SIEM SALABOEM
*1997, Amsterdam
Based in Berlin (DE)
2021 Photography Graduate at The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
I am a research-based photographer with an interest in exploring the relationship between objects, using photography as a tool to document and reflect. My projects often start with finding something by chance, whether it is a person, an object or a story. By frequenting archives, letter writing, and folder building, I am seeking and collecting connections to what surrounds me - most of it never quite mine to begin with, but stumbled upon, inherited, kept.
Solo shows
2023 - Dit of Dat, WestEnd Projektruimte, The Hague, NL
2022 - Giga, Van de Jong Agency, Amsterdam, NL
2022 - BUBO, WestEnd Projektruimte, The Hague, NL
2021 - UBO, the Parliament of Things, Amsterdam, NL
2020 - Eerste Rang, Schouwburg Gallery, Amstelveen, NL
Group shows
2025 - Art Spring, FOYOU art, Berlin, DE
2024 - Colour Locale, Quartair, NL
2024 - Destination Unkown Residency, NL
2024 - Projectspace 38/40, Amsterdam, NL
2023 - Bremerhaven ArtLink Residency, DE
2023 - Tiny Art Gallery + Fig. 3, BG
2022 - Balkan Beyond Borders Festival, MK
2022 - Lab22_, NL
2021 - Rotterdam Photo Festival, NL
2020 - Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, NL
Awards
2022 - Beeldmakers Award Parool, 1st prize
2021 - Paul Schuitema Award, Nominee
SIEM SALABOEM
*1997, Amsterdam
Based in Berlin (DE)
2021 Photography Graduate at The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
I am a research-based photographer with an interest in exploring the relationship between objects, using photography as a tool to document and reflect. My projects often start with finding something by chance, whether it is a person, an object or a story. By frequenting archives, letter writing, and folder building, I am seeking and collecting connections to what surrounds me - most of it never quite mine to begin with, but stumbled upon, inherited, kept.
Solo shows
2023 - Dit of Dat, WestEnd Projektruimte, The Hague, NL
2022 - Giga, Van de Jong Agency, Amsterdam, NL
2022 - BUBO, WestEnd Projektruimte, The Hague, NL
2021 - UBO, the Parliament of Things, Amsterdam, NL
2020 - Eerste Rang, Schouwburg Gallery, Amstelveen, NL
Group shows
2025 - Art Spring, FOYOU art, Berlin, DE
2024 - Colour Locale, Quartair, NL
2024 - Destination Unkown Residency, NL
2024 - Projectspace 38/40, Amsterdam, NL
2023 - Bremerhaven ArtLink Residency, DE
2023 - Tiny Art Gallery + Fig. 3, BG
2022 - Balkan Beyond Borders Festival, MK
2022 - Lab22_, NL
2021 - Rotterdam Photo Festival, NL
2020 - Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, NL
Awards
2022 - Beeldmakers Award Parool, 1st prize
2021 - Paul Schuitema Award, Nominee
