EDUCATION
De Ateliers (Amsterdam / NL), 2004 - 2006
Kaywon, School of Art and Design (Seoul / KR), 2002
Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam / NL), 1999 - 2003
EXHIBITIONS / FAIRS (SELECTION) * SOLO / DUO EXHIBITION
2023 - 2024
Boulevard Scheveningen Zeespiegel - Mirror On The Sea (Scheveningen / NL)
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography Colour (Glasgow / SCT)
Vrouw Muskens (Dongen / NL)
Watersnoodmuseum Oral History - 1953 (Ouwerkerk / NL)
Zerofeedback / Jinny Street Gallery Signs of Impermanence (Tokyo / JP)
2021 - 2022
The Alison Richard Building Postcards From Europe (Cambridge / UK)
Amsterdam Art Week 2022 / The Gallery Club The American Landscape, Part 2 (Amsterdam / NL)
European Month of Photography Luxembourg Rethinking Nature (Luxembourg / LU)
Foto Wien Rethinking Nature (Vienna / AT)
Frontviews at HAUNT JUBILEE X (Berlin / DE)
Imago Lisboa Rethinking Nature (Lisboa / PT)
Millepiani Contrasts (Rome / IT)
2019 - 2020
Athens Photo Festival Photobook Exhibition (Athens / GR)
Blank Wall Gallery Moments of Colour (Athens / GR)
Chania International Photo Festival (Chania / GR)
The Gallery Club Reflection (Amsterdam / NL)
Millepiani Suburbs (Rome / IT)
Nida 2019 Meeting Photography (Vilnius / LT)
Temple Arles Books (Arles / FR)
Van Gogh Gallery Going Back to Where I Used to Stand (Zundert / NL) *
Van Gogh House Acquisitions (Zundert / NL)
2017 - 2018
ARTTRA Fireflies Ain't Here Anymore (Amsterdam / NL) *
Athens Photo Festival Photobook Exhibition (Athens / GR)
BASE The Art Chapter 2018 (Milan / IT)
BASE The Art Chapter 2017 (Milan / IT)
The Black Country Living Museum Reclaiming Our Future (Dudley / UK)
CBK The Vulnerable Body (Amsterdam / NL)
Cork Photo Festival J Book Show (Cork / IE)
Cosmos Arles Books (Arles / FR)
Fahrenheit 39 (Ravenna / IT)
Galleria Cartavetra (Firenze / IT)
Galleria Studio Gennai (Pisa / IT)
Istanbul Photobook Festival Photobooks of The World Exhibition (Istanbul / TR)
Kaserne Basel I Never Read (Basel / CH)
Leporello (Rome / IT)
Liefhertje en De Grote Witte Reus Fireflies Ain't Here Anymore (The Hague / NL) *
MIA Fair (Milan / IT)
MobFORMAT Open House (Derby / UK)
Museum Dr. Guislain Summer Guests (Ghent / BE)
Nieuw Dakota Beautiful Distress (Amsterdam / NL)
PHK18 Seoul The Exchange (Rotterdam / NL)
Het Vijfde Seizoen Parallel Lives (Den Dolder / NL) *
2015 - 2016
37pk / Generation Why In My Time (Haarlem / NL)
Apartment Project Even My Mum Can Make a Book (Berlin / DE)
Art Space Wagemans Fireflies Ain't Here Anymore (Beetsterzwaag / NL) *
C&H Art Space Fireflies Ain't Here Anymore (Amsterdam / NL) *
Cityscapes Gallery Summer in The City 2 (Amsterdam / NL)
Gare de Strasbourg Outsider (Strasbourg / FR)
Guest Studio Louwrien Wijers Fireflies Ain't Here Anymore (Ferwert / NL) *
Hanover Project Café Royal Books: Repro (Preston / UK)
Koel310 Urban Landscapes - Sharing Territories (Alkmaar / NL)
RAM Foundation Art Streams (Rotterdam / NL)
Semblance Here's to Now (Brooklyn / USA)
Stichting IK 5 Year Anniversary (Oost-Souburg / NL)
Volkshotel Off The Strip (Amsterdam / NL) *
2013 - 2014
ARTTRA Above The Crowd (Amsterdam / NL) *
College of Southern Idaho (Idaho / USA)
David O. McKay Library (Idaho / USA)
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart Even My Mum Can Make a Book (Stuttgart / DE)
Mediamatic Hope Step Japan (Amsterdam / NL)
Misulsegye Gallery Space-In & Space-Out (Seoul / KR)
MoMart Balconism (Amsterdam / NL)
MoMart MoMart Presents All (Amsterdam / NL)
Moscow City Hall Gallery (Idaho / USA)
De Nederlandsche Bank I Am Not Doing Anything Until I Feel The Need (Amsterdam / NL)
Nida Art Colony 2014 On Flux of Sand and Aquatic Eco Systems (Vilnius / LT)
North Sea Conference Cinema at Sea (The Hague / NL)
OBA I Am Not Doing Anything Until I Feel The Need (Amsterdam / NL)
Satellietgroep Now Wakes The Sea (Batumi / GE)
