Henri Blommers

Henri Blommers lives and works in Amsterdam.
A 2010 graduate of the Photo Academy, he works with a wide variety of digital and analog cameras, incorporating assemblage and collage into his practice, among other things. His work is engaged, addressing contemporary social and environmental themes such as the impact of plastics on the environment, rising sea levels, biodiversity loss, and the influence of digital society on our lives in vivid colors and sharp contrasts.

Henri Blommers is also co-founder of the magazine Hello Gorgeous, which combats stigma surrounding HIV. He is a member of Bish, a collective of artists who, in addition to their individual work, create collaborative works on contemporary issues that connect or divide them.

SOME EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

2022 Denis Roussel Prize (1st prize)
Activism in Photography Kunstgarage Franx Zoetermeer (Netherlands)
House of Hiv (Netherlands)
Fotofestival Lenzburg (Switzerland)
Photo-Canopy (UK)
New Forest Museum (United Kingdom)

2021 Rietveldpaviljoen Amersfoort: garden of henri (Netherlands)
The Room, Strasbourg, 10 Years (France)
International photo festival Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

2020 Terra Art Zoetermeer: exhibition Plastic Utopia (Netherlands)
Wind Gallery Rotterdam: groups exhibition 5 (Netherlands)

2019 Out of the Mist Brisbane, BISHAwards ( ^3rd prize) (Australia)
Helsinki Photo Festival ( ^1st prize) (Finland)
The Chamber, Strasbourg (France)