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BACIO BERN A photograph from my series glacier mother iceberg child is part of the group show A Letter from a Friend at Bacio in Bern, Switzerland. The exhibition is on show from Nov 9th - Dec 8th 2024.

A TANGLED TALE AT PAVILJOEN WELGELEGEN A tangled tale is an exhibition at Paviljoen Welgelegen, Haarlem, in which five artists present confusion as an integral part of our human and artistic experience. Confusion is usually presented as an exceptional state of being. We often hear that “we live in times of confusion,” but isn’t there already something inherently confusing in the transience of existence, in the way we look at life and the world? This questions is explored in a series of intimate works that together create an open story in which recognition and wonder are intertwined.

The participating artists are Marlies Appel, Lotus Rosalina Hebbing, Sanne Kabalt, Scott van Kampen Wieling & Florence Marceau-Lafleur (who also acted as curator). I will show my series her photographs & some new works from glacier mother iceberg child.

Paviljoen Welgelegen, also known as Provinciehuis Noord-Holland, is a beautiful building to visit. The doors are open at Dreef 3, Haarlem, Mon-Fri from 09-17, and also during the Kunstlijn in the weekend, November 2nd and 3rd. The exhibition runs from October 11th '24 until January 10 '25.

Though it can already be visited before this, there will be a festive opening of the exhibition with a lecture by Sarah van Binsbergen on Saturday November 2nd, 11:00. I hope to see you there!

KUNSTLIJN OPEN STUDIOS AT NIEUWE VIDE For about half a year now, I have my studio at Nieuwe Vide Haarlem. I love working there, in my own space within a building full to the brim with other artists and creators. During the Kunstlijn I will be in my studio for two weekends, opening the space for anyone interested to have a glimpse and a coffee. Some of my work will also be for sale during these days. When? November 2 & 3 and 9 & 10, from 12-17 o’clock. Where? Energieplein 69, Haarlem. Welcome!

TRIENNALE FAN BEETSTERSWEACH Work of mine is included in Kunsthuis SYB’s 4th edition of the Triënnale fan Beetstersweach, which takes place from Saturday 28 September to Sunday 3 November 2024 in Beetsterzwaag, Friesland.

This year’s Triennial is titled It hûs is net ien (This house which is not one). The exhibition brings together works by artists who have been in residence at SYB over the past 3 years. The opening is on Sept 28th, I hope to see you there!
Kunsthuis SYB is located at Hoofdstraat 70, Beetsterzwaag
Opening hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 13:00 - 18:00, and on request
For more information visit the Triennale’s website.

NACHTBRIEVEN AT MUSEUM PERRON OOST Museum Perron Oost is located in a former supervisor's house on an industrial platform in Amsterdam East. A silver letterbox hangs at the end of the building. Mail used to be regularly delivered there, but today the letterbox remains empty. Twenty artists and writers have been invited to send Nachtbrieven, ‘nightletters’, to the museum. Such a letter can take any form: an object, a text, a photo, a sound. The letters will initially be exhibited one-by-one in the window, while the collection will slowly grow. When all letters have arrived the doors of the museum will be opened.

I am exited to contribute a new work to this exhibition, which is curated by Kim Streur. It will run from January 9th until March 31st 2025 at Cruquisweg 11, Amsterdam.

CROSSYART STUDY & MISTER MOTLEY ESSAY For the past few months, I have been doing research under the wings of CrossYart. I studied ways in which image and text can come together in a work of art. I read about it, reflected on the ways other artists (e.g. Roni Horn, WG Sebald, Louise Bourgeois) do it and experimented with new forms for my own work. All of this has come together in an essay which can be read here at Mister Motley.

LITERARY MAGAZINES I’d like to share two recent publications of my writing in Dutch literary magazines. In Tirade you’ll find a seven-page-long essay of mine on the writing process of poets, walking across cemeteries with a baby on your chest, explaining to a child what death is and seeing sparrows. In Hollands Maandblad I published two poems.

KUNST IS LANG PODCAST Mister Motley & Luuk Heezen have been making a wonderful podcast with in-depth artist interviews and I am honored to add my name to the long list of amazing artists who were interviewed. Our conversation touched upon my longing for cold, the darkness in lullabies, and how an artwork ‘asks’ me to be something. The conversation is in Dutch. You can listen to it here or on Spotify or Sound Cloud.

RADIO INTERVIEW On May 10 I will be interviewed live on Rotterdam-based Operator Radio by Annika Medin. We will discuss my residency on a ship in the Arctic, the work I am making based on that experience and the current exhibition at SEA Foundation. During the one-hour show I will also share songs from my personal music library and you’ll have the opportunity to immerse yourself into the sonic landscape of the Arctic Circle, captured through field recordings by sound artist Douglas Tewksbury, whom I met on the ship. More info can be found here.

DINNER, READING & DISCUSSION WITHIN SEA FOUNDATION EXHIBITION As you can read below, I currently have an exhibition at SEA Foundation, in four iterations. Being in the middle of the iteration series, we would like to invite you for a dinner, poetic reading and discussion within the exhibition on May 24th at 18:00. In between the several courses of the dinner I will read poetry and other writing, based on my experiences in the Arctic. I hope you’ll join us; it will be a special evening. More info and RSVP here.

ICING STADSKUNSTKAMER HAARLEM An installation of mine can now be seen in Haarlem city center, to be exact, at the Stadskunstkamer, which is a space for art in a corner of het Gemeentehuis, where the streets Raaks and Jacobstraat meet. I have made a new version of Icing, an installation that was previously shown at Art Au Centre Liège, which consists of images of ice. This time, alongside older photographs that were mainly created in north Sweden & Finland, I added images that I took on Svalbard. The installation is on view from May 1st - July 12 2024. It can be seen from outside and is therefore on show 24/7.
Icing, an installation of mine, can now be seen in the Stadskunstkamer in Haarlem city center. The windows are filled with thin paper showing photographic details of ice and snow. The installation can be viewed from outside, 24/7, from May 1st - July 12. 

From inside, with the light shining through the photos, the installation has a serene atmosphere. On two moments only, we will open the space for an intimate reading of ice-related poetry: June 21st at 17:00 and June 23th at 15:00. You are warmly invited, please RSVP here.

GLACIER MOTHER ICEBERG CHILD, AN EXHIBITION IN FOUR ITERATIONS AT SEA FOUNDATION I am making a work about ice and loss of landscape, the material for which I’ve gathered during a residency on a ship in the high-Arctic Svalbard archipelago. I invite you to join me for glacier mother iceberg child, a series of work-in-progress presentations during which I will transform my material into new shapes, forms, and combinations, experimenting within the space of SEA Foundation to gauge their effectiveness and impact.

12 April – 2 May first iteration
3 May – 23 May second iteration
24 May – 13 June third iteration
14 June – 4 July fourth iteration

I will be present to (re-)install my work on four Fridays: 12/04, 3/05, 24/05, 14/06. You are warmly welcome to visit us while I am installing as well as during SEA Foundation’s regular opening times: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 1-5 pm. SEA Foundation is located at Tivolistraat 22, Tilburg, NL.

THE ARCTIC CIRCLE RESIDENCY A residency like no other; The Arctic Circle is an expeditionary residency program aboard a ship, in the high-Arctic Svalbard Archipelago. I was lucky to be a part of this in October 2023, and I have gathered a lot of material and impressions, coming back in awe. The experience seems almost dreamlike, hard to speak of, hard to transmit to another context. However, I will do my very best! To be continued.

BEDDING IN DE GIDS I published a piece of writing that sits somewhere between poetry and prose in the wonderful literary magazine De Gids.

WAAR WINTER WAS | TO THE SWEET MURMUR OF LEAVES I have made an artist book (in an edition of 5) with toyobo photopolymer prints and screenprints. It is called ‘Waar winter was’ (Where winter was) and it is about the loss of winter. The book was created in the context of the project To the sweet murmur of leaves, initiated by AGA-Lab Amsterdam, where I have hand-printed it. For this project several artists have created artist books on the subject of humankind’s relations with the changing seasons. The resulting books will be exhibited from November 24th-November 26th at De Bouwput, Amsterdam. I hope to see you there!

To the sweet murmur of leaves
Opening Fri November 24 17:00
24 t/m 26 November 13:00 – 17:00
De Bouwput
Ferdinand Huyckstraat 6
1061 HW Amsterdam

THE COUGH | BYOB FAIR From September through 15th - October 15th, Bring Your Own Book will exhibit and sell the works of artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display. My book The Cough will be shown & for sale, and I will do a reading on September 30th at 15:15. Hope to see you there!

RRR X DE IJSKAST NOMADIC EXHIBITION A small new work of mine titled ‘surface’ is part of a nomadic exhibition initiated by Reading Room Rotterdam & De IJskast. It will travel by bicycle to different locations in Rotterdam such as Kunstinstituut Melly, Rib & Piet Zwart in the beginning of september.

LEAVING ROOM FOR SILENCE AND HESITATION | INTERVIEW I am happy to share a conversation around my practice with Nele Brokelman for Metropolis M.

We discussed the encounter between words and photographs, how I started singing within my work, the disturbing content of lullabies and the loss of winter.

