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![Family Tree]( "Family Tree")
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![Disclaimer: Artwork May Already be Gone]( "Disclaimer: Artwork May Already be Gone")
infounlocks cave work #5 in cave #3
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![Disclaimer: Artwork May Already be Gone]( "Disclaimer: Artwork May Already be Gone")
infounlocks cave work 1-5 in cave #3
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![Ik hoor wat je zegt]( "Ik hoor wat je zegt")
infophotograph of the artist in his own Bathroom installation
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![New Solo Just Dropped 1]( "New Solo Just Dropped 1")
infoPermanent Installation
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![The Secret map of the hidden area]( "The Secret map of the hidden area")
infoled lighting
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![Public Space Archeologist]( "Public Space Archeologist")
infoSymbiosis #4
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![Homo Dentis II]( "Homo Dentis II")
infoart rotterdam 2023
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![Boba's Night Light]( "Boba's Night Light")
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![Life aint nothin but a funny funny riddle]( "Life aint nothin but a funny funny riddle")
infoinstallation for molt berlis
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![*detail* Key, plexiglass, Lasercut Metal, Hahnemuhle baryt print, rivets]( "*detail* Key, plexiglass, Lasercut Metal, Hahnemuhle baryt print, rivets")
infoinstallation for molt berlis
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![Above the Seafog #2]( "Above the Seafog #2")
infoPermanent Installation in mountain
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![Above the Seafog]( "Above the Seafog")
infopermanent Installation on Sea Cliff
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![Stone Money]( "Stone Money")
infofor the lectorate of new economy
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![*detail* Stone Money]( "*detail* Stone Money")
infofor the lectorate of new economy
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![Banana Boxes of Redemption]( "Banana Boxes of Redemption")
infoArchive of monestary photographed and sculpted For Landpark Assisie
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![Banana Boxes of Redemption]( "Banana Boxes of Redemption")
infoArchive of monestary photographed and sculpted For Landpark Assisie
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![Cave #3 The Bird Cave]( "Cave #3 The Bird Cave")
infoCave installation
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![*detail* Cave #3 The Bird Cave]( "*detail* Cave #3 The Bird Cave")
infoCave installation
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![Fossilframe]( "Fossilframe")
infoIn UMC collection, Collaborative work photograph by Jan Hoek
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![Unseen 'New Ways of Framing']( "Unseen 'New Ways of Framing'")
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![Wachten tot je een ons weegt]( "Wachten tot je een ons weegt")
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![Wasteland]( "Wasteland")
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![*detail* Wasteland]( "*detail* Wasteland")
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![My name in a volcano]( "My name in a volcano")
infoframed documentation of land art installation
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![The Dig]( "The Dig")
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![*detail* The Dig]( "*detail* The Dig")
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![Concrete kind of guy]( "Concrete kind of guy")
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Opening video van de eerste editie van de Tiny Art Gallery
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fragment uit de film Tommy & Danny Op Zoek Naar De Toekomst: Different Reasons For Digging a Hole
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![A Desk With a View]( "A Desk With a View")
infoMade during a residency in Oggebbio, Italy
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![Dogs Balancing on Beercans in Virusframe]( "Dogs Balancing on Beercans in Virusframe")
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![Empty Althar of Forbidden Knowledge]( "Empty Althar of Forbidden Knowledge")
infoShrine made for the Studium Generale, KABK Den Haag
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![Geode]( "Geode")
infoReplica of Marktplaats photograph. exhibited at Museum
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![Uitgestorven Diersoortenlijst]( "Uitgestorven Diersoortenlijst")
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![The Dip]( "The Dip")
infoframe made in collaboration with the passport photo collection of Thijs Jaeger
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![Framebow]( "Framebow")
infoexhibited at Ten Haaf projects Amsterdam
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![Dharma initiatives episode 2]( "Dharma initiatives episode 2")
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![Zo Lang Mogelijk Blijven en Zo Snel Mogelijk Weg Gaan]( "Zo Lang Mogelijk Blijven en Zo Snel Mogelijk Weg Gaan")
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![Jongen en meisje in Beton]( "Jongen en meisje in Beton")
infoExhibited at Ten Haaf Projects, Amsterdam
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![The Island Of The Dead Concrete]( "The Island Of The Dead Concrete")
infoExhibition at Ten Haaf Projects, Amsterdam
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![private dealer]( "private dealer")
infosecret art salesman selling concretographs at Art Rotterdam
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![Atlantis frame for sea goddess]( "Atlantis frame for sea goddess")
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![Watersteen]( "Watersteen")
infoGemaakt tijdens een residentie in La Junquera
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![Denksteen]( "Denksteen")
infoStone where one can put their head in to enhance concentration and thinking.
