Anouk Kruithof (born 1981)[1] is a Dutch artist whose exhibitions and books merge social, conceptual, photographic, performance[2] and video.[3] Kruithof has had published, or self-published, a number of books of her work (including Happy Birthday to You[2]), and had her work exhibited in solo and group shows including at
Museum of Modern Art in New York. She has received an Infinity Award from the
International Center of Photography;[4] both the Photography Jury Grand Prize and the Photo Global scholarship from Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival,[5] and the
Charlotte Köhler Prize from
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.[6] She is based in New York.
Life and work
Kruithof was born in 1981 in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.[1] She studied photography at the
Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, based in
Breda. She completed an artist's residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin in 2008–2009. In 2011 she moved to New York to live and work on her art projects.
Publications
Publications by Kruithof
Het Zwarte gat = The Black Hole. With Jaap Scheeren. Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Episode, 2006.
ISBN9789059730441.
Playing Borders, This Contemporary State of Mind. Berlin: Revolver by Vice Versa, 2009.
ISBN9783868950403. Edition of 400 copies.
Becoming Blue. Berlin: Revolver by Vice Versa, 2009.
ISBN9783868950243. Texts in English, German and Dutch.
The Daily Exhaustion. Baden, Switzerland: Kodoji, 2010.
ISBN9783037470343. Edition of 5000 copies. Free newspaper.
A Head with Wings. St Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2011.
OCLC760918291. Edition of 1000 copies. Commissioned by
Alec Soth; design by Kruithof, Soth and Hans Seeger.[7]
Lang Zal ze Leven = Happy Birthday to You. Self-published, 2011.
ISBN9789081708111. Edition of 500 copies.[8]
Pixel-stress. Paris: RVB Books, 2013.
ISBN979-10-90306-21-9. Edition of 1000 copies.
SPBH pamphlet IV: Case report 468. London:
Self Publish, Be Happy, 2013.
OCLC854565638. Edition of 500 copies. Pamphlet, folds out into poster. Text by Hillery Bosworth, photographs by Kruithof and series editor Nicholas Muellner. According to the colophon, "The pamphlet was created in conversation with the collection of Jan Larsen and Tang Nguyen, on April 26 and 27, 2013 in New York city" and "This special edition pamphlet was commissioned by and distributed in conjunction with 10x10 American photobooks in association with the International Center of Photography library, Photobook Facebook Group and Tokyo Institute of Photography."
Untitled (I’ve taken too many photos / I’ve never taken a photo). Rotterdam: Stress, 2014.
ISBN9789081708104. Edition of 500 copies.
The Bungalow. Eindhoven, the Netherlands: Onomatopee, 2014.
ISBN9789491677236. Uses photographs by Brad Feuerhelm. Edited in collaboration with Freek Lomme (text) and Christof Nussli (images). Edition of 1200 copies.
Neutral. Munich, Germany: Galerie Jo van de Loo; self-published, 2016. Text by Christoph Sehl. Edition of 200 copies.
Automagic. Madrid and Mexico City: Editorial RM; self-published: Stresspress.biz, 2016. With text by Kruithof and Iñaki Domingo. Edition of 1000 copies.
Publications with contributions by Kruithof
Borough(ed) stories: Drawings and portraits from neighborhoods in New York, Berlin and Amsterdam = tekeningen en portretten uit wijken in New York, Berlijn en Amsterdam. Silvia Russel, 2009.
ISBN9789081397414. Drawings by
Silvia Russel, photographs by Kruithof and others, essay by
Mitchell Marco, preface by
Louky Keijsers, translation by Nienke de Maat.
The Riso Book: New York. San Francisco, CA: Colpa; New York, NY: Endless Editions, 2014. Kruithof with
Paul Branca,
David Horvitz,
Matthew Palladino and
Dexter Sinister. Each artist contributed to 20 pages. Fifth in The Riso Book series. Edition of 100 copies.
Printed Web #4: Public, Private, Secret.Paul Soulellis;
Library of the Printed Web and
International Center of Photography Museum, 2016.
ISBN978-0-9840052-8-4. 40 pages. Published on the occasion of an exhibition, Public, Private, Secret, at the International Center of Photography Museum, 2016/17. Print-on-demand newsprint. Work by Kruithof, Wolfgang Plöger, Lorna Mills,
Molly Soda, Travess Smalley, Angela Genusa,
Eva and Franco Mattes, Elisabeth Tonnard, and Christopher Clary. With a text by Michael Connor ("Folding the Web").
Awards
2011: Photography Jury Grand Prize, Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, Hyères, France.[5] For Happy Birthday to You and The Daily Exhaustion.
2011: scholarship to the Photo Global programme of the
School of Visual Arts in New York, Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, Hyères, France.[5][9]
2016: Neutral, Galerie Jo van de Loo, Munich, Germany, 2016.[16]
Exhibitions with others and at festivals
2012: Untitled (I’ve taken too many photos / I’ve never taken a photo), Tour des Templiers, Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, Hyères, France.[3][5]
^
abcd"Anouk Kruithof". Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival. Archived from
the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^Unwin, Rozzy (1 July 2011).
"Cultural Life: Martin Parr, photographer". The Independent. Retrieved 24 December 2014. My big obsession is photobooks, and because of this interest, a book arrives nearly every day. 'Happy Birthday to You' by Anouk Kruithof really stands out.
