Fluorescent








Mirage 








Sole Series




Zephyr                        




Mirage






About Mirage Series

A new series of works by Danielle Kwaaitaal (1964, Bussum)

Kwaaitaal is already working for years steadily on an extensive photographic oeuvre in which she thematizes water. Her most recent underwater series Fluorescent and Mirage certainly did not go unnoticed, they have been purchased by corporate and private collections in NL and abroad.                   
Available works: Yes, limited.

The Mirage Series is currently being worked on. New works will be available soon. Please contact studio Danielle Kwaaitaal for sizes, prices and framing options. Studio Danielle Kwaaitaal ships her work worldwide in professional handmade crates. For inquiries please sent a message to danielle@daniellekwaaitaal.nl
Fluorescent






About Fluorescent Series

A new series of works by Danielle Kwaaitaal (1964, Bussum)

Kwaaitaal is already working for years steadily on an extensive photographic oeuvre in which she thematizes water. Her most recent underwater series Mirage and Fluorescent certainly did not go unnoticed, they have been purchased by corporate and private collections in NL and abroad.                   
Available works: Yes, limited.

The Fluorescent Series is currently being worked on. New works are available. Please contact studio Danielle Kwaaitaal for sizes, prices and framing options. Studio Danielle Kwaaitaal ships her work worldwide in professional handmade crates. For inquiries please sent a message to danielle@daniellekwaaitaal.nl
Sole Series






About Sole Series

A new series of works by Danielle Kwaaitaal (1964, Bussum)

Kwaaitaal is already working for years steadily on an extensive photographic oeuvre in which she thematizes water. Her most recent underwater series Sole and Mirage certainly did not go unnoticed, they have been purchased by corporate and private collections in NL and abroad.                   
Available works: Yes, limited.

The Sole Series is currently being worked on. New works are available in different sizes. Please contact studio Danielle Kwaaitaal for sizes, prices and framing options. Studio Danielle Kwaaitaal ships her work worldwide in professional handmade crates. For inquiries please sent a message to danielle@daniellekwaaitaal.nl
Zephyr








About ZEPHYR Series

A series of works by Danielle Kwaaitaal (1964, Bussum)

Kwaaitaal is already working for years steadily on an extensive photographic oeuvre in which she thematizes water. 

A seemingly casual collection of glass bottles defines the image of her latest work Zephyr. Old glass, from the so-called archaeological finds, dating back to the 17th and 18th century; Haarlem oil bottles, Gimbon bottles, medicine bottles, an old hip flask and vintage perfume bottles. Traces of the past, irregularities and iridescent glass provide special reflections and unexpected distortions.



Like her previous series, Zephyr has an unmistakably painterly touch, due to a com-plex production process.



The Zephyr series have become 'group portraits', in which each individual bottle is partly shaped by the specific characteristics of the other bottles.



Sharpening your eyes and look again, does not make a difference; it even reinforces the natural acceptance that glass under water looks like this.

Nothing is less true; it is the sharp eye of Danielle Kwaaitaal who has given these bottles a second life with her choices, colors and composition










                      
Available works: No

The Zephyr Series is sold out For other inquiries please sent a message to danielle@daniellekwaaitaal.nl
Ultraviolet








About
"DANIELLE KWAAITAAL | ULTRAVIOLET
By Francis Boeske

“What you see is what you get”

But what if what you’re seeing can’t be comprehended?

Ultraviolet, the latest series of works by Kwaaitaal embodies that aspect: familiar objects (glass vases and ceramic jars) with dissipating monochromatic tones that deviate from anything recognizable and are unlike anything you’re seen before.

In previous years, Kwaaitaal has created other series of works in which the subjects gain meaning only when submerged in water.
Ballerinas in a swimming pool from the series Whispering Waters. Flowers were the subjects of the series Apres Nous Le Déluge, Black-out, and Florilegium.

Flowers have an inherent sense of beauty and their own unique innate colors. Kwaaitaal has no real control over how a flower blooms when it floats submerged in water, unfettered by gravity. She can only wait for moments that fully catch her eye.

Her most recent series, Ultraviolet, was created inside an aquarium filled with water. The objects used are always heavier than water and will eventually land on the bottom. Only air bubbles that can be seen here and there give us a hint about where they are.

Glass and ceramics do not flow naturally, not even when submerged in water. This is the first time that Kwaaitaal’s refined, decisive perception as an artist becomes evident.