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![Rockframe for Girls]( "Rockframe for Girls")
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![Tomb of The Unknown Framer]( "Tomb of The Unknown Framer")
infoexhibited at De Vlieg, Haarlem
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![Aslijst]( "Aslijst")
infoFrame containing the ashes of a person
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![Kris holding a chicken]( "Kris holding a chicken")
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![Casto's Graveston]( "Casto's Graveston")
infograve monument for a dog, made during a residency in La Junquera, Spain
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![My name inside a volcano]( "My name inside a volcano")
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![Kippensteen]( "Kippensteen")
infostone made for chickens in their coop. a diving board and swimming pool.
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background story and Trailer for exhibition : "THE CURSE OF THE DARK SAFENESS"
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![The Sunframe]( "The Sunframe")
infoFrame for the sun, part of graduation show at KABK.
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![TV Steen]( "TV Steen")
infoRock containing a TV, where the movie 'Journey to frame the world' is played. Part of Graduation exhibition exhibition
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![Cave Frame]( "Cave Frame")
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infoskeleton of a photographic dinosaur. [art of horror show, exhibited at 'Curse of the dark safeness'
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![Grafheuvel]( "Grafheuvel")
infoCycled a stone to a grave hill in Brabant that didn't have one yet
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![Becoming friends with deer]( "Becoming friends with deer")
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![Cave #1: The Cheesecave]( "Cave #1: The Cheesecave")
infoCave Installation
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![*detail* Cave #1: The Cheesecave]( "*detail* Cave #1: The Cheesecave")
infoCave Installation
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Curriculum vitae
Opleidingen
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2013 - 2017fotografie Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Diploma behaald
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2009 - 2013Fotografie Koning Willem 1 College, Den Bosch Diploma behaald
tentoonstellingen
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2024After The Orgy Parmakon Gallery Bucharest, Roemenië Groep
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2024Ik hoor Wat Je Zegt Kiekencentrale Antwerpen, België Solo
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2024Cave #3: the Bird Cave Cave Museum Nature, Slovenië Solo
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2024Ik Hoor wat je zegt Kiekencentrale Antwerpen, België Solo
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2024Cave #3: the Birdcave Cave Museum Wild Cave, Slovenië Solo
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2024New Solo Just Dropped mountain installation Solo
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2024
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2023Stone Money 'lectorate of new economy' Willem twee Den Bosch, Nederland Solo
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2023'Vruuger des ok al lang geleje' Landpark Assisie Biezenmortel, Nederland curated Groep
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2023Different reasons for digging a hole Les Recontres de la photographue d'Arles Arles, Frankrijk Groep
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2023Atari No Mans Art Gallery Amsterdam, Nederland Groep
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2023Kijk! Valkhof Museum Nijmegen, Nederland Groep
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2023Symbiosis #4 P_ost Nijmegen, Nederland Duo
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2023Dreamscheme Springboard art fair Utrecht, Nederland Groep
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2023Wake me up before it gets lonely while you are sleeping Molt Berlijn, Duitsland Groep
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2023The Grand Palace Of Everyone Nest Den Haag, Nederland Groep
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2023Art Rotterdam Van Nelle Fabriek Rotterdam, Nederland Prosects Groep
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2023Art Rotterdam Van Nelle Fabriek Rotterdam, Nederland Booth Gallery Josilda de conceicao Groep
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2023Cold Email Osseuous Matter New York, Verenigde Staten Groep
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2023Stone Money ' Lectorate of new economy' Willem Twee Den Bosch, Nederland Solo
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2023Vruuger des ok al lang geleje Kapel Assisie Biezenmortel, Nederland curated Groep
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2023Different Reasons for Digging a Hole Les Recontres de la photographie d'Arles Arles, Frankrijk Groep
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2023Atari No Mans Art Gallery Amsterdam, Nederland Groep
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2023Kijk! Valkhof Museum Nijmegen, Nederland Groep
