CURRICULUM VITAE DAYA CAHEN
Nationality: Dutch / American
Born: Amsterdam, 1969
ART EDUCATION
2002-2006 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (department of photography)
NOMINATIONS/ GRANTS
2022 The Mondriaan Foundation, Basisbeurs
Grant Stichting Niemeijer Fonds
Grant Elisabeth Vermaat Müller Fonds
2021 Grant AMARTE Fonds 2012 Gouden Kalf Competition (Short Film), Nederlands Film Festival
project grant, Mondriaan Fonds
Longlist Prix Pictet Photography Prize
2010 project grant, Mondriaan Fonds
Grant, Dutch Film Fund
2009 starter stipend, Mondriaan Fonds/ BKVB
2007 Nomination Golden Bear (Short film), Berlin International Film Festival
starter stipend, Mondriaan Fonds / BKVB
Grant, Dutch Film Fund
EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
2024 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denemark
2022 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denemark
June Art Fair with Stigter van Doesburg. Duo show with Melissa Gordon, Basel, CH
Curating as a political act, Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, DE
Eye Film Museum, various screenings, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Galeria Czynna (Active / Open Gallery), Lodz, PL. Przy okazji / By the way
2020 PlaatsMaken, Arnhem. NL. Mars!, Screening.
2019 Foto Festival Naarden. Dutch Masters & Marvellous Misfits.
2018 38CC, Delft, NL. First Decade.
CDF, Center for Documentary Film, Jihlava, CZ
ArtDocFest, ArtDoc.Media, Moscow, Russia
2017 Knoll Galeria Budapest, HR. The Age of Nation
Laborneunzehn, Berlin, DE. Beyond the surface
Apartman Project Gallery, Berlin, DE. Verlorene Visionen
Schmallfilmtage Dresden, DE. Teenage Kicks
Docudays, Human Rights Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
2016 galerie Tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL. Through the Barricades
38CC, Delft, NL. What Next? Picture Tomorrow
Voormalige gevangenis Wolvenplein, NL. Hacking Habitat
Knoll Galerie, Wenen, AUS. The Age of Nation.
2015 Kunsthal Citroën, Amsterdam, NL. SCENE.
Budapest Kiscelli National Musem and Budapest Gallery, HR. Private Nationalism
Center for Media and Art, Karlsruhe, DE. About Work - about life. Women Perspectives Knockdown Center, NY, USA. Pressing issues in Central European Contemporary Art.
Kunstverein Amsterdam, NL. Salon Hang
Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, Fear. Origins of the State
2014 Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, PL Kalashnikov
Divus Gallery, Prague, CR. Private Nationalism.
Ostrale International Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, Dresden, DE.
Kunsthalle Kosice, SLOVAKIA. Privatny Nacionaltzmus.
M21, Pecs, HR. Private Nationalism.
Motorenhalle Projektzentrum, Dresden, DE. Arbeiten von Daya Cahen
2013 Looiersgracht 60. Amsterdam, NL. Chambres des Caneaux
Voormalig Ziekenhuis Den Bosch, NL. KW14. The glorious Rise and Fall….
Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam, NL. Shapeshifting
Gaite Lyrique, Paris, FR. M comme manipulation. Screening
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE. Screening Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
La Pagode, Paris, FR. Cine-Histoire. Screening
Hermitage Amsterdam, NL. Tell me how you see it. Screening
2012 Birth of a Nation. SOLO. Lumen / Labor Gallery, Budapest, HR
Birth of a Nation. SOLO. Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, NL
International Festival of Photography, Lodz, PL. Picturing the difference
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR. Screening. Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE. Transmediale
Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid, ES. Screening Rencontres Internationales
Paris/Berlin/Madrid
f/stop festival for photography, Leipzig, DE. Histories of now
2011 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung,Taiwan. Videonale.
