Awoiska van der Molen

Van der Molen studied architecture and design at Academie Minerva in Groningen, Netherlands, then photography both there and at Hunter College, City University of New York, New York City. In 2003 she gained an MFA in photography at Academy of Art and Design St. Joost in Breda, Netherlands. ==Work==

Between 2000 and 2003, van der Molen made portraits of charismatic women she met on the streets of Manhattan, later switching to people judged by different criteria. After that she turned to photographing anonymous buildings at the edge of the city. She makes black and white prints in her own darkroom. including the volcanic Canary Islands, Blanco (2017) contains photographs of desolate landscapes and trees. The Living Mountain (2020) is "a book about land, solitude and the planet we inhabit." Sean O'Hagan and Jörg Colberg have praised the quality of her prints. ==Publications==

Books of work by van der Molen • Sequester. Amsterdam: FW, 2014. . Edition of 750 copies. • Second edition. Edition of 2000 copies. • Blanco. Amsterdam: FW, 2017. . With a text by Arjen Mulder. Edition of 1500 copies. • The Living Mountain. Amsterdam: FW, 2020. . • The Humanness of Our Lonely Selves. Amsterdam: FW, 2024. . Publications with contributions by van der Molen • De laatste fotograaf?. Breda, Netherlands: AKV/St. Joost, 2009. • Quickscan #01. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Nederlands Fotomuseum, 2010. Edited by Frits Gierstberg. • Hyeres 26th International Festival Photography catalogue. 2011. Edited by Raphaelle Stopin. • Alt+1000 High Altitude. By Nathalie Herschdorfer. 2011. • Fotoverhalen collection catalogue. The Hague, Netherlands: Fotomusem Den Haag, 2014. . • The Marseillaise collection catalogue. Fotomuseum Huis Marseille, 2014. • Hariban Award 2014. Kyoto: Benrido Collotype Atelier, 2014. With text in Japanese and English. Edition of 150 copies. • Object Onder / Object Below Sanders Collection. Amsterdam: Pieter & Marieke Sanders, 2015. . • The Grain of the Present. San Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2017. With a text by Kim Beil. . • Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. 2017. . • Failed Images: Photography and its Counter-Practices. Leiden: E.J. van Alphen, 2019. . • Into the Woods: Trees in Photography. London: Thames & Hudson, 2019. . ==Exhibitions==

Solo exhibitions • Blanco, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, 2016. • Status, Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco, 2018. • Am schwarzen Himmelsrund, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, 2019. • Solo exhibition, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, 2019. • The Humanness of Our Lonely Selves, Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, June 22 – October 13, 2024. Group exhibitions • Into the Woods: Trees in Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2018 • Collected, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, 2016–2019 • Looking Back, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, 2021–2023 ==Collections==

• Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam • Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam: 4 prints (as of November 2020) • FoMu, Antwerp • Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague • ING Collection • Museum of Photography, Seoul, Seoul • Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam • Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco • Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam • Victoria and Albert Museum, London: a set of 8 collotype prints (as of November 2020) ==Awards==

• 2014: Grand Prize, Hariban Award, Benrido Collotype Atelier, Kyoto, Japan • 2017: Larry Sultan Photography Award, Pier 24 Photography and McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, Califnrnia • 2017: Shortlisted, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, London, for her exhibition Blanco at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam • 2019: Shortlisted, Prix Pictet, Geneva ==References==