Harold Strak

Born 1959 in Chinde, Mozambique
Lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 

Education

1996
Graduation Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

Solo Exhibitions

2005
Stardust, stills galerie Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam

2002
Arthropoda, stills galerie Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam

2000
Portraits and cityscapes, galerie Van Kranendonk, Den Haag
Bastar, images from India, galerie Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam

1998
Blik op Oneindig, solo exhibition combined with guest curatorschap for the archive, Spaarnestad Fotoarchief, Haarlem

1997
In de Vallei van Josaphat, cityscapes together with photographs of van G.H. Breitner, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam

Group Exhibitions

2009
Archivo, Mkgalerie, Berlin
Amsterdam Calling, gallery Ronmandos, Amsterdam
Group Exhibition at Van Zoetendaal Gallery

2008
Archivo, De Boterhal, Hoorn
Group Exhibition at Van Zoetendaal Gallery

2007
Dutch Eyes, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
Koos Breukel. Onder Fotografen, Fotomuseum, Den Haag

2006
L’école du Nord: Netherlands Now, Maison Européene de la Photography, Parijs
Contemporary Dutch Photography, DaejeonMuseum of Art, Daejeon, Zuid-Korea

2005
Contemporary Dutch Photography, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Zuid-Korea
Cadres Revisités, L’Institut Néerlandais/ Hôtel Turgot, Parijs
Marks of Honor, Foam, Amsterdam

2003
Deining: 300 years St. Petersburg, Noord Holland
Panorama Amsterdam, Foam, Amsterdam

2001
Van de Bloemen en de Bijen, galerie 2  x 4  , Amsterdam

2000
India, Institute for Design, Amsterdam

1999
Through a Glass Darkly, Cosortium, Amsterdam
Amsterdam est une Femme, L’Institut Néerlandais, Parijs

1998
Inside-Outside, Berlage Instituut, Amsterdam

Publications

2012
Arthropoda in FOAM Magazine (Ned)

2011
Arthropoda Harold Strak, Van Zoetendaal Publishers, Amsterdam
Arhthropoda in Dienacht Magazin, (Ger) and in Gup Magazine (Ned)

2007
Archivo Harold Strak, Young Photograpers Foundation & Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Beeldentuin Kröller-Müller Museum, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterloo & Nai Uitgevers, Rotterdam.

2006
L’école du Nord: Netherlands Now, book accompanying the exhibition, Editions de Regard, Parijs.

2005
Dutch Insight: Contemporary Dutch Photography, catalogue of the exhibitions, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul & Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon.
Behind the Facades, Gardens of Canal Houses in Amsterdam, D’Arts/ Architectura & Natura, Amsterdam
Een Nieuwe Nederzetting: de onvoltooide geschiedenis van Leidsche Rijn. (Stills of archeological findings),  De Verbeelding, Amsterdam.

2000
Over Schoonheid: Architectuur Omgeving Landschap, Het Oversticht/Waanders, Zwolle

1999
Deshima, Van Zoetendaal Collections, Amsterdam

1997
Ode aan Het Vondelpark, D’Arts, Amsterdam
Guaranteed Dutch Photomagazine (portraits), Basalt Publishers, Amsterdam

1996
In de Vallei van Josaphat: G.H. Breitner & Harold Strak, Basalt Publishers, Amsterdam

Assignments

2011
3rd Photo Work in room for radiaton therapy in the Academic Medical Centre of Leiden, The Netherlands.

2009 – 2010
Series on small Archeological findings in Amsterdam, commisioned by the Municipal Archive of Amsterdam.

2007
Beeldentuin Kröller-Müller museum. Series about the garden sculptures.

2005
Two photo works in rooms for radiaton therapy in the Academic Medical Centre of Leiden, The Netherlands.
Series about Gardens of Canal House in Amsterdam, in opdracht van D’Arts en Architectura & Natura.
Series of stills of archeological  findings from De Leidsche Rijn, The Netherlands.

2003
Manifestation Deining: 300 jaar St. Petersburg. Projections of St. Petersburg, in coöperation with Voebe de Gruyter and Marijn de Jong.

2001
Series on the interiors of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg for the Foundation of Friends of the Hermitage.

2000
Photo essay on city landscapes. An assignment of Het Oversticht.

1999
Design of four post stamps on the four seasons. An assignment of PTT-filatelie.