Curriculum vitae

Willem Popelier

Born 1982, Eindhoven NL
2008 BDes, Royal Academy of Art The Hague NL
2010 MFA, AKV|St.Joost Breda NL

Nominations & Awards

2016 FOAM Paul Huf Award, nominated
2013 ING New Talent Photography Award, nominated
2012 Dutch Doc Award 2012, longlisted
2012 Prix Pictet, nominated
2012 Albert Renger-Patsch Award, Museum Folkwang Essen, nominated
2012 Infinity Award, International Center of Photography NY, nominated
2012 C/O Berlin Talents, awarded
2011 FOAM 3h Droomprijs, awarded
2011 Dutch Doc Award 2011, awarded Special Mention
2011 Schönste Bücher Aus Aller Welt 2010, awarded Bronze Medal
2011 The Best Dutch Book Designs 2010
2011 Plat(t)form11, Fotomuseum Winterthur, awarded Special Mention
2010 Dutch Doc Award 2010, nominated Innovation & Experiment
2008 Steenbergen Stipendium, awarded Public Prize

Grants

2014 Talent Development Grant, Mondriaan Fund
2011 Starter stipend, Fonds BKVB
2009 Publication grant, Fonds BKVB

Collections

C/O Berlin, Berlin DE
DZ Bank, Frankfurt am Main DE
FOAM, Amsterdam NL
FOMU, Antwerp BE
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Wintherthur CH
ING Art Collection, Amsterdam NL
Menzis Art Collection, Wageningen NL
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam NL
VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam NL

Selected Exhibitions

2024 Like Moi, Biennial of Digital Imaginaries, Aix-en-Provence FR
2021 Face Control, Foto Colectania, Barcelona ES
2021 The Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam NL
2020 Ephemeral Photographs (solo), Pennings Foundation, Eindhoven NL
2019 What about me?, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam NL
2018-2019 Family, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam NL
2018 PREVIEW, Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven NL
2018 Unfair 2018, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam NL
2018 OVERDAAD, Kunstlinie Almere, Almere NL
2017 Buiten Kaders, BKKC, Tilburg NL
2017 WATCHED! Surveillance Art & Photography in Europe post 9/11, C/O Berlin, Berlin DE
2016 Your Weekly President (solo), De Melkweg, Amsterdam NL
2016 Caméra(Auto)Contrôle, Centre de la Photographie Genève, Geneva CH
2016 Les Nouveaux Talents de la Photographie, Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg LU
2016 Map of Daily Life, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin CN
2016 Design my Privacy, Z33, Hasselt BE
2016 Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam NL
2016 Quickscan NL#2, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam NL
2015-2016 Photography Inc., FOMU Fotomuseum, Antwerp BE
2015 Map of Daily Life, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui CN
2015 The Mirrored Eye - Self Portraits in Dutch Contemporary Art, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem NL
2015 Design my Privacy: Crypto Design Exhibition, MOTI, Breda NL
2015 Me, You and Everyone We Don't Know, Minerva Academy, Groningen NL
2015 Profiled: Surveillance of a Sharing Society, Apexart, New York US
2015 Characteristic Faces, Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent BE
2014 GenderBlender, MU, Eindhoven NL
2014 On First Sight, Teylers Museum, Haarlem NL
2014 The Space Between Us, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen CN
2013 Undercover, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg RU
2013 ING New Talent Photography Award, Huize Frankendael, Amsterdam NL
2013 Talents, Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg LU
2013 From Here On, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona SP
2012 The Youth Code!, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu KR
2012 This is Willem Popelier (solo), C/O Berlin, Berlin BE
2012 From Here On, Fotomuseum, Antwerp BE
2012 The History of Now, F/Stop Festival, Leipzig DE
2012 Status, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur CH
2011 New Dutch Storytellers, Fotografia Roma, Rome IT
2011 From Here On, Atelier de Mécanique, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles FR
2011-16 De Donkere Kamer, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam NL
2011 Showroom Girls (solo), Foam, Amsterdam NL
2010 International Departure: Gate 10, Fondazione Fotografia, Modena IT
2010 New York Photo Festival, Kunsthalle Galapagos, New York US
2010 7th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liege BE

Book Publications

2024 Poëziekalender 2025, Stichting Plint
2023 Tu Mejor Selfi, Libros Cúpula
2015 The Do-It-Yourselfie Guide, BIS Publishers
2014 The Do-It-Yourselfie Guide (Limited Artist Edition), New Window
2012 This is Willem Popelier, Deutscher Kunstverlag
2010 ███ and Willem (English Version), post editions
2010 ███ en Willem (Dutch version), post editions
2008 XXXX & Willem, edition of 5, selfpublished