The interview is accompanied by a brand new portrait by Wouter le Duc. Here it is; I hope you enjoy the read.

ESSAY FOR MISTER MOTLEY These days and, of course, nights, I am (still) researching lullabies and how they can act as a release for fear and anxiety, and as spells to ward off evil. On this topic, I have written an essay for Mister Motley: De grens tussen moeder en maker is flinterdun – over slaapliedjes als dragers van duisternis. Within the text I ponder the most intriguing lullaby lyrics I found, my residency at Kunsthuis SYB and the thin line between motherhood and artistic practice.

Though the text is in Dutch, a glimpse of it should be interesting even if you don't speak my mother tongue, for it includes documentation photographs of my presentation at Kunsthuis SYB and it is interspersed with combinations of lullaby lyrics (which are in English). My thanks, for taking the time to read and think with me.

RESIDENCY & PRESENTATION  TO LULL AND BY[E] AT SYB During the past few weeks I have been working at Kunsthuis SYB in Friesland on a new project about lullabies. What caught my artistic curiosity is the fact that the songs used to lull children to sleep often seem to serve another purpose as well: to express the worries of the singer (usually the mother). The ‘recipient’ of the song does not yet speak a language and is soothed by a familiar voice, rocking rhythm and melancholy melody. Meanwhile, the 'giver’ of the song can give voice to thoughts and concerns that may have no place in public life. For example, there are lullabies in which the mother confesses not to love the father or miss her lover. Or it is a place where she can be vulnerable and sing of her own fatigue or poverty.

You are warmly invited for the final presentation of my residency in SYB, when I will share a first, experimental version of this new work, which currently consists of a performance in which the (singing) voice, new combinations of original lullaby lyrics and shadow imagery of mother and daughter come together. 

Presentation (talk, performance, drinks): Saturday the 17th of December 2022 from 16:00 -18:00.
Also, the work-in-progress can be seen during Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th from 13:00 - 17:00.
Kunsthuis SYB, Hoofdstaat 70, Beetsterzwaag, Friesland (NL)

VEENPROEF | DE GIDS I will read fragments of my story Waar gevaar begint during a literary evening around the latest edition of De Gids and the subject of ‘goeddoen’ (doing the right thing) at De Veenfabriek in Leiden, October 26th 19-22. Welcome! More info

THE COUGH AT NOT JUST A LIBRARY ‘Not Just A Library’ is an art zine library based in P-OST Arnhem, but it is not only a library. It is a space for gathering, showcasing artistic and experimental manners of publishing practices and printed matters. This space intends to expand the boundaries of the library outside the generally accepted definition that refers to the library as a tool to collect, read, discuss and sell books. The Cough is part of a carefully curated selection of exhibited publications.

GRANT NIEMEIJER FONDS For my research on the lullaby, the upcoming residency at Kunsthuis SYB & the work I intend to make around the subject, I have received a grant from the Niemeijer Fonds. Many thanks!

PROSE PUBLICATIONS I have published seven short pieces of prose that fit together on the website of literary magazine De Revisor, the text (in Dutch) titled Sneeuw in zee can be read by clicking on the title. Also, I have published once more on papieren helden, this time with a story titled Het verhaal van een ander.

MONDRIAAN FUND GRANT I am very happy and honored that the Mondriaan Fund will support my practice for the next four years, 2022-2026, with a Kunstenaar Basis grant. Thanks a million for this gift of trust and time!

A STORY IN DE GIDS My short story ‘Waar gevaar begint’ has been published in De Gids, the oldest literary magazine of The Netherlands; a beautiful place for these words of mine.

BOOK AT FOTODOK In the exhibition ‘Part of Me... Shaping Mental Spaces‘ FOTODOK invites artists to show projects that respond to their lived experiences of various mental states. As part of the exhibition, a carefully curated selection of books relating to the topic is shown, and my book ‘Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van’ is part of it. The exhibition can be visited from August 27th – November 20th 2022.

NEW SITE-SPECIFIC WORK EXHIBITED IN BELGIUM This summer I will present a new installation titled Icing during the group exhibition Art Au Centre Liège. All over the city of Liège (Luik) in Belgium, artists will show their work in a space or window that can be viewed from outside. In my work I will use photographs of (structures of) snow and ice to create the illusion of a frozen window, raising questions about the changing weather and climate.
Opening: June 2nd, Exhibition June 2nd — August 31st 2022.

ESSAY IN SIMULACRUM ‘NIGHTMARE’ I have published an essay in the latest edition of Simulacrum Magazine, which is entirely devoted to The Nightmare. My essay is titled Dissolving | the dark, the dream, and in it I link a nightmare of my own to thoughts and writings of many others, such as Elena Ferrante, Avery Gordon, Roger Callois & William James.

ARTISTS FOR PEACE I have donated a work (Sea #10, a 70x56 cm photographic print on aluminium) to be exhibited and auctioned at Artists for Peace in the beautiful space of Dokhuis Galerie, Amsterdam. All proceeds of the auction will go to refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. This work comes from a series of photographs in which I tried to evoke the sea without showing the sea itself. In this case, we are looking at a large amount of salt photographed on a black rooftop, which brings to mind the breaking of a wave on the shore. Opening night: March 31st from 18:00, Auction: Sunday April 24th. Dokhuis Galerie, Plantage Doklaan 8, Amsterdam. Hope to see you there!

NEW BOOK ‘THE COUGH’ I'm pleased to announce my new publication; The Cough, a combination of words and images, zooming in on the phenomenon of the cough and following its trajectory deep within a body and out into the world. It was designed by Corine van der Wal, riso-printed with black ink & handbound at risowiso and the covers were printed with white ink by De Kijm. It's a small, self-published edition. Order a copy (for €14,- excl. shipping) simply by sending me an email.

SOLO-EXHIBITION THE COUGH & OTHER GHOSTS I have been working on a project about the cough for some time. Soon, it will leave the confines of my studio and float out into the world, in the form of both a publication and an exhibition. I am very happy to invite you to a solo-show at …ism project space in the beginning of March 2022, premiering The Cough and presenting the publication, but also showing other works; text and image, old and new.

The Cough & Other Ghosts
March 4, 5 & 6, open from 13:00-18:00
Opening night: March 4th, 19:00-22:00
…ism project space, Westeinde 31A, The Hague, NL

The opening is part of the Hoogtij art route, which means many art spaces all over town will open their doors that night; well worth a trip to The Hague!

With The Cough I won the open call for Artistic Research on the remembrance of the Covid-19-crisis by Universiteit Utrecht, Centraal Museum Utrecht & ZonMW. I want to thank all involved for their support.

NEW NEWSLETTERS ON PAPER At last, new paper newsletters are on their way! For those who don’t know; I send out newsletters about my art practice every once in a while, printed on paper & brought to you by the post(wo)men. I’m very proud of these beauties, designed by me, printed by De Kijm with golden riso ink and white toner on fuego stone coal black paper. I have a few left to give, sign up through sannekabalt.com/newsletters (but don’t wait too long).

PUBLICATIONS I have published some texts again. ‘Lulevardo’ was published in the Winter edition of Seizoenszine, a magazine dedicated to the seasons we’re in. This is a printed zine, which can be ordered through Seizoenszine’s Instagram or email. Also, three poems of mine were published in Tijdschrift Ei, a magazine where both images, words and combinations between the two find their place. This takes place online and can be read here.

NEW WORK EXHIBITED AT RAZKLON GALLERY I will exhibit a new site-specific work titled ‘a doorway, entrance or gate’ at Razklon Gallery / Pазклон Галерия, an exhibition space of 1m3 by the side of the road between Chorbadzhiysko and Tsarino, Bulgaria. It is located in the midst of nature with the local community, cows and other animals as its primary audience. The exhibition runs from December 31st 2021 until January 27th 2022.


STORY PUBLICATION I have written and published a new story on the beautiful platform papieren helden. It’s in Dutch, written during my residency in Swedish Lapland and titled ‘Rare vrouw’. Read it here.

THE ARCTIC CIRCLE POSTPONED The expedition-residency to the Arctic I was planning to embark on this autumn is postponed to 2022, because of pandemic-related travel regulations which meant some participants in this international group were not able to come. I very much look forward to that day in the future when we will set sail!

EXHIBITION DESTINATION UNKNOWN
The nomadic foundation Destination Unknown has invited ten artists to create site-specific works in an abandoned factory in Tegelen. I have been working on a text & video installation that will interact with the raw space. You are warmly invited to explore the uncanny building during our exhibition.

Opening: Friday September 24 | 19:00-23:00
Exhibition weekend: Saturday September 25 & Sunday 26 | 10:00 - 17:00, Roermondseweg 17, Tegelen (NL)

TEXT DE MAGIE OF HET BEGRIJPEN ON TUBELIGHT
I've written a text (in Dutch) for Tubelight titled: De magie of het begrijpen. In it I discuss why art is essential and even magic, through Johan van der Keuken's must-see short documentary Sarajevo Film Festival Film. Read it here.

TALK WITHOUT MAGIC AT CONVERSAS ROTTERDAM
And I will give an artist talk (in English) on the same subject as the text above, during Conversas, an evening with three talks/conversations in an art space in the centre of Rotterdam.

September 29th, 19:30-21:30, Saratimtrust, Mauritsstraat 127, Rotterdam.

