Erwin Olaf

Principales expositions :

2006
Galerie Magda Danysz, Nostalgia, Paris, France

2005

Rain, The Hairdresser’s, lauréat du PDN Award Photography Annual New York
Lavazza Calendar, séléctionné pour le PDN Award Photography Annual New York
New videoworks Erwin Olaf, Gallery Espacio Minimo, Madrid
Fashion & Style in Photography, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
FotoArtFestival, Bielsko-Biata, Poland
Perverse Elegance, Australian Centre for Photography, Travelling through Australia
Golden Age, FOAM, Amsterdam
Viritatas Splendor Photographs 1988-2003, Lodz, Poland
Espacio Minimo, Madrid
Videoworks of Erwin Olaf, Montevideo, Amsterdam
FotoMuseum, Antwerp
Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York
Self-Exposure, ClampArt Gallery, New York
The Other Europe/ On Art and Politically Incorrectness, Bergen, Norway
Oog in oog fotocollectie/ Eye to eye photo-collection, Groninger Museum, Groningen
Baroque and Neo-Baroque/ The Hell Of The Beautiful, DA2, Salamanca, Spain
BAC !05, International Festival of Contemporary Art, Barcelona
Group Exhibition, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris
Fotografi i Fokus, Malmö, Sweden
Going Dutch, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, USA

2004
Travaille pour la troisième fois avec le designer Marcel Wanders on the series sur la série Moooi. Travaille avec Ingo Maurer sur une campagne Campbells soup. Réalisation d'une installation photo monumentale pour l'ambasade néerlandaise à Varsovie.

Silver, The Association of Photographers, Separation, London
…., If ‘raining cats & dogs’, Sweden
Imitation of live, GAM/Modern Art gallery of Bologna / GenderBender, Bologna
Mois de la photo: Erwin Olaf, Galerie J. Rabouan Moussion, Paris
Magazzini Generali, Palazzo delle Papesse-Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena
FotoAmerica 2004, The Cultural Center Espantagruélico, Santiago
Lies, lust Art & fashion- Signale der kleidung, Podewil, Berlin
30 years Dutch Phototgraphy, ACF, Amsterdam
Woman, Muzeum Miejskie we Wroclawiu, Wroclaw, Poland
Cultuurlaboratorium, Limburgs Museum, Venlo
Canarias Mediafest, CAAM, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Gran Canaria
Le Cinema des photographes Neerlandais (1917-2002), Institut Neerlandais, Paris
East-West RetroArtive, Arts Statements ltd., Hong Kong

2003
Gagne plusieurs prix pour son travail personnel et son travail publicitaire. Travaille pour Walkers, Virgin, BMW, Audi, Nokia, Microsoft, etc.

Merit, The Association of Photographers, ‘Paradise The Club, London
‘Grote Paul’, for the most famous Dutch photographer, Rotterdam
Gold (commercial series), Photography District New York, ‘Nicorette advertising’, New York
Erwin Olaf, Tapper-Popermajer gallery, Malmo
Silver, Groninger museum, Groningen (cat)
Erwin Olaf, Museo Arte Contemp, Nuoro
Separation, B&D Gallery, Milan
Mais Quelle Tête tu fais! part two, Galerie Le Garage, Toulouse
Mortalis, Fotomuseum Den Haag
Fundancion Foto Colectania, Museo Artium, Vitoria-Gazteis
Child in Time, visions on childhood and youth, Gemeentemuseum Helmond
Dangerous Beauty, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Melting Pop, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siene (together with David Lachappelle, Philippe Starck a.o.)

2002
Travaille sur les campagnes mondiales de Microsoft, Nintendo, Nokia, Virgin, Energy Jeans, etc...

Prize commercial- festival New York, for Heineken ‘Line-up’, New York
Grand prix de l’affiche, Humour & Pub, ‘Charal advertising’
Golden Eagle, Zlote Orly, ‘Nescafé advertising’, Poland
Paradise, B&D Gallery, Milan
Paradise, Espacio Minimo, Madrid (cat)
Retrospective, Cultuurcentrum Knokke-Heist (cat)
Royal Blood, Bilbao Art Centre, Bilbao
Paradise, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht
Mind of their Own, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Citizen K exhibition, Mois de la photo, Ville de Paris.
Love at First Sight, Noordbrabants museum, ‘s Hertogenbosch (cat)
Fotografen in Nederland een Anthologie 1852-2002, Foto museum Den Haag (cat)
Film by the sea, Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Vlissingen
Nicé Phore, 3e International Photography Festival, Montferrand (cat)
Cinema Sculptuur, Nederlands foto instituut, Rotterdam (cat)
Elvis is hier/ Hier is Cannes, FAXX podium voor hedendaagse kunst, Tilburg
Guardaroba 2002, Fashion Victims, Bari (cat)
FFF Videoshow!, Centraal museum, Utrecht
SHOCK & SHOW. Realta e alternative, Mostra internzionale dárte contemporanea a Trieste, Italy (togeter with Jake & Dinos Champman, Oleg Kulik e.a.)
The Mask_Il volto plurale, La Giarina, Verona (together with Cindy Sherman, Man Ray a.o.)