Selected Other Publications

2018 Foam Magazine #49, Foam / Vandejong Amsterdam NL
2016 WATCHED!, Hasselblad FDN & C/O Berlin, Walther Köning, Köln DE
2016 Extra 19 – Lijf, FW:Books, Amsterdam NL
2016 Pages, The Quickscan #2 Edition, FW:Books, Amsterdam NL
2015 Photography Inc., Lanoo, FOMU Fotomuseum, Antwerp BE
2014 Re:Society. 40 years of ING engaging with the arts, Frame Publishers, Amsterdam NL
2014 Auto, Valand / Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg SE
2013 C Photo #6 - Observed, Ivorypress, London UK
2012 Identikit, Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg ZA
2012 F/Stop - The History of Now, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig DE
2012 Status, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur CH
2012 The Dutch Photobook, NAi / Aperture Publishers, NL
2011 Foam Magazine #29 - What's Next?, Foam / Vandejong, Amsterdam NL
2011 From Here On, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles FR
2011 Showroom Girls (with a text by Stine Jensen), Foam, Amsterdam NL
2011 Willem Popelier on privacy and the internet, Foam What's Next?, Amsterdam NL
2010 Foam Magazine #25 - Traces, Foam / Vandejong, Amsterdam NL

Selected Lectures

2019 React Research Reenact for AKV|St.Joost, Den Bosch NL
2019 Playing with Blue Marbles for De Fotobond, Amersfoort NL
2018 Self for Pennings Foundation, Eindhoven NL
2018 #IAmAmazing for HKU, Utrecht NL
2017 On Selfies for ING at TEFAF, Maastricht NL
2017 Profie for ING at Unseen Fair, Amsterdam NL
2016 Body at Foam, Amsterdam NL
2016 Onszelfie at Museum Arnhem, Arnhem NL
2015 Octothorpeselfportrait at Fotokafeine, Eindhoven NL
2014 We we we at Lunch Bytes, Foam, Amsterdam NL
2014 Obamas & Selfies at Paris Photo Platform, Grand Palais, Paris FR
2014 Research Review Reenact at Camera Arts, Luzern CH
2014 Fast, Fun & Easy, NEPN, Newcastle Upon Tyne UK
2014 Statement Echte Fotografie, Fotodok, Utrecht NL
2012 Digital Narcissism, Hasselblad Foundation, Göteborg CH
2012 The Art of Privacy, Museum voor Communicatie, The Hague NL
2012 Obama/Osama, F/Stop Fotofestival, Leipzig DE
2011 The Obvious Portrait, De Balie, Amsterdam NL
2010 Showroom, Impakt Festival, Utrecht NL

Teaching & workshops

2021-present Co-Course Leader, Department of Photography, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2012-present Tutor in Photography, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2015-2021 Tutor in Critical Studies, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Annually Workshop Graduation in 4 days, multiple art academies, The Netherlands
Annually Workshop Unsolicited Advice, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2016 Workshop The Art Of Taking Selfies, De Pit / Unseen Festival, Amsterdam
2012-2014 Teacher Research Photography, AKV|St.Joost Academy, Den Bosch
2013 Workshop The Next Photo to bachelors Minerva Academy, Groningen
2013 Guest Teacher Fine Art, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2013 Masterclass Graduation in 3 days to bachelors St.Joost, Breda
2012 Guest teacher Photography, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
2011 Guest teacher Photography, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2011 Teacher Research Photography, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
2011 Workshop Inspiration to bachelors AKV|St.Joost
2011 Teacher minor photographic image and the internet, AKV|St.Joost, Breda
2010 Guest teacher Photography / Graphic Design, KABK, the Hague
2010 Masterclass at New York Photo Festival, New York
2010 Masterclass Your work already exists to bachelors St.Joost, Breda

Worked for (Selection)

Camera Arts Luzern
Dutch Doc Photo
Foam Amsterdam
Fotodok Utrecht
The Hasselblad Foundation
ING Group
Market Photo Workshop South Africa
Menzis
Minerva Academie
Museum Hilversum
Museum voor Communicatie
Nederlands Fotomuseum
New Window
NN Group
North East Photography Network UK
NRC media
Passionate Bulkboek
Rabobank
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
De Standaard
De Utrechtse Spelen
University of Göteborg
University of Sunderland
Vandejong
Volkskrant
Dries Verhoeven
Het Zuidelijk Toneel