RESIDENCY THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
To be honest, I still can barely believe it, but... I am going to the North Pole! I have been invited to join The Arctic Circle, an expedition-residency with artists and scientists aboard a sailing vessel in the High Arctic Svalbard archipelago, this autumn. I intend to make new work during and inspired by this expedition, though what exactly it will be, time will tell. So far, I am reading up on the region and the idea of mourning a (disappearing) landscape.

GRANT STICHTING GERBRANDY CULTUUR FONDS
For this expedition I have received a grant from the Stichting Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds.
Duizendmaal dank!

RESIDENCY RICKLUNDGARDEN, SWEDEN
This November, I will travel on to the residency Ricklundgården, in the mountain village of Saxnäs in South Lapland, Sweden, to continue my work with a snowy mountain view.

GRANT MONDRIAAN FUND
Yesss!I have received a generous grant from the Mondriaan Fund. It makes me breathe freely and work ambitiously, and I am deeply thankful for that.

DE DEUR A story of mine was published on papieren helden, an online literary magazine which publishes ten pieces of prose every month. Read ‘De deur’ here.

KUNSTENFESTIVAL WATOU A poem of mine is part of Kunstenfestival Watou, a beautiful festival in West-Flanders, Belgium. Between July 3rd and September 5th 2021 you can go there to see works of art and poetry in fields, castles, breweries and so on. Warmly recommended, and if you go, do not miss my poem ‘De elandenjacht’, which is also part of a poetry publication with poems selected by Peter Verhelst.

SILKSCREEN, TOYOBO & OTHER SKILLS I decided to step away from the computer and use this period to learn some old graphic techniques. I am working at three different graphic workshops all over Amsterdam to learn photopolymer printing with toyobo plates, silkscreen printing, letterpress, etching and bookbinding. It makes me very happy!

AAN HET LICHT BRENGEN Buitenkunst (where I give photography and visual art workshops in summertime) publishes a visual column these days. I contributed with a photo I took on a dark, frosty morning in Finland.

POETRY
Writing is an important aspect of my art practice. These days I'm also writing poetry and prose pieces apart from my visual work. A poem was just published in the American magazine Samfiftyfour, and others will be published in upcoming issues of the Dutch magazines Literair Tijdschrift Liter & Op Ruwe Planken. This summer, a poem of mine will be exhibited at Kunstenfestival Watou in Belgium and published in the accompanying book.

THE COUGH Here’s a short video about my current research on The Cough, in the context of the artistic research grant on the corona-crisis, memory and mourning that was granted to me by the University of Utrecht, ZonMw & Centraal Museum Utrecht. This work is still very much in progress, but it’s nice to share a sneak peak nonetheless (in Dutch, however). With many thanks to the jury and everyone involved for awarding me this grant.

DEAD DARLINGS A work of mine is part of the auction ‘Dead Darlings #13 — Love for Sale: Alles moet weg?’, organized on behalf of exhibition space W139 in the centre of Amsterdam. The auction is anonymous, though a list of the artists is available, listed alphabetically. Bidding starts at noon on February 12th, and closes at 18:00 sharp on February 14th here. Can’t tell you which work is mine… but I hope it finds a nice home!

WORKSHOP WEEK AT BUITENKUNST This summer I’ll give a workshop week again at Buitenkunst Randmeer. From now on it’s already possible to book a spot, and I’d really recommend it, because we need beautiful things to look forward to! This week is titled ‘Niet hier, niet nu, niet jij’ (not here, not now, not you) and blurs photography with fiction. Have a look here to read more about my week and here for all other weeks by my colleagues.

EDITIONS & BOOKS  If you have the means to do so, this is a good time to support artists whose work and developing careers you care about. May I gently remind you that most of my work is for sale? I made a section with editions and books on this website where you’ll find some works that could be yours. It’s never easy for an artist to play the sales(wo)man, I definitely don’t see it as my strong suit. However, the people to whom I’ve sold a work in the past have been happy and encouraging, which gives me the strength to try harder. Let me know if you have any questions.

TEACHING AND LEARNING Currently I am teaching a semester at the Merz Akademie in Stuttgart, working on individual photography projects with art students with widely varying interests and backgrounds. Though complicated by distance and the limitations of online teaching, I feel inspired and honored to work with the talented students this intensely. Meanwhile, I am in the mood for learning new things myself. I just finished a course by Roos van Rijswijk at the Schrijversvakschool on writing short stories. Next up is a course at GWA, an Amsterdam based graphic lab, where I will be introduced to the magic of letterpress, lino, drypoint and bookbinding. And then, I’m already preparing for new teaching times: the preparations for Buitenkunst are in the works already.

PUBLICATION ON PARATEXT My text ‘In pain’ was published on Paratext, here, to be precise. This text was written as part of the installation ‘In pain’, alongside a slide projection, but it also works by itself, on its own two feet, as poetry.

ARTISTIC RESEARCH GRANT The University of Utrecht, ZonMw & Centraal Museum Utrecht awarded three artists with a grant for artistic research on the corona-crisis, memory and mourning. I am glad to say I am one of the selected artists, together with Bart Lunenburg & Rosa Everts. I will investigate the phenomenon of The Cough through stories, literature and talks with ex-patients and intend to make a mixed media installation. Here’s the press release (in Dutch) by the UU.

POETRY ON SAMPLEKANON A poem of mine was published on Samplekanon, an online literary magazine. It’s in Dutch, titled ‘doodvissen’ and it’s my first poetry publication as such. You can read it here. I hope you enjoy it!

PUBLICATION & READING PERDU Last year I was part of a workshop in writing organized by Perdu. After an open call 8 writers were selected for this. We read and wrote together for an academic year, under the wings of writer/poet/teacher Jeroen van Rooij. Then, we celebrated the texts that came out of it with a reading at Perdu & a beautiful publication titled ‘I believe last sentences are real’ designed by Jo Wu.

BUITENKUNST One of my favorite places to be on this earth is Buitenkunst (which roughly translates to: ‘art outdoors’). In two beautiful forest terrains people camp and choose workshops in writing, theatre, music, fine art, dance and more. I have been giving art programs there for 7 years now. It was so amazing this year, after months and months of uncertainty, that the summer Buitenkunst-weeks could happen. I taught for three weeks this season, and feel so grateful to everyone involved.

SOLO-EXHIBITION COMING SOON I hope, after some quiet time staying home, you’re all ready to see some art again! I am so happy to invite you to 'I see you are not there', the solo-exhibition in Amsterdam that I've been working towards with the help of a development budget granted by the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst. Due to Covid-19 it was postponed, but now it's really happening!

Beautiful Distress House
Ms. Van Riemsdijkweg 41A
NDSM (next to the ferry), Amsterdam 

July 11 - August 16
Thursday - Friday: 11:00 - 18:00
Saturday - Sunday: 12:00 - 18:00

FESTIVE OPENING: JULY 10, 17:00 - 20:00 Save the date! And please reserve a spot as there is a limit to the people we can host. During this summer evening we will celebrate the exhibition with each other. There will be a reading by Ulufer Çelik & a song by Leela May Stokholm. Here’s the event on fb.

PERFORMANCE 'SHE GAVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHAT THEY WANTED'  Also, I am working on a lecture-performance that I'll share twice in the exhibition: Saturday August 1st & Saturday August 15th, both at 15:00. It will bring together printed photographs, reading and singing. These intimate performances will each have an audience of 15 people max. You can reserve your spot here. 

RESIDENCY AT KUNSTHUIS SYB Something to look forward to in the far future: I’m one of the lucky artists selected for Kunsthuis SYBs program in 2021-2022. In their own words, Kunsthuis SYB is an open, hospitable artist residency; a temporary home and workplace for visual artists in a quiet corner of the art world, where experiment, research, development and collaboration are a main focus. Kunsthuis SYB offers resources and possibilities; residents are given the time, space, budget, feedback and support to take the next step in their work.

TEACHING AT MERZ AKADEMIE, STUTTGART From May 25th on I will teach a week-long workshop to art students at Merz Akademie in Stuttgart. It’s called ‘The testing of reality’ and it’s about the ongoing belief in photography’s truthfulness. The students and I will subtly expand reality and gently blur it with elements of fiction. What if you photograph a woman as if she is your mother? What if you use a lot of imagination when writing captions for an image? What if you present the photos you’ve made as if they were found on a flea-market, made decades ago, by someone else? I’m grateful to the people at Merz Akademie for this opportunity in these crazy times. (While the plan was to be there in the flesh I will now do my very best from a distance.)

EXHIBITION   'I SEE YOU ARE NOT THERE'   CANCELLED Due to the current Covid-19 crisis my solo-exhibition 'I see you are not there' that was supposed to open April 9th at Beautiful Distress House is cancelled. At this point it is unclear when it can take place. I strongly hope we can see each other there, in better times & in good health!

