Né en 1959 aux Pays-Bas
Vit et travaille à Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
EXPOSITIONS (sélection)
2010
- 'Dusk & Dawn', Hermitage Amsterdam
- 'Dawn & Dusk', Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York
- 'New Works', Hamiltons Gallery, London
- 'ATopia- Art and City in the 21st Century', Centre de Cultura Contemp, Barcelona
- 'De PICTURA', EMAT Espai Metropolita d'Art, Valencia
- 'Private lives', Museum Forma, Milan
2009
- FoMu, Fotomuseum Provincie Antwerpen, Antwerp
- 'Photographie & Video: Rain, Hope, Grief, Fall Et D'autres Oeuvres', Institut Néerlandais, Paris
- Langhans Gallery, Prague
- 'Erwin Olaf 50 Years Old, Retrospective', Domus Artium, Cultural Centre of Salamanca
2008
- 'Still Living; Structure, Surface and Expression', Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, USA
- 'Grief', Flatland Paris & Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris
- 'Rain, Hope, Grief and Fall', The Hague Museum Of Photography, The Hague
- 'Human All Too Human', Fotografia Europea Reggio Emilia 2008, Italy
2007
- 'Rain, Hope and Grief', M+B Gallery, Los Angeles
- 'Grief', Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York
2006
- 'Rain & Hope', Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York
- 'Dangerous Beauty', Chelsea Art Museum, New York
- 'Photo Show 101006', Gana Art Galery, Seoul
- Flatland Gallery, Utrecht
2005
- 'Fashion and Style in Photography', Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
- 'Elegance and Perversity', Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
- 'Rain & Hope', Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York
- 'Golden Age', Foam, Amsterdam
- 'L’esprit du Nord', Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
- 'Moving Targets', Dutch Media Arts Institute Montevideo, Amsterdam
2004
- 'Imitation of Life', GAM/ Modern Art Gallery of Bologna & GenderBender Festival
- 'Morocco', Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
- 'East-West RetroArtive', Arts Statements Gallery, Hong Kong
- 'Lies, Lust, Art & Fashion', Podewil, Berlin
- 'Le Cinema des photographes Neerlandais', Institut Neerlandais, Paris:
2003
- 'Silver, Erwin Olaf – 25 years of photography', Groninger Museum, Groningen
- 'Veritas Splendor, Erwin Olaf Photographs 1988-2003', Museum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
- 'Erwin Olaf', Museo D’Arte Provincia di Nuoro (Italy)
- 'Child in Time', Gemeente Museum Helmond
2002
- 'Paradise', B&D Gallery, Milan
- 'Booby Trap', Museo d’Arte della Provicia di Nuoro, Nuoro
- 'Royal Blood', Bilbao Art Centre, Bilbao
- 'Paradise', Flatland Gallery, Utrecht
- 'FFF Videoshow', Centraal Museum, Utrecht
- Third Int. Photography Festival, Montferrand
2001
- 'Retrospective', Museum of Modern Art, Hasselt
- 'Fashion Victims', Museo D’Arte Provincia di Nuoro
- 'Mature', Groninger Museum, Groningen
- Transphotographiques Festival, Lille
- Galway Arts Centre, Galway: Action (together with Paul Smith)
1996
- 'Stars in Black & White & Colour', Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney
1995
- 'Erwin Olaf Fotografiën '84 -'95', Museum Erlangen, Germany
- 'Erwin Olaf', Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
- 'Erwin Olaf, 10 years of photographs', Wessel O'Connor Fine Art, New York
1993
- 'Joy', Kunsthal, Rotterdam
1992
- 'Style Shapes Function', (with Borek Sipek), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1990
- 'Blacks - Seventeen Royal Portraits', Fodor Museum (=Foam),