Joost Vandebrug is a multidisciplinary artist who studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He uses a variety of printing techniques, including pigment transfers and silver-gelatin prints, on hand-made Washi, copper plates, and traditional Barite paper. He embraces the susceptibility and fragility of historic photographic techniques, often paralleling his subject matters, and goes against the photographic tradition of producing and preserving unblemished prints. His art reflects a desire to challenge traditional methods, reminiscent of the Assemblage and Xerox art movements.

Before dedicating his career solely to his art, Vandebrug worked as a commercial photographer and filmmaker. He was represented by Art+Commerce in New York and shot worldwide campaigns for clients such Nike and Superdry and editorials for magazines such as i-D and L’uomo vogue.

Vandebrug's Documentary film, for which he filmed a community living under the streets of Bucharest for 6 years won over a dozen international awards, received 5 stars in The Guardian and was screened in over 50 film festivals around the world.

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Education

Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam

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Exhibitions
 

Solo Exhibitions 

2021 Everything Flows, Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 
2021 Tributary, Orange Art House, Brussels, Belgium 

2020 Provenance and Progress, Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 

2019 Provenance, Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 

Group Exhibitions

2021 Unseen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

2021 Unbound, curated by Marcel Feil, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

2021 BLUES, Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (artist curator)

2020 Provenance, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2020 Wunderwall, Gallery Sofie van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium

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Awards
2018 South Korea, Busan IFF, Winner Cinephile award for Best Documentary
2019 Istanbul, Turkey, Winner TRT award
2019 Munich, DOK.fest, Special Jury award
2019 Buenos Aires, Winner first jury prize + Audience award
2019 Rudnik IFF, Russia, Audience award
2019 Iceland, Icedocs, Winner Best film award + Audience award
2019 Utrecht, Nederlands film festival, Winner Debut award
2019 Bali, Indonesia, Winner Best documentary film Award
2019 Mexico, docsMX, Winner first Jury prize

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Publications
2016 Bruce Lee, Regele Canalelor (Bruce Lee, King of the Tunnels)

2014 Cinci Lei, Published by DUST magazine

2011 A Life in Tunnels, Edition of 200 signed copies

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Filmography
2018 Bruce Lee and the outlaw (feature documentary)

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