◼︎ Vivian Ammerlaan

In an age where the world feels increasingly mapped and defined, Vivian Ammerlaan is drawn to the remote and the unexplored. Her work emerges from a fascination with overwhelming nature and the experience of the sublime, shaped by memory and imagination.

Using various photographic techniques, she creates images of landscapes that may remain distant or untouched, yet feel deeply present. Rather than documenting specific places, her photographs reflect on how the essence of uncharted landscapes can be visualised without physically entering them.

Vivian’s work moves between reality and imagination, inviting the viewer into spaces where nature, memory, and longing quietly converge.

Her recent works are often created as unique pieces and are held in a growing number of private and corporate collections, including the Rijksoverheid, iCOON Hoek van Holland, LeasePlan NL, and Bureau Financieel Toezicht.

Vivian Ammerlaan, 2024
© Giorgio Oehlers

◼︎ Biography

Vivian Ammerlaan received her bachelor's degree in Photography from AKV St. Joost in Breda in 2016. Her work was nominated for several awards such as the St. Joost Penning and she won talent awards at the Kunst10daagse Bergen and at the Affordable Art Fair in Amsterdam. In 2025, she was awarded the John & Marine van Vlissingen Art Foundation Award, which included a trip, a solo exhibition at Singer Laren and a book. Her work has been published and exhibited in places such as Het Noordbrabants Museum in Den Bosch, iCOON in Hoek van Holland and Museum Kranenburgh in Bergen. In 2024, she exhibited with her solo exhibition Waanplekken at Ballon Rouge in Rotterdam.

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◼︎ Selected Exhibitions

Upcoming
2026 Unseen 2026, Ahoy, Rotterdam

Solo
2025 Vivian Ammerlaan in de Rocky Mountains, Singer, Laren
2024 Waanplekken, Ballon Rouge, Rotterdam
2023 Brabantse Nieuwe, Het Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch
2021 Het landschap dat ik ken, iCOON, Hoek van Holland
2018 Waanplekken, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen
2017 Galerie DeelenArt, Rotterdam

Group
2025 When flowers sleep, Ballon Rouge, Rotterdam
2025 Where we were, Ballon Rouge, Rotterdam
2024 Ladekastproject, Galerie PHOEBUS, Rotterdam
2023 Shifting Landscapes, WesterkadeKunst, Rotterdam
2023 Hudson Art Department, North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam
2020 Zwischenräume, Debsaysyes at Rosalux, Berlin (DE)
2020 Echte Troostkunst, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
2017 Kunst10daagse, Bergen

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