| Rein Jelle Terpstra, lives and works in Amsterdam |
| Education | |
| 1982 - 1987 | AKI, Academy of Fine Arts, Enschede (Artez) |
| 1988 - 1991 | Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten te Amsterdam |
| 1990 | Working period in Spain (workshop by John M. Armleder) |
| 1998 | Workshop philosophy of the arts, Antoon Van Den Braembussche |
| 2015 - 2018 | Research periods in the USA |
| 2017 | Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington, D.C. |
| Exhibitions (selection) | |
| 2019 | Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2019 | Best of Selected Artist Moving Images, EYE on Art screening EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam |
| 2019 | Nomination Prix Livre d'Artiste, Association Bob Calle, Library of Beaux-Arts, Paris |
| 2019 | IFFR-Internationaal Film Festival Rotterdam (filmscreening Dinamo) |
| 2018 | The Train SFMOMA, Museum of Modern Art, with Paul Fusco and Philippe Parreno, San Francisco |
| 2018 | The Train Les Rencontre d'Arles, with Paul Fusco and Philippe Parreno, France |
| 2018 | ICP, International Center of Photography, New York City |
| 2018 | EYE Filmmuseum, 1968, filmscreening, Amsterdam |
| 2016 | Van Gogh's 3rd dimension, MOTI, Museum of the Image, Breda. Curator Cornel Bierens |
| 2015 | Sequence 1 , Dutch artist's books in international perspective. Exhibition of the collections of the Groningen Museum and Henk Woudsma, Academy Minerva, Groningen |
| 2014 | Songs from the Heart, BredaPhoto International Photofestival |
| 2014 | Thinking (out of) the box, Marres, Maastricht |
| 2014 | Nomination Dutch Doc Award (documentary photography), Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam |
| 2014 | Nothing to see, nothing to hide, Punt WG Artist's books and slideshow. Curator: Frank Mandersloot, Amsterdam |
| 2013 | Johan Deumens Gallery |during PhotoFestival Unseen, Amsterdam |
| 2012 | Looking at seeing. With Roland Schimmel, Rune Peitersen en Martijn Schuppers. Curator: Rune Peitersen. Night of Art and Science, Groningen |
| 2011 | Grand 044 Mondrian Fund (Fonds BKVB), Amsterdam |
| 2011 | This is the right spot i.c.w Maria Barnas, show diaporama De Appel, Amsterdam |
| 2010 - 2014 | After Images, about the photograph not taken, semi-permanent installation, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2008 | Trafo, Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2008 | One image says more then thousand words, De Zaal, Gent |
| 2007 | Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2007 | Festival of Photography Naarden |
| 2006 | Time Floating, installation in bridgemaster's house, Kunstgebouw |
| 2005 | Constructed Moment KW14 Den Bosch |
| 2003 | Stadsgalerij, Het Glaspaleis, Heerlen |
| 2003 | Tender Prey, Outline, Amsterdam |
| 2003 | De grote vakantie, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam |
| 2003 | De Inrichting i.c.w. Maria Barnas, Art manifestation in mental hospital, St. Willibrordus, Heiloo |
| 2003 | Floss, slideshow, Groningen |
| 2002 | After Images, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam |
| 2001 | Lost and Found, De Waag, Amsterdam |
| 2001 | A Public Space Odyssey, selection art in public space, Amsterdam |
| 2000 | Selection of Vedute-manuscripts, Parsons School of Design, New York |
| 1997 | Galerie Streetvoice, Keulen |
| 1996 | Incestuous, Thread Waxing Space, curator: Tiong Ang, New York |
| 1996 | 3D manuscripts, Foundation Vedute in Arcam, Amsterdam |
| 1994 | Between tradition and experiment, Museum for the Book / Rijksmuseum Meermanno en Westreenianum, The Hague |
| 1993 | Five Centuries Landscape, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden |
| 1993 | Nominees Encouragement Photography (with a.o. Rineke Dijkstra, Ellen Kooi, Otto Snoek), Amstelveen |
| Publications | |
| 2019 | The funeral of Robert Kennedy, the train and the onlookers Trouw, by Joke de Wolf (Jan 29th) |
| 2019 | Through the eyes of the viewer Het Parool, by Jan Pieter Ekker (Jan 25th) |
| 2018 | The Best Works of Art in 2018, NRC Handelsblad, by Sandra Smallenburg (December 30th) |
| 2018 | The most beautiful Photobooks of 2018, De Volkskrant, by Mark Moorman (November 30th) |
| 2018 | NRC Handelsblad, by Sandra Smallenburg (May 2th) |
| 2018 | De Volkskrant, by Merel Bem (March 9th) |
