Guest Room:
Erik Kessels

Erik Kessels (born in 1966, lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is since 1996 Creative Director of communications agency KesselsKramer. As an artist and photography curator Kessels has published several books of his ‘collected’ images: »Missing Links« (1999), »The Instant Men« (2000), »in almost every picture« (2001-2015) and »Wonder« (2006). Since 2000, he has been an editor of the alternative photography magazine »Useful Photography«. Kessels has taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Écal Lausanne and at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. He made and curated exhibitions such as »Mother Nature«, »Album Beauty« and »Unfinished Father«. and co-curated »From Here on together« with Martin Parr, Joachim Schmid, Clement Cheroux and Joan Fontuberta. In 2012 Kessels was elected as the most influential creative of The Netherlands.

Selection

    • Alejandra Morote Peralta, When I die, go to the hairdresser’s first thing, Madrid, 2015 | DER GREIF
      Alejandra Morote Peralta, When I die, go to the hairdresser’s first thing, Madrid, 2015
    • Andrea Junekova, Under the surface IV, Bratislava Slovakia, 2014 | DER GREIF
      Andrea Junekova, Under the surface IV, Bratislava Slovakia, 2014
    • Emilia Moisio, from ‘Vieraalla maalla (In a Foreign Place)’, Finland, 2013 | DER GREIF
      Emilia Moisio, from ‘Vieraalla maalla (In a Foreign Place)’, Finland, 2013
    • Marco Arguello, Untitled, Miami Beach, Florida, 2015 | DER GREIF
      Marco Arguello, Untitled, Miami Beach, Florida, 2015
    • Sandra Junker, The freak, Mainz, 2015 | DER GREIF
      Sandra Junker, The freak, Mainz, 2015
    • Benoit Luisière, Homecoming, Pamiers, France, 2014 | DER GREIF
      Benoit Luisière, Homecoming, Pamiers, France, 2014
    • Anne Beentjes, Look around, Amsterdam, 2013 | DER GREIF
      Anne Beentjes, Look around, Amsterdam, 2013
    • Inga Erdmane & Ilze Vanaga, Press House, Riga, Latvia, 2014 | DER GREIF
      Inga Erdmane & Ilze Vanaga, Press House, Riga, Latvia, 2014
    • Moritz Hüttner, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Amberg I.d. Opf., 2014 | DER GREIF
      Moritz Hüttner, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Amberg I.d. Opf., 2014
    • Isolde Woudstra, One has to learn to be phlegmatic about things goi, Netherlands, 2012 | DER GREIF
      Isolde Woudstra, One has to learn to be phlegmatic about things goi, Netherlands, 2012
    • Anna Adamo, i have some trouble between fantasy and reality, France, 2014 | DER GREIF
      Anna Adamo, i have some trouble between fantasy and reality, France, 2014
    • Jana Plavec, Window of Chanov_2, Chanov, Czech Republic, 2014 | DER GREIF
      Jana Plavec, Window of Chanov_2, Chanov, Czech Republic, 2014
    • Hervé, Little Monsters II, Berlin, 2015 | DER GREIF
      Hervé, Little Monsters II, Berlin, 2015
    • Maria Jose Garcia Piaggio, Untitled-I, Spain, 2014 | DER GREIF
      Maria Jose Garcia Piaggio, Untitled-I, Spain, 2014
    • Lukas Ilgner, Shelter I, Wien, 2012 | DER GREIF
      Lukas Ilgner, Shelter I, Wien, 2012
    • Polly Karpova, ’38’ series, Kharkov, Ukraine, 2015 | DER GREIF
      Polly Karpova, ’38’ series, Kharkov, Ukraine, 2015
erik_hoch | DER GREIF
Erik Kessels

Erik Kessels (born in 1966, lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is since 1996 Creative Director of communications agency KesselsKramer. As an artist and photography curator Kessels has published several books of his ‘collected’ images: »Missing Links« (1999), »The Instant Men« (2000), »in almost every picture« (2001-2015) and »Wonder« (2006). Since 2000, he has been an editor of the alternative photography magazine »Useful Photography«. Kessels has taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Écal Lausanne and at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture.