My name is Tjitte van Dalen. Born in 1978 in Gouda.  

After high school (Havo), I attended the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and the Photo Academy in Amsterdam. I graduated from the Photo Academy in 2007 as a photographer.  

As a photographic artist, I have developed my own style. I use the architecture of buildings and elements from nature to create a minimalist image, where the play of colors is just as important as the structure of the object. The colors spread outside the object, causing the color planes to seem to lead their own lives, separate from the object. The color of the background often blends with the color of the object.  

By playing with sharpness and blur, I try to find a blend between seeing and dreaming at the same time and to create a continuous illusion of movement in the work. I always work in series of two photos. 

Exhibitions:
2018 Art Zaandam
2013 The Story of the Creative – New York See.Me
2012 C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr 2012 - Essen Germany
         Galerie Ververs Amsterdam
2010 Group exhibition Galerie De Compagnie Dordrecht
2009 Business Society – Dordrecht
2009 Art Lending – Gouda
2009 Galerie Piculair – Leiden
2008 Galerie Du Nord – Bussum
2007 Group exhibition 14th Noorderlicht Galerie Pictura – Groningen
2007 Group exhibition EXP007 - Loods 6 Amsterdam
2007 Group exhibition EXP007 - Photo Academy Amsterdam

Additionally, one of my works was featured in two Netflix films.