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Sander Coers
(b.1997) Netherlands
Bio
Sander explores the transmission of personal and collective histories by deconstructing and recontextualizing memories. His work blends traditional and digital techniques, incorporating materials like wood, textiles, and ceramics alongside AI and digital manipulation. He investigates inherited emotional repression, particularly among men, and examines how family photos,often idealized,shape narratives while revealing hidden gaps and silences. Through this exploration, he challenges viewers to reflect on memory, forgetting, and their role in shaping identity across generations.
Since graduating with Honours in Fine Art from the Willem de Kooning Academie in 2021, Sander has published three books: Come Home, This Naked Incident, and Blue Mood (Al Mar). His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across The Netherlands and abroad, with features in Foam, Vogue, Die Zeit, i-D, and The Guardian. Recognized as a “Rising Star of 2022” by Dutch newspaper NRC, he was also nominat- ed for the CO Berlin Talent Award and is currently part of the Foam Talent pro- gram for 2024-2025. His work has been acquired by the Preus Museum, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Rabobank, and various other collections.
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2025
Ph Museum, Bologna, IT (upcoming)
Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, NL (upcoming)
Approche, Paris, FR (upcoming)
Mai Manó House, Budapest, HU
Rifugio Digitale, Florence, IT
2024
Unfair, Amsterdam, NL
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Group exhibitions (selection)
2025
Ysasi Gallery, Los Angeles, US (upcoming)
Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague, NL (upcoming)
FOTODOKS 2025, Munich, DE (upcoming)
Miyotoa Museum of Photography, Nagano, JP
Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Art Island, Amsterdam, NL
Photo London x Nikon Gallery, London, UK (upcoming)
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Eschborn, DE
L’Avant, Window Fourteen, Geneva, CH
2024
Open Doors Gallery, London, UK
Foto Tallinn 2024, Kai Art Center, Tallinn, EE
Palm* Photo Prize, 1014 Gallery, London, UK
Young Collectors Circle x Clifford Chance, Amsterdam, NL
Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, GR
Foam Talent, Foam, Amsterdam, NL 2023
Grisebach x DER GREIF, Berlin, DE
Grisebach x DER GREIF, Munich, DE
OD Photo Prize, Open Doors Gallery, London, UK
Vogue: What is Beauty, Milan, IT
Preus Museum, Oslo, NO
PhMuseum, Bologna, IT
Unseen, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
Springboard Art Fair, Utrecht, NL
2022
Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Rabo Portrait Prize, Het Depot Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
Unseen, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
Wild Summer of Art, BRUTUS, Rotterdam, NL
The Gallery Club, Amsterdam, NL
Het Creatieve Huis x De Bijenkorf, Rotterdam, NL
Palm* Photo Prize, 1014 Gallery, London, UK
This Naked Incident, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, NL 2021
Best of Graduates 2021, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
Contour Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2020
Noorderlicht Futurama, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen, NL 2019
Gallery Untitled, Rotterdam, NL
2018
New Dutch Photography Talent 2018, Amsterdam, NL
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Foam, i-D, The Guardian, Vogue, Artnet, Artsy, The British Journal of Photography, De Volkskrant, Metropolis M, Het Financieele Dagblad, NRC, Het Parool, Unseen, Musée Magazine, Fisheye, Die Zeit, Weltkunst, Monopol Magazin, HERO, Pa- per Journal Mag, Dear Dave, C41 Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar NL, Elle NL,Número NL, Tique, WÜL Magazine, Booooooom, Positiv
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Blue Mood (Al Mar), 2023
Come Home, 2022
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