Born on 23 june 1980, Enschede, The Netherlands
Lives and workes in The Hague, The Netherlands
Represented by
Gallery Bart , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gallery FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph in Berlin, Germany
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Education
2003 - 20051997 - 2001
Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, The Netherlands, Diploma B.A. 2001
Solo exhibitions
2022
Centre Photograpique, Rouen, France
2021
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2019
Gallery Bart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fictional Spaces, Gallery FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph, Berlin, Germany
2018
NOT the Actual Site, Exhibition Space 38CC, Delft, The Netherlands
NOT the Actual Site, Contact Photo Festival Toronto, Canada
2017NOT the Actual Site, exhibition space LhGWR, The Hague, The Netherlands
2016
Projectspace Onomatopee, Eindhoven , The Netherlands
2014
Exhibition space LhGWR, The Hague, The Netherlands
2011
Exhibition space LhGWR, The Hague, The Netherlands
2009
Gallery Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
Gallery of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2007
MKgalerie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005
MKgalerie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005
Breda Photo Festival, Breda, The Netherlands
Selected group exhibitions
20212012
MK award fundraiser show during the Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Foam Talent exhibition during the Unseen Photofair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands2011
Horizonverticaal, 'Straight spaces' Haarlem, The Netherlands
2010
Brno House of Arts, exhibition 'One on one', Brno, Czech Republic
MKgalerie, exhibition 'As time goes by', Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Berlin, Germany
Jeonju Photo Festival, Jeonju, South Korea
2009
Exhibition space LhGWR, The Hague, The Netherlands
2008
Nest, ‘Essentially absent’ The Hague, The Netherlands
2007
Photofestival Naarden, exhibition ‘Airplane’, Naarden, The Netherlands
W139/souterain, exhibition ‘Exploring new identities’ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gallery Kunstagenten, exhibition ‘Dutch mountains at dawn’, Berlin, GermanyNieuwe Vide, exhibition ‘Data’, Haarlem, The NetherlandsGrants and awards
20192013
Nominated for the Prix de Rome
Special mention Photo Levallois
2012
Selected as Foam Talent (Photography Museum Amsterdam)
Publications en reviews (selection)
2021
Kunst is Lang, one hour interview/podcast by Mister Motley about my art practice https://www.mistermotley.nl/content/marleen-sleeuwits2019
Interview and Portfolio in Frame Magazine, March/Aril issue
Portfolio and interview on WePresent.com
2018
Portfolio, video-portrait and interview on Unseenplatform.com
Portfolio and interview in Palet Magazine, NL
2017
Portfolio and interview in Pf magazine, NL
2016
First major monography 'On the Soft Edge of Space' published by Onomatopee, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Interview and portfolio in publication 'Prime Time, archetypes of abstraction in photography' Germany
2015
Interview in Unseen Magazine
2014
Portfolio in FotoMagazin, Germany
2013
Portfolio in Dienacht Magazine, Germany
2012
Foam magazine#32 Talent issue
2010
'The transparancy of appearance' publication about my work by Stroom Den Haag
'49° _ _ _ _ _ N 16° _ _ _ _ _ O self published booklet about architecture in Brno, Czech Republic
2009
Artforum (summeredition) by Daniel Boese, review of exhibition 'Transformations' in Mkgalerie, Berlin
2007
Algemeen Dagblad, review ‘Gegrepen door claustrofobie’ 11 april
Blauwe Augen, Berliner kunstberichte, review ‘Dutch mountains at dawn’ by Petra Henninger, 15 june
Exibart, review ‘Close to dark’ by Eleonora Mayerle, 21 december
2006
C-International Photo Magazine, no 1, january
Marleen Sleeuwits' work is represented in collections of institutions like Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, the Erasmus University Rotterdam; ING; NN; KPMG; Akzo Nobel; Museum Het Valkhof, Schloss Kummerow, De Brauw Blackstone and Westbroek; Heden Den Haag; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various private collections including the Sanders Collection and the De Groen Collection.