{"id":89,"date":"2026-10-28T20:43:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nielshelmink.nl\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2026-11-03T09:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:24:14","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nielshelmink.nl\/index.php\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_4363da-d4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_4363da-d4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_4363da-d4\"]{font-size:20px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Abel;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_4363da-d4 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_4363da-d4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_4363da-d4\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_4363da-d4 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_4363da-d4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_4363da-d4\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading89_4363da-d4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_4363da-d4\"><strong>Artist Statement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I photograph to create images that imprint themselves upon your memory to preserve a situation exactly as I find it, so that it may be shown forever. What I capture is reality. My subjects must be socially relevant while also possessing beauty an aesthetic function.In my work, I explore apparent trivialities and cultural phenomena (both within the Netherlands and abroad). I am particularly fascinated by those trivialities and cultural phenomena that are slowly fading away, becoming increasingly less common in society. What is the social significance of certain situations disappearing from our society? At what point, for instance, does something become &#8220;outdated&#8221;? Where does the tipping point lie? Through my work, I seek to determine, at least for myself, where that tipping point occurs.Another major theme in my work is architecture. I use the cultural and social significance as well as the functionality of architecture as a backdrop for my subjects. In my view, society, human movement, and architecture are inextricably linked. A human being is nothing without a space in which to live or work; conversely, a space cannot truly &#8220;live&#8221; without the people connected to it.Through my composition and execution, I amplify the aesthetic element I perceive within a subject. By categorizing and employing repetition, I immerse the viewer in a wealth of details and impressions. This clarifies the underlying message, which resurfaces in each individual image through recurring elements. By systematically developing my subjects much like Bernd and Hilla Becher did with their industrial typologies a clear, consistent thread emerges in my approach to presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0\"]{font-size:var(--kb-token--primitive--dimension--font-size--md);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Abel;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_e289d3-e0\"><br><strong>Collections<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Maritime Museum, Amsterdam<br>Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands<br>LAM museum, Lisse<br>Van den Broek Foundation<br>Achmea art collection<br>Generali art collection<br>Link Art artcollection<br>Eneco art collection<br>KPMG art collection<br>DTZ Zadelhoff art collection<br>Jan des Bouvrie<br>Chabotmuseum<br>Meijers assuranti\u00ebn<br>several private collectioneurs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac\"]{font-size:20px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Abel;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading89_a9ac14-ac\"><strong>Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2022 \u2013 2023<\/strong><br><em>Kwaadaardig mooi<\/em> \u2014 an exhibition exploring artists\u2019 perspectives on cancer, Museum Tot Zover, Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2016 \u2013 2017<\/strong><br><em>Drijfveer: 100 Years of Collecting<\/em>, Het Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum), Amsterdam, featuring the series <em>Inland Shipping<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2016<\/strong><br><em>Shot on Location<\/em>, group exhibition, Galerie Bart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2015<\/strong><br>Oud Nieuws Festival, Nijmegen<br>Naarden Photo Festival, featuring the series <em>Inland Shipping<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2014<\/strong><br>PAN Amsterdam, featuring the series <em>Hafabra<\/em> and <em>Shopkeepers<\/em><br>KPMG building, Amstelveen \u2014 permanent exhibition of <em>Shopkeepers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2013<\/strong><br>Group exhibition, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam<br>Buren Art Route<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2012<\/strong><br>Travelling exhibition accompanying <em>Klandizie<\/em>, a play inspired by the photography series <em>Shopkeepers<\/em><br>Galerie Bart fifth-anniversary group exhibition<br>Duo exhibition with Erik Klein Wolterink, Foto 21, Bredevoort<br><em>Shopkeepers<\/em>, Focus, Arnhem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2011<\/strong><br><em>Wegens persoonlijke omstandigheden<\/em>, GBK, Arnhem<br><em>Let\u2019s Face It<\/em>, Naarden Photo Festival<br>Art Amsterdam, represented by Galerie Bart<br>Group exhibition, Bartkunstinhuis, Nijmegen<br>Slideluck Potshow, Amsterdam, USA<br><em>Testicular Carcinoma<\/em>, exhibition at Radboud University Medical Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2010<\/strong><br>Presentation of <em>Hafabra<\/em>, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam<br><em>Shopkeepers<\/em>, Nieuwspoort Press Centre, The Hague, in collaboration with the Achmea Art Collection<br>Group exhibition, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam<br>Realisme Art Fair, Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2008<\/strong><br><em>Shopkeepers<\/em>, book launch and solo exhibition, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2007<\/strong><br><em>Dredgers<\/em> and <em>Shopkeepers<\/em>, solo exhibition, Radboud University<br><em>Shopkeepers<\/em>, LUX Cinema<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2006<\/strong><br><em>Dredgers<\/em> and <em>Shopkeepers<\/em>, group exhibition, Bartkunstinhuis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2002<\/strong><br>Group exhibition with Geralt Ploegstra, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Statement I photograph to create images that imprint themselves 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