Rein Jelle Terpstra, lives and works in Amsterdam
Education
1984 – 1988AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts, Enschede
1989 – 1991Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten te Amsterdam
1990Artist in Residence Madrid (workshop by John M. Armleder), Barcelona, Cuenca, Spain
1998Workshop Philosophy in the Arts, lector: Dr Antoon Van Den Braembussche
2015 – 2018Research periods in the USA
2017Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington, D.C.

Exhibitions (selection)
2024The Lithuanian Society of Art Photography, Prospektas Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022-2023The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2022-2023Dark Dunes, Fotomuseum Den Haag
2022-2023The Setting of Violence, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
2022The Contemporary Art Centre of Barcelona – Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, Spain
2020Mourning, On loss and change (with Bas Jan Ader, Christian Boltanski, Andy Warhol a.o.) Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
2020Winter Garden photograph project 40 years Camera Lucida,
by Roland Barthes, curator Odette England, Houston Center for Photography, USA
2020Geografías del viage (a.o. Francis Alÿs, Adrian Paci, Christina de Middel).
Curator: Pedro Vicente, Visiona Huesca, Spain
2019Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2019IFFR-Internationaal Film Festival Rotterdam
2019American Presidents Film and Literary Festival, Fremont, Ohio
2019Paris Short Film Festival
2018The Train, SFMOMA, Museum of Modern Art, met Paul Fusco en Philippe Parreno. Curator: Clément Cheroux. San Francisco
2018The Train, Les Rencontre d’Arles, with Paul Fusco and Philippe Parreno. Curator: Clément Cheroux. France
2018ICP, International Center of Photography, New York City
2018Foam Editions, book launch, June 22th Amsterdam
2018EYE Filmmuseum, 1968, Amsterdam
2014Van Gogh’s 3rd dimension MOTI, Museum of the Image, Breda.
Curator Cornel Bierens
2015Sequence 1, Dutch artist’s books an international perspective.
Exhibition of the collections of the Groningen Museum and Henk Woudsma,
Academy Minerva, Groningen
2014Songs from the Heart, BredaPhoto International Photofestival
2014Thinking (out of) the box, Marres, Maastricht
2014Nomination Dutch Doc Award (documentary photography), Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
2014Nothing to see, nothing to hide, Punt WG
Artist’s books and slideshow. Curator: Frank Mandersloot, Amsterdam
2013Johan Deumens Gallery |during PhotoFestival Unseen, Amsterdam
2012Looking at seeing Night of Art and Science. Curator: Rune Peitersen. Groningen
2011Grand 044 Mondrian Fund (Fonds BKVB), Amsterdam
2011This is the right spot i.c.w Maria Barnas,
De Appel, Amsterdam
2010 – 2014After Images, about the photograph not taken, semi-permanent installation
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2008One image says more than a thousand words, De Zaal, Gent
2007Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2007Festival of Photography Naarden
2006Time Floating, installation in bridgemaster’s house, Voorschoten
2005Constructed Moment KW14 Den Bosch
2003Stadsgalerij, Het Glaspaleis, Heerlen
2003De grote vakantie, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam
2003De Inrichting i.c.w. Maria Barnas,
Art manifestation in a mental hospital, St. Willibrordus, Heiloo
2002After Images, about the photograph not taken Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam
2001Lost and Found, De Waag, Amsterdam
2001A Public Space Odyssey, selection of art in public space, Amsterdam
2000Selection of Vedute-manuscripts, Parsons School of Design, New York
1999Design anthology composed by writer and poet Gerrit Komrij
1997Galerie Streetvoice, Keulen
1996Incestuous, Thread Waxing Space. Curator: Tiong Ang, New York
1994Between tradition and experiment,
Museum for the Book / Rijksmuseum Meermanno en Westreenianum, The Hague
1993Five Centuries Landscape, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden

Nominations, awards
2019Gold medal for The Most Beautiful Book of the World,
Stiftung Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany
2019The Best Dutch Book Design 2018, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2019Best of Selected Artist Moving Images 2018 Eye on Art,
Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
2019Best Photography Book Award nomination,
The Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, Somerset House, London
2019Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, longlisted:
exhibition Robert F Kennedy Funeral Train, Nederlands Fotomuseum
2018Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, longlisted:
book Robert F Kennedy Funeral Train
2019Lucie Photo Book Award, finalist, New York
2019Prix Livre d’Artiste nomination, Association Bob Calle,
Library of Beaux-Arts, Paris
2019Best text-image Dutch Photobook 2019, nomination
2014Dutch Doc Award documentary photography, nomination Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
1993Aanmoedigingsprijs Fotografie nomination (a.o. Rineke Dijkstra, Otto Snoek), Amstelveen

Publications, reviews
2025Rijksmuseum Amsterdam book publication American Photography, by Hans Rooseboom
2024 Magnum Foundation site- The Reversed Perspective
2022Mourning, On loss and change book publication (with Bas Jan Ader, Christian Boltanski, Andy Warhol. e.a.) Hamburger Kunsthalle, Duitsland
2022Podcast The Setting of Violence, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, interviewed by Luuk Heezen
2020Het is oorlog, maar de fotograaf kijkt weg Trouw, by Joke de Wolf
2020Een vergezicht of mooie bloem in de oorlogsjaren Het Parool, by Jan Pieter Ekker
2020Gifzwarte tinten en melancholiek licht in drie rijke fotoboeken De Volkskrant, by Arno Haitjema
2020Collectordaily.com, by Olga Yatskevich
2020Nearest Truth Podcast, interview by Brad Feuerhelm
2020Kunst is lang Podcast Mister Motley, interview by Luuk Heezen
2019Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Train – The People’s View Metropolis M, by Manus Groenen
2019Langs het spoor De Groene Amsterdammer, by Jan Postma
2019Rouw langs de spoorlijn Nederlands Dagblad, by Arjan Glas
2019De laatste reis van Robert Kennedy, Het Financieele Dagblad, by Hilda Bouma
2019Robert F Kennedy Funeral Train – The People’s View, Focus, by Jelle Verhoeks
2019De mensen langs het spoor Pf, by Diana Bokje
2019Mille et un Photographes La Couleur de Jours, by Jean Perret (Switzerland)
2019The funeral of Robert Kennedy, the train and the onlookers Trouw, by Joke de Wolf
2019Through the eyes of the viewer Het Parool, by Jan Pieter Ekker
2019Nooit meer slapen VPRO, interview by Pieter van der Wielen
2018ArtForum by Gwen Allen
2018The Best Works of Art in 2018 NRC Handelsblad, by Sandra Smallenburg
2018The most beautiful Photobooks of 2018 De Volkskrant, by Mark Moorman
2018NRC Handelsblad by Sandra Smallenburg (May 2th)
2018De Volkskrant by Merel Bem
2018The Train essay and interview by Clement Cheroux,
SFMOMA Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, publisher Editions Textuelle
2018Collectorsdaily.com by Olga Yatskevich
2018Uit velen veel/The people’s View and popular photography essay by Wilco Versteeg, museum magazine EXTRA, publisher Fotomuseum Antwerpen
2018The Photograph that took the place of a Mountain selection of essays by Taco Hidde Bakker,
publisher Fw:Books
2018Mister Motley best photobooks of 2018
2018Le train fantome de Bobby Kennedy Le Monde, by Chloé LePrince
2018El último viage de Robert Kennedy, El Pais, by Alex Vicente
2018The Washington Post by Sebastian Smee (April 6th)
2018The New Yorker by Louis Menand (April 3rd)
2018The Wall Street Journal by Richard B. Woodward (March 20th)
2017The New York Times, by Phyllis Tuchman (October 30th)
2018The Baltimore Sun by Mary Mc Couley (June 20)
2015dankzij Sem Presser Archief, Dutch photography 2000-2015
2014The Photographer’s Playbook, edited by: Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern
Aperture Foundation, New York
2013The Huffington Post Stuart Forster
2013The Best Photobooks of 2013 Willem van Zoetendaal
2012Mentioning Photobooks 2013 Volkskrant, Merel Bem
2013New Books section (Dec issue), Camera Austria
2014Eyecurious by Marc Feustel
2013The Photobook Club Matt Johnston
2013Remembering what you see Colin Pantall
2013theloggingroad, Mirelle Thijssen
2013Signalement Unseen Book Market, Daria Tuminas
2012The recent history of the Netherlands, told by the arts., Mr. Motley nr32
2011Museumtijdschrift nr 1, by Robert-Jan Muller
2011De Avonden, Hans de Geus, VPRO
2010Kunstbeeld, nr. 11, by Anna van Leeuwen
2009Kunstbeeld, nr. 10, by Sandra Spijkerman
2008Een foto zegt meer dan duizend woorden, concept Joachim Naudts, Maarten Dings en Egon Van Herreweghe
2007Emoticon, FotoFestival Naarden
2006Kiek, NRC Handelsblad, CS, Rosan Hollak 2-6-2006
2005Constructed Moment KW14. Curator: Marjan Teeuwen
2001A Public Space Odyssey, selection art in public space, Amsterdam
1998four artworks in the court, text: Hanne Hagenaars, Rijksgebouwendienst
1993Five Centuries Landscape, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
1993Encouraging Award Photography and Art , catalogus Amstelveen

