ABOUT
Marjolein Blom (b. 1984, Dordrecht) is a visual artist living and working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Her photography-based work derives from a fascination with science and the human quest to understand the world through scientific research. Key aspects of her creative process include chance, humour, and association, as she blends archival imagery with newly created images. Through this approach, Marjolein Blom examines the relationship between scientific theories, the reality of everyday life, and the role images play in shaping our understanding of both.
Her book Failing Forward was published with the Eriskay Connection in 2022. Over the past years, her work has been exhibited in various international shows, fairs, and festivals, including Art Rotterdam, Unseen, Fotomuseum Den Haag (Netherlands), Fotografia Europea (Italy), Photo Athens (Greece), Backlight (Finland), and Noorderlicht (Netherlands).
EDUCATION
2009-2014 Fotoacademie, Amsterdam (cum laude) (NL)
COURSES
2018-2019 ISSP International Masterclass with Gordon McDonald & Clare Strand (LV)
2016 ISSP Summerschool Latvia with Taiyo Onorato (LV)
PAST EXHIBITIONS / EVENTSPAST EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS
2023 HUMAN X NATURE, Charta Photobook Festival, Roma (IT)
2023 Who is Who at the Zoo, group show at Galerie Dudok de Groot (NL)
2023 Art Island, duo presentation w/ Galerie Dudok de Groot (NL)
2022 Conversation ARTISTS AND ARCHIVES at Polycopies
w/ Oriane Thomasson, Marc Schroeder, moderated by Crystal Bennes w/ The Eriskay Connection
2022 Unseen Amsterdam w/ Galerie Dudok de Groot
2022 Verzasca Foto - Photo Night
2022 Photo Athens, Benaki Museum, Athens (GR)
2021 The Makeable Mind, Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, Groningen (NL)
2021 INVISIBLE, Dieci X Dieci PhotoFestival, Gonzaga (IT)
2020 Related Realities, Backlight2020, Tampere (FI)
2020 Genesis, Encontros da Imagem, Braga (PT)
2020 Explorations of Time and Space, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam (NL)
2019 On Happiness and Nothing, Gallery Hotel Arena, Amsterdam (NL)
2019 A Monkey Peeled an Onion, Gibellina Photoroad (screening open call) Gibellina (IT)
2019 ISSP Masterclass Final Exhibition, Kuldiga (LV)
2018 A Monkey Peeled an Onion, Emerging Talents festival, Rome (IT)
2018 The Ideal and the Actual, Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Duo Exhibition (NL)
2017 Fotografie en vorm, Fotomuseum Den Haag (NL)
2017 UNSEEN Amsterdam, A Monkey Peeled an Onion, Galerie Caroline O'Breen (NL)
2017 Suspension of Disbelief, Galerie Caroline O'Breen (NL)
2017 Double Slit Experiment, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia (IT)
2016 Double Slit Experiment (book), Fig. Festival, Liege (BE)
2016 Double Slit Experiment and (Anti)Matter, Het Kunstlokaal, De School, Amsterdam (NL)
2016 ISSP Summerschool Final Exhibition, Kuldiga (LV)
2016 Double Slit Experiment, ART Rotterdam, Seelevel Gallery (NL)
2015 Double Slit Experiment, Opening Exhibition Seelevel Gallery (NL)
2015 Double Slit Experiment (book), UNSEEN Dummy Award, Belfast Photo (UK)
2014 Double Slit Experiment (book), UNSEEN Dummy Award, Amsterdam (NL)
2014 Double Slit Experiment LOADED (graduation show), Amsterdam, (NL)
2013 Family E. Fotofestival Naarden, (NL)
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
2022 10 Best Dutch Photography Books selected by De Volkskrant - Failing Forward
2022 Verzasca Foto Award - Failing Forward - finalist, 3rd place
2021 Dieci X Dieci Gonzaga Photofestival - Failing Forward - winner Open Call
2020 Discovery Awards Encontros da Imagem A Monkey Peeled an Onion - finalist
2019 Images Vevey Book Award - A Monkey Peeled an Onion - shortlisted
2018 Emerging Talents - finalist Open Call
2017 Fotografia Europea Double Slit Experiment - finalist Open Call
2015 22 Best Dutch Photography books selected by De Volkskrant - Double Slit Experiment
2014 UNSEEN Dummy Award 2014 - Double Slit Experiment - shortlisted
GRANTS/FUNDS
2021 Publication Grants for publication Failing Forward :
Mondriaan Fund / Niemeijer Fund / Tijl Fund /Stichting Stokroos
2020 Mondriaan Fund - Project Grant Failing Forward
2014 Keep An Eye Foundation - winner Keep an Eye Grant
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Failing Forward - published by The Eriskay Connection
2015 Double Slit Experiment 2nd edition (English), book, selfpublished, edition: 150
2014 Double Slit Experiment 1st edition, book, selfpublished, edition: 60 (sold out )
ONLINE/PRINT
Publications in both online and offline media a.o.:
C41 Magazine - Der Greif - Phases Magazine - Yogurt Magazine - Pf Magazine - de Volkskrant - Het Parool.