Annelies Damen

Annelies Damen (1968), after her studies at Nyenrode Business University (BBA), started a promising career in the business world on a high level (sales, marketing and real estate). But there was an inner call: “Photography became my main focus while traveling through Africa for a year from Morocco to South Africa. I decided to change my career and started a study at the Academy of Photography in Amsterdam. I love traveling around the world, especially in Africa. The women on this continent fascinate me: magical, proud, independent as well as sensual. From my first long journey in Africa onwards women became the central theme in my photography.”

In 2006 Damen graduated at the Academy of Photography in Amsterdam. From her studio based in Amsterdam the world is the working field for her autonomous photo projects. Using this medium, Damen has sensitively captured strong female imagery from a myriad of cultures, which connects both to complement their surrounding landscape, creating a sort of sublime interaction in her work. As an artist she demonstrates the symphony between the female form in natural or architectonic settings, creating a painterly meeting of shadows, shapes and lines that are steeped in poetic beauty.

Damen’s art...

Nyenrode Business University | Breukelen
Foto Academie | Amsterdam

Group exhibition at Adda Gallery,
Ibiza, Spain
19 September - 5 October 2018

'Lost in Time' at X BANK/ W Hotel Amsterdam
Solo exhibition
17 May - 24 July 2018

Group exhibition at Galería Gaudí Madrid, Spain.
22 - 18 February 2018

Group show by Gaudi Art Gallery
Artfair ART3F Paris, France
26 - 28 January 2018

TEDXAMS Women Event, Amsterdam
Solo show+ stage interview
17 November 2017

Donostiartean International Art Night Market
Group show by Gaudi Art Gallery, San Sebastian, Spain.
21- 23 July 2017

AAF MILAN
Group show by Galería Gaudí Milan, Italy.
10 - 12 February 2017

‘My African Odyssey’ at Rademakers Gallery, Amsterdam.
Solo exhibition
2 - 20 October 2016

Solo show best known work of past 10 years,
6 October - 16 December 2016
Art Fund Nyenrode- Nyenrode Business School, Breukelen, Netherlands

‘My African Odyssey’ at AAF Hamburg
9 - 13 November 2016
Rademakers Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

SeeMe x Scope Art Final show 2015
One of 25 winners to feature Art in SeeMe x Scope Art Final show 2015,
Miami, USA.

Duo exhibition
Annelies Damen with George Lewis 2015
at Rademakers Gallery, Amsterdam.

Rotterdam Contemporary Art fair.
Group exhibition in 2015,
by Rademakers Gallery,...