winterSALON/2013: Karin Arink

Karin Arink (1967) graduated in 1990 at the academy in Rotterdam, and was participant in the Rijksakademie from 1990-1992. She won the First Prize Prix de Rome Sculpture in 1992 and was nominated for a.o. the Illy Prize 2005. Her work is widely exhibited in group shows in the Netherlands and abroad. Since 1999 she is lecturer, coach and juror at various academies and since 2012 department coordinator in the Willem de Kooning academy Rotterdam.

winterSALON/2013: Ahmet Polat

Ahmet Polat (1978) is a Dutch-Turkish photographer living in Istanbul. Polat has studied at the St. Joost Academy in Breda. Ahmet Polat, recipient of the International Center of Photography's 'Young Photographer Award' in 2006, is a photographer whose work questions preconceived notions. 
Polat's mother is Dutch and his father is Turkish. After a few years of travelling, he moved to Turkey to explore his heritage through photography. 
In the past years he has worked on commissioned projects for cultural institutes like the Rijksmuseum and international publications like the New York Times. 

www.ahmetpolat.nl

(photocredits: JW Kaldenbach)

winterSALON/2013: Maison Portier

The Dutch fashion designer Clifford Portier (1966) graduated from the Charles Montaigne Fashion Academy in Amsterdam. After graduating, Clifford leaves for Milan and works as a designer and concept designer for various international fashion brands. In 2009 his own line Maison Portier was established in Amsterdam.

http://mx1.maisonportier.com/index3.php

winterSALON/2013: Jan Willem Kaldenbach

Jan Willem Kaldenbach (1959) was trained as a photographer at the MTS for photography in The Hague and has worked as a freelance photographer since 1989. He has followed SALON/ photographically from the beginning. Most of the photographs on this  blog and most of the official outings of SALON/ are by JW Kaldenbach. And yes, he made these photo's as well.

He made an overview of that work and exhibits at Museum Willet-Holthuysen.


 


www.jwkaldenbach.com

winterSALON/2013: Irene Fortuyn

Irene Fortuyn (1959) lives and works in Amsterdam. She collaborated closely with Robert O'Brien as Fortuyn/O'Brien from 1983 to 1988. Since 2005 she has been working as Irene Fortuyn. One of the central themes in her work is the relationship between art and public space, focused on the polarity of nature versus culture. She is also Head of Department of Man & Leisure at Design Academy Eindhoven and tutor at Royal Academy The Hague.