Study
- 2012Internship with Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs in Berlin (www.tonk.ch)
- 2009 – 2013Photography, Bachelor of Design with honours, at the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU), Utrecht
Residency
2019 Tohu Wa Bohu Residency - Extrapol, Nijmegen
Prizes, Nominations & Support
- 2021Development Grant for RGB-Birds, Mondriaan Fund
- 2020Winner K.F. Hein Stipendium
- 2020Fonds Kwadraat
- 2020Stichting Stokroos
- 2019Foam Talent
- 2017Development Grant for The Studio Sculptures, Mondriaan Fund
- 2017Gieskes-Strijbis Grant for Traces of the Familiar with Felix van Dam
- 2017Nominee Paul Huf Award
- 2016Bijdrage Publicaties / SET - PUT - RUN, Mondriaan Fund
- 2016Bijdrage Publicaties / SET - PUT - RUN, Stichting Stokroos
- 2015Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, Mondriaan Fund
- 2013Winner Steenbergen Stipendium
- 2013Winner HKU Scriptieprijs (Thesis Award)
- 2013Nominee Foam Unseen Dummy Award
- 2013Nominee HKU Award
- 2013Nominee Piet Bakker Prijs (with Mt.Figure)
Solo Exhibitions
- 2022Manufactured Manual, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2021Manufactured Manual, Centraal Museum, Utrecht The Netherlands
- 2021Ikat #6, Duo Show with Nazif Lopulissa, Museum Maluku, Den Haag, The Netherlands
- 2018The Studio Sculptures, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2017Srefidensi (film), Jaya Pelupessy & Sara Blokland, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2017Traces of the Familiar, Jaya Pelupessy & Felix van Dam, FotoForum, Innsbruck, Austria
- 2016Srefidensi en de Vlag, Jaya Pelupessy & Sara Blokland, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2016SET - PUT - RUN, Foam Cafe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2016Traces of the Familiar, Jaya Pelupessy & Felix van Dam, Foam 3H, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
- 2021Foam 3h | 15 Years of Talent from the Collection, Foam Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2021Re:Re:Re: , Academie Galerie, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 20214X4, De Achtertuin, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2021Manufactured Manual, Art Rotterdam, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2021The Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography, Het Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2020Explorations of Time and Space, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2019Flatten Image, Unseen Photo Festival, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2019Foam Talent, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2019Foam Talent, Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, London, England
- 2019Friends on a different floor, Patty Morgan, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2019Foam Talent, Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, New York CIty, United States of America
- 2019Back to the Future, Hungarian House of Photography - Mai Manó House, Budapest, Hungary
- 2019Foam Talent 2019, Foam Next Door, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2018Back to the Future, C|O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- 2018Unfair Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2018The Studio Sculptures, Art Rotterdam, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2018Back to the Future, Foam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2015UtrechtDownUnder, Onder Controle, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 2014Felix & Foam, de Fotokopie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2016Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2015Mt. Figure #3 Pending, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2014Grip, 3deWal, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- 2013Little Big Press, book exhibition, Lishui, China
- 2013Unseen Photo Fair, book exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2013Steenbergen Stipendium, Het Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2013Graduation Exhibition Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Publications
- 2021Eregalerij van de Nederlandse fotografie
- 2019Document Journal, End of Currency
- 2019Foam Magazine #52 Talent
- 2018The New York Times, Back to the Future
- 2017Kiekie Krant #18
- 2017Foam Magazine #47: Propaganda
- 2016Volkskrant, Aanbevolen fotoboeken 2016
- 2016Unseen magazine
- 2015Unseen magazine
- 2015Mt. Figure #3 Pending
- 2013Volkskrant, Aanbevolen fotoboeken 2013
- 2013Mister Motley, De Eindexamen Expositie van de HKU 2013
- 2013Eindwerk, Utrecht School of the Arts Graduation Catalogue
- 2013Uitzicht, Utrecht School of the Arts Photography Graduation Catalogue
- 2012Mt.Figure Issue#1 illusion
- 2011.Unst, HKU magazine
Book
- 2019Tohu Wa Bohu, Extrapol & Knust Press
- 2016SET - PUT -RUN, Fw: Books Best Photobooks 2016 (Volkskrant)
- 2013Another Observer, self-published photo book (sold out)
Lectures & Seminars
- 2020Lecture, KABK, Den Haag (current)
- 2016Lecture at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
- 2019Artist Talk, Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, New York
- 2019A Plea for Failure, Workshop, Camberwell College of Arts London
- 2019A Plea for Failure, Workshop, Luca School of Arts Bruxells
- 2018Juxataposition, Nest, Den Haag, curator and mentor for exhibition with photography students of The American School of The Hague
- 2018Artist Talk, Masterclass BredaPhoto
- 2016Artist Talk, Foam Amsterdam
- 2015 - 2016Wingmate, external guide for graduating students from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
- 2015Photography course for Bachelor of Fine Art and Design in Education at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
- 2014Lecture at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
- 2014Workshop Photography for Product Design at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, together with Petra Stavast
Collections
- Het Nederlands Fotomuseum
- Foam Collection
- Steenbergen Collection
- Various private collections
