Ilse LEENDERS

Profile

Ilse Leenders (1979) graduated her studies Photography Design at The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, The Netherlands in 2001.

AWARDS:
2006 Silver Award, in the category "People/Portraits" PANL Awards #15. Photographers Association of the Netherlands.
 Best of Members Award, in the category "People/Portraits" PANL Awards #15. Photographers Association of the Netherlands.
2003 Members Choice Award, in the category "Autonomous" PANL Awards #12. Photographers Association of the Netherlands.

GRANTS:
2008 Contribution to working budget, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.
2005 Startstipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.

RESIDENCIES:
2008 Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan.
2005 Van Doesburghuis, Meudon, France. (former house of Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg).

About works / performance

The spatial perception in my photography characterizes my work. The combination of three elements usually returns in my work: model, costume and surrounding. These elements are strongly connected and intensify each other, as a result of which the spatial feeling is reinforced.