| Rein Jelle Terpstra, lives and works in Amsterdam |
| Education | |
| 1984 - 1988 | AKI, Academy of Fine Arts, Enschede (Artez) |
| 1989 - 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. |
| Nominations, awards | |
| 2019 | Gold medal for The Most Beautiful Book of the World, Stiftung Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2019 | The Best Dutch Book Design 2018, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
| 2019 | Best of Selected Artist Moving Images 2018 Eye on Art, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam |
| 2019 | Best Photography Book Award nomination, The Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, Somerset House, London |
| 2019 | Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, longlisted: exhibition Robert F Kennedy Funeral Train, Nederlands Fotomuseum |
| 2018 | Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, longlisted: book Robert F Kennedy Funeral Train |
| 2019 | Lucie Photo Book Award, finalist, New York |
| 2019 | Prix Livre d'Artiste nomination, Association Bob Calle, Library of Beaux-Arts, Paris |
| 2019 | Best text-image Dutch Photobook 2019, nomination |
| 2014 | Dutch Doc Award documentary photography, nomination Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam |
| 1993 | Aanmoedigingsprijs Fotografie nomination (a.o.. Rineke Dijkstra, Otto Snoek), Amstelveen |
| Exhibitions (selection) | |
| 2022 | The Contemporary Art Centre of Barcelona - Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2022 | Dark Dunes Fotomuseum Den Haag |
| 2022 | The setting of violence, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede |
| 2020 | Mourning, On loss and change (with Bas Jan Ader, Christian Boltanski, Andy Warhol a.o.) Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany |
| 2020 | Winter Garden photograph project 40 years Camera Lucida, by Roland Barthes, curator Odette England, Houston Center for Photography, USA |
| 2020 | Geografías del viage (a.o. Francis Alÿs, Adrian Paci, Christina de Middel). Curator: Pedro Vicente, Visiona Huesca, Spain |
| 2019 | Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2019 | IFFR-Internationaal Film Festival Rotterdam |
| 2019 | American Presidents Film and Literary Festival, Fremont, Ohio |
| 2019 | Paris Short Film Festival |
| 2018 | The Train, SFMOMA, Museum of Modern Art, met Paul Fusco en Philippe Parreno. Curator: Clément Cheroux. San Francisco |
| 2018 | The Train, Les Rencontre d'Arles, with Paul Fusco and Philippe Parreno. Curator: Clément Cheroux. France |
| 2018 | ICP, International Center of Photography, New York City |
| 2018 | Foam Editions, boek launch, June 22th Amsterdam |
| 2018 | EYE Filmmuseum, 1968, Amsterdam |
| 2014 | 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 Night of Art and Science. Curator: Rune Peitersen. Groningen |
| 2011 | Grand 044 Mondrian Fund (Fonds BKVB), Amsterdam |
| 2011 | This is the right spot i.c.w Maria Barnas, De Appel, Amsterdam |
| 2010 - 2014 | After Images, about the photograph not taken, semi-permanent installation, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2008 | One image says more than a thousand words, De Zaal, Gent |
| 2007 | Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2007 | Festival of Photography Naarden |
| 2006 | Time Floating, installation in bridgemaster's house, Voorschoten |
| 2005 | Constructed Moment KW14 Den Bosch |
| 2003 | Stadsgalerij, Het Glaspaleis, Heerlen |
| 2003 | De grote vakantie, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam |
| 2003 | De Inrichting i.c.w. Maria Barnas, Art manifestation in mental hospital, St. Willibrordus, Heiloo |
| 2002 | After Images, about the photograph not taken 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 |
| 1999 | Design anthology composed by writer and poet Gerrit Komrij |
| 1997 | Galerie Streetvoice, Keulen |
| 1996 | Incestuous, Thread Waxing Space. Curator: Tiong Ang, New York |
| 1994 | Between tradition and experiment, Museum for the Book / Rijksmuseum Meermanno en Westreenianum, The Hague |
| 1993 | Five Centuries Landscape, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden |
| Publications, reviews | |
| 2020 | Mourning, On loss and change (with Bas Jan Ader, Christian Boltanski, Andy Warhol. e.a.) Hamburger Kunsthalle, Duitsland |
| 2020 | Het is oorlog, maar de fotograaf kijkt weg Trouw, by Joke de Wolf |
| 2020 | Een vergezicht of mooie bloem in de oorlogsjaren Het Parool, by Jan Pieter Ekker |
| 2020 | Gifzwarte tinten en melancholiek licht in drie rijke fotoboeken De Volkskrant, by Arno Haitjema |
| 2020 | Collectordaily.com, by Olga Yatskevich |
| 2020 | Nearest Truth Podcast, interview by Brad Feuerhelm |
| 2020 | Kunst is lang Podcast Mister Motley, interview by Luuk Heezen |
| 2019 | Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Train - The People's View Metropolis M, by Manus Groenen |
| 2019 | Langs het spoor De Groene Amsterdammer, by Jan Postma |
| 2019 | Rouw langs de spoorlijn Nederlands Dagblad, by Arjan Glas |
| 2019 | De laatste reis van Robert Kennedy Het Financieele Dagblad, by Hilda Bouma |
| 2019 | Robert F Kennedy Funeral Train - The People's View Focus, by Jelle Verhoeks |
| 2019 | De mensen langs het spoor Pf, by Diana Bokje |
| 2019 | Mille et un Photographes La Couleur de Jours, by Jean Perret (Switzerland) |
| 2019 | The funeral of Robert Kennedy, the train and the onlookers Trouw, by Joke de Wolf |
| 2019 | Through the eyes of the viewer Het Parool, by Jan Pieter Ekker |
| 2019 | Nooit meer slapen VPRO, interview by Pieter van der Wielen |
| 2018 | ArtForum by Gwen Allen |
| 2018 | The Best Works of Art in 2018 NRC Handelsblad, by Sandra Smallenburg |
| 2018 | The most beautiful Photobooks of 2018 De Volkskrant, by Mark Moorman |
| 2018 | NRC Handelsblad by Sandra Smallenburg (May 2th) |
| 2018 | De Volkskrant by Merel Bem |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 2018 | The Baltimore Sun by Mary Mc Couley (June 20) |
| 2015 | dankzij Sem Presser Archief, Dutch photography 2000-2015 |
| 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 | Mentioning Photobooks 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 | The recent history of the Netherlands, told by the arts., Mr. Motley nr32 |
| 2011 | Museumtijdschrift nr 1, by Robert-Jan Muller |
| 2011 | De Avonden, Hans de Geus, VPRO |
| 2010 | Kunstbeeld, nr. 11, by Anna van Leeuwen |
| 2009 | Kunstbeeld, nr. 10, by 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. Curator: Marjan Teeuwen |
| 2001 | A Public Space Odyssey, selection art in public space, Amsterdam |
| 1998 | four artworks in the court, text: Hanne Hagenaars, Rijksgebouwendienst |
| 1993 | Five Centuries Landscape, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden |
| 1993 | Encouraging Award Photography and Art , catalogus Amstelveen |
| Own publications/contributions of images and texts | |
| 2021 | My Mental Image Archive (working title), short film and text contribution. Edited by Jason Fulford, Aperture Publishing House, New York |
| 2020 | Donkere Duinen, self published, i.c.w. Van Zoetendaal Publishers |
| 2020 | Keeper of the hearth picturing Roland Barthes' unseen photograph 40 years Camera Lucida, door Roland Barthes. Editor Odette England. Publisher Shilt Publishing |
| 2020 | Wicked Assignments, Practising Creativity in Contemporary Arts Education. Uitgeverij Valiz, Amsterdam |
| 2018 | Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Train - The People's View (publisher Fw:Books) |
| 2015 | Sequence 1, Dutch artist's books in an international perspective. Exhibition of the collections of the Groningen Museum and Henk Woudsma, Academy Minerva, Groningen |
| 2014 | The Photographer's Playbook 307 Assignments and Ideas on Photography, Edited by Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern, Aperture Publishing House, New York |
| 2013 | Retracing (uitgever post editions) |
| 2008 | On amateur photography, part 1, 2 and 3, self-published |
| 2006 | NRC-Next, column with choices out of own amateur-photo archive and texts, daily in July/August |
| 2010 - 2014 | After Images, about the photograph not taken, semi-permanent installation, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2002 | Talking to you, catalog 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 | |
