The exhibition Erwin Olaf: Narratives of Emancipation, Desire and Intimacy: will present in Madrid a large overview exhibition of photos, videos and video-installations of Erwin Olaf's work from the '80s to the 2020s.
This exhibition at Centro Niemeyer, Avilés deals with the disorientation of the contemporary subject in a changing world.
This month in Kong Gallery. Landscapes photographs of Bavarian nature captured by Erwin Olaf in his Im Wald series created in 2020.
Considered as the most important Dutch photographer of his generation, Olaf is celebrated for his bold and sometimes controversial approach. His practice centers around society’s marginalized individuals, including women, people of color, and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Gallery Rabouan Moussion is bringing Dance in Close-Up series to Paris this winter. The latest series by Erwin Olaf honouring Hans van Manen.
The exhibition Erwin Olaf: Perfect Moment - Incomplete World, first on display in Korea in 2021, will travel on to the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung City. On display will be a cross section of Erwin Olaf's oeuvre, with works from series Grief, April Fool, Keyhole, Im Wald and many more.
Izzy Gallery in Toronto, Canada, will open in September with a solo exhibition dedicated to Erwin Olaf's two latest series Dance in Close-Up and Im Wald
This year, Hans van Manen, the grand master of Dutch ballet, celebrates his 90th birthday. The Dutch National Ballet is therefore presenting an extensive and varied programme of his work. The multidisciplinary photo exhibition Dance in Close-Up: Hans van Manen seen by Erwin Olaf will be on show at the same time. An ode to the friendship between Hans van Manen and photographer Erwin Olaf.
Hamiltons Gallery in London shows Erwin Olaf's latest series Im Wald in a beautiful solo show.
To celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations between South Korea and the Netherlands, the Suwon Museum of Art will host a solo show by Erwin Olaf, from 14 December 2021 until 20 March 2022. More information will follow.
Erwin Olaf's latest series April Fool (2020) and Im Wald (2020) are selected for a solo show, aptly titled Annus Mirabilis, in the programme of this year's edition of Kyotographie. On display from 18 September until 17 October.
The Black Diamond in Copenhagen will host a solo show by Erwin Olaf in 2021. Keep an eye on their website for details.
Kunsthalle München is the first German museum to host a solo show dedicated to Erwin Olaf's oeuvre, in 2021.
In 2020 Izzy Gallery will host a second solo show. Expect works from 'Palm Springs', 'Berlin', 'Shanghai' and other series. On display from 27 April until 24 May.
Gallery Kong will host a solo show centered around Erwin Olaf's newest series 'April Fool' in September this year.
Paci Contemporary in Brescia, Italy, will show a wide range of photographs from Erwin's oeuvre, from 'Girls' to 'Indochine' and 'Palm Springs'.
Galerie Rabouan Moussion will host a solo show centered around Erwin Olaf's latest series April Fool. On display from 7 November until 31 December.
From 3 July till 22 September 2019, the Rijksmuseum will organise an exhibition with a selection of the recently acquired works.
In July 2019, Xie Zilong Photography Museum (XPM) in Changsha hosted a solo exhibition of Erwin Olas his work.
In March 2019, Shanghai Center of Photography (SCoP) hosted a solo exhibition of Erwin Olas his work.
From 16 February until 12 May 2019 the Gemeente Museum The Hague, together with The Hague Museum of Photography, will host an anniversary solo show!
Keep an eye on their (and our) websites for more information.
Gallery Kong hosted a solo show in Seoul, showing, amongst others, works from series 'Palm Springs', and a beautiful installation of 'The Troubled'.
In 2019 Galerie Rabouan Moussion will organise an anniversary solo show! Keep an eye on their (and our) websites for more information.
14 May - 16 August 2019
The Instituto Cultural Peruano Norte Americano, or ICPNA, will host a large solo show in 2019.
Keep an eye on our website for details.
From 7 April 2018 on MD Gallery in Shanghai will host a solo show with new works.
Mis, or Museu da Imagem e do Som (Museum of Image and Sound) in São Paulo, Brasil, hosts a large multimedia solo show. On display will be photography and film from 'Separation' (2003) and 'Wet' (2005) to 'The Awakening' (2016). On display from 10 March until 8 april.
