About Johan Nieuwenhuize

Johan Nieuwenhuize (Oost-Souburg, the Netherlands, 1980) is a Dutch photographer, artist and art advisor.

In 2006 he received his Bachelor degree in photography from the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague and was granted stipends by Stroom Den Haag and Mondriaan Fund.

 An artist in resicency at The Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing in 2009 resulted in his first self published book MADE IN CHINA. In 2011 Nieuwenhuize initiated Platform57 in The Hague, a platform for site specific contemporary art. Until 2015 he was the curator of Platform57. After this he focused on his own artist practice again and developed the IMG_ project.

Among others, his work has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, De Vleeshal and Teylers Museum.
With Japanese photographer Shinji Otani he forms artist duo OTANI NIEUWENHUIZE. Their work was shown in solo exhibitions at the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine Museum, at POST in Tokyo and at Ibasho Gallery in Antwerp.
Several books about his projects have been published. Among them IMG_ with Kehrer Verlag and Pieter Teylers Huis, commissioned by Teylers Museum.
The work of Johan Nieuwenhuize is represented in the permanent collections of Fries Museum, the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine Museum and Teylers Museum.
 And in the private collections Collectie Reyn van der Lugt, Collectie Pieter en Marieke Sanders and Collectie de Groen.

As art advisor he recently worked for Rijksvastgoedbedrijf (The Central Government Real Estate Agency).
Currently he works as art advisor for the art collections of The Hague University of Applied Sciences and the Albert Heijn Kunststichting.

Johan Nieuwenhuize is a member of DuPho and lives and works in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Now he is working on his new project COMPACT and the long term project COLOUR.