'With all illnesses there are many days when the doctor can do nothing but wait. And insofar as you are your own doctor, this is above all what you must do now.' - Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

SOLO EXHIBITION IN AMSTERDAM I am thrilled to invite you to a solo exhibition in a wonderful space in my very own city. I’m showing many works for the first time, and I’m organising several events that promise to be quite special. Really hope to see you there! Here’s the full invitation:

What is the relation between pain and the words we give to it? How do we look at photographs of someone who is no longer there? Should the camera do what the eyes cannot? These are some of the questions Sanne Kabalt poses in her recent work. She combines photography and writing into installations in the realms of illness, death, madness and loss. Here, photographs move and the camera gains a voice. I see you are not there is the first extensive solo-exhibition by Sanne Kabalt in Amsterdam. It is hosted by Beautiful Distress House, a space devoted to the relation between art and mental health. 

Exhibition : April 10 - May 3 2020
Festive opening : Thursday April 9 17:00 - 20:00

Those who sing : Thursday April 16 20:00 - 22:00
an evening where visual arts and music meet, with Leela May Stokholm

She gave the photographs what they wanted : Sunday April 26 16:00 - 18:00
lecture-performance by Sanne Kabalt

He says he has belly-ache : Sunday May 3 11:00 – 14:00
expanded reading session with The Entangled Readers

Beautiful Distress House
Ms. Van Riemsdijkweg 41a
NDSM (next to the ferry) Amsterdam

Opening hours:
Thursdays & Fridays 11:00 – 18:00
Saturdays & Sundays 12:00 – 18:00

Many thanks to
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten
Het Vijfde Seizoen

PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITED AT RUCKA, LATVIA This autumn I have been living and working at Rucka residency in Cēsis, Latvia. The residency is situated in an old mansion which served as a tuberculosis hospital for many years. After my departure the people at Rucka have organised an exhibition in the park that’s surrounding the mansion, and I am glad to now have one of my photographs from my ongoing project On Being Ill exhibited there.

WRITING AT PERDU I am honoured to have been selected for a workshop in writing at Perdu. In twenty meetings throughout ten months we will write and discuss prose, poetry and essays. There are eight participants under the wings of author Jeroen van Rooij. This is a wonderful step for me to take my writing seriously and do more with it.

TOUR THROUGH ‘SLEEPING WITH A VENGEANCE’ Curator Ruth Noack and all the participating artists that are present (and it’s quite a few amazing people!) will give a tour through the exhibition Sleeping with a Vengeance, Dreaming of a Life at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart on Saturday October 19th at 13:00. There and then, I will also share the thoughts behind my work. The show is truly stunning and features work by Florencia Almirón, Clara Amaral, Alaa Abu Asad, Ibon Aranberri, Zbyněk Baladrán, Matthijs de Bruijne, Livio Casanova, Ulufer Çelik, Agata Cieślak, Alice Creischer, Chris Curreri, Anna Dacqué, Danica Dakić, Anna Daučíková, Teresa Distelberger, Ines Doujak, Haytham el-Wardany, Gangart, Tina Gverović, Matt Hinkley, Hu Wei, Dominique Hurth, Sanja Iveković, Luis Jacob, Sanne Kabalt, Franz Kapfer, Gülsün Karamustafa, Denisa Lehocká, Miao Ying, Nabuqi, Alejandra Riera, Annette Ruenzler, Jürgen Stollhans, Isabelle Sully, Alia Syed, Leeron Tur-Kaspa, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Simon Wachsmuth, Xie Nanxing, Xie Qi, Baha Görkem Yalim & Zheng Mahler.

EXHIBITION AT WÜRTTEMBERGISCHER KUNSTVEREIN STUTTGART From October 19, 2019, to January 12, 2020, the Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart, Germany, is showing the most comprehensive version to date of the exhibition Sleeping with a Vengeance, Dreaming of a Life, which was previously sketched out in Greece, China, and the Czech Republic. Curator Ruth Noack has invited artists from different cultural contexts to negotiate contemporary politics of sleep and dreaming. I am thrilled to be a part of this with my work father, sleeper. The opening is on October 18th and I would love to see you there!

ARTIST TALK AT ISSP, RIGA On the 9th of October 2019 I will give an artist talk at ISSP Gallery in Riga, Latvia. ISSP is a non-commercial platform for contemporary photography, based in Latvia and acting internationally, offering alternative education programmes for emerging photographers, organising exhibitions and residencies. On October 9th three photographers will speak about their work at their gallery: Néha Hirve (Sweden), Fernando Criollo (Peru) and me. More info can be found here.

RUCKA RESIDENCY From September 10th till October 15th 2019 I will reside at Rucka in Latvia. Seven artists have been selected for this short autumn residency through an open call. We will each be working on our own projects in an old manor house in the town of Cesis. And one other fact I’m very excited about; there’s a darkroom there! I’ll be using this time and these facilities to continue my current projects.

PAPER NEWSLETTER COMING SOON For years now I have been making a newsletter on paper, travelling to people in my network by good old analogue mail. I am now (Autumn 2019) working on a next edition. So, do subscribe if you’re not on the list yet! As it’s always quite an expensive endeavour - all the prints, envelopes and especially stamps - I have created an easy way to contribute; my very own PayPal Donate Button in the form of a stamp. Try clicking it, it’s magic. No, I’m not trying to take your money from you, just hoping to be able to stick with paper for a long while yet. Any contribution is welcome, also very small ones. Thank you!

AMAZING BUITENKUNST SEASON I have been working at Buitenkunst for 7 years now, but this summer of ‘19 was my all time record; I gave workshops for five full summer weeks, plus a weekend and a midweek in the spring. All this happened in two different locations, Buitenkunst Drenthe & Buitenkunst Randmeer, and I taught different age groups; children, teenagers and adults, both in Photography and Visual Arts (two different disciplines at Buitenkunst, the boundaries of which I tend to blur). It has been such a pleasure and I feel truly inspired and grateful to everyone at Buitenkunst, be it staff, colleague or participant. See you next spring!

DAT WAT WE NOG NIET WISTEN @ BEAUTIFUL DISTRESS HOUSE 'Dat wat we nog niet wisten’ is a series of evenings in which someone tells a story about something that fascinates them. After the story, an artist responds with an artwork. In the next edition theatermaker Michaël Bloos will tell us about his two bipolar fathers, during his residency at Beautiful Distress House. I will respond with a new work, made specifically for this occasion. Join us! June 6, 20:00 at Beautiful Distress House, Amsterdam.

PREMIERE 1.4 AT SAARI, FINLAND Saari Residence opens her doors once a year for an Open House. This year's focus is on the relation between humans and nature. A selection of works by Saari Alumni will be exhibited, screened and performed, and I'm thrilled to return to this beautiful place to exhibit my work 1.4  for the very first time. Saturday May 25th at Saari, Hietamäki, Finland. More info can be found here. Hope to see you there! 

‘THEN THERE WAS US’ EXHIBITION IN MANCHESTER ‘Then There Was Us’ is an independent, non-profit publication, and a platform for those who document, question and record. They are  organising their very first exhibition and I am excited to be showing five works from my project Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van there, as well as some texts. All this happens in Manchester, UK. Opening night is May 24th 2019, from 18:30 on, Crusader Mill, Level 4, 64 Chapeltown Street, Manchester, United Kingdom. 

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS Glad to share that I will show my most recent works in two international exhibitions soon. In May 2019 my video work 1.4 will have its premiere in Finland, during Saari Residence’s yearly Open House. From October 2019 til January 2020 father, sleeper will be part of a groupshow at the Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart. To be continued!

THE SOUL, THE EYE AND THE HAND @ BUITENKUNST For all photography enthusiasts who’d like to learn and experiment more, I’ll teach a special week at Buitenkunst Randmeer this summer. Buitenkunst is without a doubt one of my favourite places on this planet - that’s a strong recommendation, right? My programme is titled ‘The soul, the eye and the hand’, and it’s inspired by these wise words by Paul Valéry & Walter Benjamin. For more info & all the beautiful programmes of my colleagues, check the Buitenkunst programme.

A RISO NEWSLETTER Since 2012 I have been sending out paper newsletters every now and then. Though I love doing this, I didn’t manage to do it so often, mainly because it takes a lot of time and money. After a long pause, I’m pleased to send out a new one, which hopefully makes up for the silence. It is an a3 riso print, printed at risowiso Arnhem. The stamps I have made myself, they show scribbles that are part of the video work I am currently working on. Hope you enjoy it! You can subscribe here.

AFK ONTWIKKELBUDGET GRANT I am so grateful to receive a grant from AFK, het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst. It’s the so-called Ontwikkelbudget / Development budget, which will support me for a year in which I intend to make a lot of new work and exhibit it in my beloved Amsterdam. My thanks to everyone at AFK for their trust!

CURRENTLY WORKING IN FINLAND I’m spending November and December at Saari Residence, in the southwest of Finland, supported by Kone Foundation. It is a beautiful place to be, to reflect, to write and to make new work. Here’s a first blog, ‘friend and foe’, and more will follow. Also, you can read a bit more on my plans as well as my colleague’s projects in this short article: ‘The last Saari Fellows for 2018 have arrived‘.

睡眠复仇，梦见生命 IN BEIJING While I have not yet made it so far, part of my work father, sleeper has made it to Beijing, China, as the groupshow curated by Ruth Noack titled Sleeping with a Vengeance, Dreaming of a Life continues its travels around the globe. This version is known as 睡眠复仇，梦见生命, it runs from October 7 until November 1st 2018 and is hosted by the Institute for Provocation.

