Louisiana van Onna (22 jan 1995, Amsterdam) is a research-based photographer graduated from the Photography department at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. She is working on themes such as extinction within biodiversity, and the human relation to natural phenomena. Her imaginative and investigative research methods aim to open up a conversation, and transmit her fascination to the perceiver. The combination of constructed and documentary photography form a playful approach to urgent matters. Her collaboration with scientists and biologists stimulates the relationship between information and astonishment.
email: hello@louisianavanonna.com
insta: @louisianavanonna
studio: Grey Space in the Middle, the Hague
Solo exhibitions
Group exhibitions
Grants / nominations
Publications / reviews
Lectures / workshops
Education
Ode aan de Oase
Project for Gemeente Utrecht, Stadskantoor
26.09.2024 - 31.10.2024 (ongoing)
Climate Stories
Collaborative project with Museon-Omniversum The Hague
03.11.2022 - 03.11.2024 (ongoing)
Blauwdruk
Exhibition 'The Butterfly Defect' / Blauwdruk workshops
Mien Ruys Gardens Dedemsvaart
01.04.2022 - 31.10.2022
Blauwdruk
Exhibition ' The Butterfly Defect' / Blauwdruk workshops
Beeld & Beleving festival, Diamond Greenhouse, Bergeijk
01.08.2021 - 01.09.2021
Pole to pole
Solo exhibition, Vuurtoren Texel
09.03.2019 - 09.10.2019
Kloof United '24
Group exhibition
Kunsthal Kloof, Utrecht
06.09.2024 - 06.10.2024 (ongoing)
Dick de Vries & Zoon nodigen uit: Eady van Acker en Louisiana van Onna
Duo exhibition with Eady van Acker
Kapper en Kunst, Den Haag
23.03.2024 - 29.05.2024
Geruisloos, geluidloos
Duo exhibition with Bram Engelaar
Kunsthal Kloof, Utrecht
14.07.2023 - 20.08.2023
Spark Birds & The Loneliness of Species, Buitenplaats Kasteel Wijlre
Group exhibition
14.05.2023 - 09.12.2023
Kunstenfestival Watou 2023
Group exhibition
01.07.2023 - 04.09.2023
Prospects 2023, Art Rotterdam
Group exhibition on behalf of Mondriaanfonds
09-12 of February 2023
LAB22 Duo show: Kenneth Moreno Kiernan and Louisiana van Onna
Duo exhibition
19-21 of August, 2022
Future of Nature show with MIAP fund, Wageningen University
Group exhibition
June 1 - September 1, 2022
'Koninginnedag expositie' at Hgtomi Rosa
Group exhibition
31 of April, 2021
Tiny Art Gallery #2
Group exhibition
March - September, 2021
Here we weigh more, there we jump higher
Graduation Show, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag
July 5 - July 11, 2019
Push It To the Limit Graduation Preview
Group exhibition, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam
May 20 - 26, 2019
Acid Salt
Group exhibition, Sexyland, Amsterdam
December 5, 2018
Noun presents ‘Good Work’
Group exhibition, The Grey Space in the Middle, Den Haag
20-24 January 2018
A Breath of Fresh Air
Group exhibition, KABK Gallery, Den Haag
May 2017
Stroom Invest
Honorarium startende maker
Maart 2024
Patchwork
Residency and nomination Kunstenfestival Watou 2023
16-19 August 2023
Pictoright 2022
Honorarium startende maker
December 2022
Mondriaan Start
Honorarium Jong Talent
July 2021 - June 2022
Shortlisted voor Urbanautica Institute Award 2020
March, 2021
Nomination ‘Early Ed, de pioniersjaren’, Bredenhofprijs
Nomination door Zaans Museum
December, 2020
MIAP ‘Future of Nature’
Grant and coaching for ‘The Butterfly Defect’
September 2020 - February 2021
Fotodok Lighthouse, talent program 2019/2020
October 2019 - November 2020
Subsidiemakersregeling Den Haag 2019
Grant for collaboration with Museon-Omniversum, Den Haag
December, 2019
Interview with Nieuwe Feiten, Radio 1 (BE), 2024
Interview on the work Taalvlucht
'Waarom de hop eigenlijk hu-pu-pu zou moeten heten' Magazine Onze Taal #5, 2024
Interview on the work Taalvlucht
Newspaper de Morgen review on Kunstenfestival Watou, 2023
Review on my work at Kunstenfestival Watou
Newspaper de Standaard interview on my work at Kunstenfestival Watou, July, 2023
Interview on the work proces of Taalvlucht for Kunstenfestival Watou
De Witte Raaf, July / August edition, 2023
Review on my work at Spark Birds & The Loneliness of Species, Buitenplaats kasteel Wijlre
'In Limburg zie je: zo makkelijk komt een provincie onder afspraken over natuur uit', De Correspondent
Article on the decline of Dutch Biodiversity with my work from The Butterfly Defect
Louisiana van Onna and the question of visualizing the climate crisis
Interview on my practice for British Journal of Photography, door Ellie Howard
‘Early Ed, de pioniersjaren’ book
Design, photography and image editing for the book by Louisiana, text and research by Edwin van Onna
