Rob Hornstra

♂ *1975 / Netherlands

Works

Contacts for the work of Rob Hornstra

Rob Hornstra

www.thesochiproject.org

News

World Press Photo 2012

Arts and Entertainment, 1st prize stories
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

Solo exhibitions

Plastic Sea, Perfect Storm

with the author Arnold van Bruggen

Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
3 Oct 2026 – 7 Mar 2027
Ordinary People

Galerija Jakopič, Ljubljana (SI)
27 May 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
Ordinary People

Fotomuseum Den Haag, Den Haag (NL)
9 Dec 2023 – 17 Mar 2024
The Europeans

De Balie, Amsterdam (NL)
17 Sep 2020 – 9 Oct 2020
Man Next Door

Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL)
2 Dec 2017 – 4 Mar 2018
The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova

Fotomanifestatie Enschede

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede (NL)
24 Sep 2017 – 7 Jan 2018
The Sochi Project

Rob Hornstra & Arnold van Bruggen

Foto Forum, Bolzano (IT)
25 Oct 2017 – 2 Dec 2017
The Sochi Project

CECH Art Space, Minsk (BY)
9 Sep 2016 – 9 Oct 2016
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

Centre for Contemporary Art, Warszawa (PL)
6 Dec 2014 – 8 Feb 2015
BALLETS RUSSES

Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg (DE)
13 Sep 2014 – 1 Nov 2014
The Sochi-Project - PhotoIreland 2014

PhotoIreland, Dublin (IE)
1 Jul 2014 – 31 Jul 2014
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

Aperture, New York (US)
30 May 2014 – 10 Jul 2014
The Sochi Project

Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen (NL)
19 Apr 2014 – 22 Jun 2014
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2014 – 31 May 2014
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (US)
9 Jan 2014 – 30 Mar 2014
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

FOTOHOF, Salzburg (AT)
31 Jan 2014 – 22 Mar 2014
Golden Years / Rob Hornstra's Russia

The Sochi Project

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
14 Dec 2013 – 9 Mar 2014
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
25 Oct 2013 – 2 Mar 2014
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

FOTODOC - Sakharov, Moscow (RU)
18 Oct 2013 – 20 Oct 2013
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam , Amsterdam (NL)
18 Oct 2013 – 20 Oct 2013
101 Milliardäre

BERLIN FOTOFESTIVAL 2013 - THE BROWSE

Browse Foto Festival, Berlin (DE)
13 Jun 2013 – 13 Jul 2013
The Sochi Project

BERLIN FOTOFESTIVAL 2013 - THE BROWSE

Browse Foto Festival, Berlin (DE)
13 Jun 2013 – 13 Jul 2013
The Sochi Project

Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land

Foto8 and ei8ht magazine, London (GB)
15 Mar 2012 – 21 Apr 2012
Ivan's Cowshed & Putin's Games

Freelens Galerie, Hamburg (DE)
3 Apr 2011 – 20 May 2011
Views from Sochi

Third Floor gallery, Cardiff (GB)
19 Feb 2011 – 20 Mar 2011
The Sochi Project

Mandeep Photography, Roma (IT)
29 Jan 2010 – 27 Mar 2010
Roots of the Rúntur- Changing Faces: WORK

13th International Month of Photography

The American College of Greece – Cultura, Athína (GR)
11 Oct 2006 – 1 Dec 2006
Communism and Cowgirls

FOTOHOF, Salzburg (AT)
17 Sep 2005 – 22 Oct 2005

Group

To reimagine

PHotoESPAÑA 2026

Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (ES)
5 Jun 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Javier Arboledas, Lurdes R. Basoli, Arguiñe Escandón, Jon Gorospe, Yann Gross, Ira Lombardía, Eduardo Nave, Aleix Plademunt, Txema Salvans, Anoek Steketee, Rafael Trapiello
Summer in the City '26

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
11 Jul 2026 – 29 Aug 2026

with Jeroen Hofman, Rogier Houwen, Ruth Lauer-Manenti, Thomas Manneke, Jem Southam, Mark van den Brink, Hans van der Meer, Vasantha Yogananthan
International Art Book Festival

FLAT // LAND, Amsterdam (NL)
9 Dec 2021 – 18 Dec 2021

with Katharine Cooper, Desiree Dolron, Marnix Goossens, Johan Grimonprez, Erwin Olaf, Hans Op de Beeck, Martin Parr, Anoek Steketee, Juergen Teller, Ruud van Empel, Paolo Ventura
ENTRECHATS

Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi (BE)
28 Apr 2018 – 16 Sep 2018

with Jane Evelyn Atwood, Izis (Israelis Biedermanas)
Stadstriënnale Hasselt-Genk

TRADEMARKS

Stadstriënnale, Hasselt (BE)
1 Oct 2016 – 8 Jan 2017

with !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Dave Anderson, Anonymous, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Cory Arcangel, Vanessa Beecroft, Nadia Benchallal, Bjoerk, Nagib Chtaib, CRAVAT & BADA, Aurore Dal Mas …
Jheronimus Bosch in de hedendaagse kunst

Museum Helmond, Helmond (NL)
2 Feb 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Anthony Goicolea, Teun Hocks, Inez & Vinoodh, Terry Rodgers
on the move

Storytelling in Contemporary Photography and Graphic Design

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
29 Aug 2014 – 22 Feb 2015

with Gabor Oesz, Eefje Blankevoort, Sara Blokland, Sarah Carlier, Antoinette de Jong, Elspeth Diederix, Hans Gremmen, Robert Knoth, Anibal Lopez, Theo Niekus, Rune Peitersen, Ahmet Polat …
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2014

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2014 – 31 May 2014

with Martina Bacigalupo, Rebecca Belmore, Bill Burke, Sophie Calle, Dana Claxton, Stan Douglas, David Favrod, Charles Freger, General Idea, Rafael Goldchain, Rodney Graham, Hendrik Kerstens …
Silver Camera 2013

Best press photo of the year

Fotomuseum Den Haag, Den Haag (NL)
17 Mar 2014 – 6 Apr 2014

with Robin de Puy, Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Arnold van Bruggen
8th Angkor Photo Festival 2012

The first international photo festival in Southeast Asia

Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (KH)
1 Dec 2012 – 8 Dec 2012

with Abir Abdullah, Mario Algaze, Pablo Bartholomew, Harvey Benge, Philip Blenkinsop, Kai Bornhoeft, Christopher Capozziello, Martin Chambi, Robert Clark, Laura El-Tantawy, Jean-Pierre Favreau, Yoshihiro Hagiwara …
World Press Photo 12

Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin (DE)
7 Jun 2012 – 30 Jun 2012

with Samuel Aranda, Vincent Boisot, Simona Ghizzoni, Alexander Gronsky, Alex Majoli, Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Paolo Pellegrin, Brent Stirton, Paolo Woods
Dutch and Belgian Photobook

Kominek Gallery, Berlin (DE)
10 Dec 2011 – 6 Jan 2012

with Jan Banning, Carl de Keyzer, Cuny Janssen, Paul Kooiker, Anouk Kruithof, Christian Lutz, Viviane Sassen, Niels Stomps, Jeroen Toirkens, Geert van Kesteren, Wytske van Keulen, Florian van Roekel …
New Dutch Storytellers

FotoGrafia. International Festival of Rome (X edition)

MACRO Testaccio, Roma (IT)
23 Sep 2011 – 23 Oct 2011

with Anna Dasovic, Anne Geene, Willem Popelier
Inside

FLAT // LAND, Utrecht (NL)
16 Feb 2011 – 19 Mar 2011

with Florian van Roekel
Mutation III

Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (DE)
15 Oct 2010 – 28 Feb 2011

with Anders Bojen & Kristoffer Ørum, Benjamin Cadon & Ewen Chardronnet, Edmund Clark, Susanne Wehr
MUTATIONS III

Public Images - Private Views

musa, Wien (AT)
29 Oct 2010 – 8 Jan 2011

with Anders Bojen & Kristoffer Ørum, Simon Bauer, Benjamin Cadon & Ewen Chardronnet, Hubert Blanz, Michele Cera, Edmund Clark, Federico Covre, Paula Muhr, Susanne Wehr, Yveline Loiseur & Bureau l’Imprimante
FotoGrafia. Festival Internazionale di Roma

FotoGrafia. Festival di Roma, Roma (IT)
23 Sep 2010 – 24 Oct 2010

with William Guerrieri, Leonie Hampton-Purchas, Rinko Kawauchi, Asako Narahashi, Tod Papageorge, Alec Soth
QUICKSCAN NL# 01

Photography Now

Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam (NL)
16 Jan 2010 – 24 May 2010

with Jan Adriaans, Melanie Bonajo, Kim Boske, Kim Bouvy, Club Donny, Bas Fontein, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Anouk Kruithof, Katja Mater, Michael Anhalt & Meike Eggers, Lucia Nimcova, Paulien Oltheten …
Silverstein Photography Annual

Bruce Silverstein, New York (US)
6 Sep 2008 – 18 Oct 2008

with Olivia Arthur, Raphael Dallaporta, Isabelle Hayeur, Guillaume Herbaut, Orrie King, Rick McKee Hock, Oliver Sieber, Darren Sylvester
WORK/LAVORO

