About
With the same curiosity as a scientist I visualize contemporary environmental topics. Planetary conditions and our place in them are the starting point in my work; the way humans interfere with nature and how we relate to the Earth on an individual level. By visualizing the beauty of scientific research, my aim is to contribute to already ongoing environmental debates in a positive way.
Currently one of my main sources of inspiration is Hyperobjects, a book by philosopher Timothy Morton. A hyperobject is such a big or abstract object, that we cannot see or touch it, but only experience it through it’s effects. For example, we can see and touch a single plastic object, but to imagine global pollution is nearly impossible. Through art (mainly photography) I try to gain a better understanding of environmental hyperobjects, like climate change or global pollution.
An important aspect of my work is conversation and collaboration. Please feel free to contact me.
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︎ suzette@bousema.eu
︎ @suzettepet
Curriculum Vitae
Suzette Bousema
Visual artist, 1995
The Hague (NL)
Tel: +31(0)681149462
Web: www.suzettebousema.nl
Mail: suzette@bousema.eu
Exhibitions
Rotterdam Photo festival
Rotterdam (NL) | 6 - 9 Feb, 2020
Group: Udo Prinsen, Esther Kokmeijer
StartPoint Prize
Prague (CZ) | 11 - 18 Dec, 2019
Group
UN Climate Change Conference | COP 25
Madrid (ES) | 4 Dec, 2019
Solo
Little Big Art Show | Circle gallery
Amsterdam (NL) | 23 & 24 Nov, 2019
Group
Sprouts Young Talent | SBK
Amsterdam (NL) | 13 - 27 Oct, 2019
Group
On Your Own (OYO) | HKK
The Hague (NL) | 21 - 27 Oct, 2019
Group
Antarctica. Peter Kuipers Munneke & Suzette Bousema op onderzoek | Museum Singer Laren
Laren (NL) | 3 Sept - 5 Jan, 2019 - 2020
Solo
YOUNG ARTISTS SHOW 2019 | gallery DE TWEE PAUWEN
The Hague (NL) | 4 Aug - 4 Sept, 2019
Group
Gallery Project 2.0
The Hague (NL) | 30 Jul - 26 Aug, 2019
Group
Graduation show | Royal Academy of Art
The Hague (NL) | 5 - 11 Jul, 2019
Group
Save Our Seas (S.O.S.) | Muzee Scheveningen
Scheveningen (NL) | 7 Jun - 22 Sept, 2019
Group
Graduation preview | Melkweg Expo
Amsterdam (NL) | 23-28 May, 2019
Group
REUSE | The Scientific Center Kuwait
Kuwait City (KW) | 10 Jan - 10 Apr, 2019
Group
Kunst & Cultuur op Scheveningen
Scheveningen (NL) | 1 Sept 2018
Group
Rondje Kunst Statenkwartier
The Hague (NL) | 23 & 24 Jun, 2018
Group
Good work, good work, ‘‘good work’’ | The Greyspace In The Middle
The Hague (NL), 25 - 30 Jan, 2018
Group
Curator: Femke Lutgerink
Commissions
De Correspondent | Jaarlijks verbranden we miljoenen tonnen kleding. Het goede nieuws: dat kán anders
26 Sept, 2019
Written by Emy Demkes
Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research | Polar Symposium 2018 | Tipping Point
The Hague (NL) | 1 - 13 Dec, 2018
Verbond van Verzekeraars | Hoofd Boven Water
The Hague (NL) | 15 Sept, 2018
Teaching
Royal Academy of Art | Go to the second year in 6 weeks
The Hague (NL) | Apr - May 2020
With Mafalda Rakoš | Preperatory Year Program
Muzee Scheveningen | Workshop cyanotype printing
Scheveningen (NL) | 7 & 14 Aug, 2019
Royal Academy of Art | Speculative Beach Cleaning
The Hague (NL) | 27 Mar, 2019
Alice Twemlow | Future Fossils: A Design Archaeology of the Here and Now
Royal Academy of Art | Go to the second year in 6 weeks
The Hague (NL) | Apr - May 2019
With Mafalda Rakoš | Preperatory Year Program
The Greyspace In The Middle | Workshop cyanotype printing
The Hague (NL) | 26 Jan, 2018
Publications / Video
The Correspondent | In 2030, we ended the climate emergency. Here’s how
8 Jan, 2020
Written by Eric Holthaus
LensCulture | Favorite Photobooks of 2019
Jan, 2020
Selected by Taco Hidde Bakker
Trigger, FOMU magazine | Photographing the Anthropocene
Nov, 2019
Written by Taco Hidde Bakker
MuseumTV | Peter Kuipers Munneke in Singer Laren
20 Sept, 2019
Der Spiegel | Bild der Woche | ausgabe 35/2019
24 Aug, 2019
NRC | Luchtbellen van 20.000 jaar oud
2 Aug, 2019
Written by Gemma Venhuizen
Sir Edmund, de Volkskrant | Zee van plastic
5 Jan, 2019
Haagsche Handen | Plastic fossielen uit de toekomst
28 Mar, 2018
Written by Noortje Schrauwen
New Dawn | NOUN PRESENTEERT EEN COLLECTIEF ONDERZOEK NAAR HET THEMA GOOD WORK
15 Jan, 2018
Talks / Presentations
Nederlands Fotomuseum | Rotterdam Photo Talks
Rotterdam (NL) | 8 Feb, 2020
Royal Academy of Art | Open Day | Science or Photography?
The Hague (NL) | 25 Jan, 2020
With Marijn van der Leeuw
Stroom | Zefir7 | Science or Photography? Design or Fine Art?
The Hague (NL) | 15 Oct, 2019
With Louisiana van Onna & Marijn van der Leeuw
Royal Academy of Art | Earth Day | Future Relics
The Hague (NL) | 24 Apr, 2018
Grondstofjutters launch | Future Relics
Scheveningen (NL) | 7 Apr, 2018
Nationaal Archief | Spaarnestad Photo | Future Relics
The Hague (NL) | 17 Jan, 2018
Events
Beach Clean-up | Future Relics
Scheveningen (NL) | 28 Jan & 10 Mar, 2019
Nominations
SBK Sprouts Young Talent Award
Amsterdam | 2019
StartPoint Prize
Prague | 2019
Education
Royal Academy of Art BA | Photography
The Hague (NL) | 2015 – 2019
Royal Academy of Art | Preparatory Year
The Hague (NL) | 2014 - 2015
Projects
Contemporary Air Archive | 2019 & ongoing
Climate Archive | 2019
Future Relics | 2018
Thesis
Understanding Hyperobjects: An Archaeological Quest Into The Anthropocene | 2019