| 2018 | The Train, essay and interview by Clement Cheroux, SFMOMA Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, publisher Editions Textuelle |
| 2018 | Collectorsdaily.com by Olga Yatskevich (August 2nd) |
| 2018 | Uit velen veel/The people's View and popular photography, essay by Wilco Versteeg, museum magazine EXTRA, publisher Fotomuseum Antwerpen |
| 2018 | The Photograph that took the place of a Mountain, selection of essays by Taco Hidde Bakker, publisher Fw:Books |
| 2018 | Mister Motley best photobooks of 2018 |
| 2018 | Le train fantome de Bobby Kennedy, Le Monde, by Chloé LePrince (June 9th) |
| 2018 | The Washington Post, by Sebastian Smee (April 6th) |
| 2018 | The New Yorker, by Louis Menand (April 3rd) |
| 2018 | The Wall street Journal, by Richard B. Woodward (March 20th) |
| 2017 | The New York Times, by Phyllis Tuchman (October 30th) |
| 2015 | dankzij Sem Presser Archief, Dutch photography projects 2000-2015 supported by the Sem Presser Archive Foundation |
| 2014 | The Photographer's Playbook, edited by: Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern. Aperture Foundation, New York |
| 2013 | The Huffington Post, Stuart Forster |
| 2013 | The Best Photobooks of 2013, Willem van Zoetendaal |
| 2012 | Vermelding overzicht fotoboeken 2013 Volkskrant, Merel Bem |
| 2013 | New Books section (Dec issue), Camera Austria |
| 2014 | Eyecurious by Marc Feustel |
| 2013 | The Photobook Club Matt Johnston |
| 2013 | Remembering what you see Colin Pantall |
| 2013 | theloggingroad, Mirelle Thijssen |
| 2013 | Signalement Unseen Book Market, Daria Tuminas |
| 2012 | De recente geschiedenis van Nederland verteld door de kunst, Mr. Motley nr 32 |
| 2011 | Museumtijdschrift nr 1, door Robert-Jan Muller |
| 2011 | De Avonden, Hans de Geus, VPRO |
| 2010 | Kunstbeeld, nr. 11, door Anna van Leeuwen |
| 2010 | NRC Cultuurlog, Raymond van den Boogaard |
| 2010 | Holland Doc VPRO |
| 2010 | VARA Radio GidsFM |
| 2010 | Beelden, nr. 13, door Beatrijs Schweitzer |
| 2010 | kM, door Harald Schole |
| 2009 | Kunstbeeld, nr. 10, door Sandra Spijkerman |
| 2008 | Een foto zegt meer dan duizend woorden, concept Joachim Naudts, Maarten Dings en Egon Van Herreweghe |
| 2007 | Emoticon, FotoFestival Naarden |
| 2006 | Kiek, NRC Handelsblad, CS, Rosan Hollak 2-6-2006 |
| 2005 | Constructed Moment KW14. Samenstelling: Marjan Teeuwen |
| 2005 | Wereldverkenning middels een periscoop. Beelden, Antoniee de Ridder |
| 2005 | Met andere ogen, Kunst & Erfgoed door Pablo Cabenda, Kunstgebouw, |
| 2003 | Nabeelden, in FotoMuseummagazine Antwerpen (voorheen Obscuur). |
| 2001 | Stappen door de nieuwe stad, Amsterdam, door Leo Platvoet |
| 2001 | A Public Space Odyssey, selectie kunst in openbare ruimte, Amsterdam |
| 2000 | Dagblad Trouw 3 Oktober, foto flat Groeneveen, Bijlmer, Amsterdam |
| 1998 | Vier kunstwerken in het gerechtsgebouw, tekst: Hanne Hagenaars, Rijksgebouwendienst |
| 1997 | Kunst in de bajes, uitgave Rijksgebouwendienst |
| 1996 | '44 x 32 x 7', Museumtijdschrift Vitrine nr.4 |
| 1993 | Vijf eeuwen landschap, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden |
| 1993 | Aanmoedigingsprijs fotografie en kunst, catalogus Amstelveen |
| Own publications/texts | |
| 2018 | Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Train - The People's View, publisher Fw:Books |
| 2013 | Retracing , publisher post editions |
| 2008 | On amateur photography, part 1, 2 en 3, self published |
| 2006 | NRC-Nextt, column with choices out of own amateur-photoarchive and texts, daily in July/August |
| 2002 | After Images, Album of the photo not taken, concept and editing (22 artists and writers respond on the theme of the photo not taken and the role of memory and imagination), publisher De Balie |
| 2002 | Talking to you, catalogue for youngsters. Texts on a.o. Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
| 2001 | Re-Magazine#7,, image and text, publisher Artimo |
| 2001 | De nieuwe Maatschappij nr. 4, image and text A Public Space Oddyssey |
| 2001 | StuffIt!, essay on space in Decennia, publication Foundation Vedute |
| 2000 | Report of a day, publication Raad van Cultuur 1999 |
| 2000 | Mobile n.a.v. artwork for De Canadas en De Schelven |
| 1991 | Celosias artist's book, self published |
| Lectures, artist's talks | |
| 2019 | Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2018 | Crowdcourcing History, SFMOMA, June 7th, San Francisco |
| 2018 | Magnum Foundation i.c.m. 10x10 Photobook Salon, in conversation with Brian Wallis, May 24th New York |
| 2018 | Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History |
| 2018 | Lecture Hunter College, New York |
| 2018 | Lecture School for Journalism, New York |
| 2018 | Radboud University, Nijmegen |
| 2015 | Lecture Hunter College, New York |
| 2015 | Lecture MICA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore |
| 2015 | Artist's talk on memory and photography, Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam |
| 2014 | Lecture, tutorials in National College of Art and Design Bachelor and Master, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2011 | Artist talk Looking at Seeing. Moderator: Rune Peitersen Galerie Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS. |
| 2011 | Artists talk, Mushroom Collection, The Soon Institute, Moderator: Jason Fulford, Amsterdam |
| 2009 | Lecture Foam Editions, Amsterdam |
| 2008 | Lecture Foam Editions, Amsterdam |
| 2008 | Forum debate on art and archive, a.o. Laurence Aëgerter, Hans Aarsman, Katrin Korfmann en Taco Hidde Bakker. Moderator: Esther Vossen |
| 2007 | Lecture Nederlands Fotomuseum, The Past in the Present, Rotterdam |
| 2005 | Lecture photography, Centre for Visual Arts, Utrecht |
| 2004 | Participation symposium over photography and psychiatry, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| Activities, such as advice, curatorship, tutorship, mentorship, jury | |
| 2015 | Curator Dutch Artist's Books in international perspective, (i.c.w. Henk Woudsma and Barthold Boksem) Academy Minerva, Groningen |
| 2014 | Guest tutor Academy of fine Arts HKU, Utrecht |
| 2014 | Guest tutor MA Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam |
| 2013-present | Mentor at Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, Mondriaan Fund |
| 2013-present | Member of the research group Readership PRICCA Practice |
| 2012- 2013 | Jurylid George Verberg Stipendium |
| 2012 | Co-curator program Studium Generale, Royal Academy, The Hague |
| 2010-2011 | Tutor excellence program, Visual Art and Photography, Hanze University, Minerva Academy, Groningen |
| 2010-2012 | Advisor, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam |
| 2008-present | Mentoraat Cultuur en Ondernemen, Amsterdam |
| 2007 | Guestcurator Festival of Photography, Naarden |
| 2006-present | Tutor Visual Art and Photography, Hanze University, Minerva Academy, Groningen |
| 2006 | Extern expert Photography at the Hanze University, Minerva Academy, Groningen |
| 1999-present | Start archive amateur images (55.000 slides)* |
| 2006 | Lecture photography, Broeikas, Deventer |
| 2005 | Participation workshop on photography and reminiscence, SKOR i.c.w. Rivas, Gorkum |
| 2002-2004 | Advisor, Fund for the Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam |
| 2002-2010 | Advisor art in public space, CBK Rotterdam |
| 2002 | Lecture Graphic Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academy |
| 2002 | Advisor art in public space, Kunstgebouw Z-Holland |
| 1999 | Design anthology composed by Gerrit Komrij |
| Grants | |
| 2017 | Smithsonian Artistic Research Fellowship, Washington, D.C. USA |
| 2017 | Filmisch Experiment-New Screen NL, Film Fund |
| 2017 | Depth Development for Artists and Mediators, Mondriaan Fund |
| 2017 | Amsterdam Fund for the Art |
| 2015 | Depth Development for Artists and Mediators, Mondriaan Fund |
| 2012 | Publication grant, Mondriaan Fund |
| 2012 | SNS REaal Fund |
| 2012 | Foundation Sem Presser Archive |
| 2012 | De Gijselaar-Hintzenfund |
| 2008 | Projectsubsidie LIVE, Fund for the Arts, Design and Architecture |
| 2001 | Prins Bernhard Cultuurfund |
| 2001 | Project support, Fund for the Arts, Design and Architecture |
| 1991-2012 | Grants, Fund for the Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam |
| 1990 | Startstipendium, Fund for the Arts, Design and Architecture |
| Projects in public space (selection) | |
| 2009 | Porcelain roof of foliage, (architect:Kees Willemse), Den Bosch |
| 2008 | Design of the coin of the Netherlands, Ministry of Finance |
| 2008 | Waves on IJburg, housing Ymere, Amsterdam |
| 1999 | Flat Groeneveen, Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts |