Jaya Pelupessy
Emmy van Lokhorststraat 32,
3544 HM Utrecht
info@jayapelupessy.com
+31 6 13051461
1989 born in Utrecht (NL)

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Very proud and honoured to share that the Stedelijk Museum has acquired Pictorial Fields No.01 to No.09 for their collection

Press Release


Pictorial Fields - Galerie Caroline O'Breen

Exhibition — Nov 16, 2024 until Jan 16, 2025

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
2023 MakerSpace - Museum Beeld en Geluid, Hilversum

Grants, Awards & Nominations

  • 2023Absent Statue, Stichting Stokroos
  • 2021Development Grant for RGB-Birds, Mondriaan Fund
  • 2021Winner K.F. Hein Stipendium
  • 2021Fonds Kwadraat
  • 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/Duo Exhibitions

  • 2024Pictorial Fields, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2024Art Rotterdam, Duo Show with Satijn Panyigay, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • 2023Enter Art Fair, Duo presentation with Bart Lunenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2022Paris Photo, Manufactured Manual, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Paris, France
  • 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

  • 2024Circulate – Photography Beyond Frames, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • 2024Absent Statue, Finding Oneself Outside, Nest, Den Haag, the Netherlands
  • 2023Srefidensi in collaboration with Sara Blokland (film), Double Plus Good, NEST, Den Haag, the Netherlands
  • 2023RGB-Birds, Soho House, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • 2022RGB-Birds, Unbound, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • 2022UNSEEN, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • 2022Manufactured Manual | Unfair Amsterdam | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • 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

  • 2024Licht by Roman Kienjet, Athenaeum
  • 2021Hall of Fame of Dutch Photography
  • 2019Tohu Wa Bohu, Extrapol & Knust Press
  • 2016SET - PUT -RUN, Fw: Books Best Photobooks 2016 (Volkskrant)
  • 2013Another Observer, self-published photo book (sold out)

Press Publications

  • 2024MetroplisM | Absent Statue
  • 2022Volkskrant | Art Work of the Week - Manufactured Manual
  • 2022Financieel Dagblad | Manufactured Manual
  • 2022Muze | Manufactured Manual
  • 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
  • 2016Unseen magazine
  • 2016Wallpaper Mag
  • 2015Unseen magazine
  • 2015Mt. Figure #3: Pending
  • 2015Volkskrant |Aanbevolen fotoboeken
  • 2015Mister 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

Artist Talks, Lectures & Other

  • 2020 -Current, Lecture, KABK, The Hague (NL)
  • 2021 -Current, Boardmember FOTODOK, Utrecht (NL)
  • 2023The Indecisive Moment, workshop and lecture at Camera Arts, Luzern (CH)
  • 2022Plat(t)form 2022, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
  • 2022The Indecisive Moment, Workshop at Ecal, Lausanne
  • 2016-2020Lecture 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

Collections

  • Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
  • Ekard Collection
  • The Centraal Museum Utrecht
  • Het Nederlands Fotomuseum
  • The Tropenmuseum
  • Foam Amsterdam
  • Steenbergen Collection
  • Amsterdam UMC Collection
  • Eneco Collection
  • The HKU University of the Arts Collection
  • Various private Collections
Mondriaan Fund