SIGNING MY BOOK AT UNSEEN It is almost time for Unseen, the photography fair and festival that turns Amsterdam’s photography world inside out, in a way. I’ll join the book market (the best part, surely!) for a signing of my book Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van. A full list of signings and launchings can be found here, and you will find me on Friday September 21st at 15:30 at the stand of PhotoQ Bookshop. Looking forward to see you there!

SELECTED FOR 'ARNHEMSE NIEUWE' A jury selected a group of artists and designers who graduated from the academy ArtEZ this year. I feel honoured to be the selected graduate from the Dutch Art Institute. By the name of 'Arnhemse Nieuwe' the eleven graduates will present their work in pecha kucha presentation form at the 20th of September at Showroom Arnhem. For more info and the full list of artists and designers, have a look here.

EXHIBITION OF BRAND NEW WORK IN NORWAY During the month of August 2018 Laura ten Zeldam (an artist based in Brussels who works with glass, paint and ink) and myself (using photography, video and words) were in a residency together at Leveld Kunstnartun, Norway. There we embarked on a collaboration that revolves around the questions: What if the process of making a work of art becomes the work of art? And, can an artist create something that is not a depiction of nature, but nature in itself? The exhibition runs for three days only, August 24, 25 and 26, but we have also made one large in situ work that will stay in Leveld permanently. Velkommen!

 'SLEEPING WITH A VENGEANCE' AT LÍTOST PRAGUE The exhibition 'Sleeping with a Vengeance, Dreaming of a Life' curated by Ruth Noack is travelling to Prague. For this exhibition I made the work 'father, sleeper'. The first iteration was in June at Yellow Brick, Athens, as part of the presentations of the Dutch Art Institute. I am glad to participate again in the beautiful space of lítost from August 31st until September 28th 2018, in the company of amazing artists. On the lítost website there is an elaborate section with a page on each artist - this is mine - worth having a look at. And of course, if you are in or around Prague, don't miss it!  

 MASTER OF ARTS So happy to share with you that I have my MA (Master of Arts) in the pocket! I graduated from the DAI this July in Athens after among other things creating the new work father,sleeper, exhibiting in the group show 'Sleeping with a Vengeance, Dreaming of a Life', presenting a performance at State of Concept and submitting a thesis. My thesis is called: Unsettling Capture: Wording, Haunting, Dissolving and if you are interested in it please check this blog. Yay! 

‘ZOLANG JE NIET ZO OVER PROBLEMEN PRAAT ZIE JE ER TOCH NIKS VAN’ INTERVIEW & PAPER INFO Here’s two beautiful articles on my book. De Monsterkamer gave me invaluable advice on which paper to use. You can get all the inside information in this article, which includes some great photographs of the book taken by Justina Nekrasaite. Also I was interviewed by Leonie Wenting for Swordfish & Friend, in the English language by the way; a rare chance for all non-Dutch speakers to hear what the book is all about.

MY BOOK IN BEAUTIFUL BOOKSHOPS My book is now for sale in some of my very favourite bookshops: Walter Books (Arnhem), PhotoQ Bookshop (Amsterdam), Books at Rib (Rotterdam) and Swordfish & Friend (Utrecht). Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van can be ordered directly by sending me an email as well, but I also encourage you to pay a visit to these amazing well-curated shops and to always support your local bookshop. Also I'm open for suggestions on more places to sell it - thank you! 

 SOME SAY IN EXHIBITION IN ICELAND A few years ago I had the pleasure of participating in the beautiful residency programme Nes Listamiðstöð in Skagastönd, Iceland. In 2018 the residency celebrates its 10th anniversary and for this reason they have put together an exhibition with some of the finest works that have been created there. A few photographic prints as well as my one-meter-wide photobook Some Say made the grand voyage to Iceland and are exhibited at Deiglan Gallery, Akureyri and Nes Listamiðstöð Skagastönd, Iceland, this summer.

DUTCH ART INSTITUTE GRADUATION ACTS For two years I have been absorbed in the master's program known as the Dutch Art Institute. The intense weeks of roaming, learning and exchanging at the heart of every month were my centre of gravity in many ways. I feel very grateful to the amazing tutors, staff and colleagues. Now the time has come to graduate! After handing in my thesis and exhibiting new work, the final stage is a graduation presentation, which will happen at State of Concept, Athens, Greece. In the midst of three days of presentations, my moment is on Saturday the 30th of July, 12:00, Greek time. Join if you can! (For more info check the fb-event here)

'WAYS OF SEEING' WEEK AT BUITENKUNST During the summer I often teach at Buitenkunst, sometimes to children, sometimes to adults, sometimes specifically photography, sometimes in the wider field of visual arts. From July 21st until July 28th this year I will teach a special week in photography to adults with the theme and title 'Ways of Seeing' (borrowed from John Berger). We will investigate how each of us has a unique way of seeing and translate this to ways of photographing and eventually ways of exhibiting. For more info check the description on the Buitenkunst website. Note: this week is already fully booked!  

RESIDENCY WITH LAURA TEN ZELDAM IN NORWAY It looks like 2018 will be a Scandinavian year for me, after being selected for Saari, Finland I was also invited to work at Leveld Kunstnartun in Norway! During August 2018 in this residency, I'll be continuing collaborating with glass artist Laura ten Zeldam on silkscreens on glass, using my photography and her glass- and silkscreen wizardry!

 BOOK PRESENTATION 'ZOLANG JE NIET ZO OVER PROBLEMEN PRAAT ZIE JE ER TOCH NIKS VAN' I can hardly believe that this moment has come! I am deeply excited to announce that my book 'Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van' will be presented on Sunday the 17th of June 17:00 - 19:00, in the beautiful PhotoQ Bookshop, Wijdesteeg 3a, Amsterdam. There will be speeches by Esther Vossen (curator Het Vijfde Seizoen) and myself, some drinks and snacks and plenty of festivity! I hope to see you there! (fb-event)

 TALK AT PERDU : "BELONGING IN THE MESS. THE WORLD WE LOSE BY WAKING UP IN SANITY." In Perdu, during an evening about psychiatry bearing the beautiful title Belonging in the Mess : A world we lose by waking up in sanity, I will speak about my book 'Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van' and bring some freshly printed copies. Don't miss it - Friday the 18th of May, from 20:00-23:00, Perdu, Kloveniersburgwal 86, Amsterdam. (fb-event)

EXHIBITION IN ATHENS : SLEEPING WITH A VENGEANCE, DREAMING OF A LIFE I'd love to invite you to a very special exhibition on the subject of sleep as subversion and dreaming as wishing. We've been working towards this for months with a group of amazing people; the project was initiated and curated by Ruth Noack, enriched by Maria Berrios and Tina Gverovic and made possible by the Dutch Art Institute (DAI). The project will open up to visitors in Yellow Brick in Athens, Greece on the 1st and 2nd of June. 

 'INWARDS' INCLUDED IN GROUP EXHIBITION IN KRK, CROATIA I will exhibit a single photomontage titled Inwards (2016) in the city of Krk, Croatia as part of the exhibition 'I am.../Ja sam...' at Kreativni Krk, from April 27th - May 15th 2018. The exhibition announcement states: Nowadays it is customary to start off a conversation with a stranger by asking: “What do you do for a living? / What is your occupation?” As if we want to get an instant idea about person, put him or her in a “drawer”. This exhibition attempts to opposes this by inviting artists to show all those parts of themselves (imaginary or real) that are essential to their self-determination but cannot always come to light.

'RECOLLECTION' EXHIBITED AT ITHAKA FESTIVAL IN BELGIUM Ithaka is a festival of fine arts in Leuven, Belgium that has experimented and grown since 1993. In recent years, the organisation of Ithaka chooses to use empty monumental buildings to show art by young makers to a wide audience. It is time for the 26th edition of Ithaka, which will present the work of 15 artists in the Karthuizenklooster in Leuven from the 5th until the 11th of March 2018. I will show several works from my 'Recollection' project, including the large photograph on glass. For more information check Ithaka's website. 

 VOORVERKOOP / PRE-SALE "ZOLANG JE NIET ZO OVER PROBLEMEN PRAAT ZIE JE ER TOCH NIKS VAN" If all goes well, in the month of May my book Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van will be printed!! The publication, made after my residency at Het Vijfde Seizoen, is being designed by Rosan Dekker. In order to secure a copy and help me with the costs for the designing, printing, lithography and binding you can pre-order your copy now by sending me an email. For only 25 euros you will receive 1 book out of an edition of 300 copies. There is also a special edition in the making! 

WOLF? PUBLISHED IN NOVELTY MAGAZINE Novelty is a quarterly online magazine from the UK, interested in fresh perspectives on unconventional themes. The latest edition, #10, is called "Spinning Stories" and includes my project Wolf? , as well as a text I wrote on the subject. Have a look here!

RESIDENCY AT SAARI FINLAND IN 2018 I am thrilled to have been selected for a two-month residency at Saari, Finland. Time, space, a studio, a stipend, nature, and a language that includes words like *aalto* (sea wave), *hiljaisuus* (silence) and *juoksentelisinkohan?* (I wonder if I should run around aimlessly?)... What more could you wish for? My project proposal is published on their website, have a look. 