A solo show in Canada coming up! Izzy Gallery will open it's doors from 21 June on to show work by Erwin Olaf.
Flatland will host a stand at Art Brussels this year showing new work by Erwin Olaf.
Galerie Rabouan Moussion opens a new solo exhibition by Erwin Olaf, with works made for the 13th album of the French band Indochine.
Opening September 9th 2017
The exhibition takes place until 23rd of September 2017.
Gallery Kong, Seoul, Republic of Korea, shows an interesting selection of works by Erwin Olaf. On display 'Le Dernier Cri', works from 'Fall', assorted still lifes and portraits from Erwin Olaf's work for Vogue. Exhibition runs from 24 June to 23 July.
CAC Málaga hosted a large solo exhibition in early 2016 with works from the series 'Berlin', 'Keyhole', 'Grief' and ‘Hope’.
A solo exhibition at the National Gallery in Sofia from 7 September to 18 October 2016 with works from the series 'Blacks', 'Grief', 'Dusk' and 'Dawn'.
From 11 November until 11 December 2016 Gallery Kong hosts a soloshow by Erwin Olaf, with Waiting (photography and installation), works from Berlin and Royal Blood.
Galerie Wagner + Partner in Berlin, Germany, opens her doors during the Gallery Weekend Berlin, from 29 April to 1 May 2016, to present Erwin Olaf's latest series 'Skin Deep', photography and statues.
A solo exhibition at The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow from 24 February to 20 April 2016 with works from series 'Les Derniers Hosneurs Rendus Aux Infortunes Illustrisismes Comtes D'Egmont Et De Horne' alongside the original paintings.
Magda Danysz Gallery organised a solo show by Erwin Olaf in their Shanghai gallery.
A selection was made from Erwin Olaf's series up until 'Berlin'.
Galerie Rabouan Moussion opened their new gallery space with a soloshow by Erwin Olaf, with works from 'Waiting', including the installation 'Waiting Shenzhen' and with several self portraits.
Erwin Olaf's latest series 'Waiting', including the homonymous installation, is on display in Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam, until 2 May.
Hamiltons in London exhibited a solo show by Erwin Olaf in the fall of 2015.
A solo exhibition at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario, from 8 May to 27 July 2015 with works from the series ‘Keyhole', 'Berlin', and 'Hotel', and a selection of video works including ‘Wet’. This exhibition, curated by Paco Barragán, was the second leg of Erwin Olaf’s South American tour, after MAC in Santiago.
A solo exhibition at the Museu do Oriente from 26 March until 2 May 2015 organised by the Oriente Foundation, Art Statements and Xcessu.
Art Statements Gallery in Hong Kong, will show works from series 'Keyhole', 'Berlin' and, Erwin Olaf's latest body of work, 'Waiting', during a soloshow. On display from 27 March till 30 May.
Gallery Hasted Kraeutler is showing, until 28 Februrary 2015, an overview of 10 years collaboration with Erwin Olaf. Among the displayed works is Erwin Olaf's new installation 'Waiting'.
A solo exhibition at the Detroit Museum of New Art with works from the series 'Rain' and ‘Keyhole’ from 7 December to 15 February 2014.
From 15 November 2014 until 17 January 2015 gallery Espacio Minimo in Madrid, Spain, showed early works in black and white from Erwin Olaf. Works from series 'Squares' and 'Lady's Hats', amongst others.
A solo exhibition at MODEM in Debrecen with works from the series 'Dusk', 'Dawn', ‘Keyhole’, ‘Grief’, and 'Berlin', including the moving sculpture ‘Karussell’.
A solo exhibition at MAC Santiago showing an overview of Erwin Olaf's photography and film, from 'Le Dernier Cri' (2006) to 'Berlin' (2012) from 6 September to 9 November 2014.
In the summer of 2014 CerModern in Ankara, Turkey, showed an extensive selection from series 'Keyhole' and 'Berlin', as well as the installation 'Karussell', and the films from 'Keyhole', in a special set-up.
