Iris Bergman (1993) is based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
As a visual artist, I search for the edge between fiction and reality. Driven by my fascination for utopias and make-ability I use the medium photography to create new worlds. Due to the constant alternation between documenting and directing, there is a tension in my research. Playfully I collect the results until a new world emerges.
education
2012 – 2016
Bachelor of Design with honours
Photography
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU)
experience
2018 – now Sales and production Gallery Untitled
2015 - now Assistant of Bertien van Manen
2012 - now Freelance photographer, visual artist, teacher
exhibitions
2018 Solo exhibition – Slash Gallery – WORM UBIK Rotterdam
2018 Group exhibition – South Explorer – Rotterdam Heer Danielstraat
2017 Group exhibition – New Dutch Photography Talent – Amsterdam
2016 Group exhibition – Unseen Book Market - Amsterdam
2016 Group exhibition – The Past Present – S1 Gallery Amsterdam
2016 Group exhibition – Picture This – HKU Media
2015 Group exhibition – Entangled – Academie Galerie Utrecht
2014 Solo exhibition – Interbellum – Coffee Company Amsterdam
publications & talks (uncommissioned)
2017 Pitch at De Donkere Kamer – Pakhuis de Zwijger
2016 New Dutch Photography Talent (book)
2016 Rising High . self published .
2015 Aan de overkant . self published .
commissions (selection)
2018 Portraits for HKU – in collaboration with Kummer & Herrman
2018 Teaching a Seminar at HKU Media – Artificial Paradise
2018 Sales assistant for Gallery Untitled
2017 - now Several photography workshops – Nowhere Amsterdam
2017 HKU Photography Department – portfolio reviews
2017 Portraits for HKU – in collaboration with Kummer & Herrman
2017 Photography for the Sikkens Foundation
2017 Sales assistant for Maarten Bel / This Art Fair (artist)
2016 – now Art direction and visual content for The Performance Bar
2015 Several images for Het Parool ( 3 months internship)