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Stijn Terpstra
                  




Education

2018-2022 / Photography and Film BA, St. Joost School of Art & Design
2020-2021 / KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts Ghent, 2BA Photography exchange program
2017-2018 / Preliminary program St. Joost, Den Bosch / Breda

Experience

2021 - Currently / Assistent curator, Iris Sikking, Amsterdam
2021 / Internship curator, Iris Sikking, Amsterdam

Exhibitions

2023 / Kunstenaarsinitiatief B93, ‘From dusk ‘till dawn’, Enschede
2022 / Dutch Design Week, Class of ‘22, Klokgebouw
2022 / Graduation St. Joost School of Art & Design: Now show
2021 / Noorderlicht international photo festival, Sugar factory Groningen 2021: The Makeable Mind
2021 / Fotoasiel, St. Joost School of Art & Design (self organized)
2021 / NS16 tilburg group exhibition ‘nieuwe wegen, oude sporen’
2020 / Noorderlicht international photo festival, Groningen 2020: Generation Z
2019 / RUIS online exhibition, St. Joost film & photo. Live interview ‘Interne ruis’


Awards/nominations

2022 /  Finalists of Blurring the Lines 2022 Edition

Publications

2023 / The Annihilation of Space and Time, Zero Feedback 
2022 / Blurring the lines catalog 2022 
2022 / Graduation research paper. St. Joost School of Art & Design.

Press

2022 / ‘oud-Avansstudenten presenteren hun afstudeerproject op Dutch Design Week‘ PuntAvans
2021 / ‘Studenten St. Joost vertellen met foto en film over Tilburg’ Algemeen Dagblad, Brabants Dagblad

Stijn Terpstra (b. 2000) visual artist, based in Breda, The Netherlands.

My practice is grounded in a research-based working method. Through my work, I aim to propose ambiguity and question the implications of technology on our perception of the world. My interest in forms of measuring and calculating the world around us drives me to visually explore the gaps in our knowledge and understanding. I examine photography as a means of representation by looking at photographic traditions in modern visual culture, as well as its historic and scientific use. With image-based projects, I depict scenes, objects, and landscapes providing a perspective into the complexities of our contemporary reality.




photo by loes coolen, 2022