Stedelijk Museum ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL. VoTH
Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam, NL. ANGRY
Kunstmuseum Bonn, DE. Videonale
Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR. Screening at Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
Dumbo Arts Center, New York, USA. Video Dumbo. Screening
Donetsk Art Point, Ukraine. Kushat' podano/ Dinner is served
BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice, PL. Videonale
Yaroslavl Art Museum, RUSSIA. VoTH
Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam, NL You Are All Individuals!
Esc Art Centre, Lviv, UKRAINE. Inaugural exhibition
2010 Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia. VoTH.
NCCA Jekaterinburg / Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre / National Gallery
of Art, Kazan, RUSSIA. VoTH.
Eye Film Biennial Amsterdam, KunstENhuis, NL Film3
Wiels, Brussels, BE. Communisms Afterlifes. Screening
Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR. Screening. La dérive
2009 Arsenale Novissimo tijdens Venice Biennale. Venice, IT. Rietveld Arsenale
MK Galerie, Berlin, DE. Archivo
ACF Amsterdam Center of Photography, Amsterdam, NL. Work in Progress
Institut Néerlandais, Parijs, FR. Screening. Portraits Russes
Intermediae, Madrid, ES. Screening. Indirect Speech
SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, NL. Performing Evidence
2008 Kunsthaus Essen, DE. New Visions
De Appel, Amsterdam, NL. Screening. Distorted Fabric
Platform Garanti, Istanbul. Screening. Distorted Fabric
De Boterhal, Hoorn, NL. Archivo
Borderline, Bejing, CHINA. Distorted Fabric
2007 outLINE, Amsterdam. Doublespeak, SOLO
Foto Museum, Den Haag, NL. Among Photographers
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, GR. Intothepill at Her (his)tory
2006 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL. Final Works
FOAM, NL. Istanbul, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
TEACHING / ASSISTING
2012-now teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (department of photography)
2014-2021 tutor Fine Arts department, ArtEZ Arnhem (AV and photography)
2012-2018 assistant artist to Aernout Mik (research and production)
2004-2006 assistant to photographer Koos Breukel
2005 assistant to photographer Rineke Dijkstra (Park Series)
FILM FESTIVALS (SELECTION)
2023 Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, DE
2022 International Bunker Film Festival, Ventimiglia, IT
2017 Docudays, International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
2015 Ukraine International Documentary Film Festival, Kiev
2013 Shortcutz by Eye Film Institute, Mediamatic, Amsterdam
Hamburg International Short Film Festival, DE
2012 International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL
Nederlands Filmfestival, Utrecht, NL
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, DE
Bucharest Int. Experimental Film Festival, RO
Festival Signes des Nuits, Paris, FR
Trento Film Festival, Bolzano, IT
Glasgow Film Festival
2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL
CPH-DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, DK
Bosch Art Film, Verkadefabriek Den Bosch, NL
Bucharest Int. Experimental Film Festival, RO
Hamburg International Short Film Festival, DE
Jihlava International Doc Film Festival, Czech Republic
Art Cinema Film Festival, Moscow, Russia
2010 IDFA Paradocs, NL
Bucharest Experimental Film Festival, RO
Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla, ES
Gdansk Doc Film, Polen, Gdansk, PL
2009 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, DE
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, FR, ES, DE
Nederlands Filmfestival, Utrecht, NL
Sarajevo International Film Festival, BH
Warsaw International Film Festival, PL
Dallas Video Festival, USA
Indie Lisboa, Independant Film Festival, Lisbon, PT
International Festival of Short Films and New Images, Rome, IT
International Art Documentary Festival, Moscow, Russia
Hamburg International Short Film Festival, DE
Festival Internacional de Filmets de Badalona, Barcelona, ES
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
Iowa City International Film Festival, USA
Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
2008 IDFA Paradocs, NL
International Film Festival Teheran, IRAN
ATA Film & Video Festival, San Francisco, USA
2007 Berlin International Film Festival, DE
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, DE
2006 IDFA Paradocs, NL
LECTURES / ARTIST TALKS
2016 38CC, Delft, NL, What Next? Picture Tomorrow
2015 ArtEZ Art Academy, Arnhem, NL
2014 Latvian Contemporary Art Center
Projektzentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden, DE
2013 Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL. Photographers Talk
Ruhruniversitat Bochum, DE.
