Catalogue
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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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Ph Museum, Bologna, IT
Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, NL
Approche, Paris, FR
Mai Manó House, Budapest, HU
Rifugio Digitale, Florence, IT
2024 Unfair, Amsterdam, NL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2025 Ysasi Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague, NL
FOTODOKS 2025, Munich, DE
Miyotoa Museum of Photography, Nagano, JP
Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Art Island, Amsterdam, NL
Photo London x Nikon Gallery, London, UK
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
Gallery Untitled, Rotterdam, NL
2018 New Dutch Photography Talent 2018, Amsterdam, NL
PUBLICATIONS:
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
PRIZES, NOMINATIONS & SUPPORT
2024 CO Berlin Talent Award - nominated
Nikon Emerging Photographer Award - shortlist
Palm* Photo Prize - shortlist
Mondriaan Fonds Kunstenaar Start - support
Foam Talent - selected
2023 Preus Museum Award - shortlist
OD Photo Prize - judge’s pick
Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award - won
Stichting Stokroos - support
Rabo Portrait Prize Talent - shortlist
2022 SYB Kunstprijs - longlist
OD Photo Prize - longlist
Palm* Photo Prize - longlist
Athens Photo Festival - longlist
Rijzende Sterren, NRC - selected
2021 RM Photo Award - won
Best of Graduates, Galerie Ron Mandos - selected
2018 New Dutch Photography Talent - selected
BOOKS:
2023 Blue Mood (Al Mar)
2022 Come Home
The Gathering 01, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 2/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 02, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 2/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 03, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 04, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 05, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 2/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 06, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 2/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 07, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 08, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 2/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 09, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 10, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 11, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 3/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 12, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 13, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 14, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 15, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
The Gathering 16, 2024 UV print on ceramic, hand glazing Edition of 1/5 + 2 AP 7,5 x 15 x 1 cm CHF 500
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