| 2020 | Master Institute of Visual Cultures in Art, Media, Design St. Joost School |
| 2019 | PI.lab’s Data and Truth Symposium collaboration of the Radboud University, Tilburg University and TNO, Utrecht |
| 2019 | Artez AKI, Academy of Fine Arts, Enschede |
| 2019 | Willem de Kooning Academy of Fine Arts, Rotterdam |
| 2019 | Sint Lucas Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp |
| 2019 | Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| 2018 | SFMOMA, Museum of Modern Art Crowdsourcing History, June 7th, San Francisco |
| 2018 | Magnum Foundation i.c.m. 10x10 Photobook Salon, in conversation with Brian Wallis, New York |
| 2018 | Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History |
| 2018 | Hunter College Master, New York |
| 2018 | School for Journalism, New York |
| 2018 | Fotodok, interview by Rob Hornstra, Utrecht |
| 2018 | Radboud University, Nijmegen |
| 2015 | Hunter College Master, New York |
| 2015 | MICA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore |
| 2015 | On memory and photography, Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam |
| 2014 | Lecture, tutorials in National College of Art and Design Bachelor and Master, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2011 | Looking at Seeing. Moderator: Rune Peitersen Galerie Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS. |
| 2011 | Mushroom Collection, The Soon Institute, Moderator: Jason Fulford, Amsterdam |
| 2009 | Foam Editions, Amsterdam |
| 2008 | 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 | Nederlands Fotomuseum, The Past in the Present, Rotterdam |
| 2004 | Participation symposium over photography and psychiatry, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam |
| Activities as advisor, curator, tutor, mentor, membership jury | |
| 2021 | Initiator and moderator OpenUp Artist Talks, Academie Minerva en Master Frank Mohr Insitute |
| 2020-present | Chairman foundation Artisbook, Groningen |
| 2020 | Master Institute of Visual Cultures in Art, Media, Design St. Joost School |
| 2019 | Portfolio Reviews, the Nederlands Fotomuseum i.c.w. Nationale-Nederlanden, Rotterdam |
| 2019 | PI.lab’s Data and Truth Symposium collaboration of the Radboud University, Tilburg University and TNO, Utrecht |
| 2015- present | individual artists coaching trajectories |
| 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 Academy of Architecture, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten |
| 2013-2016 | 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 |
| 2011-2015 | Member Curriculum Committee, Fine Arts Academie Minerva, Groningen |
| 2010-2011 | Tutor excellence program, Visual Art and Photography, Hanze University, Minerva Academy, Groningen |
| 2009-2012 | Advisor, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam |
| 2008-2017 | Mentorship and coaching 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 |
| 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 | AFK, 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, 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 |
| 1999 | Courthouse, Groningen, Rijksgebouwendienst |
| 1998 | Sophia Child Hospital, Rotterdam, Rijksgebouwendienst |
| Collecties (selection) | |
SFMOMA-Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco MoMA Library, Manhattan and Queens, New York ICP- International Center of Photography Library, New York The Metropolitan Museum, New York Princeton University Library, Princeton, USA The Yale University Library, New Haven Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles New York Public Library Special Collections, New York EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Artists' book collection Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam ABN-Amro Bank, Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Meermanno Westreenianum, Museum voor het boek, Den Haag Centre Pompidou, Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Paris Prix Livre d'Artiste, Association Bob Calle, Library of Beaux-Arts, Paris The Royal Museum of Arts, Brussels, Belgium |