INTERVENTION AT THE CAUCUS, VAN ABBEMUSEUM This May, at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven there is a Caucus - a gathering in which the museum questions itself. During the Caucus DAI students will present a number of interventions. Through the course ‘Curating Positions’ at the Dutch Art Institute, led by The Showroom, Emily Pethick & Leire Vargara, I am collaborating with Clementine Edwards and Maike Hemmers. Together we are working on an intervention called 'Absence Takes Shape', in which we will presents the Van Abbemuseum visitor with a ribbon - a material memento of a feminist conversation between the three of us. Our exchange is about the absence and presence of craft in the museum as well as the tender and violent aspects of touch.

THE THEODORA NIEMEIJER FUND IS SUPPORTING MY BOOK I am very happy to have received some support for 'Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niets van', the book I am currently working on, from the Theodora Niemeyer Fund. I would like to thank the committee for their trust in this project!

TEACHING AS A FORM OF ART IN BAHIA BRAZIL In the context of the Dutch Art Institute I am part of a group of artists researching the concept 'Teaching as a Form of Art', part of an ongoing research by our tutor, curator Ruth Noack. In Salvador de Bahia, in the Northeast of Brazil, I will give a series of workshops in collaboration with Baha Görkem Yalim & Hannah Kindler & local artists, and all of us are initiating a symposium at Lina Bo Bardi's Coaty building, titled: A Museum in A School - Salvador Iterations. 

LEVEN VAN JE TIJD How do I live my life? How do I live it in a meaningful way? 'Leven van je tijd' is a book (in Dutch) that was initiated by Joeri Kabalt & Nina Timmermans from Kessels&Smit. Together with other writers they investigate the great questions of live in personal stories. I made combinations of photographs that visualise my own questions. This is a sneak peak of the result. You can order the book via www.levenvanjetijd.nl

 HET VIJFDE SEIZOEN This spring I am working in Het Vijfde Seizoen on a project about empathy. Het Vijfde Seizoen (The Fifth Season) is an art residency on the terrain of the psychiatric institution Altrecht in Den Dolder (Utrecht). For the duration of one season, artists live and work there and create new work inspired by psychiatry, the patients and the context. I’d like to invite you to see my work-in-progress at the end of my residency. Thursday June 30 from 16.00 - 19.00 (Opening). Friday July 1 from 11.00 - 17.00. Saturday July 2 from 11.00 - 17.00 (Artist Talk at 16.00). Sunday July 3 from 11.00 - 17.00. Het Vijfde Seizoen Dolderseweg 164, Den Dolder 

 CREATIVE MORNINGS LECTURE I recently gave a lecture about my work and reality for CreativeMornings Amsterdam in SpringHouse Amsterdam. The whole lecture was recorded on video and can be viewed here. 

DUTCH ART INSTITUTE I am very glad to have been accepted to the Dutch Art Institute. From September 2016 onwards I will be part of this open-minded, experimental Master’s program and I’m looking forward! David Maroto wrote a short text about my work for the DAI website, you can read it here. 

ARTVARK Artvark is a new initiative presenting editions from upcoming artists. This weekend I am presenting an unseen work from the Recollection project and other works from this series. Saturday June 11 at 11.00 (Opening with introduction by Frank Mandersloot). Saturday June 11 from 11.00 - 17.00. Sunday June 12 from 11.00 - 17.00. Castellvm Aqvae, Hoge Duin en Daalseweg 21b, Bloemendaal

 THIS ART FAIR  I'm glad to have been selected for This Art Fair - formerly known as 'Art in Redlight' -  an art fair where artists with or without a gallery can show and sell their work. This Art Fair takes place in the beautiful Beurs van Berlage in the heart of Amsterdam, from the 30th of December 2015 until the 2nd of January 2016.

WOLF? IN GROUP EXHIBITION IN BREDA My recent project Wolf? is part of the group exhibition New Nature in Brandpunt Breda. The other participating artists are Paul Bogaers, Eef Schoolmeesters, Alegria van der Sande and Evelien Seegers. The exhibition is open daily from December 10th until December 31st at Brandpunt, Reigerstraat 16, Breda. I hope to see you at the opening: December 10th from 16.00 'till 21.00.

VRIJ NEDERLAND PUBLICATION Almost a year ago I was selected to make a Vrij Nederland Fotoverhaal. Many days of exploring Dutch forests followed, days of research, as well as days of searching footage made by camera-traps, and days of interpreting advices on how to act when encountering a wolf. And now, on the 15th of October 2015, the day has come: the Wolf? project is published in Vrij Nederland! 

SOLO EXHIBITION IN POMGEMAAL DEN HELDER I am about to exhibit in the most beautiful space I have ever exhibited in so far; Het Pompgemaal Den Helder. I would like to warmly invite you all to this solo exhibition, which is also the premiere of my Wolf? project. The project is about the return of the wolf in the Netherlands and has been made possible by Vrij Nederland & the Mondriaan Fund. I hope to see you there! Pompgemaal Den Helder, Duinweg 50, Huisduinen. Opening Friday the 25th of September 18.00-21.00. Exhibition open, artist present: 24, 25, 26 & 27 September from 13.00-18.00

 POMPGEMAAL RESIDENCY STARTED Since the 1st of August I am now working and living in an incredibly beautiful residency; Het Pompgemaal Den Helder. The residency has been made possible by the Mondriaan Fund. I will work here during August and September. In the end - from September 24th until 27th - I will host an exhibition of new work here. I think this photograph shows perfectly how I feel about being here:

FOTOFESTIVAL NAARDEN I will exhibit photographs from my project 'Some Say' during Fotofestival Naarden. Have a look from May 14th - June 21th, location: The Fence. 'Some Say' is a project about landscape and imagination that I've started in Iceland. I am now working on; a) a photographic children's book using these photographs, different kinds of paper, drawing and text b) an installation with silkscreens on glass using these photographs in collaboration with glass artist Laura ten Zeldam. Therefore, the exhibit in Naarden will be a one of many shapes and places for these photographs. See you in Naarden!

RESIDU III EXHIBITION New work / work-in-progress of mine will be exhibited in the group-exhibition Residu III in Kunsthal 45, Den Helder. Residu III is a presentation of the works that artists have made in Het Pompgemaal Den Helder in the past years. During August and September 2015 I will live and work in this residency. The exhibition and the residency are both organised in collaboration and with support of the Mondriaan Fund. Residu III 27 September until 29 November 2015 Opening: September 27th at 15.00 in the afternoon. Kunsthal 45, Koningstraat 43-45, Den Helder, NL

TORENKAMERFESTIVAL Every week another artist works in a tower in Amsterdam's Vondelpark. Earlier this year, I made a work called 'You Need Not Leave Your Room' there. Opium op 4 and VondelCS organise a festival to celebrate and show the artistic outcome of the tower room project: Het Torenkamerfestival on the 5th of June 2015. Welcome!

FOMAA @ BRET All FoMaa's Photo's of the Month _including mine_ will be exhibited in Amsterdam's new hotspot Bret from its opening until the month of September 2015. Well worth a visit! 

WOLF HUNT HAUNTED IN BREMEN My video installation Wolf hunt haunted will be exhibited in a groupshow in Bremen, Germany. I created WHH during a residency in Borsec, a village in the Carpathians, Romania. The exhibition in Bremen is shows a multidisciplinary selection of works made in this region. Other participating artists include Rebecca Chesney (GB), Florin Dan Prodan (RO), Caro Krebietke (DE) and Elise Schouman (NL). Curated by Laila Seidel (DE). Karpaten/Ruinen/Wölfe Opening 10 May at 17:00. Exhibition from 10 until 31 May 2015. Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 17:00 until 19:00 o'clock, and by appointment. Galerie Am Schwarzen Meer Kulturhof Peterswerder Am Schwarzen Meer 119 Bremen, Germany 

THE WOLF IN THE NETHERLANDS For a while now I have been working on a project about the anticipated return of the wolf in the Netherlands for Vrij Nederland. The waiting is over; the wolf has walked in to (and out of) our country. Because of the sudden actuality of this topic I am now sharing my thoughts and progress via a special Wolf Blog here.  

 DE DONKERE KAMER In the next edition of Amsterdam's regular photography event 'De Donkere Kamer' in Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam, I will give a quick preview of my new work. The four photographers that were selected for Vrij Nederland's Fotoverhaal 2015, including myself, will all talk about what we are currently working on. De Donkere Kamer #23 Monday March 9th 2015 at 20:00 o'clock, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 181K, Amsterdam

A ROOM IN A TOWER  Did you know that every week an artist is locked up in a tower in Amsterdam's Vondelpark? This happens in the former filmmuseum in the Vondelpark that now houses AVROTROS (public service tv and radio). The project is called De Torenkamer and organised by Opium on Radio 4. Every week they invite an artist to spend a week in their tower, to make work there, in this small space overlooking the park, in solitude and concentration. Three times a week the artist will be interviewed on the radio about his/her work, thoughts and progress. This week it is my turn: I will be 'locked up' in the tower from February 16th until 20th, 2015. All Dutch-speaking folks can read daily blogs about my work and process here: http://opiumop4.radio4.nl/torenkamer/sanne-kabalt and (even better) listen to me talk about it on national radio. Monday on Radio 4 at 23.00 o'clock. / Wednesday on Radio 4 at 23.00. / Friday on Radio 4 at 22.30. You are also welcome to come to the Vondelpark and witness Friday's show live, I'd be happy to see you there!

