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Adrian is in 2010 afgestudeerd aan de Koninklijke academie van beeldende kunsten in Den Haag (KABK). Al geruime tijd specialiseert hij zich op het gebied van stilleven fotografie. Adrian is opkomend, gedreven en gericht op het bereiken van hoge kwaliteit maar toch handgemaakte beelden.
Adrian is opgegroeid met een kamera om zijn nek wegens zijn vader (Martin Woods) gedurende zijn leven een product fotograaf was in Amsterdam. Na een opleiding genaamd ‘Engineering, Design and Innovation’ begon Adrian aan de kunst academie richting fotografie en leerde door tijdens zijn stage en assistentschap bij Marcel Christ. Adrian werkt nu voor zichzelf voor bladen, reclame en autonome projecten in zijn studio nabij het centrum van Amsterdam.
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Adrian graduated in 2010 with honors from the Royal Academy of Arts in the Netherlands. Since then he has excelled in the field of still-life photography. Adrian is young, passionate and focused on achieving high quality, but still tactile images.
Adrian was born and raised with a camera around his neck because his father (Martin Woods) was a product photographer in Amsterdam throughout his life. He kept learning about photography during art school, and continued learning whilst being an apprentice and assistant at Marcel Christ. Adrian now works for magazines, advertising and autonomous projects in his studio near the center of Amsterdam.
Education
2006-2010 | Photography at the Royal Academy of Arts – BA Cum Laude
2009 | Internship at Marcel Christ, Amsterdam
2004-2006 | Engineering, Design and Innovation at the HVA
Awards
-Winner of the Royal Academy of Art photography department prize
-Winner of the Photo Academy Award category ELLE
-Bronze prize PANL awards, category ‘Student work’
-Winner of the Fetart Entrevous
-ADidi (Adrian Woods & Gidi van Maarseveen) Nominated for the Photo Academy Award by ELLE & Duval Guillaume
-Nominated for De Fotoprijs – book category, by ‘Het Nederlands fotomuseum, Nikon, Steenbergen stipendium and Verbond van Verzekeraars’
-Nominated for the Paul Schuitema Award
-Nominated for the KABK academy award
Selected Exhibitions
2013
03-02 | 44.597713° N, 110.273362° W – Baut, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Group)
2012
14-12 | 44.597713° N, 110.273362° W – DEC70, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Group)
17-09 | Roots – Rabobank, Dam Square, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Group)
25-04 | Niburu – Korso Theater, The Hague, Netherlands (Group)
31-03 | Niburu – Zweigstelle Berlin, Germany (Group)
31-03 | Jubileum expositie Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Group)
2011
14-10 | The photo academy award – Fotogalerie Fotogram / Fotoacademie, Netherlands (Group)
14-09 | Ongekend @ Open art fair | Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Netherlands (Group)
10-09 | The photo academy award – Fotomuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands (Group)
01-09 | Niburu – Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Solo)
06-07 | Bread & Butter – Airport Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany (Group)
06-07 | Fetart entrevous – Le magasin de jouets, Les recontres d’Arles, France (Solo)
11-06 | The botanist’s reverie – Retort art space, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Group)
28-05 | Evolution of creation – SIGN, Groningen, Netherlands (Group)
09-02 | Ongekend – Roodkapje, Rotterdam, Netherlands (Group)
21-01 | Roots – Charlie + Mary, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Solo)
2010
21-11 | Alter Nature – Z33, Hasselt, Belgium (Group)
06-11 | Nieuwe Oogst – Bart kunst in huis, Nijmegen, Netherlands (Group)
28-09 | Fotoprijs 2009/2010 – Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands (Group)
26-06 | Vers Geperst – The Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, Netherlands (Group)
02-04 | PANL foto expo – Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Group)
Other
-3 months of educating photographers for the Cosmopolitan and Irmuun Publishing, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia
-Artist talk at Beyond green, World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands
-Artist talk at Pecha Kucha Den Haag Todaysart edition at Filmhuis, The Hague, Netherlands