Artist Statement & Bio

Eva Gjaltema (1979) is a Dutch visual artist working mainly with photography, collage and mixed media and who has been living and working in Berlin since 2012. Her artistic work stems from a profound desire to explore and illuminate themes related to life experiences and the inner conflicts we face as human beings. By making her own inner conflicts visible, she validates them and introduces the viewer the concept of art as a transformational tool. She combines various archival and self-created photographic materials, removes them from their original context, and rearranges the images to unfold new meanings.

She holds a Master's degree in Cultural Studies from the University of Amsterdam (2004) and a Bachelor's degree in Photography Design from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague (2008). In 2026 she will complete her 4 year advanced training in art therapy with a focus on trauma-related disorders including a certified qualification as an EMDR Coach / EMDR Therapist.

In 2010, her work was nominated for the Dutch Doc Award for her exhibition Famylje, which was showcased at the Noorderlicht Photofestival in 2010 and at the Fotomuseum Den Haag in 2015. She received the Post Middendorp grant to create the work Knoalster in 2011, which was displayed at the Kunsthal Rotterdam and at the Noorderlicht Gallery Groningen.

In 2018, she self-published her first photobook, The First Three Years, exploring themes of motherhood, which was nominated for the Encontros da Imagem Book Award (Portugal). Her series Hiding/Hidden was selected as a winner of the Hariban Award 2022 and received nominations for the Critical Mass Top 50 (2023) and the Julia Margaret Cameron Award (2024). Her work is held in collections including the Fries Museum, Seelevel Gallery, Art Gazette and Business Art Service.

Since 2009, Eva has been teaching at institutions such as C/O Berlin, various Adult Education Centers (VHS Steglitz-Zehlendorf, CREA Amsterdam) and has supported numerous school-based initiatives.

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Awards/nominations/grants

2025 Honorable Menton, The Hunting Game, Vintage Photo Prix (PL)

2024 Honorable Mention, Hiding/Hidden, New Vision Photo31NL (NL)

2024 Honorable Mention, Interdependency, Px3 Awards, Fine Art section (FR)

2024 Honorable Mention, Hiding/Hidden, Foto Slovo Award

2024 Honorable Mention, Hiding/Hidden, Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Fine Art Section (USA)

2023 Top 50 Critical Mass 2023 Nominee (USA)

2023 BBA Longlist Photography Prize 2023 (DE)

2023 Hiding/Hidden, Der Greif : Guestroom by Christoph Wiesner (INT)

2023 shortlist Hiding/Hidden, Les Boutographies (FR)

2022 honorable mention, Hiding/Hidden, Hariban Award 2022 (JP)

2019 nomination The First Three Years, book award, Encontros da Imagem (P)

2018 Patchwork, Der Greif : Guestroom by Diane Dufour (INT)

2017 nomination Patchwork, PHOTOGRVPHY Grant (USA)

2017 project Funding Quietude, Dutch Embassy Berlin (DE)

2015 shortlist Fernweh & Heimweh, Athens Photofestival (G)

2014 editors Pick & Conceptual Project, Fernweh & Heimweh, Lensculture (INT)

2011 nomination Famylje, Dutch Doc Award 2011(NL)

2010 winner Post-Middendorp assignment 2010 (NL)

Solo and Duo exhibitions (selection)

2019 selected works with Marty Sander, Tag des offenen Denkmals, Zittau (DE)

