Iris Bergman (1993) is based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
As a lens-based artist she (re)constructs landscapes and creates stillifes.
education
2012 – 2016
Bachelor of Design with honours
Photography
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU)
experience
2012 - today Visual artist, freelance photographer
2014 - today Founder of the Bertien van Manen Foundation
2015 - 2024 Studio Manager for Bertien van Manen
2018 – today Exhibition Producer Gallery Untitled
exhibitions
2023 Group exhibition - UNSEEN - Gallery Untitled - Amsterdam
2022 Solo exhibition - Gallery Unseen - Rotterdam
2022 Group exhibition - UNSEEN - Gallery Untitled - Amsterdam
2019 Group exhibition - Gallery Untitled - Rotterdam
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
books
2022 Flowers for Mary - self published
2016 Rising High - self published
2016 New Dutch Photography Talent (GUP)
2015 Aan de overkant - self published
commissions (selection)
2024 Founder of Bertien van Manen Foundation, managing her estate
2024 Image research for I am the only woman there for Fw:Books, Bertien van Manen, i.c.w. Hans Gremmen
2024 Co-production and exhibition design for Al die Amsterdamse Mensen - for Bertien van Manen –Stadsarchief Amsterdam
2024 Co-production exhibition Je moest eens weten - Cigdem Yüksel with work of Bertien van Manen– Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam
2023 Image research Gluckauf for Fw:Books, Bertien van Manen, i.c.w. Hans Gremmen
2023 Co-production exhibition Gluckauf for SCHUNCK Museum, Bertien van Manen
2022 Na de brand, commissioned work for NRC Newspaper
2022 Co-production exhibition Wish I Were Here for FOMU Antwerp, Bertien van Manen
2021 Co-production exhibition Moonshine for Annet Gelink Gallery, Bertien van Manen
2020 Co-production exhibition Beyond The Image: Bertienvan Manen & Friends for Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2020 Co-founder of platform Bedankt voor die bloemen - a printsale with 31 Rotterdam based artists, who created an artwork with flowers in times of lockdown.
2019 Co-curator & exhibition design of Premium Bohemian (Gallery Untitled) together with Florine van Rees
2019 Hosting voor D.I.R.T(Dutch Institute for Royal Taste)
2018 UNSEEN – Sales & bookmarket for Stephen Gill
2018 Portraits for HKU – in collaboration with Kummer & Herrman
2018 Teaching a Seminar at HKU Media – Artificial Paradise
2017 - today Photography workshops – Nowhere Amsterdam
2017 HKU Photography Department – portfolio reviews
2017 Pitch at De Donkere Kamer – Pakhuis de Zwijger
2017 Portraits for HKU – in collaboration with Kummer & Herrman
2017 Photography for the Sikkens Foundation
2017 Sales assistant for Maarten Bel / This Art Fair
2016 – 2022 Visual content for The Performance Bar
2015 Several commissions for Het Parool (3 months internship)