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In 1992 Willem van den Hoed (1965) graduated from the Architecture Faculty of the Delft University of Technology. In 2003 he closed his office for Architecture and started building photo-works.
Since 2006 the works have been shown at several museums and galleries in Europe as well as at numerous art fairs in The Netherlands and Japan.
Based in Delft and Seoul
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Representation
Piet Hein Eek Gallery, Eindhoven
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Small editions
WeLikeArt, Amsterdam
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Large editions
Lumas, Berlin
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Books
Lecturis, Eindhoven
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Collections
Collection Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
Caldic collectie
Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft
Achmea Kunstcollectie
Vanderlande Art Collection
ING collectie
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Interview with English subtitles
Gijsbert van der Wal - De Avonden, VPRO
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In none of the hotel rooms are people to be seen. One has the impression that the guests have deserted the rooms. Van den Hoed, however, has stayed behind and taken his photographs. His work does not merely show us empty rooms. On the contrary, the rooms are filled with movement: the way in which light moves over the course of time; the changes in the views of the cities; the reflections in the glass, mirrors and other reflective surfaces, and the varying intensity of the light. By observing, as an ‘invisible man’, an apparently empty room over a long period and then bringing together these observations in a single work, Van den Hoed creates a new, layered reality. A reality that invites us to enter the room and stand next to the photographer.
Apparently Empty, Hugo Beschoor Plug (2009)