno de Wet
Ultraviolence

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
10 Sep 2015 – 7 Nov 2015

with Artists Anonymous, Cecilia de Val, De Val & Leto
Humble me

AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels (BE)
23 Apr 2015 – 20 Jun 2015

with Susan Anderson, Katerina Belkina, Tom Dale, Wouter Deruytter, Shadi Ghadirian, Bernard Gigounon, Teun Hocks, John Isaacs, Arik Levy, Filip Markiewicz, Terry Rodgers, Samuel Rousseau …
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Pavillon Vendôme, Clichy-la-Garenne (FR)
24 Jan 2015 – 26 Apr 2015

with Pilar Albarracin, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Beatrice Cussol, Lydie Jean-Dit-Pannel, Lydie Jean-Dit-Pannel, Karen Knorr, MWANGI HUTTER, Paloma Navares, Orlan, Esther Teichmann
Aux frontières de l’intime : les photographes et leurs enfants

Musée FR Photo, Bièvres (FR)
20 Nov 2014 – 15 Apr 2015

with Julie Blackmon, Fouad Elkoury, Franck Gérard, Alain Laboile, Julien Magre, Bernard Plossu, Philippe Schuller, Emmanuel Sougez, Patrick Taberna, Yves Tremorin, Bertien van Manen
IN & OUT

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
24 Oct 2014 – 14 Feb 2015

with Sergio Belinchon, Cecilia de Val, Line Gulsett, Johann Ryno de Wet
Absurde, vous avez dit absurde?

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
4 Jul 2014 – 26 Jul 2014

with Stephane Berard, Asger Carlsen, Thierry Fontaine, Gilbert Garcin, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Joachim Mogarra, Plonk&Replonk, Paul Pouvreau, Simon Quéheillard, Philippe Ramette, Martín Sastre, Pierrick Sorin …
La Femme d'a Cote

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
25 Jan 2014 – 22 Feb 2014

with Helena Almeida, Anne-Lise Broyer, Laurent Fievet, Laura Henno, Karen Knorr, Juul Kraijer, Marie-France & Patricia Martin, Nelli Palomaeki, Catherine Poncin, Dorothée Smith, Francesca Woodman
Foto (=) Kunst

Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen (NL)
26 Feb 2011 – 19 Jun 2011

with Dirk Braeckman, Jasper de Beijer, Elspeth Diederix, Uta Eisenreich, Teun Hocks, Paul Kooiker, Hans Op de Beeck, Margriet Smulders, Marjan Teeuwen, Ruud van Empel, Wouter van Riessen
All we did was not enough

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
2 Apr 2011 – 30 Apr 2011

with Julia Fullerton-Batten, Aino Kannisto, Ixone Sadaba, Damian Ucieda
DE PICTURA - En defensa de la belleza / In defence of beauty

EMAT Espai Metropolità d'Art de Torrent, Valencia (ES)
10 Feb 2010 – 18 Apr 2010

with Carlos Cid, Victoria Diehl, Anthony Gayton, Pierre Gonnord, Yasumasa Morimura, Erwin Olaf, Peyrotau & Sediles, Petur Thomsen, Javier Velasco, Manuel Vilariño
FANTASY - What Ever Happened to Your Dreams ?

Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Brussels (BE)
23 May 2008 – 19 Jul 2008

with Elke Andreas Boon, Maider Fortune, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Mireille Loup, Marie-France & Patricia Martin, Maria Marshall, Wendy McMurdo, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Santeri Tuori
Dentro por fuera

La Casa Encendida, Madrid (ES)
15 Apr 2008 – 15 Jun 2008

with Jesper Just
NY C Photo Exhibition

PHILLIPS New York, New York (US)
7 Sep 2007 – 26 Sep 2007

with Miguel Angel Rios, Edward Burtynsky, Kyungwoo Chun, Giacomo Costa, Brian Eno, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Antonio Girbes, Dionisio Gonzalez, Andreas Gursky, Ilkka Halso, Petrina Hicks, Yee I-Lann …
Arrebato

Camara Oscura, Madrid (ES)
11 Jan 2007 – 28 Feb 2007

with Sergio Belinchon, Bianca Brunner, Maria Castelló, Leo Fabrizio, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Nan Goldin, Rodrigo Gonzalo, Bill Henson, Sally Mann, Cristina Martín Lara, Johann Ryno de Wet, Hiroshi Sugimoto …
LA BIENAL DE CANARIAS

LA BIENAL DE CANARIAS, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES)
22 Nov 2006 – 10 Feb 2007

with Adel Abdessemed, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Alexander Apostol, Kader Attia, Ursula Biemann, Olaf Breuning, Mircea Cantor, Jordi Colomer, Hala Elkoussy, Jon Mikel Euba, Carmela Garcia, Ori Gersht …
Night & Day

