SANDER COERS (b. 1997) is a Rotterdam-based artist working with photography. Recreating and rearranging memories, he reflects on his own stories as well as those of his friends and peers, often other young men. Through a tender gaze, he seeks to visualise and establish new perceptions of masculinity within melancholic, romantic and dreamlike worlds, comprising elements from nostalgic echoes of his youth.

He received his BA with honours of Photography from Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam in 2021. His graduation project Come Home was selected for Best of Graduates 2021, nominated for the Rabobank Portrait Prize and featured in international magazines. He won the RM Photo Award before being selected as Rising Star of 2022 by Dutch newspaper NRC and nominated for the Palm* Photo Prize in London, UK. Coers’ work has been acquired by the collections of the Rabobank, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and several leading private collections. 

Represented by Underpromise Agency 


 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022   Unseen, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
2022   Wild Summer of Art, BRUTUS, Rotterdam, NL
2022   The Gallery Club, Amsterdam, NL
2022   Het Creatieve Huis x De Bijenkorf, Rotterdam, NL
2022   Palm* Photo Prize, 1014 Gallery, London, UK
2022   This Naked Incident, MAMA, Rotterdam, NL
2021    Best of Graduates 2021, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
2021    Contour Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2020   Noorderlicht Futurama, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen, NL
2019    Gallery Untitled, Rotterdam, NL
2018    Beyond Dada en De Stijl Part II, Museum Dr8888, Drachten, NL
2017    New Dutch Photography Talent 2018, art’otel, Amsterdam, NL  

COLLECTIONS

2022   Rabobank, NL
2022   Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NL

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

i-D / Elle NL / Vogue NL / HERO / NRC / Fisheye /
Die Zeit / Booooooom / Het Parool / Paper Journal Mag

AWARDS / NOMINATIONS

2022  SYB Kunstprijs - Longlist
2022  OD Photo Award - Longlist
2022  Palm* Photo Prize - Shortlist
2022  Athens Photo Festival - Shortlist
2022  Rising Stars, NRC
2021   RM Photo Award - Won
2021   Best of Graduates 2021, Galerie Ron Mandos
2021   Rabobank Portrait Prize Talent - Longlist
2018   New Dutch Photography Talent, GUP Magazine

TALKS / LECTURES

2022   Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, NL
2018   Garage Café #5, Garage Rotterdam, NL

BOOKS

2021   Come Home, self-published
2021   This Naked Incident, with: JapSam Books, MAMA, & WdKA

SELECTED CLIENTS

Sony Music / The New Originals / Iris van Herpen /
...,staat / IZIPIZI Paris / Jan Jansen / The New Studio