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![Out Lookers]( "Out Lookers")
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![Mirek's Dahlas, 2021]( "Mirek's Dahlas, 2021")
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Verena Blok (1990) has a deep interest in personal histories and narrative storytelling. Intrigued by the way cultural and political factors influence one’s life, she uses her lens-based practice to shed light on inner life and everyday “reality” of her protagonists. As a Dutch-Polish dual citizen, Blok maintains a keen awareness of her positioning between East and West. Her work often refers to the gendered performance of the self. The encounter with her subjects takes place in intimate settings and is the core of and the fuel for her work. By becoming close to them and embedding herself in their lives for stretches of time, she uses the context in which they exist as a studio, a backdrop to the narratives that both her and her subjects become part of.
Websites
Social media
Member of a professional association/artists’ association
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Curriculum vitae
Education
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2020 - 2022Amsterdam, Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
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2014 - 2016MA Photography Breda, St. Joost Academie diploma
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2009 - 2013BA Photography Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
exhibitions
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2023Theater Bellevue Amsterdam, Netherlands En ze maakte een kind Group
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2022RAUW Museum Het Rembrandthuis Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
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2022Open Studios 2022 Amsterdam, Netherlands Solo
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2022Shoeglazing Dürst Britt & Mayhew, Netherlands Group
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2021Open Studios 2021 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam Group
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2020'Generation Z' Noorderlicht International Photo Festival Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen, Netherlands Group
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2020UNFAIR Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
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2020"Borders: Verena Blok, Stefanie Zofia Schulz, Marvin Bonheur" 11th Organ Vida Photography Festival: Hesitant Images Zagreb (KR), Croatia Group
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2019Prospects & Concepts Art Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands Group
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2019'The Image Is Our Voice' Melkweg Expo Amsterdam, Netherlands Unseen Fair X Melkweg Expo Group
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2019'Robota' Elementarz dla Mieszkanców Miast Krakau, Poland Solo
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2018Freedom of Movement Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Freedom of Movement www.stedelijk.nl/nl/tentoonstellingen/freedom-of-movement Group
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2018Somfy Photography Award Utrecht Centraal Station, Netherlands group show of 10 nominees Group
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2017'My Name in a 100 Colophons' Lief Hertje en de Grote Witte Reus Den Haag Group
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2016'RE:' RE:, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam MA Photography, AKV I St. Joost Group
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2015'On The Move: Storytelling in Contemporary Photography and Graphic Design' Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
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2015'I Smell Like Rain' Galeria PF, Poznan, Polen, Biennale Fotografii Poznan, Poland Solo
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2014Transphotografiques Lille, France Group
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2013Poznan Photo Diploma Award Slodownia +1 Gallery Poznan, Poland Group
International exchanges/Residencies
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2025Casa Snowapple, Mexico
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2020Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (upcoming) Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Netherlands
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2019KAMEN Artist Residency, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commissions
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2023De Correspondent Rotterdam, Netherlands beeldverhaal Winteropvang finished
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2023VPRO Nederland, Netherlands Podcastserie van Maartje Duin, 'Mina & Mevrouw' finished
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2018VPRO Nederland/Polen research reisserie 'Moja Polska!' finished
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2018Orkater/de Volkskrant Nederland beeldverhaal finished
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2016Vrij Nederland Nederland beeldverhaal finished
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2016Christa van der Meer Nederland serie van collectie finished
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2015De Volkskrant Nederland portretten culturele bijlage, V finished
Sales/Works in collections
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2023Young Collector's Circle Editions Nederland, Nederland 'Blagoje and Sava, July 2019, Trebišnjica River, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, edition of 5
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2019Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Nederland, Nederland 'Robota', 2018
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2015Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Nederland, Nederland 'I Smell Like Rain', 2013
Publications
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2018GUP Magazine #58 GUP magazine
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2016Quickscan #02 FW:, Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam catalogus groepstentoonstelling NFM
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2014On the Move: Storytelling in Contemporary Photography and Graphic Design Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam catalogus groepstentoonstelling
Awards and grants
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2024Publicatie Mondriaan Fonds (voorheen Fonds BKVB)
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2024Kunstenaar Project Mondriaan Fonds (voorheen Fonds BKVB)
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2023Subsidie Vrouwelijke Kunstenaars Cultuur Fonds
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2019PRO Onderzoek, Stroom Den Haag Den Haag, Netherlands
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2019Pro Kunstprojecten, Stroom Den Haag Netherlands
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2019UNSEEN Photo Fair | Nominated for Futures , Netherlands
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2018Projectinvestering Kunstenaar Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam (NL) Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2017Pro Invest Stroom
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2017Werkbijdrage Jong Talent Mondriaan Fonds Amsterdam
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2015DocuDenHaag Beurs Het Nutshuis, Den Haag
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2013Grand Prix Winner Poznan Photo Diploma Award, Poznan, Polen Poznan, Poland
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2013Nominatie Unseen Dummy Award Netherlands
Secondary art-related activities
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2024 - 2024Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | Scout Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen 2024-2025
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2018 - 2018Kunsteducatie Nest / The American School
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2018 - 2018Minerva Academie Groningen