The choice in shapes and outlines of the objects used lies at the heart of the Ultraviolet series, followed by the choice of materials: transparent or explicitly solid. Above all, the composition is what matters. Shades of light and dark, translucent or opaque, the spaces created by the compositions of all objects together, as well as empty spaces.

We do not observe any of this without any introspective deliberation or rearranging, as the end result embodies a natural cohesion not dissimilar to that of the bouquets of the Florilegium series.

The sensation of observing natural “landscapes” is sometimes taken even further as several works from this series have also been printed horizontally.

Once again, Kwaaitaal has sought out new technical challenges. The works were created by superimposing the same image multiple times onto itself. This saturates the color, and by superimposing an image multiple times, an image shift of just a few millimetres takes place.
The viewer is put on edge by this almost imperceptible grunginess, which explains unequivocally the title of this series.
Ultraviolet light consists of electromagnetic radiation situated just outside the visible spectrum, yet it is still visible to the human eye.

Light consists of light waves, and when the wavelengths or frequencies are the same, this is called “monochromatic light”. In nature, color is determined by “polychromatic light”, as these wavelengths or frequencies are different. When this phenomenon occurs, we only see one single color, but these works consist of the addition of multiple monochromatic colors.

By only utilizing shapes and “apparent” hues, Kwaaitaal walks down a path that at first sight seems to be rather minimalistic, but of which the barely visible views along the way are decidedly rich.








                      
Available works: Yes, very limited.

Ultraviolet Series is almost sold-out. Only a few works are still available. Please contact Studio Danielle Kwaaitaal for sizes, prices and framing options. Studio Danielle Kwaaitaal ships her work worldwide in professional handmade crates. For inquiries please sent a message to danielle@daniellekwaaitaal.nl
Commissioned Portraits    







Commissioned Portraits



  

About: Since 2012, the year in which I created Hidden Series, I portray children on assignment. l take children's portraits very intuitive, and I often see at a glance how I want to capture a child. For me the personal contact with the child is crusial, I like sharpness and focus, but also like to embrace unexpected moments. That's why all my children's portraits have their own signature and uniqueness. The photoshoot can take place on location as desired. Costs per portrait are from € 2.250,-. The picture will be signed and professionally framed with museumglass and is UV protected. Please send a message to Danielle@daniellekwaaitaal.nl for more information and available dates.

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About 

Artist Danielle Kwaaitaal (1964, Bussum) graduated from the Rietveld Academy in 1991, with the groundbreaking project Bodyscapes, establishing her as a pioneer in digitally manipulated photography. By the early '90s, her work gained significant recognition, with the Stedelijk Museum acquiring a piece from the Bodyscapes project. In 1992, she held her first solo exhibition at Bloom Gallery in Amsterdam and became a prominent VJ in metropolitan clubs like Roxy and Escape in Amsterdam and Pacha in Ibiza.

Kwaaitaal’s international acclaim grew with solo and group exhibitions, including Whispering Waters (2009) at the Groninger Museum (NL) which explored tactile skin, gravity defiance, and her connection to painting. In 2012, her Hidden Series at Museum Fundatie (NL) featured portraits of 12-year-olds, capturing the complexities of adolescence.

In 2015, she presented the series Après Nous Le Déluge at the Naarden Photo Festival, marking a shift away from digital manipulation to create painterly floral still-lifes. Since then, Kwaaitaal has focused her work entirely on the theme of Water, culminating in the Florilegium Series (2018). This year-long exploration of submerged floral still-lifes was later published in the coffee table book Florilegium (2021)

Her 2024/2025 series Fluorescent and Mirage presented underwater still-life compositions rendered with surreal clarity, where waterlines and reflections fracture visual perception and challenge the boundary between realism and abstraction

Kwaaitaal’s works are held in numerous prestigious art collections worldwide, including those of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Kwaaitaal undertakes commissioned projects that span a wide spectrum, from intimate portrait photography to large-scale installations, including notable works displayed at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

Danielle Kwaaitaal is represented in the Netherlands by Bildhalle Gallery in Amsterdam and Zurich.







