Biography
b. 1994 Willemstad, Curaçao. Currently based in Utrecht, the Netherlands
Kevin Osepa is a visual artist born and raised on the island of Curaçao and is now based in the Netherlands. His work revolves around his identity and the Afro-Caribbean identity in a post-colonial world.
Within his work, he attempts to sketch this identity and the stories he tells often have a very personal starting point and are always aiming at the collective Afro-Caribbean identity.While the themes he explores are autobiographical, his work can also serve as a quasi-anthropological study. Using different (experimental) techniques, he creates visual stories that explore themes such as afro spirituality, sexuality, masculinity, decoloniality, and family.
Study
2016 Internship at Paul Rousteau in Paris
2013-2017 Photography, Bachelor of Arts with honours, at the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU), Utrecht
Prizes, Nominations & Grants
2019 Winner ING Unseen Talent Public Award 2019
2019 Unseen Futures Talent Platform
2019 Mondriaan fund Young Talent Grant
2018 Shortlist Unseen Dummy Awards (Mester blousé book)
2018 Nomination Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2018
2017 Nomination Steenbergen Stipendium 2017
2017 Nomination HKU Award 2017
Group Exhibitions
ON VIEW Identeties, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, January - May 2020
Upcoming: Solo exhibition Breda Photo
Upcoming: Fotofestival Schiedam
2020 Hauute Photographie 2020, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2019 Unseen Futures Platform, Melkweg gallery, Amsterdam, September 2019
2019 Caribbean Ties, Museon, July 2019
2018 Salon '18, Museum Flehite, Amersfoort
2018 Who do you think you are?, TENT, Rotterdam
2018 My feeder is a photographer, Melkweg, Amsterdam
2018 Unseen, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
2018 LekArt 2018, Stad, Culemborg
2018 Fotografiska, Haute Photographie, Stockholm
2018 Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
2018 Haute Photographie 2018, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2017 Steenbergen Stipendium, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2017 Oogst, Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur & Wetenschap, Den Haag
2017 Cut the Mustard, Group exhibition Photography HKU
2013 Verzamelplaats - Verhalen uit het Utrechtse landschap, Fotodok, Utrecht
(Solo)Intervention
Museum Perron Oost, Amsterdam, 2019
Publication
2019 Tableau magazine, Rebellen in de fotografie
2019 Unseen Magazine 2019
2019 Contemporary and Magazine
2018 Unseen Magazine 2018
2018 Capricious Photographer of the week
2018 Trouw (Afrikaanse geesten zijn niet langer taboe)
2018 Ode aan de magie, Kiekie tabloid
2018 Haute Photographie Catalogue
2018 Volkskrant (VKBK Prijs 2018)
2017 FOAM first editions
2017 Ain't Bad Magazine
2017 Volkskrant Magazine
2017 Antilliaans Dagblad, Het gemis van Curaçao, July 1st 2017
2017 Cut the Mustard , HKU Photography graduation Catalogue
Talks & Interview
2019 Kunst is lang, Mister motley
2018 Lens Culture
2018 MELKWEG X IDFA: TALENT TALKS
2018 JaJaJa NeeNeeNee radio interview Islas Inutiles
2018 Kunstuur (VKBK Prijs) TV Program
2017 BNO IMG LAB Pioneers (Het nieuwe Instituut) Artist Talk
Collections
ING Collection
Collection Reyn van der lugt
FOAM first Editions
Various private collectiors