Dutch photographer Theo Bos (Pijnacker, Holland 1959) is known for his personal style, characterised by the way he combines different types of photographs to depict his subjects. Documentary based (e.g. Recreation in The Netherlands, 1991), his work has developed in a increasingly personal and experimental direction (e.g. the installation The House of my Parents, 1993 or his digital project The Perfect Picture, 1998) to his current subjective and expressive photography. His present works reveals an open eye for beauty, for absurdity and, most of all, for hidden expression in ordinary subjects. Although his photographs are highly realistic -in a way only photography can be- his work also exhibits a definite painterly quality.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, BA Pedagogy
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Photographic Design
Main exhibitions
DeSingel, Antwerpen, BE | Galerie Fotomania*, Rotterdam, NL | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, NL | Kunstrai, Amsterdam, NL | Galerie Nei Liicht, Dudelange, LU | Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, DE | Galerie Perspectief, Rotterdam, NL | Photography Biannual 1994, Rotterdam, NL | Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL | Galerie Ramaker*, Den Haag, NL | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam*, NL | Sala Uno, Rome, IT | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography*, JP | W139, Amsterdam, NL
* solo exhibition
Major commissions
The Ample Garden, Cultural Council North-Holland, Haarlem, NL | Beauty No Coincidence, Amsterdam Council for the Visual Arts, NL | European Urbanity, Europan, Rotterdam, NL | North-Holland Landscapes, Cultural Council North-Holland, Haarlem, NL | The Perfect Picture, Utrecht Foundation for Urban Photography, NL | Recreation in the Netherlands, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL
Awards and Stipendia
Excellence Award, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, JP | Several Stipendia, Foundation for the Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, NL | Bursary, Stroom Centre for the Visual Arts, Den Haag, NL
Collections
Haagse Hogeschool, Den Haag, NL | Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, NL | Lasalle Bank N.A., Chicago, US | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, JP | Several private collections