Chantal Heijnen
1976 | The Netherlands
education
2005 – 2008: Photoacademy, Amsterdam, Bachelor degree, Graduated with Honours
1995 – 1999: Social Academy, Nijmegen, Bachelor degree
group exhibitions
2011 : ‘Ghost Republic Somaliland’ – LagosPhoto Festival | Lagos, Nigeria
2011 : ‘Ghost Republic Somaliland’ – Art from the Heart – Pop-up Show | New York City, USA
2010 : ‘Bronxites’ video portraits – LekArt Festival | Museum Elisabeth Weeshuis| The Netherlands
2010 : ‘Bronxites’ – FOTOGRAFIA Photo Festival | Rome, Italy
2008 : ‘Bronxites’ video portraits – FOAM Photo museum | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 : ‘Exposuretime – Bronxites’ – NOORDERLICHT Photo Festival | Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2008 : ‘Masterclass exhibition’ - PANL | Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 : ‘Photo Academy Award’ - FOTOGRAM | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006 : ‘Refugees Refused’ – PUBLIC LIBRARY | Ons Pardon | Wageningen, the Netherlands
awards
2010 : Nominated for Prix ANI | Visa pour l’Image Festival | Perpignan, France
2008 : First Prize ‘Photo Academy Award’ | Publication in ‘De Standaard’
2008 : First Prize ‘Photo Academy Award’ | Multi-media assignment ‘Deloitte’
2008 : Nomination ‘Photo Academy Award’ | ‘Photo Museum Antwerpen’
publications
2011 : New York Times Lens Blog – Stern Magazine – Vrij Nederland – de Volkskrant – IS Magazine
2010 : Stern Magazine – De Standaard – NRC Handelsblad – NRC Next – Trouw – De Gelderlander
2009 : NRC Handelsblad – Vrij Nederland – Readers Digest – Hollands Diep – Vanity Fair
2008 : FOTO Digi Pro – NRC Handelsblad – Vrij Nederland
2007 : Jonas Magzine – Dutch Refugees NGO
workshops / masterclass
2010 : Workshop with Antonin Kratochvil , Gallery VII, Brooklyn, NY
2009 : Participant Eddie Adams Workshop, Jeffersonville, NY
2007 : Masterclass Photofestival Noorderlicht, James Whitlow Delano & Pablo Bartholomew, NL
2006 : Masterclass Mary Ellen Mark, NY
assisting jobs
2010 – current : ICP | Teaching Assistant Community Program ‘Teen Academy Imagemakers’, NY
2008 – 2010 : Dana Lixenberg, NY
2007 : Spencer Tunick, Dream Amsterdam, Amsterdam