DANIELLE KWAAITAAL 

   

1964  Geboren in Bussum, Nederland

1987  Afgestudeerd aan Modeacademie Bijenvelt

1991  Afgestudeerd aan de Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

Woont en werkt in Amsterdam

     
Solotentoonstellingen (selectie)
2025  Dialoque, Michele Schoonjans Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2024  Danielle Kwaaitaal Retrospective, PhotoBasel, Francis Boeske Projects, Basel

2023  Danielle Kwaaitaal PhotoBasel, Francis Boeske Projects, Basel 

2022  30 Years, Francis Boeske Project, Unseen Amsterdam

2022  Kwaaitaal / Tallova, Francis Boeske Projects, Art Rotterdam

2022  STILL WATER, Michele Schoonjans Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 

2021  Art the Haque (Artist of the year) Francis Boeske Projects Den Haag

2021  Zephyr Series, UNSEEN Fotobeurs, Francis Boeske Projects, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam 

2021  Silent Water, Galerie Janknegt, Laren 

2020  Art Rotterdam, met Kiki Lamers, Francis Boeske Projects, Rotterdam

2019  Danielle Kwaaitaal, Rasson Art Gallery, Tournai, Belgium

2018  Florilegium, Artist First! Amsterdam 

2017  BLACK OUT, Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam

2017  Danielle Kwaaitaal & Kiki Lamers, Code Artfair, Copenhagen

2015  From the Vaults,  Nederlandsche Bank Amsterdam

2015  Danielle Kwaaitaal, Kunstgemaal Bronkhorst

2013  BLACK and other Colors (Popup) in samenwerking met ontwerper Marc de Groot, Amsterdam

2012  Hidden Series, Kasteel Nijenhuis, Heino

2011  Danielle Kwaaitaal, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht

2010  Studies of Falling Angels, Torch Gallery Amsterdam

2010  Whispering Waters, CDA Projects, Istanboel, Turkije (cat.)

2010  Whispering Waters, Casa Dell'Arte Gallery, Torba, Turkije

2009  Whispering Waters, Temporary Gallery, keulen

2009  Danielle Kwaaitaal, Selected video-works, Monkey Island Artspace, Keulen

2007  Liquid, Gasunie, Groningen


Groepstentoonstellingen (selectie)
2025  Art Rotterdam, Bildhalle Gallery Amsterdam/Zurich

