ABOUT ISABELLE


ISABELLE PATEER (°1980 NL)

Education:
Master in Visual Arts, Photography (achieved with merit), St Lukas Brussels (BE, 2003)


Awards / Honors/ Grants:
• 2021 Lucie Foundation / Guardian Project for documentary photographers, Finalist (US)
• 2021 PHmuseum Days 2021, Shortlist (IT)
• 2021 Sichtbar portfolio prize, Photoszene International Photography Festival, Cologne, Shortlist (DE)
• 2021 Discoveries, Photo Espana Madrid, Selected participant (ES)
• 2020 PHOTO IS:RAEL Open call, Finalist (IL)
• 2019 Prix Régnier, Paris, Finalist (FA)
• 2019 International Photography Award Encontros Da Imagem, Braga, Finalist (PT)
• 2019 PhotoLux Festival Award (IT), nominated by Lydia Dorner, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne (CH)
• 2019 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Awardee (UK)
• 2014 Environmental Photographer of the Year, Finalist (UK)
• 2014 Vlaamse Gemeenschap Kunsten en Erfgoed, Grant Recipient exhibition MOMA Tbilisi (BE/GE)
• 2013 PHOTOVISA International Photography Festival contest Krasnodar, First Prize (RU)
• 2013 Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards, Finalist (GE)
• 2012 Photopitch DDK / Picturae Paris, First prize (FR)
• 2012 Grand Prix Photofestiwal Lodz, Finalist (PL)
• 2011 Burn Emerging Photographer Fund, honorable mention (US)
• 2011 Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, portfolio review favorite (DE)
• 2010 Stichting Fonds Anna Cornelis, Project Grant Recipient (NL)
• 2010 BNP Paribas Fortis Artistic Talent Award, nomination (BE)
• 2010 Descubrimientos Photo Espana Madrid, Finalist (ES)
• 2010 CENTER Portfolio Review Santa Fe, selected participent (US)
• 2010 Dutch Doc Award, nomination (NL)
• 2010 Prix Jeune Artiste (La Libre Belgique), nomination (BE)
• 2009 International Festival of Photography Bratislava portfolio contest, 2nd prize (SK)
• 2009 Photo Espana, best portfolio by Jim Goldberg (ES)
• 2008 International Photography Awards Los Angeles (IPA), honorable mention (US)
• 2008 Dexia Press Award, 2nd prize (BE)

Exhibitions (selection): 
* Solo Show​​​​​​​
• 2023 Les Focales, Etel, Brittany (FR) (upcoming) 
• 2022 Eyes on Main Street, Wilson, North Carolina (US) (22.10.2022 - 23.03.2023) 
• 2022 Foto Wien, KUNST HAUS WIEN (AT) (09 - 27.03.2022) 
• 2021 Eyes on Main Street, Wilson, North Carolina (US) (30.10.2021 - 17.04.2022) 
• 2021 Imago Lisboa, Carpintarias de São Lázaro (PT) (01 - 31.10.2021) 
• 2021 PHOTOVILLE, New York (US) (17.09.2021 - 01.12.2021) 
• 2021 PHMuseum Days, Binario Centrale, Dumbo, Bologna (IT) 
• 2021 Casino Luxembourg, European Month of Photography in Luxembourg (LU)
• 2020 PHOTO IS:RAEL, International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv (IL)
• 2020 International Photography Festival Encontros Da Imagem, Braga (PT)
• 2019 Either Photo Gallery, Barcelona (ES)
• 2018 Fotofestiwal Lodz (PL)
• 2018 Photobookfestival Liege (BE)
• 2018 Rencontres d’Arles (FA)
• 2017  Brugge Foto City Photography Festival (BE) 
• 2017  WIELS / Recyclart  Brussels (BE) 
• 2016  * International Photography Festival Hull (UK)
• 2016 De Henehoeve Gallery Heks (BE)
• 2015 CityLeaks arts festival Cologne (DE)
• 2015 Rencontres d’Arles (FA)
• 2015 Triennale Der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (DE)
• 2014 International Photography Festival ‘Encontros da Imagen’, Braga (PT)
• 2014 Royal Geographical Society, London (UK)
• 2014 MOMA, Tbilisi (GE)
• 2013 * Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, (DE)
• 2013 PHOTOVISA International Photo Festival, Krasnodar (RU)
• 2013 ManifestO, Festival d’Images Toulouse (FA)
• 2013 Copenhagen Photo Festival (DK)
• 2013 EXP 12 Gallery for contemporary photography Berlin (DE)
• 2013 Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival (GE)
• 2013 * Photofusion Gallery London (UK)
• 2012 * PhotoIreland Festival (IR)
• 2012 Photofestiwal Lodz (PL)
• 2012 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie (DE)
• 2012 Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona (ES)
• 2012 ISSP, Riga (LV)
• 2010 Daegu Photo Biennale, South Korea (SK)
• 2010 * Photobiennale Greece (GR)
• 2010 Breda Photo (NL)
• 2010 Botanique gallery (BE)
• 2009 * Biënnale de photographie Condroz (BE)
• 2009 * Mercator gallery Antwerp (BE)
• 2009 * Academie gallery Utrecht (NL)
• 2009 MEP Lille / Fotofestival Transphotographique (FA)
• 2008 Summer of Photographie Brussels (BE)
• 2008 6thInternational Photographie Biennale Liège (BE)

