Desiree Dolron

Desiree Dolron (born 1963) is a Dutch photographer who lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her photographs portray a variety of styles and subjects, including documentary images, still lives, portraits and architectural photography.

Early life

Dolron was born in the Netherlands.

Work

Dolron has traveled extensively to find subjects for her photography.

One of Dolron’s ongoing series is titled Xteriors. This series consists of photographic portraits which mimic the style of paintings by Old Masters, including Rembrandt and Rogier van der Weyden. The photographs in this series reflect Dolron’s study of art history, and she makes extensive use of digital post-production.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2009 - Fotografins Hus, Stockholm
• 2010 - Fototeca de Cuba, Havana

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 ‘XXth Century’, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag ‘ACADEMIA: Qui Es-Tu?’ La Chapelle de L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure, des Beaux Arts, Paris ‘Something That I’ll Never Really See’, Contemporary Photography from the V&A, Hatton Gallery, New Castle University, New Castle ‘Wonder’, Singapore Biennale 2008, Singapore ‘H&F collection’, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard

2009 ‘In Praise of Shadows’, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam ‘OPHELIA’, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem

2011 ‘Memories of the Future’, La Maison Rouge, Foundation de Galbert. Paris ‘L’ énigme du portrait’, Musée d’ art contemporain de Marseille ‘Sleeping Beauties’, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek ‘Hans Nefkens – 10 jaar mecenaat’, H+F Collectie, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam ‘Ellas. Creadoras de los siglos XX y XXI’, Fundación Caja Vital Kutxa, Vitoria ‘Light Work I’, Paradise Row, London ‘Zwart – Wit Plus’, Veluws Museum Nairac, Barneveld ‘Welt-(er)-findung’, Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf ‘TRA. Edge of Becoming’, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice

2012 ‘With the Eyes, the Heart and the Mind. Photographs from the Trevisan Collection’, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto ‘Through an Open Window’, Institut Néerlandais, Parijs ‘Sehnsucht. Een Onstilbaar Verlangen’, Kasteel van Gaasbeek

‘Dutch Design’, House van Oranje, Paleis Oranienbaum, Oranienbaum-Wörlitz

Selected Collections

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
• Stedelijk Museum het Domein, Sittard
• Museum for Religious Arts, Uden
• Groninger Museum, Groningen
• De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
• Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
• Collection H&F, Barcelona
• DG Bank, Frankfurt am Main
• Banque SYZ & CO, Geneva
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• The Buhl Collection, New York
• NSM Vie/ABN AMRO, Paris
• Victoria & Albert Museum, London
• Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
• The Olbricht collection, Berlin
• Joseph M. Cohen collection

Desiree Dolron is represented by Grimm Gallery in Amsterdam.