2024  PAN Amsterdam, Bildhalle Gallery Amsterdam/Zurich

2024  Iets met Paradijs.... NDSM Fuse Art Space, Amsterdam Amsterdam  

2024  PhotoLondon, Bildhalle Gallery Amsterdam/Zurich,London 

2024  PhotoBasel, Bildhalle Gallery Amsterdam/Zurich,Basel

2024  Summershow, Bildhalle Gallery Amsterdam/Zurich,Zurich

2023  FBP 2015-2024, Art the Haque, Francis Boeske Projects

2023  PAN Amsterdam, Janknegt Gallery Laren, Amsterdam

2022  Vorm aan de Vecht, Buitenplaats Doornburgh, Maarssen (cat.) 

2022  30 Years, Francis Boeske Project, Art Space Jordaan Amsterdam

2021  Xmas - marQt, Art Gallery O-68, Velp

2020  Broken Dreams, Can Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Turkije

2020  Fotofestival Schiedam, Galerie 158, Schiedam. 

2020  Pink by quand les fleurs nous sauvent, galerie Joseph-Charlot, Parijs

2019  Pan Amsterdam, Lang Art, Amsterdam 

2019  Flora, Galerie 158, Schiedam 
        
2019  Fotofestival Naarden, Naarden Vesting

2019  Biennale Genova, Palazzo Ducale, Genua (cat.)

2018  KINO Nest, Ruimte voor Kunst, Den Haag, vertoning FLO

2018  To the Beat of My Own Drum, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam

2018  Art Rotterdam, Francis Boeske Projects

2018  The Future is Female, Parts Projects Den Haag (cat.)

2018  Bloemenlevens, Kunsthandel de Boer, Amsterdam

2017  Artist First, Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam

2017  Summershow, Francis Boeske Projects Amsterdam

2017  YIA Artfair Brussels, with Francis Boeske Projects

2016  Silence out loud Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen

2016  ABOVE & BEYOND Drents Museum Assen, cat.

2016  Dutch Identity, Nederlandse Portretfotografie NU, Museum de Fundatie Zwolle (cat.)

2015  Après nous le Déluge, Fotofestival, Naarden

2014  Droomkunst, Singer Museum, Laren. (cat.)

2014  Ongekend Kant Museum IJsselstein, IJsselstein.

2013  As Tears Go By, Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam

2013  DISCO, Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam

2012  Zoet&Zout, Water en de Nederlanders, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (cat.)

2012  Parelen, Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden (cat.)

2011  DeLaMar Photocollection, DeLaMar Theater, Amsterdam (cat.)

2011  Acquisitions, Can Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Turkije

2009  The unforgettable fire, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (cat.)

2008  Longstories, Torch gallery Amsterdam, (cat.)

2007  Vamos a Ibiza, Arti et Amicitiea, Amsterdam en Iglesia del Hospitalet Ibiza, Spanje (cat.)

2007  Behang van plint tot plafond, Coda Museum, Apeldoorn

•Boeken
2021  Florilegium, uitgeverij Hoogland & van Klaveren

2016  Above&Beyond, Drents Museum

2009  Whispering Waters, met voorwoord van Pietje Tegenbosch


Filmprojecten

2018  Kuroshoi (Black Tide) premiere Lowlands 2018

2013  Bodyscapes Cinema Zuid/Modern Times, Skindeep
EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (met publicatie)


Kunstopdrachten
2012  Falling Angels, wandschildering, Menzis, Wageningen

2012  Video Remix Kunstcollectie Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle/Heino

2012  Siluce Moving in Dimensions Parelen, Museum de lakenhal, Motion Capture animatie i.s.m TU Delft

2011  Dromen van Nazar, folie op liftschacht, Bredeschool Olympia, Breda

2010  Liquid Diamonds, folie op glas, Prime Amsterdam

2008  Tracing Reality, 450 m2 folie op glas, BC corridor, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol


Fotografie-opdrachten
2018  Gweilo 2 kinderportretten, Hongkong (particulier) 

2012  tot heden.Diverse particuliere portretopdrachten (kinderen)

2014  The Grain Project, 18 analoge kinderportretten (particulier)

2014  Gweilo, 17 kinderportretten, Hongkong (particulier)

2013  Nespresso Campagne (landelijk, Billboards)

      Watersong, 3x boekomslagen

2012  Mirrored Series, 4 portretten (particulier)

2009  Whispering Waters, Groninger Museum, Groningen


Gastdocentschap

2013  Fotoacademie Amsterdam

2009  HKU Utrecht

2009  Academie Minerva, Groningen

2009  Frank Mohr Instituut, Groningen

2007  Frank Mohr Instituut, Groningen


Beurzen (selectie)

2016  Mondriaan Fonds, werkbijdrage bewezen talent + opdrachtgever

2008  Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst basisregeling

2008  Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Tijlfonds


Anders

2013  Design Matters, Pakhuis de Zwijger, lezing

2013  GIRL, YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON, Symposium, Veejaying

2012  Art&Drinks after Work, Veejaying, Kunsthal, Rotterdam

2012  YiPArt fotoveiling, Campagnebeeld

2011  Depth of Field, visuele colom, Paradiso, Amsterdam

2009  Salon de L’amitié, een cultureel genootschap rondom Peter Giele, Initiatiefnemer, concept, fondsenwerving en productie, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

2009  Lezing over eigen werk, Utrechts Centrum voor de Kunst, Utrecht


Jury

2016  Fotoacademie, eindexamen commissie Amsterdam

2014  Menzis foto-opdracht

2013  Fotoacademie, eindexamen commissie Amsterdam

2012  Studenten festival Amsterdam (fotografie)

2010  Fotoacademie eindexamen commissie Amsterdam


Prijzen en Nominaties

2015  Photography Masters Cup, Nominee in Portrait, Young boy and his Cat

2014  Photography Masters Cup, 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence in Portrait, Capturing Giulia

2014  Photography Masters Cup, Nominee in Fine Art

Whispering Waters - Dione

2014  Photography Masters Cup, Nominee in Nude  FLO

2014  Photography Masters Cup, Nominee in Portrait,

Capturing Deborah

2013  The Spider Awards, Nominee Nude, Black Waters #5


Kunstcollecties

Het Koninklijk Huis, Zijne Majesteit de Koning en Hare Majesteit Koningin Máxima.

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis 

Ministerie van binnenlandse zaken en koninkrijksrelaties

Drents Museum, Assen

Universitair Medisch Centrum, Utrecht

Achenbach Art Collection, Keulen, Duitsland

Groninger Museum, Groningen

Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle/Heino

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Can Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Turkije

Caldic collectie

KPN Telecom

ABN AMRO

Nederlandsche Bank

Van den Ende Foundation

Vitens Utrecht

Menzis Wageningen

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Gasunie Groningen

LUMC Leiden

UMC Utrecht

Erasmus Universiteit

DeLaMar Photocollection

Visser Bay Anders Toscani

Stadsdeel Bos en Lommer, Amsterdam

Randstad

Dela Kunstzaken

K.L.M.