MUNAF Museo, Milano (IT)
10 Mar 2007 – 27 May 2007

with Renja Leino, Thomas Neumann, Orri, Stepanka Stein & Salim Issa, Arturas Valiauga
13th International Month of Photography: On Faces

HCP, Athína (GR)
18 Sep 2006 – 24 Oct 2006

with Dimosthenis Agrafiotis, Anton, Yannis Behrakis, Karin Borghouts, Elias Bourgiotis, Athena Chroni, Chuck Close, Sylvia Diamantopoulou, Pella Dikonimaki, Panayiotis Elias, George Georgiou, Charis Kakarouchas …
Up-and-Comers

KM21, Den Haag (NL)
8 Apr 2006 – 25 Jun 2006

with Sara Blokland, Charlotte Dumas, Awoiska van der Molen
Changing Faces: Work

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
25 Feb 2006 – 23 Apr 2006

with Orri Jónsson, Renja Leino, Thomas Neumann, Stepanka Stein & Salim Issa, Clare Strand, Arturas Valiauga
Aktuelle Fotografie aus Serbien

FOTOHOF, Salzburg (AT)
10 Jun 2005 – 23 Jul 2005

with Aleksandrija Ajdukovic, Milan Aleksic, Paula Muhr, Ksenia Peretruhina

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 …
Polycopies

Book Signings

Kominek Gallery, Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2022 – 13 Nov 2022

with JH Engstroem, Ruslan Hrushchak, Orri Jónsson, Seba Kurtis, Dana Lixenberg, Mark Steinmetz, Aaron Stern, Olaf Unverzart, Yelena Yemchuk
À LA LIBRAIRIE PENDANT PARIS PHOTO

Delpire & Co, Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2022 – 13 Nov 2022

with Vincen Beeckman, Thadde Comar, Jess T. Dugan, Wendy Ewald, Vincent Jendly, Gerry Johansson, Ron Jude, William Klein, Josef Koudelka, Justine Kurland, Raymond Meeks, Mame-Diarra Niang …
Athens Photo Festival 2022

Athens Photo Festival, Athens (GR)
8 Jun 2022 – 30 Jul 2022

with Peter Aerschmann, Dimosthenis Agrafiotis, Bebe Blanco Agterberg, Hannah Altman, Zoé Aubry, Alexandros Avramidis, Chloé Azzopardi, Wolfgang Bellwinkel, Sibylle Bergemann, Wei Bi, Samuel Bianchini, Marjolein Blom …
Paris Photo 2022 - Artist Talks by The Eyes

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with Laia Abril, Tom Arndt, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Zoé Aubry, Vincen Beeckman, Sebastien Cuvelier, Hannah Darabi, Jess T. Dugan, Gregoire Eloy, Curran Hatleberg , Guillaume Herbaut, Seba Kurtis …
9th BredaPhoto International Photo Festival

The best of times - The worst of times

Breda Photo, Breda (NL)
9 Sep 2020 – 25 Oct 2020

with Coca Dai, Andrew Esiebo, Tanya Habjouqa, REN Hang, Jan Hoek, Michal Iwanowski, Ed Kashi, Zhang Kechun, Erik Kessels, Katrin Koenning, Feng Li, Pixy Liao …
Fotofestival Schiedam 2018

Re: Search

Fotofestival Schiedam, Schiedam (NL)
18 Oct 2018 – 28 Oct 2018

with Monica Alcazar-Duarte, Khalid Amakran, Florian Amoser, Olga Cafiero, Karl Ketamo, Sjoerd Knibbeler, Laura Konttinen, Lena Kunz, Lilia Luganskaia, Lana Mesic, Alexis Pichot, George Selley …
PRINT MATTERS

Ein Wochenende mit Workshops und Podiumsdiskussion

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
17 Aug 2018 – 19 Aug 2018

with Erik Clewe
Month of Photography in Minsk 2016

Month of Photography Minsk, Minsk (BY)
9 Sep 2016 – 20 Oct 2016

with Hoda Afshar, Viktor Butra, Ray Cook, Anatoly Dudkin, Vladimir Filonov, Simon Harsent, Valery Katsuba, Barbara Klemm, Igor Kostin, Lyalya Kuznetsova, Owen Leong, Erich Salomon …
DO-IT-YOURSELF STORYTELLING

BECOME AN INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHER

Anzenberger Gallery, Wien (AT)
1 Feb 2014 – 2 Feb 2014
The Sochi Project

Mandeep Photography, Roma (IT)
30 Jan 2010
101 Billionaires

Schaden.com, Köln (DE)
14 Feb 2009
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (US)
Becoming an Independent Photographer

on DIY Storytelling, Self-publishing, and Project Funding

DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (US)
The Sochi Project

An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus

Aperture's Burden, New York (US)