About
Born in 1968 in Nijmegen, Netherlands, Philip Provily lives in Burgundy, France.
He was working as an assistant of photography artist Rineke Dijkstra.
Philip Provily started his career in the Netherlands with an exhibition at the Groninger Museum. He went on to expose in Rome at Galleria Pino Casagrande and in 2000 he was invited by Institut Néerlandais in Paris for the exhibition L'Oeil du Nord.
His work is in the art collection of Museum Voorlinden in the Netherlands, Maison Européenne de la Photographie and chosen for the catalogue Le regardeur Neuflize Vie collection in Paris and for the anthology Photographers of The Netherlands by GEM Museum in the Hague.
He exposed at Centre National de la Photographie (now Jeu de Paume), La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille.
In Paris he is working for UNESCO, the Dutch Embassy. Also in Editorial for Le Monde, De Volkskrant, L’Optimum and Psychologies magazine.
He loves to work in portraits, staged photography with a sense of humor and poetic lightscapes.
Awards :
BBA Photography Prize, Longlist, 2021
Lensculture Art Photography Awards, Shortlist, 2019
Fotofever 2011, Coup cœur, Paris.
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| EDUCATION | |
| 1989 - 1994 | Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam |
| 1993 | The Cooper Union, New York |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2019 | Atelier Néerlandais, Qui es-tu, Paris |
| 2013 | Pennings Foundation, Still life, Eindhoven,NL |
| 2008 | Artelano, Still life, Paris |
| 2007 | La Librairie Photographique, La Lumière parle, Paris |
| 2005 | Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery, La Lumière parle, Amsterdam |
| 2004 | Pennings Gallery, Eindhoven, NL |
| 2002 | Organon France, Pepijn Provily photographe, Paris |
| 1999 | Jacoba Wijk Gallery, Noorderlicht Photo festival, Groningen, NL |
| 1998 | Berlage Gallery, Berlage Institut, curator W. van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam |
| 1997 | Studio d'arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande, Rome |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2024 | StonePhoto, Women, StonePhotoCollection, Stein, NL |
| Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Romain Rolland, Le Nu, Clamecy, FR | |
| 2022 | Galerie Joëlle Kem Lika, Ceci n'est pas une assiette, Sainte Vertu (89) |
| 2021 | Galerie Joëlle Kem Lika, Inside, Sainte Vertu |
| 2020 | Galerie Joëlle Kem Lika, Symphonie & variations, Sainte Vertu |
| 2019 | Galerie Joëlle Kem Lika, Winter love, Sainte Vertu |
| La Friche la Belle de Mai, Only You, collection Neuflize OBC, Marseille | |
| Atelier Néerlandais, Paris | |
| 2016 | Joëlle Kem Lika Galleries, Planet Power, Paris |
| Pennings Foundation, Unframeditions, Eindhoven | |
| Joëlle Kem Lika Galleries, Beauté d'automne, Sainte Vertu (89) | |
| 2015 | Joëlle Kem Lika Galleries, Nus...à Paris, Paris |
| 2014 | Joëlle Kem Lika Galleries, Vibrations, Paris Joëlle Kem Lika Galleries, Luminescences, Sainte Vertu Anoa Gallery, Openscape, Paris |
| 2013 | Van der Donk interior, Gorinchem, NL Fotofever artfair Paris, galerie Pennings Jacoba Wijk Gallery, C.O. Jellema, Wehe den Hoorn, NL |
| 2012 | Maison des Arts, Univers photographiques, Antony, FR Fotofever artfair, galerie Pennings, Bruxelles |
| 2011 | Fotofever artfair, galerie Pennings, Paris |
| 2010 | The Box in Paris, Mise en scène, Paris Rob de Vries Gallery, GRID 2010, Haarlem, NL Espace Beaudouin, Construire sa lumière, Antony, FR Artantique, Galerie Jacoba Wijk, Utrecht, NL |
| 2009 | SIPA, galerie Yoshiko Matsumoto, South Korea Galerie Jacoba Wijk, Herfst, Wehe den Hoorn, NL Wonderwood, 10 years Wonderwood, Amsterdam |
| 2008 | Pennings Gallery, Glow, Eindhoven, NL Sifap foir, Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery, South Korea Kunstverein Salzdefurth, D |
| 2007 | L’Aiguillage Gallery, Paris Colette, Paris Art Amsterdam, Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery, Amsterdam |
| 2006 | KunstRai, Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery, Amsterdam Art Rotterdam, Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery, Rotterdam, NL Realisme 06, Jacoba Wijk Gallery, Amsterdam |