De Balie

Akzo Nobel

Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer

Torch Gallery

Dela Uitvaartverzekeringen

MOOOI / Marcel Wanders 

Tegenbosch/vanVreden

Heden Kunstcollectie 

Privé Collecties in binnen en buitenland


Bibliography (selectie)

2022  Fascinant Florilege, Alienor Debrocq, Le Soir

2022  Still Water, Eye on Photography, John Devos 

2022  Verstild Minimalisme, Pieter van leeuwen, PF Magazine  

2021  Verbloemd, VPRO gids Katja de Bruin

2020  Ultraviolet, Francis Boeske, GLAS Magazine

2019  Onderwaterbloemen, Twan Janssen, Residence

2018  Danielle Kwaaitaal, Elsbeth Grievink, Elle Bloemen (internationaal)

2018  Onderwater, FD Magazine, Michou Basu

2018  Botanische Beauty, Mirror Mirror Magazine, Sophie-Céline Hamer

2017  BLACK OUT Danielle Kwaaitaal, Parool

2017  Onderwater, Sacha Bronwasser, Volkskrant

2017  Binnen kijken Hanne Hagenaars, Parool

2016  Gered van de vernietiging Museumtijdschrift, Sebeth Snijders

2016  Nieuw leven voor afdankertjes Trouw, Henny de Lange

2015  Après nous le Déluge Ton Hendriks, cover-artikel PF Magazine

2015  25 jaar Photoshop Arno Haijtema, Volkskrant

2015  Doordrenkt van Schoonheid Renkse Derkx, Harpers Bazaar

2015  Après nous le Déluge Danielle Kwaaitaal, Focus

2014  Danielle Kwaaitaal Meta Struyken Style Indicator (online, NL)

2014  Selected by Jorge Margolles Noovo Editions (online, Spanje)

2013  Op de Huid Suzanne van den Berge, Jan Magazine

2013  Onderhuids Sarah Meulman, Voque

2013  Captured Caroline Brugman, Elle

2013  Collectors Tip Blend Magazine

2012  Danielle Kwaaitaal, David Stroband, Ons erfdeel

2012  Curated by Smile in Your Face (online, NL)

2012  Oude Liefde Machteld Leij, Kunstbeeld

2012  Verhulde Kwaaitaal, Tablau

2012  Op de Huid Karel Ankerman, Financieel Dagblad

2012  Fotografe laat modellen zweven Maaike Staphorst, De Telegraaf

2012  Tussen kind en vrouw Opzij Magazine

2011  Een voile van krasjes Sacha Bronwasser, De Volkskrant

2011  Whispering Waters Photo-art Magazine, Korea

2011  I Promise to Love you Roos van der Put, Kunstbeeld

2011  Kunst top-100 Riki Simons, Elsevier

2011  Belletjes in bad NRC, Marion van Eeuwen

2011  Lofzang op het vrouwelijk lichaam Jan Pieter Ekker, Het Parool

2010  Kunst top-100 Riki Simons, Elsevier  

2009  leven na de Roxy Renson van Tilborg, L’officiel

2009  Leven van Creativiteit Sara Luijters, Margriet

2009  Schoonheid is heel dichtbij Ilonka Leenheer, Elle

2009  De hollandse school Meta Struyken, NewStyle Megazine

2009  Starende nimfen Sandra Spijkerman, Trouw

2009  Mooie vrouwen op sterk water Isabella Werkhoven, Dagblad v.h. Noorden

2009  Jezelf zoeken Kim Bos, Vrij Nederland

2009  Danielle Kwaaitaal, Sabine Modder, Mocoloco

2009  Nimfen protesteren in de marge, Lennard Drost, Volkskrant

2009  Het Bureau van Danielle Kwaaitaal, Famke and Floor van Praag, Jacky


Televisie, radio

2021  Nooit meer slapen (over Florilegium) 

2015  Avro-tros KUNSTUUR (over Après nous le Déluge)

2015  Nooit meer slapen, VPRO radio (over From the Vaults)

2012  Kunststof TV (over Hidden Series)

2010  AT5, Studies of Falling Angels bij Torch Gallery

2009  Kunststof TV (over film project FLO)

2009  VPRO Radio de avonden (over Whispering Waters)

2009  NPS 4takt (over Whispering Waters)

2009  Avro’s Kunstuur (over Whispering Waters)

2009  AT5 Interview Tracing Reality

2007  Kunststof, interview

2007  Goedemorgen Nederland, interview

2007  Netwerk, about Vamos a Ibiza













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