GRASNAPOLSKY I am going to exhibit Wolf Hunt Haunted and Recollection during the wonderful music festival Grasnapolsky. The festival is held on a very special location: Radio Kootwijk in the Veluwe. Besides their excellent music line-up the Grasnapolsky organization has made space for visual artists. February 6,7 and 8, Radio Kootwijk, De Veluwe 

VRIJ NEDERLAND FOTOVERHAAL Vrij Nederland & de FotografenFederatie asked Dutch photographers for a proposal for a photographic story. Out of 117 project proposals 4 were chosen that will be realized. These four photographers are given an honorarium and their story will be published in Vrij Nederland later in 2015. I am honored to be chosen as one of the photographers to do this. I will make new work about the expected, hoped and feared return of the wolf in the Netherlands.

RESIDENCY HET POMPGEMAAL DEN HELDER - THANKS TO THE MONDRIAAN FUND I am super glad to tell you that I have been selected by the Mondriaan Fund to spend two months (August and September 2015) in a beautiful residency. This time I won’t head to faraway nature like Romania or Iceland though. This residency is in my own country, my own province even: Het Pompgemaal Den Helder, a fascinating 220m2 building all to myself in the dunes. Time to focus on Dutch nature! 

ARTIST TALK IN UTRECHT I exhibit some photographs in an office building - Maliebaan 45, Utrecht - until the end of the year. I will give an artist talk about the exhibited works and other (newer) works on the 28th of November. My photographs are not normally exhibited in a workspace and I would also like to have a conversation with the people who work there about what it is like to work so close to my emotional photographs. Though the talk is aimed at the people who work at Maliebaan 45, it is open to anyone interested and you are welcome to join us. November 28th, 16:00 - 17:00 artist talk and conversation, 17:00-18:00 drinks. Maliebaan 45, Utrecht, NL

SCREENING IN MONTREUIL, FRANCE Europe Moving Image is organising projects to connect video artists across Europe. They aim for a long reflection on the question of Europe and its representations. For their first project 'Europe in a word' I made a short video in Iceland. It will be screened in Montreuil, France. October 10th, 2014 at 20:00. Casa Pablano 15 Rue Lavoisier Montreuil France

PREPARTURE I am selected to participate in an ambitious three-year project called Preparture. The project will investigate the position of young artists today by showing not only their recent work but also information and debates on how they live and think. There will be three exhibitions spread out over three years. The first exhibition and events will take place this October.From October 3rd to 26th. Opening friday the 3rd of October. Kunstencluster Wll Fabriek Boschveldweg 471 ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

EXHIBITION IN OFFICE BUILDING  I am exhibiting a lot of photographs, old and new, in an office building in Utrecht: Maliebaan 45. This exhibition is the backdrop for those who work there, but it is also open to visitors. Maliebaan 45, Utrecht. Open during office hours, from September 1st until December 31st. 

WOLF HUNT HAUNTED IN COPENHAGEN Wolf hunt haunted is part of Inside Zone at Exhibition Space Sydhavn Station in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is a multi-disciplinary event initiated by the Romanian poet Florin Dan Prodan that will encompass a book launch & poetry reading, a presentation of the Transylvanian art residency and festival called Inside Zone in Borsec, and a multimedia installation comprising simultaneous screenings from the movie Stalker by Andrej Tarkovsky and short videos of the artists Caro Krebietke (DE), Sanne Kabalt (NL), and Cory Kram (US), who have all been passing through this unique landscape of Transylvania. Opening: Friday, July 4, 19:00-22:00. Poetry Reading and Artist Talk Florin Dan Prodan: Friday, July 4, 20:00. Opening Hours: Saturday – Sunday, July 5-6, 13:00-17:00.

NEW WORK, NEW WEBSITE I have returned from Iceland with new work; an almost finished children's book called Some Say or in Icelandic Sumir Segja. After my return I've built a new website that in my opinion does the different aspects of my work more justice. For example, below every work I give you a glimpse of my process of thinking and making. 

RESIDENCY IN ICELAND I am currently working as an artist-in-residence at Nes Listamiðstöð, Skagaströnd, in the north of Iceland. Mountains, snow, silence, light. Artists, locals. Water. Emptiness. In the midst it all I will live and work, during April and May 2014. Every so often I will post thoughts and images from here to my blog.

BEHIND THE FACADE To celebrate Amsterdam’s beautiful canal houses, the OneMinutes. initiated a project called ‘Unseen Behind the Façade’. Several artists created films with a duration of exactly 60 seconds that capture what is behind the facade of canal houses. A selection of the results, including a film I made for this occasion in Het Huis met de Hoofden will be shown as a OneMinute Series in several institutions and museums including Dortmunder U (DE), Drents Museum/CBK Assen, Museum de Fundatie, Museum de Pont, Bonnefantenmuseum, Stedelijk Museum 's Hertogenbosch, East China University (CH), deBuren (BE), Centraal Museum Utrecht, Moti Museum Breda and SCHUNK. There will also be a presentation about the project, including some of the films, at the Goethe-Institut Amsterdam.

PROSPECTS & CONCEPTS The Mondriaan Fund presents an exhibition showing work by young artists who received their support in the past year, including myself. The exhibition is called Prospects & Concepts and it will take place in February 2014 in the Van Nelle Fabriek, where the international art fair Art Rotterdam is held at the same time. Open
February 5th 18:30 – 21:00 (on invitation) February 6th 11:00 – 19:00 February 7th 12:00 – 21:00 February 8th & February 9th 11:00 – 19:00. Van Nelle Fabriek Van Nelleweg 1, Rotterdam.

SOLO EXHIBITION WOLF HUNT HAUNTED Now on show: a solo exhibition in Upominki including the premiere ofWolf hunt haunted – a video & sound installation filmed during my residency in Romania - as well as Dissimilitude and Loom. Opening November 21st at 19.00 with music, drinks & soup. Opened November 22nd – December 22nd by appointment (simply email when you’d like to come to info@upominki.nl). I will be there (from 11.00-17.00) on 
Saturday the 14th of December & Saturday the 21st of December. I hope to see you there! Upominki Kapelstraat 32
Rotterdam.

A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES 'A sight for sore eyes' is a one-weekend-only exhibition in a big barn in Breda, self-organised by recently graduated photographers. The exhibition includes work by Pauw Vos, Emma Chaplin, Wim de Leeuw, Anne Paternotte, Steven van Eck, Aljaz Celarc, Reinard Haex, Janneke Bolt, Vera Mennes & my video installation Loom. Opening November 15th 16.00 – 21.00. Exhibition opened November 16th and 17th 2013 10.00 – 17.00. Mauritssingel 4, Breda

MY EYELIDS SLEEP BUT I DO NOT I started a blog, called My eyelids sleep but I do not (a phrase from The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa). I’ll use it to crystalize and share my thoughts and inspirations. Have a look here.

PRINSENGRACHT A nice intermission when strolling along the Amsterdam Canals; a small exhibition showing all FoMaa, including a couple of my Dissimilitude photographs and books. September 19th - October 6th 2013
monday – saturday 14.00-17.00. Galerie Jose Fernanda, Prinsengracht 128, Amsterdam

KLEINTJE KUNST I will be doing art performances for small children frequently in the coming months in light of Kleintje Kunst. Using a tiny handheld projector, myself and the room I hope to trigger the reactions of these little ones with my video work.

DE GROTE AMSTERDAMSE KUNSTKALENDER ...or: ‘The Great Amsterdam Art Calendar’ is a 29,7 x 34 cm, nearly three kilo heavy calendar showing a work of art by an artist from Amsterdam each day of the year. 365 artists, fashion- and graphic designers, photographers and architects have been selected and I am proud to be one of them.

1000 PHOTOS SELECTION I’ve donated a photograph to 1000 Photos Amsterdam, an open exhibition initiated to raise money for Young in Prison, and from all thousand photos mine has made it to the big print Inside/Outside Story selection, hence a big print will be on show in the Melkweg Gallery. 1000 Photos Amsterdam, Growing Exhibition May 16 – June 16 2013, Finale/sale/party June 16 17.00 – 20.00 Melkweg Galerie, Marnixstraat 409, Amsterdam

BUITENKUNST & FESTIVALS This summer I will be working as a Fine Art Teacher again at Buitenkunst Drenthe, one of my favorite places to be. I will also give workshops to children at Festival Waterpaard & Uit je Bak Festival.

SEARCHING FOR WOLVES IN ROMANIA From the 19th of April until the 19th of May I will be in Borsec, Romania, researching and working - among other things - on a new video work about the wolf and the fear it inspires. I am there courtesy of an artist-in-residence programme called 'Inside Zone'.

LOOM SUMMER EXHIBITION IN GEMEENTEMUSEUM My video installation Loom will be exhibited in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag for three months during the Summer Exhibition / ZomerExpo which is themed ‘Earth’ this year.From June 8th until September 15th 2013 tuesday – sunday, 11.00 – 18.00. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag Stadhouderslaan 41 Den Haag.