Hermitage Amsterdam, NL. Tell me how you see it
2012 De Balie, Amsterdam, Welcome Back Putin
2009 Institut Néerlandais, Paris, FR. Portraits Russes
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2022 Stars in the making? Here are 6 breakout artists to watch from Art Basel 2022, Artnet News, Vivienne Chow, 21-06-2022
The Five Best Booths at the June Art Fair, Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTNews, 14-06-2022
De Parallelle Wereld van Poetin’s jeugdbeweging, NRC Handelsblad CS, essay by
Maria Barnas, 17-03-2022
Of Wij, De Gids, Maria Barnas, 2022/2
M, talkshow, interview, Margriet van der Linden, KRO/NCRV, 17-03-2022
Villa BvD, Radio 1, radio interview, 17-03-2022
Spijkers met Koppen, BNN/VARA, radio interview, dd 02-4-2022
2016 Wenn Nationalhelden knutschen, Der Standard, Christa Benzer, Austria, 19-6-2016
Own identity at the price of other, Lorenzo Pereira, review, Widewalls
Nemzet nemzet hátán, Dunszt.sk kultmag, Csansa Máté, review, dd 10-08-2016
2013 Wie zijn we als we het over we hebben, Maria Barnas, Het Parool, 20-4-2013
Onderbuikadres, Sascha Bronwasser, review, VK, 26-04-2013
Tentoonstelling in voormalig onderduikpand, review, Sander Pleij, Vrij Nederland dd 07-06-2013
2012 Gedrilde meisjes, review, Sandra Smets, NRC, dd. 28.06.2012
Strakke vlechten en uniformen, Merel Bem, review, Volkskrant, dd. 15.06.2012
Haarstrikken en geweren, review, Rosan Hollak, review, NRC Next, dd 12.06.2012
2011 Tiempo para mirar y entender, Beatriz Navas Valdés, Cahiers du Cinema España, Mayo 2011
You are all individuals, ArtPulse, review, Paco Barragán, 2011
Schuldbekentenissen in een duistere kelder, Sandra Smallenburg, NRC, dd 19-5-2011
De macht van de massa. You are all individuals, Metropolis M, 27-05-2011
We are all fanatics (video), Goran Baba Ali, Ex Ponto Magazine, dd. 10-06-2011
Knipoogde daar iemand?, Stefan Kuiper, Vrij Nederland, 29-01-2011
Radicaal voelt zich een idealist die de mainstream ontloopt, Rosan Hollak, NRC dd. 18-1-2011
2010 Film3, uit de serie Framing Film published by AUP/Eye Film Instituut
De buikbioscoop, Raymond van den Boogaard, NRC cultuurblog, 9-4-2010
Poetins Kinderen, Anna Abrahams, publicatie Eye Film Instituut
2009 Het drillen van de Onzen, Henny de Lange, Trouw, dd 4-7-2009
Rietveld Arsenale, publicatie van Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Archivo, publicatie door Willem van Zoetendaal en Paul Kooiker
2008 Buitenlandse filmmakers blijken veel somberder over de toekomst dan Russische regisseurs, Coen van Zwol, NRC Handelsblad, 22-11-2008
Rencontres vers le future, Jérôme Provençal, Mouvement.net, 20-11-2008
Het uniform van propaganda, Joanne Dijkman, Mr. Motley, nr 18
Archivo #2, Johannes Schwartz / Daya Cahen, fotomagazine, publicatie door Foundation for Young Photographers ism Gerrit Rietveld Academy. Curatoren Willem van Zoetendaal / Paul Kooiker
2007 De wereld van Stalins kleinzoon, Marijn v.der Jagt, Vrij Nederland, dd 21-4-2007
NPS Arena (NPS Televisie), dd. 4-2-2007
COLLECTIONS
The Louisiana Musem of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denemark, Private Collections