Eva van Ooijen
About
Growing up in a household full of fantasy there came a time her trust was broken and she understood she could not believe everything she was told. This realisation sparked her ongoing fascination with the boundary between fact and fiction and how narratives can be constructed with minimal means.
Her work investigates the mechanisms behind storytelling and how they shape perception. By deconstructing these strategies, she repurposes them to serve her often feminist agenda.
Working across photography, video, text, and installation, she places the relationship between photography and reality at the core of her practice.
Key words: authenticity, authorship, power, the art world and feminism.
Education
2020 - 2022 Royal Academy of Art The Hague, Master Artistic Research
2005 - 2009 Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU), Bdes Photography
Work
Next to my artistic practice I work as a mentor at the Photo Academy in Amsterdam
Exhibitions (selection)
2025 - Growing Pains, Willem II, Den Bosch, curated by Linda Köke
2025 - Reclaim Reality, Rosalux, Berlin
2024 - 34m3, KunstpodiumT, Tilburg
2024 - Ever Emerging Mag exhibition, Equals Amsterdam, curated by Marguerite Nolan
2024 - Looking for Ulrixa, KunstpodumT, Tilburg
2024 - Lente Salon, Amstelkerk, Amsterdam
2024 - Update, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2023 - Open, Kunstruimte 411, curated by René Bosch
2023 - Salon, Arti et Amicitiae
2022 - Master Artistic Research gradshow, Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, curated by Jo-Lene Ong.
2022 - A Scenic Route to Self, Nest, The Hague, curated by Maria Rey Lamslag.
2021 - In Pending Waters, De Helena, The Hague, curated by Jay Tan and Geo Wyeth.
2021 - Sun Kissed // Fog Off, Quartair, The Hague, curated by Maaike Gouwenberg.
2020 - False Beliefs, Rizoom, Arnhem.
2020 - Fragmented Traveling, Marspoortgalerie, Zutphen.
2018 - Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Amsterdam.
2017 - This Art Fair, Amsterdam
2017 - Horizontale Vluchtigheid, Vondel CS, Amsterdam, Curated by: Aynouk Tan.
Residencys/Grants/Awards
2024 - Jan Naaijkensprize
2024 - Amarte project grant.
2023 - Amarte development grant.
2020 - Digital artist residency, Research Residency.
2017 - De Torenkamer, Amsterdam, Residency
2016 - Artist Residency in Motherhood.
Publications
2025 - Tube Light, Growing Pains, Veerle Driessen.
2023 - Ever Emerging Mag, Women’s month special, interview and selection of works.
2022 - Metropolis M, Gradustion Shows 2022 - KABK, review by Lena van Tijen.
2020 - New Art Examiner, Making art, negotiating space, and finding comfort in the age of covid-19. Interview by Katie Zazenski.
2018 - Self Publish Be Happy Select, Fragmented Traveling, selection of photographs.
2016 - Kiekie Tabloid, Instagram een logboek van gedachten, selection of photographs.
Writing
2022 - Mosquito Newspaper, Intentionality, Essay. (print)
2022 - I can smell your house in your hat, The graduation publication of Master Artistic Research students, Royal Academy of the Arts, The Hague. (print)
2021 - Reading Days, Keywords 2020/2021, a publication by the Master Artistic Research students, Royal Academy of the Arts, The Hague. (print)