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Objects of Desire, Surrealism and Design 1924 – Today
, Vitra Design Museum , Weil am Rhein, Germany, 28 September 2019 - 19 January 2020On 28 September 2019 the Vitra Design Museum will open a major exhibition that offers a comprehensive look at the dialogue between Surrealism and design. For the first time, it will unveil the extent to which Surrealism has influenced design of the past 100 years – from furniture and interiors to graphic design, fashion, and photography.
recent past
Hot Mirror
, Stevenson Gallery Amsterdam , Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 19 September 2019 - 25 October 2019Geïnspireerd door de Engelse fotografe Lee Miller ging Viviane Sassen op zoek naar het surrealisme in haar eigen werk. De presentatie combineert haar bekendere werk in fotografie met nieuwe digitale collages, en zet de kijker voortdurend op het verkeerde been. Hot Mirror is Sassen’s eerste galerietentoonstelling in Amsterdam sinds 2011.
The 50JPF Triennale
, Center of Photography Geneva , Geneva, Swiss, 18 June 2019 - 25 August 2019Focused around a thematic exhibition organized by the cpg au bac (contemporary art building), the event unfolds its purpose through a vast constellation of more than 30 partner locations in Geneva and its surroundings.
Visible / Invisible
, Grand Trianon / Palace of Versailles , Versailles, France, 14 May 2019 - 20 October 2019For its twelfth contemporary art event, the Palace of Versailles invites 5 photographers from around the world to the Estate of Trianon, from 14 May 2019 to 20 October 2019. For this event, Dove Allouche, Nan Goldin, Martin Parr, Eric Poitevin and Viviane Sassen unveil new commission that echo the spirit of the venue. Their works, which combines creation and heritage, reveal a new Versailles.
Nude or Naked
, Museum Jan Cunen , Oss, Netherlands, 3 February 2019 - 19 May 2019Naakt of bloot? Deze vraag vormt de rode draad van de exposities Naakt of bloot? Het vrouwelijk naakt in de Nederlandse schilderkunst 1875-1925 en Naakt of bloot in de hedendaagse kunst, te zien vanaf 3 februari 2019.
FREEDOM
, Museum de Fundatie , Zwolle, Netherlands, 19 January 2019 - 12 May 2019An exhibition entitled Freedom – The Fifty Key Dutch Artworks Since 1968 will open at Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle on 19 January 2019.
Bauhaus and Photography - On new visions in contemporary art
, NRW-Forum , Düsseldorf, Germany, 7 December 2018 - 10 March 2019The Staatliche Bauhaus not only played a key role in the history of twentieth-century design and art, but also in photography. The exhibition “Bauhaus and Photography—On New Visions in Contemporary Art” at the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf brings together photographs by proponents of this “new vision” with works by contemporary artists. The exhibition is part of the centennial program “100 Years of Bauhaus.”
NUDE - The Fragile Body
, Museum Kranenburgh , Bergen, Netherlands, 24 October 2018 - 3 February 2019What is nudity in contemporary times? With the exhibition NUDE – The Fragile Body, Museum Kranenburgh considers the changing meaning of nudity in the visual culture of the past decades: from shock to familiarity, from taboo to openness – and sometimes back again.
archive
Paris Photo, Grand Palais, 8 November 2018
Frieze London, Regent's Park, 4 October 2018
FRIEZE Magazine, NO.198, Frieze Magazine, 1 October 2018
Confusing Public and Private: The 3rd Beijing Photo Biennial, CAFA Art Museum, 28 September 2018
The Gallery Club presents Marie-José Jongerius, Viviane Sassen and Martine Stig, The Gallery Club, Herengracht 528, 15 September 2018
Frame Freely, Daegu Photo Biennale, 7 September 2018
Hot Mirror, The Hepworth Wakefield, 22 June 2018
Selected works at Art Basel, Art Basel, 14 June 2018
The Atlantic Triangle, Mercosul Visual Arts Biennial, 5 April 2018
Biennial of the Possible Image, La Boverie, 17 February 2018
Various artists in More for less at A4, A4 Arts Foundation, 9 February 2018
The Artist Mind, Gallery Caroline O’Breen, 13 January 2018
Was ist Weiblich?, ZEITmagazin, 1 January 2018
In an out of Fashion, Tbilisi Photo Festival, 13 September 2017
Lexicon, Foto Kunst Stadform, 7 September 2017
Lexicon, FO.KU.S, 6 September 2017
UMBRA, Fotografiska, 31 August 2017
See the Sea, Rijksmuseum, 17 June 2017
Lexicon, Łódź Fotofestival, 1 June 2017
“Blurred Lines: A Matter of Attitude”, Belfast Photo Festival, 1 June 2017
Roxane II exhibition @ Colette, Book launch @ Colette May 01 2017, 22 May 2017
UMBRA, Deichtorhallen, 13 May 2017
UMBRA, Deichtorhallen, 12 May 2017
Of Mud and Lotus, Stevenson Gallery, 12 April 2017
