Iris Bergman (1993) is based in Amsterdam & Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
As an image maker Iris searches for the edge between fiction and reality. Driven by her fascination for architecture and sociology she visits several places where she transforms daily life environments into a piece of scenery. She uses their inhabitants as characters of a play. These cinematic and minimalistic compositions are a recurring approach in her visual language. Being both an observer and a director she creates an area of tension for her audience.
Education & experience
2017 jan - now Assistant Teacher, HKU, Photography Department
2015 feb - now Assistant of Bertien van Manen
2012 sep - now Freelance Photographer, fine art & commissioned
2012 - 2016 Photography, Bachelor of Design, with honours, Utrecht (HKU)
Internships
2015 may Internship Het Parool
2014/2015 nov-jan Internship Bertien van Manen
2008 may Internship Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Awards/nominations
2016 New Dutch Photography Talent 2017 / GUP Magazine
Exhibitions
2016/2017 nov/dec/jan Group exhibition - New Dutch Photography Talent 2017 - 5&33
2016 -sep Group exhibition - The Passed Present - S1 Gallery Amsterdam
2016 - june Group exhibition - Picture This - HKU Media
2015 - april Group exhibition - Entangled - Academie Galerie Utrecht
2014 - nov Solo exhibition - Interbellum - Coffee Company Amsterdam
I also work in commission. Clients include: Het Parool, VICE, Heineken, Museumn8 Amsterdam, , Theaterfestival de Parade, The Performance Bar, AHK, Broadly, Van Gogh Museum.