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Sanne Kabalt
1989, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
education
2016 – 2018 Dutch Art Institute, Master of Arts, ArtEz, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2007 – 2011 Photography, Bachelor of Design, HKU, Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands
solo exhibitions
2024 Icing, Stadskunstkamer, Haarlem, NL
2024 glacier mother iceberg child, SEA Foundation, Tilburg, NL
2022 to lull and by[e], Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag, NL
2022The Cough & Other Ghosts, …ism project space, Den Haag, NL
2022 A doorway, entrance or gate, Razklon Gallery, Tsarino, Bulgaria
2020 I see you are not there, Beautiful Distress House, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Nature but I do not mean nature, with Laura ten Zeldam, Leveld Kunstnartun, Leveld, Norway
2016 Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van, Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder, NL
2015 Wolf?, Pompgemaal, Den Helder, NL
2013 Wolf hunt haunted, Upominki, Rotterdam, NL
2013 Sympathy / antipathy / ignore, De Balie, Amsterdam, NL
group exhibitions (selection)
2024 — A tangled tale, Paviljoen Welgelegen, Haarlem, NL
It hûs is net ien, Triënnale fan Beetstersweach, Kunsthuis SYB, NL
2023 — To the sweet murmur of leaves, De Bouwput, Amsterdam, NL
BYOB Fair, ENTER ENTER, Amsterdam, NL
Reading Room Rotterdam x De IJskast, Rotterdam, NL
2022 — Not Just a Library, Platform P-OST, Arnhem, NL
Art Au Centre Liège #9, Liège, Belgium
Artists for Peace, Dokhuis Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
2021 — Destination Unknown, Tegelen, NL
Kunstenfestival Watou, Poperinge, Belgium
Dead Darlings #13, W139, Amsterdam, NL
2019 — Rucka outside exhibition, Ruckas parks, Cesis, Latvia
Sleeping with a Vengeance, Dreaming of a Life, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Then There Was Us, Public-Source, Manchester, United Kingdom
Saaren kartanon avoimet ovet, Saari Residence, Hietamäki, Finland
2018 — Sleeping with a Vengeance, Dreaming of a Life, Institute for Provocation, Beijing, China
The Art of Creation, Patchogue Arts, Patchogue, New York, USA
Sleeping with a Vengeance, Dreaming of a Life, Lítost, Prague, Czech Republic
Nes Artist Residency Alumni Exhibition, Deiglan Gallery, Akureyri and Nes Listamiðstöð, Skagastönd, Iceland
Sleeping with a Vengeance, Dreaming of a Life, curated by Ruth Noack, Yellow Brick, Athens, Greece
Jam Sam, Kreativni Krk, Decumanus Gallery, Krk, Croatia
Ithaka Art Festival, Karthuizerklooster, Leuven, Belgium
2017 — Contest: Teaching as a Form of Art, with the Dutch Art Institute, curated by Ruth Noack, Van Abbemuseum, NL
Absence Takes Shape, with Maike Hemmers & Clementine Edwards, with the Dutch Art Institute, Van Abbemuseum, NL
Scopophilia Art Festival, Dokhuis Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
Kunstlijn Haarlem, Haarlem, NL
2016 — Artvark, Castellvm Aqvae, Bloemendaal, NL
2015 — This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, NL
New Nature, Brandpunt, Breda, NL
Residu III, Kunsthal45, Den Helder, NL
Fotofestival Naarden, The Fence, Naarden, NL
Torenkamerfestival, Vondel CS, Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Am Schwarzen Meer, Bremen, Germany
Grasnapolsky Festival, Radio Kootwijk, De Veluwe, NL
2014 — Europe moving image, Casa Pablano, Montreuil, France
Preparture, Willem Twee Fabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
Inside Zone, Exhibition Space Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prospects & Concepts, Het Mondriaan Fonds toont talent, Art Rotterdam, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam, NL
ZomerExpo ‘Aarde’, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, NL
2013 — Inside Zone, Muzeul de Istorie Bucovina, Suceava, Romania
2012 — Copenhagen Photo Walk, Gammel Kongevej, Copenhagen, Denmark
De nacht ruikt anders, de Belofte 7, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, NL
Paderborner Fototage, Raum für Kunst, Paderborn, Germany
De Verdieping, Trouw Amsterdam, NL
2011 — Steenbergen Stipendium, Het Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
Selection of Graduates 2011, ACF, Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie , Amsterdam, NL
Kunstschouw Westerschouwen, Burgh, NL
Graduation Exhibition Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht, NL
2009 — De Fotoprijs, Verbond van Verzekeraars, The Hague, NL
De Fotoprijs, Het Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam, NL
books
2022The Cough, self-published
2018 Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van, published by Het Vijfde Seizoen
publications (selection)
2024 Lezenkijken of kijkenlezen – over de poëtische ruimte tussen beeld en tekst, Mister Motley
2024 De spreeuw zien, Tirade
2024 Gedichten, Hollands Maandblad
2024 Bedding, De Gids