| 2005 | PAN art fair, Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery, Amsterdam Photofolies 2005, Rodez Galerie Jacoba Wijk, Noorderlicht festival, Wehe den Hoorn, NL Museum kunst palast, Slow Art, Dûsseldorf, D |
| 2003 | CAC Malaga, Retoricas del trabajo, Malaga, S Paris Photo 2003 Le carrousel du Louvre, Van Kranendonk Gallery Jacoba Wijk Gallery, Noorderlicht festival photo, Groningen Centre National de la Photographie, Fables de l’identité, Paris Fotofestival Naarden, Home sweet home, Naarden, NL Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Zonder Twijfel, Groningen |
| 2002 | Soobin Art Gallery, Mois de la photographie, Singapore |
| 2001 | PAN, l’Avenue de observatoire, Caldic collectie, Amsterdam The Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam Galerie Jacoba Wijk , Noorderlicht festival photo, Groningen LUMC, Slow Motion, Leiden, NL |
| 2000 | Institut Néerlandais, L'oeil du Nord, Paris |
| 1997 | Internationale Glasmanifestatie '97, Fort Asperen, Leerdam, NL Jacoba Wijk Gallery, Noorderlicht festival photo, Groningen |
| 1996 | Sala 1, 'Fotodiffusione '96 Olanda', Rome |
| 1995 | Het Groninger Museum, Peiling 4, Groningen |
COLLECTIONS
| Maison Européenne de la photographie | Paris |
| La Fondation NSM Vie / ABN AMRO Banque | Paris |
| KLM collection | Amstelveen |
| Fotomuseum Den Haag | The Hague |
| Museum Voorlinden | Wassenaar |
| Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken | The Hague |
| Randstad | Diemen |
| Bouwfonds | Amsterdam |
| CBK Groningen | Groningen |
| Erasmus University | Rotterdam |
| Van Zoetendaal collection | Amsterdam |
| Pennings Foundation | Eindhoven |
| StonePhotoCollection | Stein |
PUBLISHED WORKS
| 2023 | Fish eye magazine, Photographies de mode, portraits et natures mortes : l’héritage versatile d'Irving Penn | |
| 2022 | Fish eye magazine, Les corps décorés de Philip Provily | |
| 2021 | MAL Collection, Van kruimel verzamelaar tot mecenas Les-plats-pays.com, Geneviève Nevejan, critique d'art |
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| 2019 | Liberation, Only you, prestige de l'amour | |
| 2015 | L'officiel des galeries et musées, Nus...à Paris | |
| 2014 | “Le regardeur” collection Neuflize Vie, Xavier Barral éditions | |
| 2012 | Univers photographiques, Maison des Arts, Antony, Fr | |
| 2009 | Trouw, Letter in additional Geest, 7 february, Amsterdam | |
| 2008 | Eindhovens Dagblad, De zon is een rechthoek , 20 nov, Eindhoven, NL | |
| ... einen AUGEN-Blick, bitte!, Kunstverein-Bad-Salzdefurth, Bodenburg, D | ||
| 2007 | Contemporary photography, Neuflize Vie Fondation, Paris | |
| Stimuli magazine, Belgium | ||
| 2006 | Sotheby's, collection contemporary photography, 21 march, Amsterdam | |
| 2005 | Museum Kunst Palast, Slow Art, Düsseldorf, D | |
| 2003 | De Revisor, Dutch literature 2003 / 4, Amsterdam | |
| Beaux Arts, fables d’identité, Régis Durand, Paris Photo Festival Naarden, Grenzenloos / Boundless, Naarden |
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| Het Parool, vesting in Foto's, Edie Peters, 28 mai, Amsterdam | ||
| 2002 | Best regards, collection NSM VIE / ABN AMRO 1997-2002, Editions du Regard, Paris | |
| Photographers in the Netherlands, Anthology 1852-2002 Wim van Sinderen, The Hague, NL | ||
| European House of Photography, founded NSM-Vie/ABN AMRO collection, Paris | ||
| 2001 | Prins Bernhard Culturel foundation 1997, Amsterdam. | |
| The Hague museum, Le regard de Pepijn Provily, Patty Wageman, The Hague, NL Dutch light portfolio, Amsterdam |
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| 1999 | Erasmus University, collection Hoboken, Rotterdam, NL | |
| 1997 | Art News, Pepijn Provily, Jonathan Turner, 01/11/1997, New York | |
| NRC Handelsblad, Op ooghoogte, Kunst aan de slootkant, Eddie Marsman, 03.10.1997, Amsterdam NRC Handelsblad, Nederlandse Fotografen in Rome, Marc Leijendekker, 16.10.1997, Amsterdam |
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| 1996 | Fotodiffusione Olanda '96, Turin, Italy Prix de Rome photography, Amsterdam |