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2023Symbiosis #4 Platform P_ost Nijmegen, Nederland Duo
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2023DreamScheme Springboard Art Fair Utrecht, Nederland Groep
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2023Molt gallery Berlin, Duitsland Groep
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2023The grand palace of everyone Nest Den Haag, Nederland Groep
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2023Prospects + Gallery Josilda de conceicao Art Rotterdam Rotterdam Groep
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2023Cold Email Osseous Matter New York, Verenigde Staten Groep
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2022The Dig Derde Wal Nijmegen, Nederland Solo
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2022Lucky charms Ballroom Gallery Brussel, België Groep
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2022Homo Dentis Ensemble Marseille, Frankrijk Solo
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2022Tommy's Torrent Cinema Kriterion Amsterdam, Nederland Solo
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2022Wasteland The Grey Space in the Middle Den Haag, Nederland Groep
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2022Making a movie AZC Rijswijk Rijswijk Groep
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2022Minestery of ceramic affairs Gallery vriend van bavink Amsterdam Groep
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2022The Dig Derde Wal Nijmegen, Nederland Permanent installation Solo
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2022Corporate Stoner quartair Den Haag, Nederland Groep
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2022New Ways Of Framing Unseen Amsterdam Tommy Smits X Jan Hoek Duo
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2022To Riso Or Not DDW Eindhoven, Nederland Groep
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2021Squat Hotel Mokum Amsterdam, Nederland Groep
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2021Corporate Stoner Quartair Den Haag, Nederland Groep
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2021New ways of framing Unseen Amsterdam, Nederland tommy smits x Jan Hoek x Gallery Vriend van Bavink Duo
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2021To Riso Or Not Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, Nederland Groep
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2021The tiny art gallery #2 Tiny Art Gallery Den Haag, Nederland Groep
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2021De Koninginnedag Tentoonstelling Hgtomi Rosa Den Haag, Nederland Groep
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2021Patty Morgan Bodyshop Obey Art Space Amsterdam Groep
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2020Uncle Tommy's Triple Framebow Show Ten Haaf Projects Amsterdam, Nederland Solo
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2020Noorderlicht Fotografie festival Museum Belvedere Groep
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2020Ten Haaf Projects NADA New York, Verenigde Staten Solo
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2020Kilo Knallers koopjes kanjers Koningin Wilhelminalaan Den Haag, Nederland weighed and sold old works on instalive with a € per Kilo Solo
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2020Dharma Initiatives episode 2: Dunes Duinen Den Haag Groep
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2020Uncle Tommy's Triple Framebow Show Ten Haaf Projects Solo
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2020Noorderlicht Internationaal Fotofestival 2020 Museum Belvédère Heerenveen Duo
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2020A Desk With A View Via Nazionale 2 Oggebbio, Italië permante installatie in Oggebbio Solo
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2020Noorderlicht fotofestival Museum Belvedere Heerenveen, Nederland Groep
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2019The Island Of The Dead Concrete Ten Haaf Projects Amsterdam, Nederland Ten Haaf Projects is pleased to announce “The Island of the dead concrete”, an exhibition by Dutch artist Tommy Smits (b. 1991). Smits primarily works with two media: photography and sculpture. First, he shoots his own portraits and landscapes whenever he travels on his moped through Europe. Second, he collects photos from books and pamphlets found in second hand markets along the way. These images are also used in his work. Mainly constructed out of concrete, the artist’s sculptural work incorporates photo images and objects collected on his past journeys. The sculptures form a collage revealing stories of his travels, monuments representing his journeys through Europe. By casting photos in concrete, Smits claims to have invented photographic-concrete, which he refers to as: “Concretography™”, a method of fossilising photographs. For instance, during his travels he casted one of his works high up a mountain in a secret location in Switzerland. Smits aims to turn contemporary objects and photographs into fossils. The idea that archaeologists would find his work in the future, debate and determine what they found, gives Smits great enjoyment. Tommy Smits, who graduated in 2017 from the Royal Academy in The Hague, has a unique visual language and way of working. We are pleased to see Ten Haaf Projects gallery filled with many of his large sculptures. During the opening celebration, Smits will hand out and sign copies of his latest photographic edition. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition. www.tenhaafprojects.com/The-Island-of-the-Dead-Concrete Solo
