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About

Wessel Baarda’s (B. 1989, NL) work features depictions of everyday life in strange, jarring settings. A body of work where the most ordinary situations are portrayed from an overwhelming and personal point of view, a narrative that finds its strength in the banality of life itself. It is a way of critically interrogating everyday life in our visual culture by drawing the line between reality and fantasy, commerce, and autonomy through depictions of (unsettling) visual scenes. The work contemplates our contemporary reality, in which the limits between real life and fiction are as close to disappearing as ever. Creating narratives that highlight the absurdity of mundane settings amplifying the strange times we live in.

wessel.baarda@gmail.com
+31 6 123 932 20
Instagram: @wesselbaarda

CV

Solo Shows

2020

Welcome Home, Paradiso Amsterdam (NL)

Group Shows

2021

Art au Centre Liege, Liege (FR)

2020

New Digital Collage, Online Exhibition
Stay at Home Photography, Online Exhibition

2019

10 years of Subbacultcha, De School (NL)

2018

The Most Expensive Cupboard in Glasgow, Oldschool (UK)
Facetime X Stroom, Stroom (NL)
ArtBnB Residency & Group Show, Perponcherstraat (NL)

2017

Feast During the Plague, Vendelstraat 2 (NL)
A Photographers Journal, Cloud Gallery (NL)

2016

L.A.N. Exhibition, Melkweg Gallery (NL)
BOD Auction, The Beergarden (NL)
Gen’ 16, De School (NL)

Older

Selected Works, Collective Space (NL)
Photoacademy Award, Fotomuseum (NL)
Sony Xperia, Unseen (NL)
Phi, Dokzaal (NL)

Residencies

2020

30Work30Days, Online Residency

2019

30Work30Days, Online Residency

2017

ArtBnB, Perponcherstraat (NL)

Publications

2020

Welcome Home, Musée Magazine
Selected Works, Self Publish Be Happy
Peterson + Stoop, Selfridges
Peterson + Stoop, FASHION (Magazine)

2019

Tampons, Ordinary Magazine
Interview about practice, It’s Nice That
Realism in the Online World, Volskrant Magazine

2017

Selected works, A Photographers Journal
Selected works, Self Published Booklet

2015

Slide Show, De Grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender
Slide Show, Printed Web No.3
Riders, Vice Festival Issue

Older

Volkskrant Magazine
De Correspondent

Affiliations & Memberships

2015–Ongoing

Facetime Den Haag, Co-Founder & Content Manager

2017

ArtBnB, Co-Founder & Social Media Manager

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We Are Public

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We Are Public

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Welcome Home

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Welcome Home

2019–Ongoing

The suburbs works to keep its people safe,
healthy, and happy.
People in the suburbs must also do their part.
They must obey the laws.
They must work together to keep the suburb a
pleasant place in which to live.

Welcome Home.

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Collages

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Lookbook

Peterson + Stoop

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Lookbook

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2018

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Biting The Bullet

Welcome Home

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Biting The Bullet

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2019

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The Ordinary Magazine

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The Ordinary Magazine

2019

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Moments Later

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Moments Later

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2020

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Journal

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Harriet Mbonjani

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Harriet Mbonjani

2017

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Invent Options for Mutual Gains

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Invent Options for Mutual Gains

2018

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Down the Rabbit Hole

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Down the Rabbit Hole

2015

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Extreme Measures

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Extreme Measures

2019

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Nikki Hock

Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

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Nikki Hock

Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

2015

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Get Well Soon

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Get Well Soon

2020

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Robs Propshop

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Robs Propshop

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2020

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Tirzo Martha

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2018

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Psychadelica

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Psychadelica

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2015

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Americana

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Addiction

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Addiction

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2016

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Agi Haines

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Agi Haines

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2017

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Gewadrup

Subbacultcha

2015

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Watch Your Back

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Watch Your Back

2020

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Daniel Frota de Abreu

Amsterdams Fonds voor De Kunst

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Daniel Frota de Abreu

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2015

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Drug Laws

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Drug Laws

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Nouveau Velo

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Nouveau Velo

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Holland Festival Office

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Subbacultcha

2015

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Vice

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Vice

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Work Ethics

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De School

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2015

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Red Light Radio

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