Kunstenaarsvereniging De Vishal, Haarlem (NL)
11 Nov 2006 – 17 Dec 2006

with Axel Funke, Jannie Regnerus, Evelien van den Bogaert, Tessa Verder
The Sixth International Photography Month in Moscow: Photobiennale 2006

Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (RU)
23 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

with Guido Argentini, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Blue Noses, Patrizia Bonanzinga, Brassai, Sergey Bratkov, Stéphane Couturier, Raphael Dallaporta, XING Danwen, Alla Esipovich, WENG Fen, Gilbert Garcin …
Untouchable Things

Backlight2005 - The 7. International Photography Triennial in Tampere / Finland

Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere (FI)
15 Oct 2005 – 29 Jan 2006

with Lili Almog, Carole Chaine, Alexandra Croitoru, Joakim Eneroth, Sissi Farassat, Ionna Fotiadou, Margi Geerlinks, Peter Granser, Ari Kakkinen, Stratos Kalafatis, Anni Leppaelae, Birgitta Lund …
Out There: Landscape in the New Millenium

MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland (US)
20 May 2005 – 14 Aug 2005

with Tom Bamberger, Uta Barth, Olafur Eliasson, Anna Gaskell, Rosemary Laing, Ange Leccia, Jennifer Steinkamp
Crysalis 2005

DUTCH EYES sezione olandese <br>YOURSELF sezione pugliese

Castello Svevo di Bari, Bari (IT)
21 Apr 2005 – 22 May 2005

with Maura Biava, Eelco Brand, Luigi Caiffa, Sarah Ciraci, Renato Galante, Margi Geerlinks, Teun Hocks, Han Hoogerbrugge, Danielle Kwaaitaal, Jannie Regnerus, Mario Rizzi, Gerald van der Kaap …
Constructed Moment

Curated by Marjan Teeuwen

KW14, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)
26 Feb 2005 – 10 Apr 2005

with Gabor Oesz, Wout Berger, Sara Blokland, Oliver Boberg, Paul Bogaers, Eelco Brand, Gerco de Ruijter, Elspeth Diederix, Thomas Elshuis, Maartje Fliervoet, Andreas Gefeller, Laura Geitenbeek …
Confrontation

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
12 Feb 2005 – 20 Mar 2005

with Gabor Oesz, Pascal Aimar, Valerie Belin, Giasco Bertoli, Nico Bick, Melanie Bonajo, Koos Breukel, Roy Cymbalista, Noor Damen, Gerco de Ruijter, Gisèle Didi, Elspeth Diederix …
dreamscapes

AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels (BE)
26 Nov 2004 – 15 Jan 2005

with Kristleifur Bjoernsson, Eelco Brand, Edward Burtynsky, Elger Esser, Doug Hall, John Isaacs, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Phillipe Meste, Leonard Misonne, Martin Parr, Ralf Peters, Pierre Radisic …
TRANSHUMANCE // 6

Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse (FR)
23 Jun 2004 – 19 Sep 2004

with Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Marc Chostakoff, Clark & Pougnaud, LawickMueller, Nicole Tran Ba Vang
Artistes et petites mises en scèn

Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Brussels (BE)
25 Sep 2003 – 22 Nov 2003

with Gilbert Garcin, Janne Lehtinen, Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison, Olivier Rebufa
Faces, people and society

HAL - Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (NL)
9 Nov 2002 – 12 Jan 2003

with Cor Dera, Cees Krijnen, Jocelyne Moreau, Barbara Visser, Luuk Wilmering

Events

PHotoEspaña 2026

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
13 May 2026 – 13 Sep 2026

with Laia Abril, Greta Alfaro, Jalon Angel, Bego Anton, Javier Arboledas, Richard Avedon, Isabel Azkarate, Jose Manuel Ballester, Lurdes R. Basoli, Alejandro Cartagena, Sonia Celma, Talia Chetrit …
photo basel 2026

switzerland's first international art fair dedicated to photography

Camara Oscura, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Roger Ballen, Claudia Fuggetti, Johann Ryno de Wet
photo basel 2026

switzerland's first international art fair dedicated to photography

photo basel, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Oscar Abolafia, Marina Abramovic, Michael Ackerman, Albarran Cabrera, Sama Alshaibi, Roger Ballen, Bill Brandt, Rene Burri, Arvida Bystroem, Lisetta Carmi, Gilles Caron, José Chambel …
SALON AMSTERDAM

Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam (NL)
17 Jan 2026 – 7 Feb 2026

with Slim Aarons, Jessica Backhaus, Olaf Otto Becker, Maura Biava, Edward Burtynsky, Andrew Bush, Tom Callemin, Sander Coers, Popel Coumou, Misha de Ridder, Willem Diepraam, Toshio Enomoto …
photo basel 2025

switzerland's first international art fair dedicated to photography

photo basel, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2025 – 22 Jun 2025

with Will Adler, Albarran Cabrera, Sarfo Emmanuel Annor, Mark Arbeit, Roger Ballen, Oľga Bleyová, Rownak Bose, Edward Burtynsky, Gilles Caron, Guillaume Chamahian, Jeffrey Conley, Carlie Consemulder …
photo basel 2023

photo basel, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2023 – 18 Jun 2023

with Annelies Strba, Roger Ballen, Lillian Bassman, Stefania Beretta, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Alvin Booth, Tomo Brejc, Elina Brotherus, Rene Burri, Brigitte Carnochan, f&d Cartier, Isabelle Chapuis …
photo basel 2024

photo basel, Basel (CH)
11 Jun 2023 – 16 Jun 2023

with Annelies Strba, Juan Carlos Alom, Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns, Ingo Arndt, Roger Ballen, Raed Bawayah, Stefania Beretta, Dimitri Bogachuk, Edouard Boubat, Sonja Braas, Elina Brotherus, Balthasar Burkhard …
ESTAMPA 2022

ESTAMPA, Madrid (ES)
13 Oct 2022 – 16 Oct 2022

with Soledad Cordoba, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Daniel Canogar, River Claure, Jordi Colomer, Cristina De Middel, Sandra Gamarra, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Markus Linnenbrink, Lilly Lulay, Ramon Masats …
photo basel 2022

photo basel, Basel (CH)
14 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2022

with Juliette Agnel, Roger Ballen, Mate Bartha, AnaMary Bilbao, Tom Blachford, Gianfranco Chiavacci, Gordon Clark, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Carl Corey, Stéphane Couturier, Jeff Cowen, Paul Cupido …
Art Rotterdam 2022

Stichting ART Rotterdam, Oudewater (NL)
19 May 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Marwan Bassiouni, Valerie Belin, Maura Biava, Sebastiaan Bremer, Thibault Brunet, Stefano Caimi, Marie Clerel, Christine Clinckx, Popel Coumou, Pauline Curnier Jardin, David De Beyter, Elspeth Diederix …
Foto Festival Naarden 2021

the art of living

FotoFestival Naarden, Naarden (NL)
3 Jul 2021 – 29 Aug 2021

with Jan Banning, Marwan Bassiouni, Hans de Kort, Bieke Depoorter, Sarah Mei Herman, Jeroen Hofman, Richard Koek, Bart Koetsier, Anouk Kruithof, Boudewijn Neuteboom, Kevin Osepa, Mounir Raji …
photo basel 2019

photo basel, Basel (CH)
11 Jun 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Laurence Aegerter, Ansel Adams, Roger Ballen, Roger Ballen, Werner Bischof, Guy Bourdin, Bill Brandt, Nick Brandt, Elina Brotherus, Edward Burtynsky, Larry Clark, Cortis & Sonderegger …
photo london 2019

Photo London, London (GB)
16 May 2019 – 19 May 2019

with Ansel Adams, Claire Aho, Albarran Cabrera, Miles Aldridge, Alia Ali, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Liza Ambrossio, Takashi Arai, Matan Ashkenazy, Jessica Backhaus, Roger Ballen, Gian Paolo Barbieri …
JustMAD 2019

JustMad Art Fair, Madrid (ES)
26 Feb 2019 – 3 Mar 2019

with Liza Ambrossio, Eugenio Ampudia, Elina Brotherus, Soledad Cordoba, Ruben Martin De Lucas, Amparo Garrido, Antonio Guerra, Jorge Isla, David Latorre, Shinji Nagabe, Diego Opazo, Simona Rota
Amsterdam Art Weekend 2018

Amsterdam Art Weekend, Amsterdam (NL)
22 Nov 2018 – 25 Nov 2018

with Melanie Bonajo, David Claerbout, Katharine Cooper, Shezad Dawood, Masahisa Fukase, David Goldblatt, Ryoji Ikeda, Paul Kooiker, Gabriel Lester, Zanele Muholi, Antoinette Nausikaae, Arno Nollen …
JustMAD9 2018

JustMad Art Fair, Madrid (ES)
21 Feb 2018 – 25 Feb 2018

with Elina Brotherus, Luisa Cunha, Arthur Elgort, Line Gulsett, Karl Lagerfeld, Jim Lee, Isabel Munoz, Helmut Newton
Paris Photo 2010

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
18 Nov 2010 – 21 Nov 2010

with Marina Abramovic, Jacob Aue Sobol, Eric Aupol, Philippe Chancel, A K Dolven, Tom Hunter, Michel Kirch, Mona Kuhn, Sze Tsung LEONG, Zbigniew Libera, Abelardo Morell, Michal Pechoucek …