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About Zuijderwijk/Vergouwe
Daan Zuijderwijk and Maaike Vergouwe started their collaboration in 2011. Since 2017 they have been traveling with their three daughters through Europe. Their shift towards a nomadic life changed the division of tasks and Daan is now responsible for the photography and concepts. Daan and Maaike lead their nomadic life in a quest for a simpler and more sustainable lifestyle. It allows them to explore and work in different natural landscapes. Their nomadic perspective also allows them to reflect on various topics in a particular way. Maartje van den Heuvel writes in the book 'Mapping', "what separates Zuijderwijk / Vergouwe is the all embracing adventure that encompasses their entire lives, at work and at home". Within this holistic approach, life and the work of art are continuously intertwined.
Artist statement by Daan: ”Through our lives and in my artwork, we investigate the relationship between humans and nature. The photographic creations are manipulations with artificial light in the natural landscape. They are a record of my interaction with the landscape. It can be an intervention or an action, but always in the landscape itself and not in post-production because the work is about how we relate to the landscape, also physically. The images are a metaphorical reflection of our lives and ideas. Our traveling life helps us to become more aware of the different ways people experience nature. We think we are aware, that we understand something about the world around us, but in fact what we experience is only a small fragment of a larger reality. We ourselves are lucky enough to be able to spend much of our time in some of Europe's most beautiful natural landscapes. Living there makes us more humble towards nature and more aware of the complexity and fragility of the ecosystems. All our outdoor experiences make us look at the natural world around us with increasing respect and curiosity.”
If you would like more information about Zuijderwijk / Vergouwe's nomadic life, you can check some of the articles and interviews listed below. If you would like more information about the off-grid tiny house please check The Wooden Traveler.
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EXHIBITIONS
2021
Looking for Inua, Blauwe Paviljoen, 's-Hertogenbosch
Carrara, Glue Amsterdam
2020
Looking for Inua, Ruud van Oosterhout Design, Amsterdam
Looking for Inua, Glue Amsterdam
2019
Mapping, NewWerktheater, Amsterdam
2018
AAF Amsterdam by Artfolly
Art The Hague, by Artfolly
The Playing Circle, Amsterdam
RvO design, Amsterdam
2017
European Encounters, New Werktheater, Amsterdam
The World is my Playground, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
Livingroom Exhibition, Kathelijn Voets, Amsterdam
2016
Calamita, Materia Gallery Rome
AAF Hamburg, Rademakers Gallery
Wild van Water, Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen
Scope Basel, Rademakers Gallery
Landscape Stories, Zuijderwijk/Vergouwe & Mirjam Abraas, Huub Hannen Galerie, Maastricht
Upstream solotentoonstelling Rademakers Gallery, Amsterdam
Art Breda, Huub Hannen Galerie, Maastricht
Art Karlsruhe, Rademakers Gallery + STP Gallery, Duitsland
2011 -2015
PAN Amsterdam, Rademakers Gallery
The River Vecht, De Donkere Kamer, Breda
Begeleiden examen kandidaat/externe beoordelaar Fotovakschool Amsterdam
Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Rademakers Gallery
Art The Hague, Rademakers Gallery
KunstRAI Amsterdam, Rademakers Gallery
Tentoonstelling Summer in the city, Rademakers Gallery
RAW Art fair, Rotterdam, Rademakers Gallery
Tentoonstelling Noorderlicht, Extra Ordinary
Deelname Fotoweek, authentieke fotostudios langs de rivier De Vecht
Benefietveiling Save a portrait, Stadsarchief van Amsterdam
RAW Art fair, Rotterdam, Van Kranendonk Galerie
UNSEEN Amsterdam, Van Kranendonk Galerie
Solo tentoonstelling un natural, Van Kranendonk Galerie, Den Haag
Solo tentoonstelling Galerie Fort a/d Drecht, Uithoorn, The Volgermeer Recreated/Vanishing Landscapes
Solo tentoonstelling, Stadsarchief van Amsterdam, De Herschepping van de Volgermeer
BOOKS / PUBLICATIONS
2019 Mapping
2016 The Walking Mountain, Calamita project
2016 Wild van Water, naar gelijknamige tentoonstelling in Zuiderzeemuseum gecureerd door Maartje v.d. Heuvel
2014 medewerking wetenschappelijk onderzoek „Transcending the I, the working process of duo’s in visual arts” door J. Verhoef / Prof.dr. A. v.d. Born, FNV KIEM / Universiteit van Tilburg
2013 Noorderbreedte Magazine, Vanishing Landscapes
2013 Tortuca magazine, Vanishing Landscapes
2012 Trees, Landscape Stories (.net) publicatie + interview
2011 De Herschepping van de Volgermeer, fotobook, uitgever: Sjaalman Media