Product Description

nightscapes

The series “nightscapes” is a tribute of the artist to the silence and poetry of “les paysages nocturnes”.

The softness of the dark, with its deep blue tones, gives ultimate space for imagination.

We do not see what we see, but what we feel.

4 x C-prints, diasec, 66,7×50 cm, 2010

curriculum vitae

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Evert Bongers (1957 Stein, the Netherlands)

lives and works in Maastricht.

After completing his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht, he worked several years as a photographer for art institutions and galleries.

He makes, among others, reports of: Marlene Dumas, Bertrand Lavier, Martin Kippenberger, A.R. Penck, William Wegman, Christian Boltanski and Mimmo Paladino.

Bongers develops more and more as an art photographer, wins prizes and begins to exhibit his work nationally and internationally.

Besides that, he works in the eighties and nineties on projects for Stuyvesant in Cuba, Ballantines whisky in Scotland and Philips

Lighting in the Netherlands.

In recent years, he mainly focuses on art photography.

Evert Bongers signs in 2012 a contract with gallery Photology, resulting in exhibitions, together with: Vic Muniz, Martin Parr, Elisabetta Benassi, Andrea Jemolo, Mario Cresci, Davide Bramante, Matthew Pillsbury and Yasumasa Morimura.

education

1976 – 1980 Academy of Fine Arts, Maastricht

awards 

Finalist Art Takes Soho

Honorable mention The Family of Man

Finalist Art Takes Paris

Honorable mention The Lucie Awards, New York

Nominee Noortman Art Prize, Maastricht

First prize Los Angeles Art Competition

Merit Award Current Works, Kansas City

Finalist Focus International Event, San Francisco

Finalist Ferguson Award, San Francisco

Finalist New York Art Competition

Honorable mention Zagreb Photo Awards