VLUCHTKERK SILENT AUCTION I have donated three editions of the Dissimilitude book to the 'Benefiet voor De Vluchtkerk' Fundraising and Silent Auction. This time you can decide for yourself what you think this book is worth... All profits will go toDe Vluchtkerk. Sunday March 17th, 14.00 - 18.00 Amsterdam Roest, Czaar Peterstraat 213, Amsterdam.

WILDE BOEKEN MARKT The last editions of the Dissimilitude book will be for sale at the Wilde Boeken Markt; a market initiated by Het Wilde Weten where artists, small publishers and designers present their rare art books. Opening: February 6th from 16.00 -21.00. February 7, 8, 9 from 11.00 – 21.00. February 10 from 11.00 – 18.00. Re: Rotterdam Art Fair Blaak 16-18, Rotterdam.

WORK IN PROGRESS Nowadays I am working on a new project about the way the brain plays with the memories that it keeps and loses. It is a fascinating psychological and personal search. To be continued.

PHOTO OF THE MONTH Two photographs from Dissimilitude will be FoMaa website during the month of January. This entails that throughout January 2013 these photographs will be for sale in a one-off edition of a unique format and price.

SUPPORTED BY THE MONDRIAAN FUND I am very happy to inform you that I will be generously supported by theMondriaan Fund in the coming year. A so-called 'startstipendium' will help realize my plans, projects, exhibitions and more.

RESIDENCY IN TRANSYLVANIA In the spring of 2013 I will work in the mountains of Transylvania in Romania, on account of an artist-in-residence programme called 'Inside Zone'. This programme offers me an oppurtunity to interact with young artists from elsewhere and to make new work in the area.

SCREENING & EXHIBITION IN DE BALIE AMSTERDAM Loom, my first video work, will be screened in De Balie, Amsterdam on January 5th at 21:00 in the Salon. During this evening I will also give an introduction to my work. You are warmly invited! Sympathy / antipathy / ignore and a selection of photographs fromDissimilitude will be exhibited in De Balie during the month of January. From January 2nd 'till January 31st 2013, sunday - thursday 10:00 - 01:00, friday - saturday 10:00 - 02:00, De Balie, Amsterdam, Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10, 1017 RR Amsterdam

COPENHAGEN PHOTO WALK One of my photographs will be shown in the Copenhagen Photo Walk on Gammel Kongevej during the Copenhagen Photo Festival from the 7th ‘till the 17th of June 2012.

'DE NACHT RUIKT ANDERS' : EXHIBITION WITH NEW WORK In the past eight months I've participated in the project 'De Belofte'. For this project a group of eight young artists frequently met, exchanged ideas, invited guestspeakers, decided on a theme and, finally, created new work and organized an exhibition. The exhibition is called 'De nacht ruikt anders'(The night smells different) and includes spatial installations, drawings, videos and photography. All works in the exhibition are new and were created especially for this project. I will exhibit a photoinstallation concerning the Szondi-test and a video work of a well. From the 23th of June 'till the 29th of July 2012, wednesday - saturday, 13.00 - 17.00. Opening on the 22th of June, 20.00, by Nanda Janssen (curator and writer) and T.Martinus (poet). Kunstliefde Nobelstraat 12a Utrecht

DISSIMILITUDE IN GERMANY My project Dissimilitude will be exhibited for a month during thePaderborner Fototage, a photofestival in Paderborn, in the northwest of Germany. The festival uses many different locations around the city, my work will be shown in the Raum für Kunst. From the 16th of June untill the 15th of July 2012, open daily from 10 'till 6 o'clock. Raum für Kunst Kamp 21 Paderborn Germany

DISSIMILITUDE IN DE BIJENKORF If you'd like to come across Dissimilitude while shopping, now's your chance. A digital projection of the slideshow will be shown in De Bijenkorf Utrecht, in the restaurant. Several Utrecht School of the Arts students and alumni will exhibit their work throughout the store. From the 1st of June 'till the 16th of June 2012. De Bijenkorf Utrecht Sint Jacobsstraat 1a Utrecht

WORKSHOPS AT BUITENKUNST In addition to creating works and projects as a photographer / artist, I am very interested in developing workshops to inspire others (and, in doing so, myself). This summer I will start working at Buitenkunst Drenthe, specializing in the Fine Art program for children.

ATELIER I have found a beautiful atelier / studio space at the Bonte Zwaan. It is situated in the harbour of Amsterdam, and surrounded by water, houseboats and swans. I share the space with three other artists; Elise Schouman, Geertje Geurtsen and Maarten Rots.

WIE IS AAN #3 SILENT AUCTION On the 4th of april Wat is Aan organizes Wie is Aan #3, an evening focused on cultural entrepreneurship in Trouw Amsterdam. During this evening there will be an exhibition and silent auction including works from my project Sea. Wednesday the 4th of april 2012, 20.30 - 24.00 De Verdieping
Trouw Amsterdam Wibautstraat 127 Amsterdam

WORKING WITH ANOUK KRUITHOF IN LONDON & PARIS In the first week of January 2012 Laura van Rijs and I will be assistingAnouk Kruithof in building the exhibition Fragmented Entity, including the new spatial installation Wall of Fading Memory, in B&N Gallery in London. Furthermore, in the third week of January Laura van Rijs and I will install The Daily Exhaustion, another work by Anouk Kruithof, in Le Petit Endroit in Paris.

DE BELOFTE I'm going to participate in De Belofte, a project initiated by Kunstliefde. A small group of young artists who have been selected during graduation exhibitions and portfolio viewings will gather monthly for about a year, and create new work based on a theme or concept that has been chosen as a group. By the end of the year there will be an exhibition of the resulting new works at Kunstliefde in Utrecht.

TEMPORARY ARTSHOP LiveBuild organizes a Temporary Artshop where new art will be sold and auctioned for the good cause. On this occasion I will sell Dissimilitude books. All profits will go to clean drinking water in Cameroon. Saturday 29th of october 16.00 - 03.00 Sunday the 30th of october 12.00 - 21.00 2011 Amsterdam Roest
Czaar Peterstraat 213 Amsterdam.

TALK ABOUT DISSIMILITUDE I will give a short talk about Dissimilitude at 'de Dag van de Fotografie', organized by Hollandse Hoogte. Friday October 21st 2011, 13.10, Kleine Zaal Pakhuis de Zwijger Piet Heinkade 179 Amsterdam

STEENBERGEN JURY COMMENTARY Steenbergen Stipendium jury commentary for Dissimilitude, 
by Kim Knoppers, Colette Olof & Koen Hauser: “In her project Sanne Kabalt portrayed two young women, in black and white, during a long period. Sanne Kabalt’s presentation was simple but very beautiful. In a closed room the portraits were shown as slides, in a quiet but well-balanced rhythm. Sometimes you saw three, sometimes one, sometimes there were three pictures of the same woman, sometimes you could compare them. The work shows how the same person can be so different and how different women can be so similar. The work is thus also about the passage of time. Furthermore, it is an investigation into the genre of portrait photography. The jury wants to emphasize that they value the work in the exhibition a little more than the book.”

NOMINATED FOR STEENBERGEN STIPENDIUM I have been nominated for the Steenbergen Stipendium, perhaps the most important prize for photography students in the Netherlands. My work (Dissmilitude) and that of the four other nominees will be exhibited in the Dutch Photography Museum in Rotterdam. Exhibition 3 september till 30 october 2011. Award ceremony 25 october 17.00-18.30. Het Nederlands Fotomuseum Wilhelminakade 332 Rotterdam.

SELECTED FOR EXHIBITION ACF The ACF (Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie) annually selects some recently graduated photographers from dutch photoacademies to exhibit their work. I have been invited to participate this year with my project Dissimilitude. Opening 17 september 17.00 - 19.00. Exhibition 10 september till 1 october 2011. Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie Bethaniënstraat 39 Amsterdam

MANY LAYERED STORIES GRADUATION CATALOGUE This year's graduating photography students at the Utrecht School of the Arts have published an unique catalogue called Many Layered Stories. It is one book consisting of twelve different-sized booklets, one for each student. Projects by Kirsten van Etten, Laura van Rijs, Susan Eikenaar, Harrie van den Berg, Elise Schouman, Sofie van Greevenbroek, Sanne Cobussen,Milou Abel, Peter Lipton, Kees Muizelaar, Thera Vermeij and Sanne Kabalt. Design by Sybren Kuiper. Many Layered Stories was selfpublished in an edition of 1000, and is still available for €10. You can order a copy by sending me an email.

GRADUATION EXHIBITION I've graduated! Dissimilitude will be exhibited in the Graduation Exhibition at the Utrecht School of the Arts. Opening june 30th 16.00-21.00  1 july 10.00 - 21.00 / 2 july 11.00 - 17.00 / 3 july 11.00 - 17.00 2011 Utrecht School of the Arts Ina Boudier Bakkerlaan 50 Utrecht.

EXHIBITION SEA A selection of photographs from my new project about the sea will be exhibited near the sea! The photographs will be shown in a church in Burgh in Zeeland during the Kunstschouw Westerschouwen. Opening june 17th. Exhibition june 18 till june 26 2011. N.H. Kerk Burgh Burghse Ring 33 Burgh.