Curriculum Vitae (2009 - 2002) Jan Theun van Rees

Exhibitions

2009 "Among Organs and Trains" Photogallery De Kleine Klup, Leiden, NL (solo)
2009 "New Acquisitions" Centre for Visual Arts CBK Amsterdam NL

2008 "Het Tweelingstation Twinstation" INKIJK gallery, Amsterdam NL (solo)
photo-installation on a hidden subway station, underneath the public space
2008 "Bouw in Beeld Prijs Build in View Award ", Den Haag, Amsterdam, Eindhoven NL
movie and photographs on the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.
2008 “One Wall away” Sears Tower, Chicago, USA (solo)
Installation with photographs from the series
2008 Joods Historisch Museum Jewish Historial Museum, Amsterdam NL
photographs of dismantled spaces during the museum’s renovation
2008 “Het Kasteel van Oost The Castle of East ” CBK Amsterdam, Amsterdam (solo)
photo-installation, in a large city-mansion in Amsterdam

2007 "One Wall Away" - Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA (solo)
photographs from the series, presentation of the book “One Wall Away, Chicago’s Hidden spaces”
2007 "Chicago, Three Photographers Explore Place" - MetCap Bank, Chicago, USA
with Scott Fortino en Bob Thall
2007 "Uitzicht View" – Artwalk, Amsterdam, NL
Exhibition on private backyards, behind the storefronts where the art is displayed

2006 “Behind the Walls” – Unity Temple – Oak Park, USA (solo)
photographs of hidden spaces in this Frank Lloyd Wright designed building
2006 “Building Dreams in the Bookbinder’s Room” - Cultural Center, Chicago, USA (solo)
Hidden spaces of the 19th century Chicago Library, completed with comparable sites in Amsterdam and USA

2005 “Camera Obscura” – light art festival“Polderlicht”, Amsterdam NL
Slide Installation from 1999, exploring the crawlspace underneath the studio

2004 “Architectura” – Flatfile Galleries, Chicago, USA
photographs of hidden spaces in Frank Lloyd Wright designed Unity Temple
2004 “Mitten Am Rand In the Middle of the Edge” – University of Cologne, D
photographs of the edge of cities, in the Netherlands and USA

2003 “Kommen Sie nach House, Come Home” – Cologne, Amsterdam, Chicago
exhibiton with ideas that have never been realised
2003 “A place 2B” – Larry Mills Gallery, Pella, USA (solo)
meaningfull and secret spaces of local children

2002 “Buurten Visitting the Neighbour(hood)” – Tabitha, Amsterdam
photographs of windows in the vincinity of the senior home, with quotes from the residents
2002 “Versche Lucht Fresh Air” – Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam (solo)
Hidden spaces in the Municipal Theatre of Amsterdam