ROBIN ALYSHA CLEMENS




Selected publications

Self-published
‘Yo soy otro tú, tú eres otro yo, booklet (2022)
‘Oselyata’, zine (2018)
‘Owned By No One’, book (2016)

Published in
Virginia Quarterly Review, Punkt, NRC, Mister Motley, De Volkskrant, Glamcult, Brandpunt+, LenscultureBird in Flight, PhMuseum, VICEDe Correspondent, Het Parool, De Morgen, Pf magazine, Playboy, Illuster, Straatnieuws, Het Financiele Dagblad


Selected clients and collaborations

Het Beelddepot, Stichting Journallab, Das Mag, NIOD Instituut, Universiteit Utrecht, University College Utrecht, Het Parool, De Volkskrant, Vandejong, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, SEXYLAND, Stichting Mooie Woorden, Noorderlicht Studio, Natwerk, Kunstlinie, Driessen, Het HEM, Amsterdam Dance Event, VICE, Into The Great Wide Open, Cineville, Oerol, Ninja Tune, Monkeytown Records, 72andSunny

Education, masterclasses and residencies

Filmforward Vrijplaats residency (2024)
Artist-in-residence NARS Foundation, New York, USA (2023)
PHmuseum CRITICAE masterclass (2021)
Nikon-NOOR academy masterclass (2021)
Artist-in-residence [R.A.T.], Mexico City, Mexico (2019)
Royal Academy of Art The Hague, Bachelor of Design (2016)




Awards and grants

Bijzonde Journalistieke Projecten, project grant (2023)
Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds, project grant (2023)
Stichting Stokroos, project grant (2022)
Mondriaan Fund, Stipend for Emerging Artists (2020)
World Press Photo, Joop Swart masterclass nomination, shortlist (2020)
DuPho, Selection of Dutch Photography Members Choice award (2020)
BarTur Photo Award, shortlist (2020)
PHmuseum, New Generation Prize (2019)
Amsterdam Fund for the Arts project grant (2019)
DuPho, Selection of Dutch Photography Ambassadors Choice award (2019)
Cultural project subsidy of the Municipal Utrecht (2018)  
Free Press Unlimited and Postcode Lottery Fund project grant (2018)
Dutch Design Week Manifestations Young Talent award (2016)  
Redbull 5pics award (2009) 


Solo exhibitions

2023
‘Performing Adulthood’, Melkweg Expo Amsterdam (NL)

2022
‘Performing Adulthood’, Noorderlicht Studio Groningen (NL)

2021
‘Night’, Paradiso Amsterdam (NL)

2019

‘Oselyata’, municipal office of Lviv (UA)

2018
‘Oselyata’, municipal office of Utrecht (NL) 


Group exhibitions

2024
‘Expanded Media Exhibition’, Stuttgarter Filmwinter (DE)

2023
‘Forging / Foraging’, NARS Foundation, New York (USA)

2022
Helsinki Foto Festival HELPHOTO ‘Best Off’ (FI)
Dutch Design Week, ‘Het Beelddepot’, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL)  
ART Rotterdam ‘Prospects & Concepts’, Van Nelle Fabriek (NL)

2020
Helsinki Photo Festival HELPHOTO ‘Trust’ (FI)
Noorderlicht International Photography Festival ‘Generation Z’, Museum Belvedere, Oranjewoud (NL)

2019
FOLLOW'19 'Yo soy otro tú, tú eres otro yo' duo-exhibition with Sjoerd Houben, Melkweg Expo Amsterdam (NL)    
Photo Festival Naarden ‘Dutch Masters & Marvelous Misfits’, Grote Kerk Naarden (NL)
Oselyata project presentation ‘Fotokroniek #60’, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam (NL)

2018
Dutch Design Week, ‘VPRO Medialab: Home Smart Home', Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven (NL)

2017
Noorderlicht International Photography Festival 'NUCLEUS', Noorderlicht Studio, Groningen (NL)  
‘Homage to Nervous Systems’, TETEM, Enschede (NL)

2016
Dutch Design Week, ‘Manifestations – Will The Future Design Us?’, MAD emergent art center, Eindhoven (NL)
Photo Festival Schiedam, ‘Chambres De Schie’ (NL)
‘Best Of Graduates’, Ron Mandos gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
‘WHATS GOOD!? print auction,’ Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam (NL)

2015
‘Wij Zijn 1’, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (NL)
ART The Hague, ‘A Print Factory’ (NL) 

2014
‘Transition’, Former Ministry of Economic Affairs The Hague (NL)












I am Robin, a lens-based artist from Amsterdam. My work explores questions of identity, belonging, and a sense of community. I focus on people’s daily life (the interesting and the mundane), their traditions, and the associated symbolism. Diving head-first into unknown worlds, I prefer telling stories from the fringes, from the non-conformists and marginalized. 

Photography graduate of the Royal Academy Of Arts in The Hague. Always looking for new collaborations.

robinalysha@gmail.com
+31 (0)6 39 43 45 89
@robinalysha