UMBRA at MoCP, Museum of Contemporary Photography, 26 January 2017
UMBRA, Museum of Contemporary Photography, 26 January 2017
UMBRA chosen as one of the 5 best photobooks of 2016, Stiftung Buchkunst, 31 December 2016
Pikin Slee / In these shadows, Casemore Kirkeby Gallery, 4 November 2016
In These Shadows, Casemore Kirkeby, 4 November 2016
Lexicon, Encontros Da Imagem Photo festival, 20 September 2016
Stevenson, Unseen Photo Festival, 16 September 2016
Lexicon, Hordaland Kunstsenter, 29 January 2016
Dutch Identity, Nederlandse Portretfotografie Nu, Museum de Fundatie, 16 January 2016
Gold Medal for best photo book of the year 2016, Prestel Publisher, 15 November 2015
Umbra, l'Atelier Néerlandais, 11 September 2015
Pikin Slee, Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt, 5 July 2015
Gruppenausstellung: IMAGINE REALITY, Museum Angewandte Kunst,, 20 June 2015
Group Exhibition: When I Give, I Give Myself, van Gogh Museum, 20 May 2015
Umbra nominated for Deutsche Börse 2015, The Photographers Gallery, 17 April 2015
Axiom, XBANK, 25 March 2015
Pikin Slee, ICA Lower Gallery, 3 February 2015
In and Out of Fashion / Analemma, The Photographers’ Gallery, 31 October 2014
Lexicon and Pikin Slee, GP Gallery, 4 October 2014
Where there's smoke, Fraenkel Gallery, 10 July 2014
Lexicon at the Moontower Foundation, Moontower Foundation, 15 June 2014
In and Out of Fashion at Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, 17 May 2014
Stevenson Gallery @ Frieze Art Fair, Frieze Art Fair, 9 May 2014
UMBRA, Nederlands Fotomuseum, 8 March 2014
In and Out of Fashion, SCAD, 18 February 2014
new series Pikin Slee and Etan & Me, Stevenson Gallery, 16 January 2014
Gold Medal for best photo book of the year 2013, Fotobuch Preis Germany, 18 November 2013
Stevenson Gallery, Paris Photo, 14 November 2013
Chambres des Canaux: The Tolerant Home, Biblical Museum / De Cromhouthuizen, 1 November 2013
In and out of Fashion, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 19 October 2013
Stevenson Gallery at UNSEEN Photo Fair, Unseen Photo Fair, 26 September 2013
The rediscovery of the world / Pikin Slee, Huis Marseille, 7 September 2013
43SNA, 43 Salón (inter) Nacional de Artistas, 6 September 2013
Pikin Slee, Vrij Nederland Magazine, 31 August 2013
In and Out of Fashion, Couvent Saint-Césaire, Les Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival, 1 July 2013
Die Son Sien Alles, new photobook, 22 June 2013
LEXICON shown at the Venice Biennale, La Biennale di Venezia, 1 June 2013
New book 'Roxane' out now, oodee publisher, 1 January 2013
In and Out of fashion, Huis Marseille, 15 December 2012
Parasomnia - THERE THERE, Crawford Art Gallery, 18 October 2012
Exchange, group expo, Galerie Hans Mayer, 15 October 2012
Youth Code!, Daegu Photo Biennale, 20 September 2012
Fotozaken / Silver Jubilee, De Hallen, 16 September 2012
In and out of Fashion, Foto Museum Winterthur, 8 September 2012
Parasomnia, Krakow Photomonth • Pauza Gallery, 17 March 2012
Parasomnia, Stevenson Gallery, 19 January 2012
What we talk about when we talk about love, Stevenson Gallery, 1 December 2011
No fashion, please!, Kunsthalle Wien, 10 November 2011
Stevenson Gallery, Paris Photo, 10 November 2011
Other I, Hotshoe gallery, 2 October 2011
Parasomnia, 1 October 2011
New photography 2011, MoMA, 28 September 2011
Flamboya, Photo Ireland Festival 2011, 1 July 2011
ICP infinity Award, ICP infinity Award, 10 May 2011
Parasomnia, Contact Photography Festival / Figure + Ground, 1 May 2011
Flamboya, Fotohof, 19 January 2011
Flamboya, Kominek Gallery, 3 October 2010
Flamboya, Brighton Photo Biennial, 2 October 2010
Flamboya, Le Chåteau d'eau, 30 June 2010
WORKSHOP, Cesuralab, 24 April 2010
Flamboya, FORMA, 22 April 2010
Turning an Eye for Beauty Toward Africa, The New York Times, 5 March 2010
Die Son Sien Alles • Flamboya • Ultra Violet, Danziger Projects, 4 March 2010
COVER Project / Art Aids, Art Aids, 29 November 2009
PARIS PHOTO 2009, Paris Photo, 19 November 2009
POP Magazine F/W 2009, 1 September 2009
WEFOLK Agency, We Folk, 1 September 2009
Motive Gallery , Amsterdam, exhibition "Parasomnia", Motive Gallery, 16 June 2009
l’Empresse, l'Empresse, 11 March 2009
200 Years Prix de Rome, Prix de Rome, 28 February 2009
Flamboya, FOAM, 21 November 2008
new book FLAMBOYA out now, Contrasto Books, 1 September 2008
Portraits for Zomergasten, 1 July 2008
Gone with the wind, Zuiderzee Museum, 22 March 2008
Ultra Violet: Sketchbook, Motive Gallery, 27 October 2007
As the crow flies, Museum Jan Cunen, 3 June 2007
Viviane Sassen wins Prix de Rome, Prix de Rome, 1 June 2007
'Dutch Fantasy', Institut Neerlandais, 14 May 2007
'A vol d'oiseau', Festival International de Mode et de Photographie, 27 April 2007