RUUD VAN EMPEL

Ruud van Empel: Solo booth, presented by Huxley Parlour.

Huxley Parlour are delighted to present six new and recent works by acclaimed photographer, Ruud van Empel for the inaugural edition of PHOTOFAIRS New York in September 2023. The presentation will focus on the photographer’s digital collages of imagined landscapes through which the photographer invites the viewer into hyperreal alternative worlds. Ruud van Empel is a leading figure of contemporary digital photography; the gallery’s solo presentation coincides with a major retrospective of the photographer’s work at the Stedelijk Museum Breda and a group exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

David Sylvian (singer of the former band Japan) first saw my work at Stux Gallery in New York around 2007. He then asked me if he could use works from the series Study in Green for the cover of his new album Manafon which was released in 2009. In 2015, a 316-page book came out about him titled Hypergraphia-the writings of David Sylvian. For this book, too, he asked me to provide works to accompany his lyrics. In 2022 David again asked me to provide new works for his latest album: Do you know me now? an exclusive 10 CD box set. He chose works from my Collage series, and the Floresta series that now illustrate this prestigious release on the cover. It was recently released.

Now to be seen! ARCADIA an overview of 40 years of works by Ruud van Empel in Stedelijk Museum Breda.
In the TV programme Now to See! Marieke Uildriks, director of Museum JAN, looks at the wonderful, hyper-realistic world of Ruud van Empel at Stedelijk Museum Breda. On show there is his major retrospective of no less than 130 works. Now to see! can be seen Sunday 25 June at 20.10 on AvroTros on NPO2 or CHECK OUT THIS LINK: https://www.npostart.nl/nu-te-zien/25-06-2023/AT_300009747

NEW HORIZONS-Photography from the 21 st century in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Artistic and documentary photography have converged in recent decades: the boundaries that once separated the two genres have blurred. In 2023. The Rijksmuseum will display this crucial development in the history of photography in a selection of 25 photographs, recently acquired thanks to the generous support of private individuals associated with the Rijksmuseum. Featuring work by Erwin Olaf, Jacquie Maria Wessels, Michael Wolf, Viviane Sassen, Ruud van Empel and others. The exhibition will open on June 29.2023

Martin Rogge, founder and owner of Flatland Gallery (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) has announced the gallery will move out from the Lijnbaansgracht by August 1, 2023. This marks the end of a 17-year collaboration I have had with this gallery. It will be celebrated with a last exhibition entitled: The private photography collection/the existence of colour blue’. A group exhibition with the following artists: Adam Jeppesen, Carlos and Jason Sanchez, David Hockney, Hans op de Beeck, Jeroen Robert Kramer, Jocelyn Lee, Martin Usborne, and Ruud van Empel. This unique exhibition starts on 11 March, and ends on 13 May 2023.

There is work by Van Empel in the second part of the book on Flora Fotografica, compiled by William A. Ewing and Danaé Panchaud: ‘Vivid, bold, spectacular and unexpected: a definitive overview of one of contemporary photography’s most innovative fields, showcasing flower imagery by more than 120 of the world’s leading practitioners. There has never been a period in photography’s long history – no school, no movement – when flowers have not been a central focus, whether in the form of the classic still life, the botanical study, incorporated into portraiture and studies of the human body, documented in street photography, or used subversively in surrealist collage and montage.

The book on Flora Fotografica, compiled by William A. Ewing and Danaé Panchaud has also been turned into a Flora Imaginaria exhibit at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. Running from July 16 to September 25, 2022, showcasing flower imagery by more than 120 of the world’s leading practitioners.

The VB Photography Center in Kuopio, Finland is going to make an overview exhibition about the work of Ruud van Empel.

The exhibition will open on June 3 and last until October 2, 2022

Danziger Gallery opens its Los Angeles location on Feb. 15 with a group show at Bergamot Station. One work by Ruud van Empel is included.

Los Angeles – 2525 MICHIGAN AVENUE SANTA MONICA CA.

The works Collage#6 and #8 have been selected for the prestigious exhibition entitled “Coexistence” on the occasion of the opening of the new Istanbul Atatürk Cultural Center, until February 12, after which the exhibition will travel around the country