Abel Minnée

contact@abelminnee.com

+31 (0)6 252 780 37

3e Wittenburgerdwarsstraat 5A,
1018 KR Amsterdam,
The Netherlands

Biography

"Abel Minnée was born in 1988 in Amsterdam and received a BFA in photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. His work is often engaged with the medium photography itself, researching the construction of the image, the capacities of the camera and the application of the photographical image in popular visual culture with an interest for ostensibly arbitrary way subjects are chosen, stories are written and images are created. His images are revealing and highlighting the photographical gesture in it's own and very specific way."

Ine Lamers, Head of Photography Department Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Curriculum Vitae

Group and Solo Exhibitions:

De Expokoelkast 2,
Garage Noord,
Amsterdam, 26/10/2019 - 26/11/2019

M19 /,
Werkschau Halle 12,
Leipzig, 15/10/2019 - 2/11/2019

De Expokoelkast,
Garage Noord,
Amsterdam, 23/2/2019 - 12/4/2019

Time Capsule: 50 Years Rietveld Academy,
Rietveld Academy,
Amsterdam, 2/11/2018 - 25/11/2018

Picturing Realities: Constructed, Cropped and Reassembled,
Beck & Eggeling Galerie,
Düsseldorf, 2/02/2018 - 7/04/2018

The Black Glass House & The Peregrine,
Weekender # 27 @Tetterode Complex,
Amsterdam, 21/06/2017 - 22/06/2017

Collectivism,
FOAM,
Amsterdam, 21/04/2017 - 18/06/2017

Prospects and Concepts Art Rotterdam,
Van Nellefabriek,
Rotterdam, 8/02/2017 - 12/02/2017

Polly's Playground,
Hotel Maria Kapel,
Hoorn, 12/11/2016 - 10/12/2016

Presentation at Unseen festival with Torch Gallery,
Unseen,
Amsterdam, 23/09/2016 - 25/09/2016

So What,
Pauza Gallery Space,
Krakow, 15/05/2016 - 15/06/2016

Foam Talent 2015/16 Presentation London,
Beaconsfield Gallery,
London, 22/04/2016 - 22/05/2016

Privileged Instants and Any-Instant Whatevers an Ideal Synthesis of Studio Spaan & Co,
Unfair,
Amsterdam, 30/03/2016 - 3/04/2016

FOAM Talent 2015/16 Presentation Brussels,
De Markten,
Brussels, 5/02/2016 - 25/02/2016

I Studied Photography I Studied Photography II,
Galerie Joghem / Sanquin Collection,
Amsterdam, 1/02/2016 - 1/03/2016

So What,
Doomed Gallery,
London, 12/11/2015 - 15/11/2015

FOAM Talent 2015/16 Presentation Paris,
Institut Neerlandais,
Paris, 11/11/2015 - 20/12/2015

Irregular Moon,
Osservatorio Fotografico,
Ravenna, 1/11/2015 - 15/11/2015

FOAM Talent 2015/16 Presentation Unseen/Amsterdam,
Kringloopwinkel Nassaukerk,
Amsterdam, 18/09/2015 - 27/09/2015

Light Time Positioning Postcard,
Torch Gallery,
Amsterdam 05/09/2015 - 17/10/2015

Ich Habe Fotografie Studiert Ich Habe Fotografie Studiert Ich Habe Fotografie Studiert Klasse 32, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig,
Leipzig, 21/05/2014 - 25/05/2014

Het Fotografische Gebaar,
De Marktkantine,
Amsterdam, 15/10/2014 - 20/12/2014

30 Years Torch Gallery,
Torch Gallery,
Amsterdam, 6/09/2014 - 11/10/2014

Showcase #2 Abel Minnée,
Spaces Herengracht,
Amsterdam, 19/06/2014 - 19/08/2014

A Billboard A Plasterboard A Surfboard A Motherboard,
Amstel 41,
Amsterdam, 21/11/2013 - 06/12/2013

New Visions On Photography,
Torch Gallery,
Amsterdam, 26/10/2013 - 23/11/2013

Unseen BGL Collectie,
Unseen,
Amsterdam, 26/09/2013 - 29/09/2013

Publications:

Foam Talent Issue 2015
Clear Observations

Foam Magazine #38
Under Construction

Kiekie #7
New Talent

Vice Magazine
Amazing! (NL Publication)

Vice Magazine
Rainbow Forest (NL Publication)

Vice Magazine
You Are Getting Sleepy (U.S.A./U.K./NL Publication)

Selected Clients:

Parool, FOAM, Vice Magazine, Nike, Converse, Delta Lloyd, Rietveld Academy, Ray-Ban, Patta, Tommy Hilfiger & Heineken.

contact@abelminnee.com

+31 (0)6 252 780 37

Portfolio

3e Wittenburgerdwarsstraat 5A,
1018 KR Amsterdam,
The Netherlands

Biography

"It is what it is. Or is it more than it seems? That’s the intriguing paradox in which you become entangled when you look at the work of Abel Minnée. His photographs are clear and simple. They have the technical perfection of advertising photography but demand more of the viewer than a quick glance. The subjects seem chosen at random, but nothing about Minnée’s work is accidental or fleeting . The way his work has developed recently is fascinating. His photos seems more and more the result of performative acts. He creates a still life from the things used to clean an exhibition space, for example. He makes a photograph of it, which he then presents in that same exhibition space. These acts don’t even necessarily have to lead to a photo. From all the light sources in the studio used by him and his friends, Minnée has made an installation called Privileged instants and any-instant whatevers, an ideal synthesis of Studio Spaan & Co (Bram Spaan, Mounir Raji, Maarten van der Kamp, Abel Minnée), Daniël Goedkoopstraat 8, Amsterdam. Referring to one of the essential aspects of photography, he’s created an installation from the fridge lamp, the light in the sandwich toaster and the bulb that illuminates the studio. His interest in investigating aspects of photography, the camera, the medium – and not just by making photos – gives depth to Minnée’s artistic practice. It triggers a desire to go on following the development of his still young oeuvre closely."

Kim Knoppers, curator Foam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.