upcoming
current
Venus & Mercury
, Huis Marseille , Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1 June 2020 - 30 August 2020In the spring of 2020 - 8 years after her highly acclaimed exhibition In and Out of Fashion - Viviane Sassen returns to Huis Marseille with the monumental exhibition Venus & Mercury. This exhibition originated in Versailles where Sassen created new work, inspired by various histories around the French court in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Especially for Huis Marseille, Sassen made a number of installations that refer to its canal houses in relation to the history of Amsterdam in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
recent past
The Henie Onstad Triennial for Photography and New Media
, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter , Høvikodden, Norway, 21 February 2020 - 16 May 2020The inaugural Triennial for Photography and New Media at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Norway will bring together recent work of 31 international artists. It will be the first major international presentation of experimental photography of its kind in Norway and will fill all three gallery spaces of the ground floor at the museum.
Pictures from Another Wall
, Museum de Pont , Tilburg, the Netherlands, 15 February 2020 - 5 July 2020Huis Marseille, Museum voor Fotografie in Amsterdam, bestaat twintig jaar. Met een tentoonstelling van zo’n honderd werken uit de collectie wordt dit lustrum gevierd in de nieuwe vleugel van de Tilburgse zusterinstelling museum De Pont. In de afgelopen twee decennia heeft Huis Marseille een mooie verzameling bijeengebracht van ruim zevenhonderd fotowerken van internationaal toonaangevende fotografen als Thomas Struth, Thomas Ruff, Andreas Gursky, Andres Serrano, Deana Lawson, Viviane Sassen en Jean-Luc Mylayne. Maar ook minder gevestigde namen zijn vertegenwoordigd, zoals Jamie Hawkesworth en Julie Greve, die opereren op het snijvlak van mode en kunst.
The tears of Eros
, Centraal Museum Utrecht , Utrecht, the Netherlands, 15 February 2020 - 24 May 2020Discover the contemporary in surrealism in The tears of Eros: Moesman, Surrealism and the Sexes. Johannes Moesman (1909-1988) was the only Dutch artist to be formally ranked among the surrealists. This exhibition contextualizes his oeuvre with that of his famous international peers, including Salvador Dalí, René Magritte and Max Ernst.
Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters
, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (entrance hall) , Tokyo, Japan, 6 January 2020 - 16 February 2020The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture will hold a Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters Exhibition at the entrance hall of Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from Tuesday, 7 January to Sunday, 16 February, 2020. The Tokyo 2020 official art posters (20 in total) will be unveiled for the first time to the public at this exhibition.
Body Performance
, Helmut Newton Foundation , Berlin, Germany, 30 November 2019 - 10 May 2020Performance is an independent art form and photography is its constant companion. Human actions in front of the camera can be conscious or unconscious, choreographed or accidentally observed. For the first time, this group exhibition brings together photo sequences whose origins lie in performance art, dance, and other staged events, complemented by conceptual photography series. With their common focus on the human body, the images document or interpret performances, which in many cases have also been initiated by the photographers themselves.
Group Show at Andrew Kreps Gallery, 55 Walker
, Andrew Kreps Gallery, 55 Walker , New York, USA, 25 October 2019 - 21 December 2019Andrew Kreps Gallery and Stevenson are pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Moshekwa Langa, Viviane Sassen, and Portia Zvavahera at 55 Walker Street. Organized in partnership by the two galleries, the exhibition seeks to explore new collaborative models between galleries and investigate the ways in which regional practices can function beyond geographic borders, and resonate beyond their primary context.
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.
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 50JPG Triennale
, Center of Photography Geneva , Geneva, Switzerland, 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.
archive
Nude or Naked, Museum Jan Cunen, 3 February 2019
FREEDOM, Museum de Fundatie, 19 January 2019
Bauhaus and Photography - On new visions in contemporary art, NRW-Forum, 7 December 2018
Paris Photo, Grand Palais, 8 November 2018
NUDE - The Fragile Body, Museum Kranenburgh, 24 October 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 Creative 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) Naçional 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