I grew up as a half-blood, a child from different races. An outdated therm that has often been used to identify me as person. As a child I was surrounded with 2 great-grandmothers, 2 grandfathers, 3 grandmothers and uncountable aunts and uncles, only from my Javanese side of the family. My work is an attempt to bring the disappearing traditions, values and spirituality back into my own reality. The camera functions as an exploration tool, in search of the nostalgic feeling of: Gotong Royong*.
* Gotong = carrying a burden using one’s shoulder, Royong = together or communally.
My work has been exhibited at various spaces including Stedelijk Museum, Nederlands Fotomuseum and Concordia. Recently my work has been published in Trigger Fomu, de Volkskrant & Tijdschrift Article.
- Sebastian Iksan Koudijzer
* Gotong = carrying a burden using one’s shoulder, Royong = together or communally.
My work has been exhibited at various spaces including Stedelijk Museum, Nederlands Fotomuseum and Concordia. Recently my work has been published in Trigger Fomu, de Volkskrant & Tijdschrift Article.
- Sebastian Iksan Koudijzer
sebkoudijzer@me.com / +316 40 98 05 04
Education
2021 - 2016 BA Photography, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague
2019 Internship at Kevin Osepa
Exhibitions
now on show:
until 8 dec, 2023 Verhalenhuis Belvédère, Rotterdam
2023 When Things Are Beings - Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
2022 Future of Nature - Wageningen University & Research
2022 Videokunst in de etalage - Enschede, Concordia
2022 LIBI invites: - Rotterdam, Theater Zuidplein
2022 Does Something Intrigue You? - Den Haag, Royal Academy of Art | KABK
2021 TR Citizens - DEWI - Rotterdam, Theater Rotterdam
2021 Graduation Show - Den Haag, Royal Academy of Art | KABK
2021 Treshold Space - Rotterdam, Nederlands Fotomuseum
2020 De Artiest als Canvas - Amsterdam, Weesperstraat 31 (solo)
2020 FRESH: Aan de Overkant - Rotterdam, Maaspodium
2019 A Series of Contradictions - Den Haag, De Helena
2018 Playground - Novi Sad (RS)
Publications
2023 Trigger #5 Energy
2023 Onze verzwegen geschiedenis zit geworteld in de Rotterdamse eetcultuur - VersBeton
2023 Futures Annual Publication
2022 Een ‘vervloekt’ ei in het museum: er waait een spirituele wind door de kunst. Waar komt die vandaan? - De Volkskrant
2022 Rite de Passage - Tijdschrift Article
2021 WXTCHCRAFT: YOUR NAME IS MEDICINE OVER MY KIN - (tr)ancestral wisdoms and earth crafting
2020 Door de ogen van - Nederlands Fotomuseum
Other
2023 Misschien is het maar een fase, QLUB, Theaterfestival Boulevard, Den Bosch
2023 FUTURES nomination by Fotodok
2022 Momentum Expansion - Roots & Routes Residency, Cologne, Germany
2021 Future of Nature Grant, MIAP Foundation
2021 MuseumStuk - Open Rotterdam, Grandeloge x Wereldmuseum