Own publications/contributions of images and texts
2021My Mental Image Archive (working title), short film and text contribution. Edited by Jason Fulford, Aperture Publishing House, New York
2020Donkere Duinen, self published, i.c.w. Van Zoetendaal Publishers
2020Keeper of the hearth picturing Roland Barthes’ unseen photograph
40 years Camera Lucida, door Roland Barthes. Editor Odette England. Publisher Shilt Publishing
2020Wicked Assignments, Practising Creativity in Contemporary Arts Education
Uitgeverij Valiz, Amsterdam
2018Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Train – The People’s View (publisher Fw:Books)
2015Sequence 1, Dutch artist’s books in an international perspective. Exhibition of the collections of the Groningen Museum and Henk Woudsma, Academy Minerva, Groningen
2014The Photographer’s Playbook 307 Assignments and Ideas on Photography, Edited by Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern, Aperture Publishing House, New York
2013Retracing (uitgever post editions)
2008On amateur photography, part 1, 2, and 3, self-published
2006NRC-Next, a column with choices out of own amateur-photo archive and texts, daily in July/August
2010- 2014After Images, about the photograph not taken, semi-permanent installation
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2002Talking to you, catalog for youngsters. Texts on a.o. Roy Lichtenstein,
Man Ray, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2001Re-Magazine#7, image and text, publisher Artimo
2001De nieuwe Maatschappij nr. 4, image and text A Public Space Oddyssey
2001StuffIt!, essay on space in Decennia, publication Foundation Vedute
2000Report of a day, publication Raad van Cultuur 1999
2000Mobile n.a.v. artwork for De Canadas en De Schelven
1991Celosias artist’s book, self-published

Lectures, artist talks
2024REFRAMING THE ARCHIVE International Conference on Photography & Visual Culture Archivo Platform
2024Hunter College, New York City
2024IPMA International Photography and Media Art Festival, Kaunas Lithuania
2022Uniarts – University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland
2022AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts, Enschede
2021Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2020Master Institute of Visual Cultures in Art, Media, Design St. Joost School
2019PI.lab’s Data and Truth Symposium collaboration of Radboud University,
Tilburg University, and TNO, Utrecht
2019AKI ArtEZ University of the Arts, Enschede
2019Willem de Kooning Academy of Fine Arts, Rotterdam
2019Sint Lucas Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
2019Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2018SFMOMA, Museum of Modern Art Crowdsourcing History, June 7th, San Francisco
2018Magnum Foundation i.c.m. 10×10 Photobook Salon, in conversation with Brian Wallis, New York
2018Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
2018Hunter College Master, New York
2018School for Journalism, New York
2018Fotodok, interview by Rob Hornstra, Utrecht
2018Radboud University, Nijmegen
2015Hunter College Master, New York
2015MICA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
2015On memory and photography, Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam
2014Lecture, tutorials in National College of Art and Design Bachelor and Master, Dublin, Ireland
2011Looking at Seeing. Moderator: Rune Peitersen, Galerie Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS.
2011Mushroom Collection, The Soon Institute. Moderator: Jason Fulford, Amsterdam
2009Foam Editions, Amsterdam
2008Foam Editions, Amsterdam
2008Forum debate on art and archive, a.o. Laurence Aëgerter,
Hans Aarsman, Katrin Korfmann en Taco Hidde Bakker. Moderator: Esther Vossen
2007Nederlands Fotomuseum, The Past in the Present, Rotterdam
2004Participation symposium on photography and psychiatry, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam

Activities as an advisor, curator, tutor, mentor, membership jury
2021Initiator and moderator OpenUp Artist Talks, Academie Minerva en Master Frank Mohr Insitute
2020-2022Co-chairman Foundation Artisbook, Groningen
2020Master Institute of Visual Cultures in Art, Media, Design St. Joost School
2019Portfolio Reviews, the Nederlands Fotomuseum i.c.w. Nationale-Nederlanden, Rotterdam
2019PI.lab’s Data and Truth Symposium collaboration of the Radboud University, Tilburg University and TNO, Utrecht
2015- presentindividual artist coaching trajectories
2015Curator Dutch Artist’s Books in international perspective, (i.c.w. Henk Woudsma and Barthold Boksem) Academy Minerva, Groningen
2014Guest tutor Academy of fine Arts HKU, Utrecht
2014Guest tutor Academy of Architecture, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
2013-2016Mentor at Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, Mondriaan Fund
2013-presentMember of the research group Readership PRICCA Practice
2013Jurylid George Verberg Stipendium
2012Co-curator program Studium Generale, Royal Academy, The Hague
2011-2015Member Curriculum Committee, Fine Arts Academie Minerva, Groningen
2010-2011Tutor excellence program, Visual Art and Photography,
Hanze University, Minerva Academy, Groningen
2009-2012Advisor, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam
2008-2017Mentorship and coaching Cultuur en Ondernemen, Amsterdam
2007Guest curator Festival of Photography, Naarden
2006-presentTutor Visual Art and Photography, Hanze University,
Minerva Academy, Groningen
2006Extern expert Photography at the Hanze University, Minerva Academy, Groningen
1999-presentStart archive amateur images (55.000 slides)*
2006Lecture photography, Broeikas, Deventer
2005Participation workshop on photography and reminiscence, SKOR i.c.w. Rivas, Gorkum
2002-2004Advisor, Fund for the Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam
2002-2010Advisor art in public space, CBK Rotterdam
2002Lecture Graphic Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academy
2002Advisor art in public space, Kunstgebouw Z-Holland

Grants
2020Depth Development for Artists and Mediators, Mondriaan Fund
2017Smithsonian Artistic Research Fellowship, Washington, D.C. USA
2017Filmic Experiment-New Screen NL, Film Fund
2017Depth Development for Artists and Mediators, Mondriaan Fund
2017AFK, Amsterdam Fund for the Art
2015Depth Development for Artists and Mediators, Mondriaan Fund
2012Publication grant, Mondriaan Fund
2012SNS REaal Fund
2012Foundation Sem Presser Archive
2012De Gijselaar-Hintzenfund
2008Projectsubsidie LIVE, Fund for the Arts, Design and Architecture
2001Prins Bernhard Cultuurfund
2001Project support, Fund for the Arts, Design and Architecture
1991-2012Grants, Fund for the Arts, Design, and Architecture, Amsterdam
1990Startstipendium, Fund for the Arts, Design and Architecture

Projects in public space (selection)
2009Porcelain roof of foliage, Den Bosch
2008Design of the coin of the Netherlands, Ministry of Finance
2008Waves on IJburg, housing Ymere, Amsterdam
1999Flat Groeneveen, Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
1999Courthouse, Groningen, Rijksgebouwendienst
1998Sophia Child Hospital, Rotterdam, Rijksgebouwendienst

Collecties (selection)
SFMOMA-Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
MoMA Library, Manhattan and Queens, New York
ICP- International Center of Photography Library, New York
The Metropolitan Museum, New York
Princeton University Library, Princeton, USA
The Yale University Library, New Haven
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
New York Public Library Special Collections, New York
EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Artists’ book collection
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
Museum van de Geest, Haarlem, Amsterdam
ABN-Amro Bank, Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum Meermanno Westreenianum,
Museum voor het boek, Den Haag
Centre Pompidou, Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Paris
Prix Livre d’Artiste, Association Bob Calle, Library of Beaux-Arts, Paris
The Royal Museum of Arts, Brussels, Belgium