Alex ten Napel (1958, Alkmaar) lives and works in Amsterdam.
Ten Napel studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. His autonomous work is frequently published in Dutch and foreign magazines and newspapers.
Since 1996 he has had several solo and group exhibitions and has been frequently commissioned by the municipality of Amsterdam and Utrecht.
In 2005, his Waterportraits were exhibited at the Epson Photo Festival in the fortified town of Naarden, the Netherlands and at Paris Photo.
Photos from the WATERPORTRAITS series were nominated for the Photographic Portrait Prize 2006, the National Portrait Gallery, London and Prix Photographique BMW-Paris Photo 2006, Paris.
He has had exhibititions at Paris Photo 2005 and 2006. At the Pobeda Gallery in Moscow, Cook Fine Art in New York, Galeria Omar Alonso in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Foto Art Festiwal in Bielsko-Biala, Poland and Miami Photo 2008.
In 2009 waterportraits were acquired by the Caldic Collection. His work has been published in Le Monde Magazine, Zoom, Nowy Biuletyn Fotograficzny ŚwiatObrazu, Foto&Video, National Geographic, Focus Magazine, Arte All Limite, Volkskrant Magazine, Trouw, Parool, Financieel Dagblad, Huffington Post, Photoicon, Milk, de Morgen
Alex ten Napel
* 12 12 1958
1985 1988 The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague
member of the Gkf-photographers association and Dupho since 2004
exhibitions commissions books prizes nominations acquisitions
1988 amsterdam de moor portraits solo
1988 amsterdam de moor browns’ hotel laugharne group
1989 amsterdam de moor primary school laugharne group
1989 amsterdam foundation ' de mei ' prize
1990 den haag bronovo hospital prize
1990 den haag haagse kunstkring group
1991 amsterdam galerie 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 laugharne group
1992 utrecht stichting stedelijke fotografie utrecht
‘ hoog catharijne ‘ commission
1994 utrecht kunstzaal achter den dom ‘ hoog catharijne ‘ group
1994 utrecht utrecht voor later catalogue
1996 amsterdam amsterdams fonds voor de kunst
‘ gezichten van alzheimer ‘ commission
1998 amsterdam amsterdams fonds voor de kunst
‘ portretten op de albert cuyp ' commission
1998 amsterdam galerie 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 faces of alzheimer solo
1999 ijmuiden zeeweg ziekenhuis gezichten van alzheimer solo
1999 amsterdam je kostbaarste bezit book
1999 amsterdam here we go book
2000 amsterdam panl 2 merit awards prize
2000 amsterdam panl nominaties 1999 book
2000 bunnik alzheimer nederland gezichten van alzheimer solo
2000 amsterdam loods 5 group
2001 lisboa centro cultural de belém group
2001 amsterdam verpleeghuis wittenberg ‘ je leven vergeten ‘ exhibition
2001 haarlem publisher focus ‘ je leven vergeten ’ book
2002 amsterdam amsterdams historisch museum group
2002 amsterdam primary school elout ‘ kinderen van elout ‘ exhibition
2002 amsterdam foam in het vondelpark group
2002 haarlem portretwinkel group
2002 amsterdam 50 ontmoetingen book
2002 amsterdam mozes en aäron kerk group
2002 rotterdam las palmas group
2002 amsterdam panama group
2002 den haag gemeentehuis group
2002 amsterdam amsterdams fonds voor de kunst
‘ eerste jaars studenten ‘ commission
2005 naarden-vesting epson fotofestival naarden ‘ waterportraits ‘ solo
2005 amsterdam foam group
2005 amsterdam primary school elout ‘ me and my family ‘ exhibition
2005 paris paris photo ton peek group
2006 dayton photography now one hundred portfolios dvd
2006 paris paris photo ton peek waterportretten solo
2006 paris prix bmw-paris photo nomination
2006 london photographic portrait prize nomination
2006 london national portrait gallery
photographic portrait prize 2006 group
2007 sunderland sunderland museum and winter gardens
photographic portrait prize 2006 group
2007 utrecht tonpeek waterportretten solo
2007 amsterdam centrum beeldende kunst zuid-oost
gezichten van zuid-oost solo
2007 moscow pobeda gallery waterportraits solo
2007 aberystwyth aberystwyth centre
photographic portrait prize 2006 group
2007 amsterdam amsterdams centrum voor fotografie
de mama’s en de pappa’s group
2007 amsterdam foam verborgen schatten group
2007 bielsko-biala fotoartfestival solo
2007 new york cook fine art solo
2007 puerto vallarta galeria omar alonso rojo group
2008 amsterdam de melkweg summer in the city group
2008 amsterdam centrum beeldende kunst zuid-oost group
2008 miami photo miami solo
2009 wassenaar caldic collectie acquisition
2009 amsterdam andere ogen volkskrant book
2010 amsterdam artfare realisme eduard planting waterportraits group
2010 toulouse fondation d'entreprise espace écureuil pour l'art contemporain
portrait de familles solo
2010 lodz fotofestiwal international festival of photography ' allmy lovin ' solo
2010 utrecht artantique eduard planting group
2010 trier fototage trier solo
2010 amsterdam pan amsterdam eduard planting group
2011 brescia wave gallery water portraits solo
2011 cork crawford art gallery all my lovin solo
2011 amsterdam amsterdams centrum voor fotografie marijke group
2012 amsterdam eduard planting twelve portraits solo
2012 nijmegen umc st radboud twelve portraits solo
2012 amsterdam amsterdams centrum voor fotografie preview/twelve group
2013 den bosch de verkadefabriek waterportraits solo
publications national
algemeen dagblad contrasten elsevier de fotograaf
de gelderlander de volkskrant denkbeeld dutch focus
foto linda. magazine medisch contact nautique parool
photoq.nl rails trouw utrechts nieuwsblad nrc.next
verpleegkunde nieuws versie volkskrant magazine vpro gids
publications international
connaissance des arts foto magazine le monde 2
lensculture.com milk zoom foto&video photoicon
artforum de morgen biuletyn fotograficzny
marie claire greece oxford times
media TV radio
at 5 avro jeugdjournaal journaal nps radio
radio noord-holland radio salto
cliënts
alzheimer nederland bureau zee nationaal reumafonds fhv nutricia het hoofdbureau orkater toneelgroep amsterdam trust kesselskramer sns ogilvy de slegte ppgh colors
chipper ppgh/jwt nederlandse spoorwegen publicis rijkswaterstaat vaz dias
spring vdbj rode kruis plan vosniedek nestlé masterlease engenius support
alfabeeld hordijk sanofi synthelabo gemeente amsterdam gemeente utrecht
stadsdeel amsterdam zuid stadsdeel amsterdam zuidoost basisschool de elout
verpleeghuis wittenberg linda. magazine volkskrant magazine
