Noah van de Wetering (1999) is a visual artist living and working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
He pursues a conceptual practice through various modes of relation. His work investigates the production of meaning within both a general art historical context as well as a personal, cultural context. His work is an ongoing exploration of photography, print, painting, and installation, constantly redefining systems of display and publication.
“In my work, I engage with sources as the conceptual art movement from the 1960’s that predominantly focussed on the idea over the material result of a work of art. This related to me and my process-based work-ethic when I encountered the movement in my late teenage years. Another key source to my practice is the Dutch state archive, particularly the sections documenting my Indonesian grandfather’s migration history. These records are marked by a highly specific and sensitive form of notation and categorization. Interestingly, both these sources—conceptual art and the state archive—converge within the same historical period. I engage with these sources both directly and metaphorically. By using art practice as a tool for thinking and focusing on the idea rather than the outcome, we can critically engage with histories, such as that of my family, and access languages beyond the textual, chronological, and falsely objective language used by state archives. “
Together with graphic designer Noa Wassink, I founded the publishing platform Sessssion, which focusses on small edition printed matter and collaborative work methods.
Reads
Keep an eye Stipendium 2022
Futures Photography Hub opening
AG Utrecht “Passage”
Article about “Notes on Image-making”
Contact
noahvandewetering@home.nl
+31628087895
Instagram
@noahvandewetering
Texts
Exhibition text for Esmée Bruins
Noah van de Wetering (1999) is a visual artist living and working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
He pursues a conceptual practice through various modes of relation. His work investigates the production of meaning within both a general art historical context as well as a personal, cultural context. His work is an ongoing exploration of photography, print, painting, and installation, constantly redefining systems of display and publication.
“In my work, I engage with sources as the conceptual art movement from the 1960’s that predominantly focussed on the idea over the material result of a work of art. This related to me and my process-based work-ethic when I encountered the movement in my late teenage years. Another key source to my practice is the Dutch state archive, particularly the sections documenting my Indonesian grandfather’s migration history. These records are marked by a highly specific and sensitive form of notation and categorization. Interestingly, both these sources—conceptual art and the state archive—converge within the same historical period. I engage with these sources both directly and metaphorically. By using art practice as a tool for thinking and focusing on the idea rather than the outcome, we can critically engage with histories, such as that of my family, and access languages beyond the textual, chronological, and falsely objective language used by state archives. “
Together with graphic designer Noa Wassink, I founded the publishing platform Sessssion, which focusses on small edition printed matter and collaborative work methods.
He pursues a conceptual practice through various modes of relation. His work investigates the production of meaning within both a general art historical context as well as a personal, cultural context. His work is an ongoing exploration of photography, print, painting, and installation, constantly redefining systems of display and publication.
“In my work, I engage with sources as the conceptual art movement from the 1960’s that predominantly focussed on the idea over the material result of a work of art. This related to me and my process-based work-ethic when I encountered the movement in my late teenage years. Another key source to my practice is the Dutch state archive, particularly the sections documenting my Indonesian grandfather’s migration history. These records are marked by a highly specific and sensitive form of notation and categorization. Interestingly, both these sources—conceptual art and the state archive—converge within the same historical period. I engage with these sources both directly and metaphorically. By using art practice as a tool for thinking and focusing on the idea rather than the outcome, we can critically engage with histories, such as that of my family, and access languages beyond the textual, chronological, and falsely objective language used by state archives. “
Together with graphic designer Noa Wassink, I founded the publishing platform Sessssion, which focusses on small edition printed matter and collaborative work methods.
CV Noah van de Wetering
b. 1999. Zwolle, the Netherlands
Education
Bachelor of Design with honours (photography)
University of the Arts Utrecht 2018-2022
Master of Fine Arts
Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam 2024-2026
Grants/Awards/Nominations
2022
Keep an Eye Foundation photography stipend, Winner
2021
Winner Koninklijke Jaarbeurs Affichewedstrijd 2021
together with Peter Roeleveld
Exhibitions
Upcoming:
September:
“Hold your horses” group show
at A Tale of A Tub Rotterdam
2025
Language(s) - Garage Rotterdam
Crocodile leather shoes -
the Crooked Studio Rotterdam
Appreciation exhibition -
Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
2024
Fünf neue Bilder - Projectspace Lokaal Utrecht
Duo with Joeri Boelhouwer
Notes on image-making - Galerie Pouloeuff, Naarden-Vesting
Duo with Esmée Bruins
2023
Passage - Academie Galerie ,Utrecht
Juncture, Display - Futures Photography, Amsterdam
2022
Event/Date?Time (solo) - De Nijverheid, Utrecht
Unseen Bookfair, Amsterdam
Upscaling/Downsizing - BAK Basis voor
Actuele Kunst, Utrecht
Sometimes a Photograph - Artides, Amsterdam
2021
(Dis)Connect - FOAM, Amsterdam
Publications
2023
Writing without correcting my spelling mistakes,
ISBN 978-90-9037639-4
2022
Working Title (Working Title)
Found Footage and Familiar Features,
with Noa Wassink
Lectures/workshops
2023
Bring your own Book fair, Book presentation & lecture, Enter Enter Amsterdam
2024
An Exhibition, Lecture, or Spreekbeurt, Lecture
with Sessssion at Lorem Ipsum, Amsterdam
2025
On reproduction, Workshop with Sessssion at De Salon, Arnhem
Other
Ongoing
Photography workshop,
University of the Arts Utrecht HKU, Instructor/technician
2021-2024
Studio assistant for Jaya Pelupessy