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2019"Private Dealer" Art Rotterdam van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam, Nederland Rogue gallerist floating about the black market. Selling my concrete works at Art Rotterdam from a long trenchcoat. www.instagram.com/p/BtwaGVslMMq/ Solo
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2018OpZicht: Tommy Smits 'Tommy & Danny in Search of The Future' Stroom Den Haag, Nederland Tommy Smits (1991, Den Bosch NL) graduated from the Photography department of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague in 2017. Tommy's graduation show The Great Backyard encompassed a series of frame sculptures and a large TV Stone playing his video Journey to Frame the World. His photography and frame making quests are fueled by an interest in reversed archeology and primitive technology, leading him to make frames for the Sun, turn mountains into photo frames, erecting his own Menhirs and creating a Fotosaurus. Tommy Smits' work is a marriage between photography and materials that undergo a process of hardening such as concrete and clay, giving weight to the fleeting photographic memory and often resulting in bizarre picture frames that should last until the end of time. Tommy Smits is currently working in a remote desert location in rural Spain. Together with fellow artist Daniel Dmyszewicz he is investigating the town of La Junquera, where amidst an Eco restauration project, a futuristic village, farmers, volunteers, investors and The Regeneration Festival they are driving on their scooter in search of the future. For months they are contemplating the Sun and surviving on the Green Front of Eco restauration. The video shown is a trailer for their upcoming movie and book: Tommy & Danny op Zoek naar De Toekomst. Solo
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2018"ABC Dixi Night: Grote Avond" De Brakke Grond Amsterdam, Nederland Dear Dutchmen and other dwellers of Amsterdam city, ABC Klubhuis is honored and excited to meet you on the notorious 'Museum Night' In November this year we will be taking on Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond where we will organize a good old art fiesta. On the 3rd of November ABC Klubhuis will travel from Antwerpen to Amsterdam City, to welcome you dear guest to a autumn special ABC Dixi Night. It will be a special evening indeed, first of all it is the first ABC Dixi Night in the world, second it will be filled with surprises for all age groups classic art, food, drinks for children and grown ups, memorabilia to remember all the sweet moments of this Grote Avond and last but not least a Wheel of Fortune where you can give your future a little spin… www.abcklubhuis.com/html/ex/9.html Groep
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2018"Oddities" De Vlieg Haarlem, Nederland A groupshow of 3 artists fresh of the Royal Academy , The Heage (KABK). All 3 of them busy with very different themes , But all of them Rebel against the idea of aestetics as something that should be "nice". The name of the show derives from the common interrest of the artists in the Absurd. And in the manner the artists are presenting their dubious relics (1991, NL) is a troglodyte who plays with alternative and self-opinionated forms of presenting and conserving photographs. Resulting in an array of experiments and invented photo frames that seek to give material weight to the fleetness of photography. www.facebook.com/events/de-vlieg-kruisstraat-20-haarlem/oddities/422016804894644/ Groep
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2018"Replacement" N Den Haag Groep
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2017THE CURSE OF THE DARK SAFENESS Dark Safe Den Haag As a tribute to the famous halloween celebration, Ekoc decided to organise a real-horror-exhibition. The show was curated by Ekoc members Bas Kaufmann and Tommy Smits. Visitors where transported to a disclosed dark world of uncertainty and a parallel scary art world. ekoc.org/curse-of-the-dark-safeness Groep
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2017Pliable LhGWR Den Haag, Nederland Tommy Smits (1991, NL) speelt in zijn werk The Great Backyard met alternatieve en eigenzinnige presentatievormen van fotografie. Gevonden foto’s over onderwerpen als labradors, grasmaaiers en vliegtuigen zijn samengesmolten in driedimensionale werken. Het resultaat zijn hybride werken waarin de foto niet langer de hoofdzaak is. Groep
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2017KABK Den Haag Tommy Smits (1991, Den Bosch NL) graduated from the Photography department of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague in 2017. Tommy's graduation show The Great Backyard encompassed a series of frame sculptures and a large TV Stone playing his video Journey to Frame the World. Groep
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2017Fietsende Carnavals Tentoonstelling (Brabant) CV De Gierboys Groep
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2017Melkweg Expo THE INK THE MILK THE BLOOD Groep
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2017La Murate Prospettive Trasversali Groep
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2017LhGWR My Name in 100 Colophons Groep