2001

Silver Lion, commercial-festival for Heineken ‘Corner’, Cannes
Erwin Olaf, Trans photographiques, Lille
Action (Erwin Olaf & Paul Smith), Galway Arts Centre, Galway
Mature, Miller Gallery, New York
Mature, Groninger Museum, Groningen
Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, Hasselt; Crown Gallery, Brussels
Erwin Olaf film works, The KunstRai/ Flatland gallery, Amsterdam
Erwin Olaf, Insinger de Beaufort Art Gallery, Amsterdam
Attention Please, Man Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro
Biennal, Valencia (cat)
Sense of Space, revisited, Fotofestival Noorderlicht, Groningen (cat)
Sexual Healing, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam
Polderlicht, Video Arts Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Italia, il richiamo eterno, Tadzio, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht.
Revisited; Adam & Eve, on sex, tolerance and other dependencies, Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam (cat)
Blaffende Honden, Gorcums museum, Gorinchem

2000

Mature, Espacio Minimo, Madrid
Mature & Royal Blood, Paris Photo/Flatland Gallery, Paris
Fashion Victims, Il Ponte, Roma
Retrospective, Arsenal, Prague (cat)
Violence & Passion, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam (cat)
Schijn en wezen, portretten en codes, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam (cat)
Bodies, Clothing, Surfaces, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (cat)
Ecce Homo, het beeld van Christus, Kunsthal, Rotterdam.
3e Internationaal Fotofestival, Turnhout.

1999

Members choice PANL; Photographers Association of the Netherlands
Mature, Kunst Rai / Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam
Mature, Il Ponte, Rome
Theatre-compagnies works, De Meerse Theatre, Amsterdam
Haks was here, Groninger Museum, Groningen (cat)
Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen (cat)
PANL, Photographers Association of the Netherlands, Amsterdam (cat)

1998

Silver Lion, commercial-festival for Diesel Dirty Denim, Cannes
The Deadly Sins, Amsterdams centrum voor de fotografie, Amsterdam (cat)
Standje Franciscus, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht

1997

Triptych, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (cat)

1996

Mind of their Own, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome
Stars in Black & White & Colour, Roselyn Oxley Gallery; Sydney Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (cat)
Home is where the heart is, Fremdkörper Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam.

1995

Girls 1985 – 1995, Galerie Steltman, Amsterdam, Galerie Steltman New York
Erwin Olaf Fotografien '84 -'95, Museum, Erlangen.
Erwin Olaf, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Erwin Olaf, 10 years of photographs, Wessel O'conner Gallery, New York
Mind of their own, Fotofestival, Naarden (cat)

1994

Tafel van 10, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht
La Beaute Inexacte, Gallery Oz, Paris
10 years of European Photo-prize, Kulturzentrum Englische Kirche, Bad Homburg (cat)

1993

Erwin Olaf , AB Gallery, Paris
Ten Tables, CBK, Groningen (cat)
Joy, Kunsthal for Modern Art, Rotterdam (cat)
Manipulation, Staten Gallery, Den Haag (cat)

1992

Style Shapes Function, (with Borek Sipek), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat)
Double Dutch, Sala Uno, Rome (cat)
Photography in assignment, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
Illusions and Travestissements, (Joel Peter Witkin, Cindy Sherman, Pierre et Gilles, Robert Mapplethorpe),AB Gallery, Paris.
Reflex Miniatuur museum voor moderne en hedendaagse kunst, AMC ziekenhuis Amsterdam (cat)

1991

The Fourth Wall, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam (cat)

1990

Blacks - seventeen royal portraits, Fodor Museum, Amsterdam (cat).

1989

Preis für Junge Europäische Fotografen, Museum Ludwig, Köln (cat)
Das Portrait, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (cat)
La Biennal de Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona (cat)
Exuberance Now! Less is a Bore, Groninger Museum, Groningen (cat)

1988

First prize, Young European Photographers, Deutsche Leasung AG Bad Homburg.
Chessmen - an attempt to play the game, Focus Gallery, Amsterdam (cat).
Behold the Men, The Photographer's Gallery, London; Stills Gallery, Edinburgh.

1987
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Nudity in front of the camera, Meervaart Theater, Amsterdam (cat)

1986

Männer sehen Männer, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (cat)

1985

The art of seduction, Melkweg, Amsterdam

1984

Foto 1984, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam

1983

Among Men / Among Women, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam