| 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 | Research period in the USA |
| 2017 | Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington DC |
| Exhibitions (selection) | |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 2015 | dankzij Sem Presser Archief, Dutch Photography 2000- 2015, supported by the Sem Presser Archief Foundation |
| 2014 | The Photographer's Playground Aperture Foundation, New York Edited by: Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern |
| 2014 | Eyecurious by Marc Feustel |
| 2013 | The Huffington Post, Stuart Forster |
| 2013 | The Best Photobooks of 2013, list by Willem van Zoetendaal |
| 2013 | Overview Photobooks in 2013, Volkskrant by Merel Bem |
| 2013 | Camera Austria New Books section (dec issue) |
| 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 | Mr. Motley, The recent history of Holland, told by the arts, nr 32 |
| 2011 | Museumtijdschrift nr 1, by Robert-Jan Muller |
| 2011 | De Avonden, Hans de Geus, VPRO |
| 2010 | Kunstbeeld, nr. 11, by Anna van Leeuwen |
| 2010 | NRC Culture-blog, Raymond van den Boogaard |
| 2010 | Holland Doc VPRO |
| 2010 | VARA Radio GidsFM |
| 2010 | Beelden, nr. 13, by Beatrijs Schweitzer |
| 2010 | kM, by Harald Schole |
| 2009 | Kunstbeeld, nr. 10, by Sandra Spijkerman |
| 2008 | One image says more then thousand words, curator: Joachim Naudts, Maarten Dings en Egon Van Herreweghe |
| 2007 | PhotoFestival Naarden |
| 2006 | Kiek, NRC Handelsblad, CS, Rosan Hollak 2-6-2006 |
| 2005 | Constructed Moment KW14. Curator: Marjan Teeuwen |
| 2005 | Scouting the world with periscope, Beelden, by Antoniee de Ridder |
| 2005 | With other eyes, Kunst & Erfgoed door Pablo Cabenda, Kunstgebouw, |
| 2003 | After Images, in FotoMuseummagazine Antwerpen (before Obscuur) |
| 2001 | Steps through the new city, Amsterdam, by Leo Platvoet |
| 2001 | A Public Space Odyssey, selection art in public space, Amsterdam |
| 2000 | Newspaper Trouw 3 Oktober, Bijlmer, Amsterdam |
| 1999 | In 't Schip, magazine about art and literature, |
| 1998 | 4 artworks in the court, text: Hanne Hagenaars, Rijksgebouwendienst |
| 1997 | Art in jail, publisher Rijksgebouwendienst |
| 1996 | '44 x 32 x 7', Museummagazine Vitrine nr.4 |
| 1993 | Five Centuries Landscape, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden |
| 1993 | Nominees Encouragement Photography, catalogue Amstelveen |
| Own publications/texts | |
| 2015 | Sequence 1 -Dutch artist's books in internationaal perspective (uitgave academie Minerva) |
| 2013 | Retracing , publisher post editions |
| 2008 | On amateur photography, part 1, 2 en 3, self published |
| 2006 | NRC-Nextt, column with choices of amateur-photo's, in dialogue with editor photography NRC-Next Annelies Kuiper, daily in july/august |
| 2002 | After Images, Album of the photo not taken, concept and editing (22 artists and writers react 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,, publisher Artimo, image and text |
| 2001 | De nieuwe Maatschappij nr. 4, image and text A Public Space Oddyssey |
| 2001 | StuffIt!, essay on room 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 | |
| 2015 | Lecture Hunter College, New York |
| 2015 | Lecture Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore |
| 2014 | Lecture, tutorials in National College of Art and Design Bachelor and Master, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2014 | Guest tutor Academy of fine Arts HKU, Utrecht |
| 2014 | Guest tutor MA Academy of architecture, Amsterdam |
| 2013 | Guest tutor St. Joost Academy, Photography Department. Den Bosch |
| 2012 | Co-curator program Studium Generale, Royal Academy, The Hague |
| 2010-2011 | Tutor excellence program, Visual Art and Photography, Hanze University, Minerva Academy, Groningen |
| 2006-heden | Tutor Visual Art and Photography, Hanze University, Minerva Academy, Groningen |
| 1990-2012 | Guest lectures on Gerrit Rietveld Academy (photography), Royal Academy, The Hague (photography in public space), Willem de Koning Academie, Rotterdam, Studium Generale, Vrije Academie, Den Haag and Academia de Belles Artes, Cuenca, Spanje |
| Activities, such as advice, curatorship, artist talks | |
| 2015 | Artist Talk: 10x10 Photobook Salon, New York. Initiator and moderator: Taco Hidde Bakker. With Stephan Keppel and Mariken Wessels. |
| 2015 | Curator (i.c.w. Henk Woudsma and Barthold Boksem) Dutch Artist's Books in international perspective, Academy Minerva, Groningen |
| 2015 | Artist's talk on memory and photography, Castrum Peregrini |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2010-2012 | Advisor, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam |
| 2008-present | Mentoraat Cultuur en Ondernemen, 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 |
| 2007 | Guestcurator Festival of Photography, Naarden |
| 2006 | Rijksgecommiteerde 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 |
| 2005 | Lecture photography, Centre for Visual Arts, Utrecht |
| 2004 | Participation symposium over photography and psychiatry, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 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 |
| Projects in public space (selection) | |
| 2014 | ROC Noord Nederland, Stadskanaal, architect: Mecanoo |
| 2014 | Town Hall Velsen |
| 2013 | Sketch plan Social Affairs and Employment, Groningen |
| 2012 | Design of the coin of the Netherlands, Ministry of Finance |
| 2012 | Wall of Sound Erasmus College, Zoetermeer |
| 2012 | St. Josephhof, Nijmegen(architect: Mecanoo) |
| 2009 | Design for Town Hall Zaanstad(architect: Sjoerd Soeters) |
| 2009 | Sketch plan for BEL-municipalities Laren, Blaricum en Eemnes |
| 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, Amsterdam, housing Ymere |
| 2007 | Sketch plan for Stedelijk Gymnasium, Arnhem |
| 2005 | Sketch plan Betuwelijn, shaft building |
| 2005 | With other eyes, Moordrecht, Kunstgebouw |
| 2005 | Submarine i.c.w. Hester Oerlemans, Veenendaal, Kunst en Bedrijf |
| 2002 | Sketch plan in memory of the flood, Bernisse, Kunstgebouw |
| 2002 | Sketch plan for St. Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam |
| 2001 | Model Room, school De Triangel i.c.w. Kunst en Bedrijf en Stroom hcbk in Den Haag, concept Marieken Verheyen (a.o. Zeger Reyers, Suzan Drummen) |
| 2000 | Mobile, Canadas en De Schelven, two schools, Boxmeer |
| 1999 | Chandelier, Verlengde Slotlaan, Zeist |
| 1999 | Flat Groeneveen, Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam Fund for the arts |
| 1998 | Court House, Groningen, Rijksgebouwendienst |
| 1998 | Sketch plan for Vleuten De Meern, De Leidsche Rijn |
| 1998 | Sketch plan for Rextuin, Amsterdam Fund for the arts |
| 1997 | EBI (Temporary Extra Security Facility). Four exercise yards, Vught, Rijksgebouwendienst |
| 1993 | Sophia Children Hospital, department Children psychiatry, Rotterdam |
| Grants | |
| 2016 | Nomination for the Smithsonian Artistic Research Fellowship (SARF), Washington DC, USA |
| 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 | Projectsubsidie, Fonds 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 |
| Collections (selection) | |
| The Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam International Center of Photography Library, New York MoMA Library, Manhattan and Queens, New York, USA New York Public Library Special Collections, New York Centre Pompidou, Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Paris, France Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Yale University, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, New Haven, USA Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, USA Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam ABN-Amro Bank, Amsterdam Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium Rijksmuseum Meermanno Westreenianum, Museum for the book, The Hague |