Guest lectures, artist talks and juries:
• Guest expert preview Master project, KASK, Ghent (BE), Feb 2019
• Guest lecturer, INRACI, Brussels (BE), Jan 2019
• Panel discussion speaker, Stockmans Art Books, book fair Antwerp (BE), Nov 2018
• Guest lecturer Nimeto (media and communication section), Utrecht (NL), June 2018
• Jury member graduation jury, St Luc, Liège dpt. of photography, Liège (BE), June 2018
• Artist talk ‘Unsettled, Brugge Foto (BE), Jan 2018
• Jury member graduation jury, Narafi, dpt. of photography, Brussels (BE), June 2017
• Guest lecturer Artevelde Hogeschool (journalism section), Ghent (BE), March 2017
• Artist talk solo show ‘Unsettled, Central Library Hull (UK), Oct. 2016
• Jury member graduation jury, St Luc, Liège dpt. of photography, Liège (BE), June 2016
• Guest speaker ‘EXTRA FORT’, Recyclart, Brussels (BE), Nov. 2014
• Artist talk solo show ‘Unsettled, Lichtblick Galerie Cologne (DE), Nov. 2013
• Artist talk solo show ‘Unsettled, Photofusion Gallery, London (UK), March. 2013
• Guest lecturerLUCA school of arts University Brussels (photography section), Dec. 2012
• Artist talk solo show ‘Unsettled, Copper House Gallery, Dublin (IR), July 2012
• Guest lecturer MAD (Media and Design) faculty (photography section),Genk (BE), March 2011
• Guest speaker debate ‘Beeld/Verhalen’, Brugge (BE), Oct. 2010
• Jury member photography contest ‘Photo Academy Award’, Amsterdam (NL) July 2007
• Jury member graduation jury St Lukas Brussels dpt. Photography, Brussels (BE), June 2005

Commissioned photography productions:
Over the last 20 years Isabelle has been building successful project collaborations with leading international partners and clients alongside her growing personal artistic practice. A selection: 

Editorial – Media: The New York Times magazine, Financial Times, Monocle, Style in Progress, Knack, De Standaard, Lannoo Publishing, The Irish Times, De Morgen Magazine, La Libre Belgique, Baumeister, Style in Progress, Arte news, Focus, One World, Apache, Onze Taal etc.
Corporate – Advertising: Colruyt Group, G4S Security, Grunenthal, Orde van Architecten, MATEXI, RDH Diamonds, Foodservice Network Europe, Secretary Plus, Regie der Gebouwen, Proximus, Starbucks, Audi, Porsche, WWF, Adecco, Deloitte, DHL, Johnson & Johnson, Antwerp Zoo Society. etc.
Agencies: Consensio strategic consulting, Maneuver strategic design agency. 
Cultural – Arts:Johan Tahon, Jeff Neve and Pascal Schumacher, Gabriel Rios, GOOSE, Estate Philippe Vandenberg etc.
Non-Profit sector: Caritas, Handicap International, Fedasil, De Mens Nu etc.

Press and publications (selection):
The New York Times magazine, Financial Times, KLARA, Monocle, Style in Progress, Knack, De Standaard, De Morgen Magazine, The Irish Times, The Art Couch, Arco contemporary Art, Arte news, Medor Magazine, Baumeister, Pulp Magazine, Le Vif,  La Libre Belgique, Baumeister, Style in Progress, One World, Apache, La lettre de la Photographie, Landscape Stories, VIEW magazine, GUP magazine, FotoMuseum Magazine. 

Collections:
MUHKA Antwerp (BE), FotoMuseum Antwerp (BE), Prentenkabinet Leiden (NL), University Ghent (BE), Fotodok (NL), CC De Spil Roeselare (BE) and different international private collections
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