Adrian Woods graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, The Netherlands, with a focus on still life photography. He controls the canvas inside and outside the studio, and thrives on changing between these environments. For the past few years his artistic vision has been directed towards exploring the juxtaposition between the natural and the artificial. Driven by a childhood fascination for the natural world and a previous study ‘engineering, design and innovation’.
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
2011
15-09 | Winner of the Photo Academy Award 2011 category ELLE
07-07 | ADidi (Adrian Woods & Gidi van Maarseveen) Nominated for the Photo Academy Award 2011 by ELLE & Duval Guillaume
07-07 | Adrian Woods Nominated for the Photo Academy Award 2011 by ELLE
01-02 | Winner of the Fetart Entrevous 2010
2010
14-07 | Nominated for De Fotoprijs – book category, by ‘Het Nederlands fotomuseum, Nikon, Steenbergen stipendium and Verbond van Verzekeraars’
03-07 | Winner of the KABK photography department prize 2010
28-06 | Nominated for the Paul Schuitema Award
26-06 | Nominated for the KABK academy award 2010
01-04 | Bronze prize PANL awards, category ‘Student work’
Selected Exhibitions
2012
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)
Artist talks
2012
15-04 | 3 months of educating photographers for Irmuun Publishing, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia
2010
09-11 | Beyond green, World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands
25-09 | Pecha Kucha Den Haag Todaysart edition at Filmhuis, The Hague, Netherlands
Books
2010 | The ornamism book
2011 | The extraordinary mind of the only human Niburian
Publications
2012
ELLE Netherlands
ELLE Denmark
2011
Z33 Catalogus (be)
La Provence (fr)
DIGIFOTO pro (nl)
MUZE (fr)
Standard (fr)
2010
PF (nl)
Schretlen Magazine (nl)
Nieuwe Oogst Catalogus (nl)