2017 Famylje, World in a Room, Berlin (DE)

2017 Quietude with Sarah Mei Herman, exp12, Berlin (DE)

2011 Knoalster, Post Middendorp, Noorderlicht Photogallery, Groningen (NL)

2010 Illumination I & II, Seelevel Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Group exhibitions (selection)

2025 The Hunting Game, Vintage Photo Prix Festival (PL)

2025 The Hunting Game, Incadaques Festival Open Call x La Kabine, Rencontres d’Arles (FR)

2025 Hiding/Hidden, Ex Machina, Rotterdam Photofestival (NL)

2024 Hiding/Hidden, New Vision, Photo31NL, Amsterdam (NL)

2024 The Hunting Game, InCadaques Fotofestival Edition 8 (Fr)

2024 A Quiet Mind, One has many first loves, NOVA TWENTY FOUR, Detroit (USA)

2024 Hiding/Hidden, Keep Your Eyes Peeled, AFF Galerie, Berlin (DE)

2024 Hiding/Hidden, Critical Mass Top 50 2023, Colorado Photographic Arts Center (USA)

2023 Hiding/Hidden, Portraits Hellerau Photography (DE)

2023 The Faraway World, ‘Kaleidoskop, International Festival of Contemporary Collage’, Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden (DE)

2022 BODY, ’Cartography of Care’, Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)

2020 Stay at home with Raisa Galofre, Fotofestival Getxophoto, Getxo (SP)

2019 Fragments of Silence, Postcard Salon, Jarvis Dooney Gallery, Berlin (DE)

2018 Patchwork, Family of no man, Cosmos, Rencontres d'Arles (FR)

2018 Patchwork, 'Postcard Salon', Jarvis Dooney Gallery, Berlin (DE)

2018 Patchwork and Sehnzucht: The Remix , Hellerau Photography Awards, Dresden (DE)

2018 Sehnzucht: The Remix, Motherhood Unveiled, Stitches and Pics, NY (USA)

2017 Sehnzucht: The Remix, Insight, 10. Wiesbadener Fototage, Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden (DE)

2016 Sehnzucht, Polaroid festival, Paris (DE)

2016 Home Sweet Home & Fernweh & Heimweh, HomeBaseArchive, Saitama Triennale (JP)

2015 Famylje, Farming Folk. Adventures in the Countryside, Fotomuseum Den Haag (NL)

2014 Illumination I, Photography Open Salon, Office Sessions, Royal Docks, London (GB)

2013 Knoalster, Streekgenoten, Museum de Oude Wolden, Bellingwolde (NL)

2013 Illumination I, Photography Open Salon, Galerie Huit, Penang (Malaysia)

2012 Illumination I, Photography Open Salon, Galerie Huit, Arles (Fr)

2011 Illumination I, Zomerexpo, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (NL)

2011 Knoalster, CRISIS!, de Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)

2011 Illumination I, Summershow, Seelevel Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2010 Famylje, Noorderlicht photofestival, Land. Country life in the urban age, Leeuwarden (NL)

2010 wrang, Photo book dummy and artist books, Le Garage, Arles, France (FR)

Collections

Fries Museum (NL)

Art Gazette (UK)

Business Art Service (NL)

private collectors through Seelevel Gallery (now Caroline ‘O Breen) (NL)

private collectors through Karianne Rienks Art Agency (NL)

Publications (selected)

2023 catalogue Hariban Award 2022

2023 catalogue ‘Kaleidoskope’, Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, 2023

2023 catalogue Hellerau Photography Awards 2023

2021 ZINE Berlin Collage Platfor, De/Re-Construction

2020 ‘To the streets’, Catalogue Getxophoto

2018 The First Three Years, selfpublished artist book, 250 copies

2018 catalogue Hellerau Photography Awards 2018

2017 catalogue 'Insight’, Fototage Wiesbaden

2016 catalogue ‘A Meditation on Place Collection’, SCOPE Art Miami

2012 catalogue Arles Photography Open Salon

2012 catalogue Seelevel Photogallery for Unseen Photo Fair

2012 Famylje, artist book, edition of 5

2012 New Dutch Photography Talent, GUP magazine

2011 publication ‘CRISIS! Voor de lens’, Fonds BKVB

2011 catalogue ‘Anoniem gekozen. Zomerexpo 2011’, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

2010 catalogue ‘Land. Country life in the urban age’, Noorderlicht publishing

2008 wrang, self-made artist book, edition of 3