2024 AND ‘23, Photography Annual, Then There Was Us
2023 Leaving room for silence and hesitation (Interview by Nele Brökelman), Metropolis M
2023 De grens tussen moeder en maker is flinterdun, Mister Motley
2022 Tama, Deus Ex Machina
2022 Sneeuw in zee, De Revisor
2022 Het verhaal van een ander, papieren helden
2022 Waar gevaar begint, De Gids
2022 Dissolving | the dark, the dream, Simulacrum
2022 Drie gedichten, Tijdschrift Ei
2022 Lulevardo, Seizoenszine
2021 Rare vrouw, papieren helden
2021 Doodvissen, Literair Tijdschrift Liter
2021 I dreamt, Rebirth Magazine
2021 De magie of het begrijpen, Tubelight
2021 Zeldzame slaapmuis, Op Ruwe Planken
2021 De deur, papieren helden
2021 Hands know, Samfiftyfour
2020 In pain, Paratext
2020 Doodvissen, Samplekanon
2020 I believe last sentences are real, Perdu
2018 Wolf?, Novelty Magazine
2017 Leven van je tijd, book, published by Kessels & Smit
2016 Some Say, Skagaströnd Review
2016 Some Say, New Dawn
2015 What you cannot see, Urbanautica
2015 Op zoek naar de wolf, Vrij Nederland
2013 De Grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender
residencies
2023 The Arctic Circle, Svalbard
2022 Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag, NL
2021 Ricklundgården, Saxnäs, Sweden
2019 Rucka Residency, Cesis, Latvia
2018 Saari Residence, Mynämäki, Finland
2018 Leveld Kunstnartun, Leveld, Norway
2016 Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder, NL
2015 Pompgemaal Den Helder, NL
2015 De Torenkamer, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Nes Listamiðstöð, Skagastönd, Iceland
2013 Inside Zone, Transsylvania, Romania
talks & performances
2024 Kunst is Lang, podcast, Mister Motley
2024 Operator Radio, Rotterdam
2023 ENTER ENTER, Amsterdam, NL
2022 Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag, NL
2022 Veenfabriek, Leiden, NL
2021 Conversas, Rotterdam, NL
2020 Beautiful Distress House, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Perdu, Amsterdam, NL
2019 ISSP, Riga, Latvia
2019 Beautiful Distress House, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Unseen, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Showroom Arnhem, Arnhem, NL
2018 State of Concept, Athens, Greece
2018 PhotoQ Bookshop, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Perdu, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Torpedotheater, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Teaching as a form of art, with DAI, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
2016-2018 Various performances at Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem, NL
2016 Creative Mornings Amsterdam, NL
2015 Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, NL
2015 NPO Radio 1 De Torenkamer, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Torpedotheater, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Maliebaan 45, Utrecht, NL
2013 De Balie, Amsterdam, NL
2012 De Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam, NL
2012 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht, NL
2011 Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam, NL
teaching
2022 Guest Tutor, Mixed Classroom: Sanatorium for Temporal Confusion, University of Utrecht
2021 Guest Lecture for medical students, UMC, Utrecht
2020 - 2021 Merz Akademie, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Kunst und Medien, Stuttgart
2013 - 2019 Zeezelaar, outdoor art programmes for children
2016 - 2021 Stichting Educatieve Projecten, visual art classes at primary schools
2013 - 2017 Kleintje Kunst, performances for small children
2012 - present Buitenkunst, visual art & photography programmes, all ages
prizes & grants
2023 Impulsregeling startende literaire makers, Nederlands Letterenfonds
2022 Stichting Niemeijer Fonds
2022 Kunstenaar Basis, Mondriaan Fonds
2021 Stichting Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds
2021 Coronaoverbrugging Kunstenaar, Mondriaan Fonds
2020 Winner ‘Artistic research on the remembrance of the COVID-19 crisis’
Grant for Artistic Research, Centraal Museum / Universiteit Utrecht / ZonMW
2019 Ontwikkelbudget, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
2018 Kone Foundation Grant for Saari Residence
2018 Arnhemse Nieuwe, Selection of best ArtEZ graduates
2017 Stichting Niemeyer Fonds, Grant for Zolang je niet zo over problemen praat zie je er toch niks van
2015 Mondriaan Fonds Grant for Pompgemaal Residency
2015 Winner Vrij Nederland Fotoverhaal
2012 Startstipendium, Mondriaan Fonds
2011 Nominee Steenbergen Stipendium
2009 Winner ‘De Fotoprijs’
2005 Winner ‘It’s Playtime’ competition by Canon
other related work experience
2019 – 2020 Logistics & Care Team at Dutch Art Institute
2016 – 2017 Photography and communication for De Monsterkamer, Amsterdam
2015 - 2016 Curator/editor The Netherlands for Urbanautica
2011 – 2015 Installing exhibitions for Anouk Kruithof
2011 – 2012 Volunteer at FOTODOK, Utrecht