At this moment I'm working on a documentary produced by Michiel Hogenboom and commissioned by The Dutch Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art.
A conservator deals with a lot of new issues concerning the conservation of contemporary art; what’s happening behind the scenes in museums nowadays? Three interesting case studies will be highlighted in the documentary: works by Olafur Eliasson, Bill Seaman and Tino Sehgal.
[Image 'Notion Motion' by Olafur Eliasson]
30.03.2010
"Life itself is an art, and has its modes of style
no less than the arts that seek to express it."
- Oscar Wilde
A city is often defined by its architecture and buildings; buildings that offer us shelter.
But as important is the public space in between. On the streets people tend to retreat, or maybe above all: seek for shelter within groups.
Groups know a big strength; how will they relate to their surroundings? And how will individuality be shaped by the confirmation of a group?
2009
For the past two and a half years, I have been taking photographs in the Indische Buurt in Amsterdam.
Reflecting on the current, often biased formation and representation of images as in the media.
We look and think in subconsious patterns, passing what we already know - or do we?
2008
Within a few years the Netherlands will count more private security guards than police officers.2007
Exhibition AINSI
sept-oct 2009, Maastricht, group
Exhibition Cobra Museum of Modern Art
june-july 2009, Amstelveen, group
2nd Prize Photography Awards Bouw in Beeldprijs 2009
june 2009
Screening at Lost and Found
nov 2008, De Waag Society, Amsterdam
Honorable mention International Photography Awards, NY, USA
sept 2008, category book
Exhibition in public space, Amsterdam
june 2008, Amsterdam, solo
Book release 'De buurman, z'n ex en de eigenaar van de wasserette'
june 2008
Exhibition TodaysArt Festival
With collective LOS, sept 2007, The Hague
Exhibition Studio K
june-july 2007, Amsterdam, solo
Publication at Fotofestival Naarden
With collective LOS, may 2007, Naarden
The One Minutes Festival
sept 2006, Het Ketelhuis, Amsterdam
Exhibition Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography
june-aug 2006, Amsterdam, group
Exhibition ZAAL 5 / Filmhuis Den Haag
sept 2005, The Hague, group
Graduation exhibition Royal Academy of Art
july 2005, The Hague
Nomination Award, The One Minutes Festival
sept 2004, Amsterdam
Maarten Tromp (Amsterdam, 1980) works as an independent photographer and film maker, based in Amsterdam. In 2005 he graduated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the Hague, the Netherlands.
Maarten Tromp works both on autonomous projects and on commission.
Education
IDFAcademy (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam), 2008
Internships Juul Hondius and Henk Wildschut, 2004
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, BA, 2001-2005
