Bas Princen

Bas Princen (* 1975 in Zeeland , Kingdom of the Netherlands ) is a Dutch artist and photographer .

Life

Princen studied product design at the Design Academy Eindhoven until 1998 and architecture at the Postgraduate Laboratory for Architecture at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam until 2002 .

His photographic focus is on architecture and landscape. He researches the connections, interfaces and transformation of the natural environment and urban landscapes.

Bas Princen described his work in a lecture as follows: “My work originates from architecture [...]. Then it has something to do with photography and it kind of ends up in the art world. But I'm never sure where exactly it fits. " (Eng .: " My work comes from architecture [...]. Then it has something to do with photography and somehow ends up in the art world. But I'm never sure where it fits exactly. " ).

Princen lives and works in Zurich and Rotterdam.

Exhibitions and monographs (selection)

Model for a Tower, 2019. With Office KGDVS

Solo exhibitions

2008: Bas Princen, Galeria Naturale Linea di confine, Rubiera , Italy
2008: Landscape fictions with Milica Topalović, Innsbruck , Austria
2009: Utopian Debris II , Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam , Netherlands
2010: Five Cities , Van Kranendonk Gallery, The Hague , Netherlands
2010: Refuge, Depo, Istanbul , Turkey
2010: Refuge, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York City , USA
2010: Refuge, National Gallery, Amman , Jordan
2010: Five cities, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo , Egypt
2010: Refuge, AUB, Beirut , Lebanon
2010: Five cities, Institut Néerlandais, Paris , France
2011: Utopian Debris, De Singel, Antwerp, Netherlands
2011: La Casa dell Architettura, Rome , Italy
2014: Constructing Worlds , Barbican Art Gallery , London, England
2016: Earth Pillar, Solo Gallery, Paris, France
2018: Bas Princen. Image and Architecture , Vitra Design Museum , Weil am Rhein

Group exhibitions

2008: Post it city, CCCB, Barcelona , Spain
2008: Nature as Artifice, Kröller-Müller Museum , Arnhem , Netherlands
2008: Nature as Artifice, Neue Pinakothek , Munich
2008: Miami Photo, Van Kranendonk Gallery, Miami , USA
2008: Biacs3, Sevilla art Biennale, Sevilla , Spain
2009: Periphery, Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo (CA2M), Madrid , Spain
2009: Nature as Artifice, George Eastman House , Rochester , USA
2009: Architecture Biennial Rotterdam, NAI, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2009: Nature as Artifice, Aperture Gallery, New York City, USA
2010: Dialogue 2010, DCC (Dutch Culture Center) Shanghai , China
2010: Close to Home, fotofest Rotterdam, Hilton Hotel Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010: People in Architecture, Venice Biennale ( Arsenale ), with Office KGDVS , Venice , Italy
2010: Paramaribo perspective, TENT., Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010: A Journey into the world of the Ottomans, Orientalist Museum, Doha , Qatar
2012: Buckminster Fuller, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco , USA

Monographs

Bas Princen: Artificial Arcadia , 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2004, ISBN 90-6450-511-X .
Bas Princen: Five cities portfolio , Sun Publishers, Amsterdam 2009, ISBN 978-90-8506-963-8 .
Bas Princen: Reservoir , Hatje Cantz Verlag , Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7757-2832-4 .

literature

Bas Princen: The Construction Of An Image. Ed .: Vanessa Norwood. Bedford Press, London 2016, ISBN 978-1-90741438-1
Bas Princen: Artificial Arcadia , 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2004, ISBN 90-6450-511-X

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Bas Princen: Wiel Arets . Ed .: John Bezold. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3-7757-3505-6 .

personal data
SURNAME	Princen, Bas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch artist and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH	1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zeeland , Kingdom of the Netherlands

[1] Bas Princen: Wiel Arets . Ed .: John Bezold. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3-7757-3505-6 .