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2016Fietsende tentoonstelling (Den Haag Goirle) Bring Back Memory Lane Solo
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2016Spui 126a Paradise Groep
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2015De Affiche Galerij The King and I
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--works installed in mountains New Solo Just Dropped andorra, Andorra Solo
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--Re-Generation Festival La Junquera Murcia, Spanje The Re-Generation Festival is the first event in a unique series of celebrations of their kind. Set in the rich cultural background of a once thriving region, the Re-Generation festival will breathe life back into soil, soul and society, through our activities and shared intention to restore. www.re-generationfestival.com Groep
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--After the Orgy Pharmakon Gallery boekares, Roemenië Groep
projecten
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2023
Stone Money Lectorate of new economy, Nederland
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2023
Vruuger des ok al lang geleje Biezenmortel, Nederland
Internationale uitwisselingen / Artist-in-residencies
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2024Kiekencentrale Antwerpen, België
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2024Antwerpen, België
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2023Molt Berlijn, Duitsland
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2023Landpark Assisie Biezenmortel, Nederland
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2022Derde Wal Nijmegen, Nederland
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2021Wobby / Make Eindhoven Eindhoven, Nederland
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2020Oggebbio, Italië
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2018desert La Junquera, Spanje
opdrachten
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2030Tentoonstelling Documententatie Tentoonstellingen, Nederland
Aankopen/werken in collecties
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2024De Beer & de Slang Kiekencentrale Antwerpen, België
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2023Boba's Night Light Sasha Zalivako Paris, Frankrijk
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2023Allemaal bij de waterbron lijst Ariane Toussaint Den Haag, Nederland
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2023Terrazzo Tooth Ischa Kempka Utrecht, Nederland
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2022The Dig Maro van Thiel Nijmegen
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2022Amateur Tomb Raiders Kaspar de Jong Amsterdam
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2022Toothframe #18 Thomas Mailaender Marseille, Frankrijk
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2022toothframe #6 Ensemble Marseille
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2022T rex Fossil Diego Grandy Den Haag, Nederland
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2021Fossilframe UMC Kunstcollectie Amsterdam, Nederland
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2021The Dip Thijs Jaeger Den Haag
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2021Wachten Tot Je Een Ons Weegt Boris de Beijer Den Haag
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2020terrazzo amoebe afra eisma amsterdam, Nederland
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2020Desk With a View Justin ten Haaf Oggebbio, Italië
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2019on the object ruled planet of inanimate enemies where no one is listening and everyone is talking Shani Leseman rijswijk, Nederland
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2019rugby jan hoek amsterdam, Nederland
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2019Koud maken baas? Steven de Kok Den Haag
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2019Life of Jan Wouter Fris Amsterdam
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--Losing the Found Finding the lost Private Nijmegen
publicaties
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2020Spreadmag 3 Boek Nederland
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2017Ondernemen is VNO NCW Forum
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2017THE INK THE MILK THE BLOOD Self Published Catalog
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2017THE GREAT BACKYARD Self Published Catalog
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2016The Case of the Missing Deer Self Published Fotoboek
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2015THE HISTORY CHANNEL Banter (Self published) Magazine
Prijzen en stipendia
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2023Above the Seafog Stichting Stokroos
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2021mondriaan fonds amsterdam, Nederland Mondriaan Start
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2020(sinds 2004) Stroom, Den Haag Den Haag Stroom pro invest
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2018(sinds 2004) Stroom, Den Haag Den Haag stroom Pro onderzoek
artistieke nevenactiviteiten
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2020 - --the tiny art gallery The Hague Loopt nog
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2020 - --Documentommy Loopt nog
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2017 - --C.v. De Gierboys Loopt nog