Carla van de Puttelaar

  • Born 1967, Zaandam
  • Lives and works in Amsterdam
  • Artist/photographer, Art Historian (Ph.D.) and Lecturer (for example at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague)
  • Photo: Carla van de Puttelaar (ass. Fred Meijer)

Education

  • 2013 - September 2017 Utrecht University: Ph.D.
  • August 2011 The Amsterdam/Maastricht Summer University: Activities and Societies: A history of oil painting in the Low Countries and its consequences for the visual arts, 1350-1550s
  • August 2009 The Amsterdam/Maastricht Summer University: Dutch Art of the Golden Age: Sources and Perspectives
  • 2002 Work Period Rijksacademie (Prix de Rome)
  • 1991-1996 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Photography, Gerrit Rietveld Academy

Jury Memberships, Curatorships & Masterclasses

  • 2025 Curator De Nederlandse Portretprijs, Zeist
  • 2025-present Board Member, Museum Martena, Franeker
  • 2023/25-present Chair and Journal Editor, Scottish Society for Art History
  • 2023-present Committee of Recommendation, member, Het Portretschap
  • 2023 Curator De Nederlandse Portretprijs, Zeist
  • 2022 Curator Weekend of the Portrait, De Nederlandse Portretprijs
  • 2021-present Committee of Recommendation, member, De Nederlandse Portretprijs
  • 2020 Jury Member PORTRAITS - Hellerau Photography Award
  • 2020 Curator Weekend of the Portrait, De Nederlandse Portretprijs
  • 2020 Selection Committee Member De Nederlandse Portretprijs, Portrait Weekend
  • 2019 Jury Member PORTRAITS - Hellerau Photography Award
  • 2019 Jury Member De Nederlandse Portretprijs
  • 2018 Selection Committee Member De Nederlandse Portretprijs, Portrait Weekend
  • 2018 Jury Member World Press Photo Contest, People category
  • 2017-2019 Seminars, De Fotoshool, Amsterdam
  • 2017 Selection Committee Member De Nederlandse Portretprijs
  • 2017 Guest Curator Naarden Fotofestival
  • 2017 Masterclasses, Maria Austria Institute, Amsterdam
  • 2016-2017 Masterclass Fotobond, Portrait department
  • 2016 Jury Member Foto Nationaal 2016, Fotobond
  • 2016 Jury Member Photo Book, Portraits 2016, Fotobond
  • 2016 Masterclass, IEFC, Barcelona
  • 2012 Curator KABK for Breda Photo

Awards & Grants

  • 2024 Portrait of Britain, shortlist
  • 2019 Hariban Award, shortlist
  • 2019 De Zilveren Camera, First Prize, Personen in the nieuws (enkel)
  • 2018 Rabobank Dutch Photographic Portrait Prize, longlist
  • 2018 Artist of the Year 2019, semi-finalist
  • 2018 Taylor Wessing Prize, National Portrait Gallery, exhibition
  • 2018 Portrait of Britain, shortlist
  • 2017 Pubication Grant, Mondriaan Fund
  • 2017 Artist of the Year 2018, semi-finalist
  • 2016 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) 2016 Honorable Mention
  • 2016 PDN Annual 2016, Winner
  • 2016 Hellerau Photography Award, Nomination, Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
  • 2015 De Greif, selected for publication and exhibition Katrin Weber, Galerie f5,6, Munich
  • 2014 Bijdrage Bewezen Talent, Mondriaan Fund
  • 2012 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) 2012 Bronze, People's Choice
  • 2010 Critical Mass 2010, Finalist
  • 2010 The Julia M. Cameron Award, Finalist
  • 2009 The 2009 International Photography Awards (IPA), Honorable Mention
  • 2009 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) 2009 Honorable Mentions in 2 categories (Fine Art and Book)
  • 2009 The New York Photo Awards 2009 nomination in the Fine Art single Image category
  • 2008 The Black & White Spider Awards nomination in the Fine Art category
  • 2008 Publication Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
  • 2006 Le Prix Découverte des Rencontres d'Arles nomination
  • 2003 Publication Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
  • 2002 Prix de Rome finalist, Basic Prize winner
  • 2001 Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
  • 1999 Starter stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
  • 1997 Starter stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
  • 1996 Esther Kroon Award
  • 1996 Lee Photo Category Award

Projects

  • 2017-present Artfully Dressed: Women in the Art World, Amsterdam
    • 2022-present Prominent and Promising Women in the EU, Brussels

    In 2022 Carla van de Puttelaar started the portrait project Prominent and Promising Women in the EU in cooperation with the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU*. The series aims to visualize the state of women's representation in the EU. It is intending to inspire and invite discussion on gender equality and inclusion in the EU and beyond. The first exhibition of this project consisting of fourteen portraits, organized by the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU opened on 8 March 2023 at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Belgium in Brussels in presence of European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, whose portrait is included in the series and the Netherlands Minister for Digitalisation Alexandra van Huffelen. Amongst those who also were so kind as to participate in this project are President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, CEPS expert Tinatin Akhvlediani and Abir Al-Sahlani, Member of the European Parliament for the Swedish Center Party.

Special Assignments