Vera van Almen

Upcoming
26 - 29 March 2026 Art Rotterdam with IN-DEPENDANCE by IBASHO Gallery, Antwerp (BE)

Education
Photo Academy (NL) graduated in 2017
2010-2012 Rotterdam
2016-2017 Amsterdam
Post-academic education
Masterclass with Machiel Botman, Haarlem (NL)
2022-2023 Le Masterklass with Klavdij Sluban, Paris (FR)

Selected exhibitions
2025 ‘The Alternative Landscape’, IN-DEPENDANCE by IBASHO Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
2024 Art Antwerp with IN-DEPENDANCE / IBASHO Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
2024 ‘Where Silence Meets Me’, IN-DEPENDANCE by IBASHO Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
2024 Solo exhibition ‘In Absence’, Salon unRepresented by a ppr oc he, Paris (FR)
2024 Book Launch and Solo Exhibition Artist Book '57', Bob Manders Architecture, Oisterwijk (NL)
2023 Preview Artist Book '57', De Gruyterfabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)
2021 Landelijk Atelierweekend, De Gruyterfabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)
2019 Landelijk Atelierweekend, De Gruyterfabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)
2019 Group exhibition Chapter6, WG Kunst, Amsterdam (NL)
2018 Best of Class, Museum Tot Zover, Amsterdam (NL)
2018 Canova Prize NYC18, 393 NYC Broadway, New York (USA) 
2017 ROMART 2017 Biennale Internationale di Arte e Cultura, Stadio di Domiziano, Rome (IT)
2017 New Dutch Photography Talent 2018, 5&33 Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2017 REVEAL Graduation Exhibition Photo Academy, Gallery Photo Academy, Amsterdam (NL)
2017 REVEAL Graduation Exhibition Photo Academy, Loods 6, Amsterdam (NL)

Publication
2025 ARTDOC Photography Magazine, The Meditative Lens - Monochrome Silence (NL)
2023 Artist Book ‘57’, self published
2019 Aesthetica Magazine (UK)
2019 Fresh Eyes European Photography Talent 2019, book by GUP Magazine (NL)
2017 New Dutch Photography Talent 2018, book by GUP Magazine (NL)

Awards and recognitions
2025 Honourable Mention, ART MATTERS 15, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (DE)
2015 Honourable Mention, ART MATTERS 13, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (DE)
2019 Fresh Eyes European Photography Talent 2019 (NL)
2018 Canova Prize NYC18 Shortlist (USA)
2017 ROMART 2017 Biennale Internationale di Arte e Cultura Shortlist (IT)
2017 IPA 2017, Honorable Mention, Fine Art: Nudes Category (USA)
2017 New Dutch Photography Talent 2018 (NL)
2011 Fotogram Award 2011, overall winner (NL)