A solo exhibition at the National Museum in Gdańsk, with works from the series 'Grief', 'Dusk', 'Dawn' and ‘Blacks'.
The center point of Festival Iberia's 2013 edition is Erwin Olaf's 'The Siege And Relief Of Leiden'.
Het Nieuwe Instituut (The New Institute) showed sets from photographs by Erwin Olaf.
Galerie Rabouan Moussion hosted a soloshow dedicated to Erwin Olaf's latest series 'Berlin'.
During the autumn of 2013 Wagner + Partner hosted a solo show dedicated to Erwin Olaf's series 'Berlin'.
A selection from series 'Berlin' was shown in Flatland Gallery in Amsterdam, in autumn 2013.
A large solo exhibition in La Sucrière, a former sugar warehouse and refinery in Lyon, showing Erwin Olaf's installations and videos. A virtual tour with audio from the exhibition can be found here.
Titled 'Berlin' the exhbition in gallery Hasted Kraeutler not only showed series 'Berlin' but also the installation 'The Keyhole'.
An exhibition featuring photography and video works by Erwin Olaf
A solo exhibition at Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (now Museum Arnhem) with works from the series ‘Dusk / Dawn', ‘Keyhole’, including the accompanying installation, and 'Berlin', with the accompanying moving sculpture ‘Karussell’ in autumn 2012.
A solo show at Gaasbeek Castle featuring a newly commissioned work based on Louis Gallait's famous painting 'The Last Honours to Counts Egmond and Hoorn' (1851).
Art Statements Gallery hosted a soloshow with works from 'Grief', 'Hotel', 'Fashion Victims' and many others.
isite the website for more information.
Gallery Kong in Seoul hosted a solo show in 2012. Besides 'Dusk/Dawn' 'Keyhole' was also shown, including the installation 'The Keyhole'.
Art Statements hosted the first solo exhibition in Japan by Erwin Olaf.
In addition to this exhibition the new book OWN was launched during the opening friday, november 4th, 2011.
Carbon 12 presented Erwin Olaf's first solo exhibition in the Middle East.
A solo exhibition at CerModern in Ankarain 2011.
A solo exhibition at Hermitage Amsterdam with the series 'Dusk' and 'Dawn'.
A solo exhibition at FORMA in Milan, with the series 'Rain', 'Hope', 'Grief', 'Fall', 'Dawn', 'Dusk', and 'Hotel'.
A solo exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in 2010.
Visit the Hamiltons Gallery website
A solo exhibition at Haifa Museum of Art in 2009.
Visit the Nueveochenta Gallery website
An extensive solo exhibition at Domus Artium 2002 in Salamanco with works made between 1984 and 2009, from 23 October 2009 to 7 March 2010.
A solo exhibition at Institut Néerlandais in Pairs in 2009.
A solo exhibition at the Fotomuseum in Antwerp in 2009.
From 12 September 2009 till 17 October 2009
A solo exhibition at the Australian Centre for Photographyin Syndey in 2008.
24 October - 22 November 2008
A solo exhibition at SECCA in Salem in 2008.
A solo exhibition at Fotomuseum Den Haag in 2008.
Visit the FlatlVisit the Gallery
Magda Danysz website and Paris website
A solo exhibition at Space E6 in Shenzhen, Erwin Olaf's first exhibition on the Chinese mainland, in 2008.
Visit the Fotografia Europea Reggio Emilia 2008 website
Visit the Reflex Modern Art Gallery website
Visit the Galerie Rabouan Moussion website
Visit The John Curtin Gallery website
Visit the Flatland Gallery website
A solo exhibition at the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney in 2005.
A solo exhibition at MMOMA in 2005.
A solo exhibition at MAMbo in Bologna in 2005.
A solo exhibition at MonteVideo in Amsterdam in 2005.
Visit the Museum Sztuk website
A solo exhibition at Groninger Museum in Groningen in 2003.
Cultuurcentrum Knokke-Heist
A solo exhibition at Museum Ludwig in Cologne in 1998.
A solo exhibition at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 1993.
A solo exhibition at Frankfurter Kunstverein in 1993.
