Romina Koopman
Born 1996, based in Amsterdam
2022 - 2024 Master fine art, F for Fact at Sandberg Instituut
2019 - 2022 Bachelor art & design, Photography department at Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2014 – 2018 Bachelor Photography at Fotovakschool, University of applied photography
2017 - 2018 Internship at Sylvia Hardy, Los Angeles
2012 – 2013 Orientation Year at Gerrit Rietveld Acedemie
Exhibition
2025 Duo exhibition: Capture Scroll Forget - Gallery van Fanny Freytag (Amsterdam, NL)
2025 Group exhibition:: All Access Archive (AAA) - De Bouwput (Amsterdam, NL)
2024 Group exhibition: Hyphae Collective - De Sering (Amsterdam, NL)
2024 Group exhibition: Graduation Show Sandberg Instituut - Door Open Space (Amsterdam, NL)
2024 Solo exhibition: X-CHANGE Vol. 01, YAU open studios, Tokyo Photographic Research Project (Tokyo, JP)
2022 Group exhibition: Steenbergen Stipendium - Nederlands Fotomuseum (Rotterdam, NL)
2022 Group exhibition: iNbetweeN identities - GLO’ART (Lanaken, BE)
2022 Group exhibition: BAKSTEEN | BRICK - Kunsthal KAdE (Amersfoort, NL)
2022 Group exhibition: Best of Graduates 2022 - Galerie Ron Mandos (Amsterdam, NL)
2022 Group exhibition: Graduation Show - Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Amsterdam, NL)
2021 Group exhibition: While We Were Waiting - Melkweg Expo (Amsterdam, NL)
2021 Art festival, group exhibition: Prometheus IX - Olympolis project (Katerini, GR)
2021 Part of online publishing house: Six Legs Books
2020 Group online exhibition: UNCUT - Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, NL)
2019 Group book presentation: Polycopies - (Paris, FR)
2019 Group Exhibition: FotoFestival-OFF - Fotofestival Naarden (Naarden, NL)
2019 Group Exhibition, Nederlandse Academie voor Beeldcreatie Graduates 2018 - Fotogalerij Objektief (Enschede, NL)
2019 Group Exhibition, World Press Photo - WTC (Rotterdam, NL)
2018 Group Exhibition, Graduation Show - Fotovakschool (Rotterdam, NL)
2018 Group Exhibition, Epilogue - LP2 (Rotterdam, NL)
2018 Group Exhibition, The state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined - Motherhip (Los Angeles, USA)
2017 Group Exhibition, End of the Year - Fotovakschool (Amsterdam, NL)
2016 Group Exhibition Synergy 11 - Loods 6 (Amsterdam, NL)
2015 Group Exhibition Split (Amsterdam, NL)
2015 Group Exhibition, Sea of light - Young Professionals, Horizonte Zingst Festival (Zingst, GEM)
Residencies
2024 Lighthouse, Talent Program Fotodok (Utrecht, NL)
2024 X-CHANGE Vol. 01, Tokyo Photographic Research Project in collaboration with YAU International Urban Exchange Program (Tokyo, JP)
2015 Young Professionals, Horizonte Zingst Festival (Zingst, GEM)
Awards
2023 Winner Steenbergen Stipendium 2022 (Rotterdam, NL)
2022 Best of Graduates 2022, RM Young Blood Foundation, Ron Mandos Gallerie (Amsterdam, NL)
2018 Special mention at Keep An Eye Award (Rotterdam, NL)
2017 Public award, End of the Year Exhibition - Fotovakschool (Amsterdam, NL)
Publication
2023 Op komst - Vijfduizend screenshots, Straatkrant Z
2022 Checkmate reality or: a guide to a flipside future, self-published
2021 Why can’t I take images anymore? self published
2020 Champagne Pool, selfpublished
In collections of
Nederlands Fotomuseum (Steenbergen Stipendium)
Amsterdam UMC collection
Various private collections
Other
2025 Talk - Photography Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Amsterdam, NL)
2024 Talk - YAU open studio, Tokyo Photographic Research Project
2024 Guest tutor - NEW technology, Interdepartmental program (Photography/VAV/DesignLAB) Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Amsterdam, NL)