Desiree Dolron

Desiree Dolron (born 1963) is a Dutch photographer who lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[1][2] Her photographs portray a variety of styles and subjects, including documentary images, still lives, portraits and architectural photography.[3]

Early life

Dolron was born in the Netherlands.[3]

Work

Dolron has traveled extensively to find subjects for her photography.[3] One of Dolron’s ongoing series is titled Xteriors.[4] This series consists of photographic portraits which mimic the style of paintings by Old Masters, including Rembrandt and Rogier van der Weyden.[5] The photographs in this series reflect Dolron’s study of art history, and she makes extensive use of digital post-production. [6]

Selected Solo Exhibitions
  • 2009 - Fotografins Hus, Stockholm
  • 2010 - Fototeca de Cuba, Havana


Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 ‘XXth Century’, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag[7] ‘ACADEMIA: Qui Es-Tu?’ La Chapelle de L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure, des Beaux Arts, Paris ‘Something That I’ll Never Really See’, Contemporary Photography from the V&A, Hatton Gallery, New Castle University, New Castle ‘Wonder’, Singapore Biennale 2008, Singapore ‘H&F collection’, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard

2009 ‘In Praise of Shadows’, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam[8] ‘OPHELIA’, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem

2011 ‘Memories of the Future’, La Maison Rouge, Foundation de Galbert. Paris ‘L’ énigme du portrait’, Musée d’ art contemporain de Marseille ‘Sleeping Beauties’, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek[9] ‘Hans Nefkens – 10 jaar mecenaat’, H+F Collectie, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam ‘Ellas. Creadoras de los siglos XX y XXI’, Fundación Caja Vital Kutxa, Vitoria ‘Light Work I’, Paradise Row, London ‘Zwart – Wit Plus’, Veluws Museum Nairac, Barneveld ‘Welt-(er)-findung’, Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf ‘TRA. Edge of Becoming’, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice[10]

2012 ‘With the Eyes, the Heart and the Mind. Photographs from the Trevisan Collection’, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto ‘Through an Open Window’, Institut Néerlandais, Parijs ‘Sehnsucht. Een Onstilbaar Verlangen’, Kasteel van Gaasbeek ‘Dutch Design’, House van Oranje, Paleis Oranienbaum, Oranienbaum-Wörlitz


Selected Collections
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
  • Stedelijk Museum het Domein, Sittard
  • Museum for Religious Arts, Uden
  • Groninger Museum, Groningen
  • De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
  • Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  • Collection H&F, Barcelona
  • DG Bank, Frankfurt am Main
  • Banque SYZ & CO, Geneva
  • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • The Buhl Collection, New York
  • NSM Vie/ABN AMRO, Paris
  • Victoria & Albert Museum, London
  • Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
  • The Olbricht collection, Berlin
  • Joseph M. Cohen collection[11]
  • Aminoex Capital Trust, Auckland

Desiree Dolron is represented by Grimm Gallery in Amsterdam.

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References
  1. "Florentina Fuentes: retratos con alma de mujer". Tendencias (in Dutch)
  2. "Fall 2009: Dior Homme strikes a pose, says 'relax'". LA Times, January 26, 2009
  3. "10 Dutch Photographers you should know". Be Art Magazine, Sandrine Hermand-Griset.
  4. Desiree Dolron. Exaltation, Gaze, Xteriors Art Daily.
  5. "Lara Stone Upends Madonna at Louis Vuitton (Photos)". The Improper. By Keith Girard, December 14th, 2009
  6. "Finders Keepers: Michael Hoppen's personal photography collection - in pictures". The Guardian, 6 December 2012
  7. "How Many Photography Museums Can a Country Have?". ArtSlant, by Edo Dijksterhuis
  8. TIME OUT; Time Out Guides Ltd. (2011). Time Out Amsterdam. Time Out Guides Limited. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-1-84670-198-6.
  9. "To sleep, perchance to dream". Flanders Today, 27 September 2011.
  10. "VERVOORDT "KUNSTKAMMER" SLATED FOR PARIS". ArtNet News, July 10, 2008
  11. R. Ward Bissell; Malcolm Daniel; Sarah Greenough (31 March 2010). Shared space: the Joseph M. Cohen collection. Cygnet Foundation.
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