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Ilse Leenders

Country(activity based)：
The Netherlands
Genre：
Visual Art

Profile

Ilse Leenders (1979) graduated her studies Photography Design at The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, The Netherlands in 2001.

AWARDS:
2006 Silver Award, in the category "People/Portraits" PANL Awards #15. Photographers Association of the Netherlands.
 Best of Members Award, in the category "People/Portraits" PANL Awards #15. Photographers Association of the Netherlands.
2003 Members Choice Award, in the category "Autonomous" PANL Awards #12. Photographers Association of the Netherlands.

GRANTS:
2008 Contribution to working budget, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.
2005 Startstipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.

RESIDENCIES:
2008 Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan.
2005 Van Doesburghuis, Meudon, France. (former house of Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg).

About works / performance

The spatial perception in my photography characterizes my work. The combination of three elements usually returns in my work: model, costume and surrounding. These elements are strongly connected and intensify each other, as a result of which the spatial feeling is reinforced. 


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Comment

I synthesize these different elements together in a new dimension. The bodily form has been of importance in my photography for a long time. The unnatural forms and excessive expressions are the topic of my photographs. The use of color, shape, patterns and lines occur in all images and support the balance of elements in the images.

Website

http://www.ilseleenders.com
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