Stichting IK Going Back to Where I Used to Stand (Oost-Souburg / NL) *
Stichting IK Where I'm Likely to Find It (Oost-Souburg / NL)
Tetterode Binding Image II (Amsterdam / NL)
TodaysArt 2014 The Best of Badgast (Scheveningen / NL)
The Twin Falls Center for The Arts (Idaho / USA)
2011 - 2012
Van Abbe Museum Art, Property of Politics IV (Eindhoven / NL)
Amsterdam Fund for The Arts Going Back to Where I Used to Stand (Amsterdam /NL) *
Arti et Amicitiae Blueprint (Amsterdam / NL)
Badgast Departure Bay (Scheveningen / NL) *
The Commons World Oceans Film Festival (The Hague / NL)
International Filmfestival Cine al Mar (Sante Marta / CO)
Gallery de Meerse Urban Landscapes III (Hoofddorp / NL)
Ginza Graphic Gallery TDC Exhibition (Tokyo / JP)
KiK Going Back to Where I Used to Stand (Kolderveen / NL) *
Korean Cultural Center New York The Beauti:Fool (New York / USA)
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Blowing Smoke and Seahorses (Düsseldorf / DE) *
Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta Undercover (St. Petersburg / RU)
Museum Schiedam Art, Property of Politics II (Schiedam / NL)
MuzyQ Binding Image I (Amsterdam / NL)
RE: Rotterdam Art Fair 2012 (Rotterdam / NL)
Rewire Festival Beginnings Are in The Offing (The Hague / NL)
Siemens Sanat Now Wakes The Sea (Istanbul / TR)
2009 - 2010
Van Abbe Museum Tricksters Tricked (Eindhoven / NL)
Apartment Project Even My Mum Can Make a Book (Istanbul / TR)
Argument In Between (Tilburg / NL) *
Art Rotterdam (Rotterdam / NL)
Arti et Amicitiae Anti-Beeld (Amsterdam / NL)
ARTTRA Amsterdam Blues (Amsterdam / NL) *
Coalmine Urban Jungle (Winterthur / CH) *
Electron Urban Landscapes II (Breda / NL)
Frontviews Statics and The Movement in Between (Berlin / DE)
Incubate Festival Blueprint (Tilburg / NL) *
Mart House Gallery Urban Jungle (Amsterdam / NL) *
MIA Fair (Milan / IT)
MK Gallery Deconstruction (Rotterdam / NL) *
Off Print (Paris / FR)
Publish it Yourself (Nogent sur Marne / FR)
RC De Ruimte Urban Landscapes I (IJmuiden / NL)
Souterrain, Centre for Contemporary Art What About Japan (Amsterdam / NL)
Timezone 8 - 798 Art District Blowing Smoke and Seahorses (Beijing / CN) *
Vegas Gallery Stay in The Light (London / UK)
2007 - 2008
Amsterdam Centre for Photography Facing Japan (Amsterdam / NL) *
Amsterdam Centre for Photography A Perfect Book (Amsterdam / NL)
Arti et Amicitiae Perception of Reality (Amsterdam / NL)
ARTTRA Urban Jungle (Amsterdam /NL) *
Gallery Masters Deconstruction (Amsterdam / NL) *
General Store Print Matters (Sydney / AUS)
Kunsteyssen Off The Strip (Alkmaar / NL) *
Little Big Press (Rome / IT)
London Festival of Architecture The Urban Tendency (London / UK)
London Photo (London / UK)
MAMA Meatdistrict (Rotterdam / NL)
Manzara Perspectives Even My Mum Can Make a Book (Istanbul / TR)
MK Gallery Ji Hyun Song (Rotterdam / NL) *
MK Gallery Review of a Position (Rotterdam / NL)
MK Gallery Review of a Position (Berlin / DE)
Museum Van Bommel Van Dam Van Bommel Van Dam Award (Venlo / NL)
Olympic Parktel Our Space: Six Perspectives (Seoul / KR)
Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande (Bologna / IT)
Photo Festival Naarden Emoticon (Naarden / NL)
Photo-OFF (Paris /FR)
Project(or) Art Fair (Rotterdam / NL)
Year 07 (London / UK)
2005 - 2006
66 East, Centre for Urban Culture (Amsterdam / NL)
ARTTRA Deconstruction (Amsterdam / NL) *
De Ateliers Off Spring (Amsterdam / NL) *
Frankfurter Kunstverein Paralleles Leben (Frankfurt / DE)
Grid06 Deconstruction (Amsterdam / NL) *
International Festival for Artistic Photography (Athens / GR)
Kriterion Open Screen Short Film Festival (Amsterdam / NL)
Lloyd Hotel Cet Obscur Objet du Désir (Amsterdam / NL) *
Ministerie van OCW Cet Obscur Objet du Désir (The Hague / NL) *
De Oude Kerk (Amsterdam / NL)
Stichting KOP (Breda / NL)
Vegas Gallery Ground Zero, Size Zero (London / UK)
W139 / Basement (Amsterdam / NL)
Witte de With Street: Behind The Cliché (Rotterdam / NL)
2003 - 2004
ARTTRA Ji Hyun Song (Amsterdam / NL) *
FOAM Oasis (Amsterdam / NL)
Gallery OOST 99 (Hoorn / NL)
Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam / NL)
XX Multiple Gallery (Rotterdam / NL)
GRANTS
2020
Mondriaan Fund Stipendium Established Artists
2017
Foundation Anna Cornelis Project Grant
2016
Mondriaan Fund Flexible Grant
2015
Mondriaan Fund Stipendium Established Artists
2011
Amsterdam Fund for the Arts Development Budget
Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture Basisstipendium
2007
Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture Basisstipendium
2006
Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture Startstipendium
2003
Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture Startstipendium
Foundation of the Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude Stipendium
RESIDENCIES
2023
Vrouw Muskens (Dongen / NL)
2019
Van Gogh House (Zundert / NL)
2017
Het Vijfde Seizoen (Den Dolder / NL)
2015
Guest Studio Louwrien Wijers (Ferwert / NL)
2013
Stichting IK (Oost-Souburg / NL)
2012
KiK (Kolderveen / NL)
2011
Badgast (Scheveningen / NL)
2010
Argument (Tilburg / NL)
id11 (Delft / NL)
Institute for Provocation (Beijing / CN)
2007
Kunsteyssen (Alkmaar / NL
Kunsthuis SYB (Beetsterzwaag / NL)
NOMINATIONS / PRIZES
2013
Dutch Doc Award Longlist
2007
Museum Winterthur Plat(t)form 07 Honourable Mention
GD4ART International Competition Longlist
Van Bommel Van Dam Award Shortlist
2006
Holland Casino Art Award Shortlist
ARTIST RELATED ACTIVITIES
2023
Photo Assignment Humanistisch Verbond (Amsterdam / NL)
2020
Fabrica Site and Meaning (Brighton / UK)
2019
AnzenbergerGallery Photobook Weeks (Vienna / AT)
2017
Photo Assignment De Correspondent One Hundred Days After The News About Cologne: The Facts
Photo Assignment Fonds Sluyterman van Loo
Presentation PhotoCafé (Birmingham / UK)
2016
Curator C&H Art Space (Amsterdam / NL)
2015
Editor Beeldjagers
Presentation MOTI / Chasse Theatre (Breda / NL)
2014
Artist Talk MoMart (Amsterdam / NL)
Curator MoMart Balconism (Amsterdam / NL)
2013
Curator Tetterode Binding Image II (Amsterdam / NL)
Curator Stichting IK Where I'm Likely to Find It (Oost-Souburg / NL)
2012
Artist Talk Kunstverein Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf / DE)
Curator MuzyQ Binding Image I (Amsterdam / NL)
Curator Arti et Amicitiae Blueprint (Amsterdam / NL)
Guest Teacher Sandberg Institute (Amsterdam / NL)
Presentation Trans Artists (Amsterdam / NL)
2011
Photo Project (Collaboration with Kevin Yuen Kit Lo) Capitalism Kills Love
2010
Artist Talk id11 (Delft / NL)
Huis Marseille Photo Book Marathon (Amsterdam / NL)
PhotoQ Columns Border(Line)
2007
Photo Assignment Only Human
2006
Artist Talk Witte de With (Rotterdam / NL)
Curator Arti et Amicitiae Perception of Reality (Amsterdam / NL)
2005
Photo Assignment Ministry of Economics
2003
Admission Committee Gerrit Rietveld Academy
COLLECTIONS
Van Abbe Museum
Allreal Collection
Altrecht Art Collection
Fred Wagemans Art Collection
Leiden University Libraries
Pieter en Marieke Sanders Collection
Stedelijk Museum
Het Vijfde Seizoen
Van Gogh House Collection
VUmc Art Collection
Watersnoodmuseum
Private Collections
PHOTO BOOKS / CATALOGUES
2023
101 Contemporary Artists and More Collect Art
Signs of Impermanence Zerofeedback
2019
It Was Never Personal Self-Published
2018
Beautiful Distress Beautiful Distress
2017
Fireflies Origini Edizioni
Parallel Lives Het Vijfde Seizoen
2016
5 Year Anniversary Stichting IK Stichting IK
Here's to Now Semblance
2015
Pieter en Marieke Sanders: Object Onder/Object Below Walther König
2014
Adulthood This Very Instant
Space In & Space Out Misulsegye Gallery
2012
20+ Years Witte de With Witte de With
Amsterdam Blues Self-Published
The Beauti:Fool Gallery Korea
2011
Badgast - In Between PS1 New York and Shanghai Satellietgroep
