She won in 2020 the prestigious Johannes Vermeer prijs in the Netherlands.
Rineke Dijkstra, a contemporary Dutch photographer, is renowned for her singular portraits, often presented in a series. Her focus often falls upon specific groups and communities, such as mothers, adolescents, and teenage boys and girls, as well as soldiers, capturing their raw and exposed vulnerabilities. The artist herself has observed that “with young people, everything is much more on the surface—all the emotions. When you get older, you know how to hide things.”
Born June 2, 1959, in Sittard, Netherlands, Dijkstra pursued her studies at the prestigious Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. One of her most well-known series is Beach Portraits (1992–1994), composed of life-sized, vibrant photographs of young teenagers in bathing suits taken on both American and European beaches. The success of the project led to its exhibition in 1997 at The Museum of Modern Art in New York as part of New Photography 13, catapulting Dijkstra into the spotlight and garnering critical acclaim.
Dijkstra’s artistic talents also extend to the medium of video, as exemplified in her filmed portraits of dancing teenagers in The Buzzclub, Liverpool, UK/Mysteryworld, Zaandam, NL (1996–1997). She has had numerous solo exhibitions, including “Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective,” displayed at both the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 2012. The artist currently resides and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Today, her artworks are held in esteemed collections such as the Tate Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Goetz Collection in Munich, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
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