Esper Postma
born in Amsterdam in 1988, lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin
Artist Research Fellowship 2020, in collaboration with Kunsthistorisches Institut Florence
Biography
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2013 - 2015
Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M, DE, class Willem de Rooij
Awards and Scholarships
2019
Berlin artists program
2016
Mondriaan Fund, Research grant, with Maurits Koster
2015
Media Fund, Research grant, with Maurits Koster
2014
DAAD Prize: outstanding foreign student, Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M, DE
2013
Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude /Hendrik Mullerfonds, scholarship
2012
Mondriaan Fund, scholarship
Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), project investment
Esper Postma, Salome, 2019, installation view, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, DE
photo: Hanna Neander
Esper Postma, Rebis, detail of the installation, 2018, Stadtmuseum Lindau, DE
photo: Christian Flemming
Esper Postma und Maurits Koster, Raising Stars, 2019, installation view, PS120, Berlin
photo: Stefan Korte
Solo exhibitions
2019
Salome, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, DE
2018
Rebis, Stadtmuseum Lindau, DE
2013
Betere Betrekkingen (repetitie III), Moira, Utrecht, NL
2012
Por Algo Será, P/////AKT, Amsterdam
Group exhibitions (selection)
2019
The Perils of Toto Koopman, performance, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, DE
Innocence, PS120, Berlin
2018
Lichtspiele Arnsberg, DE
Notes From a Community in a Wilful State of Flux, Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, NL
2016
Un-stable.eu, Kunsthalle am Hamburgerplatz, Berlin
2015
Parked Like Serious Oysters, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a. M., DE
2014
Prospects and Concepts, Art Rotterdam, NL
2013
Goodbye Lukas, Amstel 41, Amsterdam
2012
Crossing Points, European Exchange Academy, Beelitz-Heilstätten, DE
Talks and screenings
2018
The American Dream, Commonplace, Berlin
2016
European Bodies, Kunsthalle am Hamburgerplatz, Berlin
2013
Betere Betrekkingen (Repetitie III), screening and Q&A, Basis, Frankfurt a. M., DE
Educating Artists?, symposium, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
2012
Por Algo Será, talk, P////AKT, Amsterdam