Blind Dogs, Fallen Men Café Royal Books
Op Locatie id11
Self Publish Be Naughty Self Publish Be Happy
TDC Volume 21 Typography Director Club Tokyo
2010
Allreal Fotosammlung 2009 Studio Achermann
Art, Property of Politics II Freethinkers’ Space Van Abbe Museum
Blowing Smoke and Seahorses Timezone 8
Smoke Bath Seems
2008
5 in Balance Only Human
Urban Jungle Self-Published
2007
Changing Roles: Artists' Personal Views and Wishes Witte de With
Van Bommel Van Dam Award Museum Van Bommel Van Dam
Emoticon Photo Festival Naarden
2005
Paralleles Leben Frankfurter Kunstverein
2003
Ji Hyun Song Self-Published
Maruta 731 Self-Published
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
2025
Calendar The Great Dutch Art Calendar
2024
Magazine Suboart Magazine Nr. 27
Website F-Stop Magazine Cities 2024
Website Hominum Journal Issue 7
Website JUP Photography Magazine Off The Strip
2023
E-Book Docu Magazine Docu Book: Volume 11 - Best of Documentary & Street Photography
Magazine Collect Art #22 Spring Issue
Magazine Trois Points - Magazine for Contemporary Photography Volume 2: Follow The Line
Website Aatonau Aram Tanis: Contemporary Urban Surroundings
Website F-Stop Magazine Open Theme Issue
2021
Magazine Werkhaus Zine #2 Still Life
Website Phases Magazine Dreaming of A Pool in The Rain
2020
Newspaper Haarlems Dagblad Red Light District: Japanese Photography
Newspaper Ijmuider Courant Red Light District: Japanese Photography
Newspaper Leidsch Dablad Red Light District: Japanese Photography
Newspaper Noordhollands Dagblad Red Light District: Japanese Photography
Website The Gallery Club In Conversation With… Aram Tanis
Website Der Greif Guest-Room (Selection by Holly Hay)
Website Villa d'Arte Exclusive Selection of Japanese and Dutch Works
2019
Newspaper Zundertse Bode Artists look at Japan and Van Gogh
Website F-Stop Magazine Abstraction
Website Witte Rook Japanese Sightlines of Aram Tanis and Jacolijn Verhoef
2018
Calendar The Great Dutch Art Calendar
Website Het Parool Not Necessarily Forlorn
2017
Newspaper Het Parool
Website De Correspondent One Hundred Days after The News About Cologne
Website GUP Off The Strip
Website New Dawn Off The Strip
2016
Website New Dawn Fireflies Ain't Here Anymore
2015
Magazine Extra Extra #1
Magazine New Dawn #5
Magazine Platform Platvorm #2
Newspaper De Stienser Exhibition Aram Tanis at Guest Studio Louwrien Wijers
2014
Calendar Great Amsterdam Art Calendar
Calendar I Am Not Doing Anything Until I Feel The Need
Website Cultureel Persbureau The Weird World of Aram Tanis
Website Landscape Stories #20 Night
Website New Dawn Binding Image
2013
Brochure Satellietgroep Zeespiegel
Newspaper PZC Are Memories Reliable?
2012
Magazine GRAPHIC #24 Amsterdam
Magazine Monu #17 Next Urbanism
Multiple MK Edition MK Edition Blue
2011
Magazine Rattle e. 11
2010
Magazine Abitare #21 Visual Lesson
Magazine Beeswax Magazine Issue 6
Newspaper NRC Next Feeling of Alienation Through Subdued Photos
Newspaper Het Parool Intimate Face of Anthill Peking
Website Ground Magazine Blowing Smoke and Seahorses
website Landscape Stories #02 Snow Blind
Website Positive Magazine Blind Dogs, Fallen Men
2008
Magazine GUP Things We Like
Magazine Pf Magazine Our Eye on The Future
Newspaper De Volkskrant Only Animals Left in Desolate Cities
2006
Magazine Art Monthly UK #301
Magazine GUP New Dutch Heroes
2005
Magazine Ministry of Culture Punt Forbidden Art
Newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung Von der Hölle ins Paradies
Newspaper Frankfurter Offenbach Post Gastland Korea im Fokus Junger Kunst
Newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau Die Rollen des Ausländers
Newspaper Die Tageszeitung Schneller Altern: Fotografien aus Korea
Newspaper Volkskrant Hans Aarsman Collection
Website PhotoQ Ministry of Education, Culture and Science finds photo of Aram Tanis offensive