ABOUT
Niels Roest (1996) is a Dutch visual artist. His artistic practice focuses primarily on the relationship between observations made in the perceivable landscape and technical research on the photographic medium. He explores alternative forms of documentation through installations and writing, which opens a dialogue between perception and interpretation.
His creative efforts are aimed at interfering with the apparent transparency of photography as a medium, emphasising its status as a means for visual representation. In doing so, he is giving form to a visual vocabulary characterised by the exclusive use of black and white. As an artist, Niels tries to find a balance between attaining an honest position in his relationship with the viewer and the expression of reality through the lens of his subjectivity.
CONTACT
Niels Roest
Vlaardingen, NL.
ndnroest@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
12/2023: Sacred / Mud, De Kruisruimte, Eindhoven.
In collaboration with: Rick van Strien, Jordie Rovers, McKenna Faulkner, Peer Roosen, Odette van Heesbeen, David Alberti, Rudie Verbunt, Tamar Slooves, Jasper van den Bovenkamp, Qiaochu Guo, Jesse Fischer, Froukje de Boer, Isamo Thissen, Eva Manen en Paul Segers.
09/2023: Under Soft Construction, De Fabriek, Eindhoven.
In collaboration with: Berendine Venemans, Froukje de Boer, Isamo Thissen, Jesse Fischer & Qiaochu Guo.
07/2023: Kunstcamping de Chloorie, KunstpodiumT, Tilburg.
In collaboration with: Berendine Venemans, Froukje de Boer, Isamo Thissen, Jesse Fischer & Qiaochu Guo.
05/2023: The big art & tiny golf disco exhibition, Stadsgalerij, Breda.
In collaboration with: Berendine Venemans, Froukje de Boer, Isamo Thissen, Jesse Fischer & Qiaochu Guo.
05/2022: Kringverjaardag, Insitu3 Expo Space – Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp.
In collaboration with: Frederique Kraus.
03/2022: World Receiver, Omstand – Space For Contemporary Art, Arnhem.
In collaboration with: Laila Saber Rodriguez, Repelsteeltje, Antonino De Cara & Richard Kofi.
09/2021: Fresh Cacao, De Cacaofabriek, Helmond.
Together with: Marloes Roeper, Jerrold Saija, Julia Hooy, Cas van der Steen, Lukas Malzan, Thijs Segers, Christy Westhovens, Matthijs Jeuring, Jochem Mestriner & Nicky Goldsteen.
09/2021: Etalage.art, Dordrecht.
07/2021: Kersvers, Pictura, Dordrecht.
Together with: Simone Beenen, Sjaak van Broekhoven, Bobbi Cleij, Menno van den Ende, Babs van Heugten, Femke van Heijningen, Anika Hochstenbach, Noëmi Hofstede, Doris Kolpa, Fien Onderwater, Sjors Smit,
Britte Tegelaar, Anouk van Weerlee & Esther van Zoelen.
07/2021: Still/ in motion, Art & Research department, AKV St.Joost, Breda.
During the ‘Graduation Show 2021’ at AKV St.Joost, Breda.
07/2021: 2.70m, Dordrecht.
In collaboration with: Sjors Smit.
RESIDENCIES
11/2023: The Interdisciplinary Makerdays, De Kruisruimte, Eindhoven.
10/2023: De Kruisruimte, Eindhoven.
04/2023: Stadsgalerij, Breda.
02/2022: Omstand – Space For Contemporary Art, Arnhem.
03/2021: De Fabriek, Eindhoven.
TALENT PROGRAMS
2023-2023: Inversie 2023, Inversie Talenthub, Noord-Brabant.
2021-2022: Apprentice-Master Project, KunstpodiumT, Tilburg.
EDUCATION
2017-2021: BA Fine Art, AKV St. Joost, Breda.
2019-2020: Erasmus Exchange, Drawing & Printmaking, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent.
2014-2017: Graphic Design, Grafisch Lyceum, Rotterdam.
2009-2014: Kunst Examenklas, Havo, Develstein College, Zwijndrecht.