Anouk Kruithof (born 1981)[1] is a Dutch artist whose exhibitions and books merge social, conceptual, photographic, performance[2] and video.[3] Kruithof has had published, or self-published, a number of books of her work (including Happy Birthday to You[2]), and had her work exhibited in solo and group shows including at
Museum of Modern Art in New York. She has received an Infinity Award from the
International Center of Photography;[4] both the Photography Jury Grand Prize and the Photo Global scholarship from Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival,[5] and the
Charlotte Köhler Prize from
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.[6] She is based in New York.
Life and work
Kruithof was born in 1981 in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.[1] She studied photography at the
Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, based in
Breda. She completed an artist's residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin in 2008–2009. In 2011 she moved to New York to live and work on her art projects.
Publications
Publications by Kruithof
Het Zwarte gat = The Black Hole. With Jaap Scheeren. Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Episode, 2006.
ISBN9789059730441.
Playing Borders, This Contemporary State of Mind. Berlin: Revolver by Vice Versa, 2009.
ISBN9783868950403. Edition of 400 copies.
Becoming Blue. Berlin: Revolver by Vice Versa, 2009.
ISBN9783868950243. Texts in English, German and Dutch.
The Daily Exhaustion. Baden, Switzerland: Kodoji, 2010.
ISBN9783037470343. Edition of 5000 copies. Free newspaper.
A Head with Wings. St Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2011.
OCLC760918291. Edition of 1000 copies. Commissioned by
Alec Soth; design by Kruithof, Soth and Hans Seeger.[7]
Lang Zal ze Leven = Happy Birthday to You. Self-published, 2011.
ISBN9789081708111. Edition of 500 copies.[8]
Pixel-stress. Paris: RVB Books, 2013.
ISBN979-10-90306-21-9. Edition of 1000 copies.
SPBH pamphlet IV: Case report 468. London:
Self Publish, Be Happy, 2013.
OCLC854565638. Edition of 500 copies. Pamphlet, folds out into poster. Text by Hillery Bosworth, photographs by Kruithof and series editor Nicholas Muellner. According to the colophon, "The pamphlet was created in conversation with the collection of Jan Larsen and Tang Nguyen, on April 26 and 27, 2013 in New York city" and "This special edition pamphlet was commissioned by and distributed in conjunction with 10x10 American photobooks in association with the International Center of Photography library, Photobook Facebook Group and Tokyo Institute of Photography."
Untitled (I’ve taken too many photos / I’ve never taken a photo). Rotterdam: Stress, 2014.
ISBN9789081708104. Edition of 500 copies.
The Bungalow. Eindhoven, the Netherlands: Onomatopee, 2014.
ISBN9789491677236. Uses photographs by Brad Feuerhelm. Edited in collaboration with Freek Lomme (text) and Christof Nussli (images). Edition of 1200 copies.
Neutral. Munich, Germany: Galerie Jo van de Loo; self-published, 2016. Text by Christoph Sehl. Edition of 200 copies.
Automagic. Madrid and Mexico City: Editorial RM; self-published: Stresspress.biz, 2016. With text by Kruithof and Iñaki Domingo. Edition of 1000 copies.
Publications with contributions by Kruithof
Borough(ed) stories: Drawings and portraits from neighborhoods in New York, Berlin and Amsterdam = tekeningen en portretten uit wijken in New York, Berlijn en Amsterdam. Silvia Russel, 2009.
ISBN9789081397414. Drawings by
Silvia Russel, photographs by Kruithof and others, essay by
Mitchell Marco, preface by
Louky Keijsers, translation by Nienke de Maat.
The Riso Book: New York. San Francisco, CA: Colpa; New York, NY: Endless Editions, 2014. Kruithof with
Paul Branca,
David Horvitz,
Matthew Palladino and
Dexter Sinister. Each artist contributed to 20 pages. Fifth in The Riso Book series. Edition of 100 copies.
Printed Web #4: Public, Private, Secret.Paul Soulellis;
Library of the Printed Web and
International Center of Photography Museum, 2016.
ISBN978-0-9840052-8-4. 40 pages. Published on the occasion of an exhibition, Public, Private, Secret, at the International Center of Photography Museum, 2016/17. Print-on-demand newsprint. Work by Kruithof, Wolfgang Plöger, Lorna Mills,
Molly Soda, Travess Smalley, Angela Genusa,
Eva and Franco Mattes, Elisabeth Tonnard, and Christopher Clary. With a text by Michael Connor ("Folding the Web").
Awards
2011: Photography Jury Grand Prize, Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, Hyères, France.[5] For Happy Birthday to You and The Daily Exhaustion.
2011: scholarship to the Photo Global programme of the
School of Visual Arts in New York, Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, Hyères, France.[5][9]
2016: Neutral, Galerie Jo van de Loo, Munich, Germany, 2016.[16]
Exhibitions with others and at festivals
2012: Untitled (I’ve taken too many photos / I’ve never taken a photo), Tour des Templiers, Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, Hyères, France.[3][5]
^
abcd"Anouk Kruithof". Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival. Archived from
the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^Unwin, Rozzy (1 July 2011).
"Cultural Life: Martin Parr, photographer". The Independent. Retrieved 24 December 2014. My big obsession is photobooks, and because of this interest, a book arrives nearly every day. 'Happy Birthday to You' by Anouk Kruithof really stands out.