Published by Lecturis
October, 2020
Here we weigh more, there we jump higher
Self published publication of graduation project, edition of 20
July, 2019
Global disenchantment, Bachelor Thesis
Self published thesis, design by Marijn van der Leeuw, edition of 20
July, 2019
Pole to Pole, Vogels vouwen van landkaarten
Article on Pole to Pole published on VVV Texel
March 2, 2019
Pole to pole, Noordse Stern op de vlucht
Article on Pole to Pole published in de Vogelstreken, Delft
March, 2019
We All Fell from the Sky
Self published publication, edition of 15
January, 2018
Noun presents ‘Appendix’
Magazine published on behalf of the group exhibition ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’
May, 2017
Wake Up! Stories, organized by Docking Station
Lecture night on photographic stories and the climate, Tivoli Vredenburg
March 14, 2022
Cyanotype workshops at Mien Ruys Gardens Dedemsvaart
During my residency at Mien Ruys Dedemsvaart I hosted 3 sessions of cyanotype workshops
Summer, 2022
Fotodok Bookclub ‘The Dutch Edition’
Talk on the book Early Ed, interviews by photographer Rob Hornstra, Tivoli Vredenburg
December 3, 2020
ZEFIR7, Lecture night ‘on art & science and design & fine arts’
Together with Marijn van der Leeuw and Suzette Bousema hosted at Stroom, Den Haag
October 5, 2019
Door de ogen van de noordse stern
Opening Pole to Pole and talk at Vuurtoren Texel
March 9, 2019
Art & The image of the World
Workshop on relationship between art and science, primary school De Regenboog
November 8 & 10, 2018
Push It To the Limit, ‘Future Colleagues’ Lecture day
Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam
May 24, 2019
BA Photography
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag
2015 - 2019
World Art History
Course, Universiteit Leiden
September 2018 - January 2019
Internship at Sjoerd Knibbeler
January 20 - May 20, 2019
Amsterdam
Metafysica
Course, Universiteit Leiden
September 2017 - January 2018
Louisiana van Onna (1995, Amsterdam) is a research-based photographer graduated from the Photography department at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. She is working on themes such as extinction within biodiversity, and the human relation to natural phenomena. Her imaginative and investigative research methods aim to open up a conversation, and transmit her fascination to the perceiver. The combination of constructed and documentary photography form a playful approach to urgent matters. Her collaboration with scientists and biologists stimulates the relationship between information and astonishment.
email: hello@louisianavanonna.com
insta: @louisianavanonna
studio: Grey Space in the Middle, the Hague
Solo exhibitions
Climate Stories
Collaborative project with Museon-Omniversum The Hague
03.11.2022 - 03.11.2024 (ongoing)
Blauwdruk
Exhibition 'The Butterfly Defect' / Blauwdruk workshops
Mien Ruys Gardens Dedemsvaart
01.04.2022 - 31.10.2022
Blauwdruk
Exhibition ' The Butterfly Defect' / Blauwdruk workshops
Beeld & Beleving festival, Diamond Greenhouse, Bergeijk
01.08.2021 - 01.09.2021
Pole to pole
Solo exhibition, Vuurtoren Texel
09.03.2019 - 09.10.2019
Group exhibitions
Dick de Vries & Zoon nodigen uit: Eady van Acker en Louisiana van Onna
Duo exhibition with Eady van Acker
Kapper en Kunst, Den Haag
23.03.2024 - 29.05.2024
Geruisloos, geluidloos
Duo exhibition with Bram Engelaar
Kunsthal Kloof, Utrecht
14.07.2023 - 20.08.2023
Spark Birds & The Loneliness of Species, Buitenplaats Kasteel Wijlre
Group exhibition
14.05.2023 - 09.12.2023
Kunstenfestival Watou 2023
Group exhibition
01.07.2023 - 04.09.2023
Prospects 2023, Art Rotterdam
Group exhibition on behalf of Mondriaanfonds
09-12 of February 2023
LAB22 Duo show: Kenneth Moreno Kiernan and Louisiana van Onna
Duo exhibition
19-21 of August, 2022
'Koninginnedag expositie' at Hgtomi Rosa
Group exhibition
31 of April, 2021
Tiny Art Gallery #2
Group exhibition
March - September, 2021
Here we weigh more, there we jump higher
Graduation Show, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag
July 5 - July 11, 2019
Push It To the Limit Graduation Preview
Group exhibition, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam
May 20 - 26, 2019
Acid Salt
Group exhibition, Sexyland, Amsterdam
December 5, 2018
Noun presents ‘Good Work’
Group exhibition, The Grey Space in the Middle, Den Haag
20-24 January 2018
A Breath of Fresh Air
Group exhibition, KABK Gallery, Den Haag
May 2017
Grands and nominations
Patchwork 2023
Residency and nomination Kunstenfestival Watou 2023
16-19 August 2023
Pictoright 2022
Honorarium startende maker
December 2022
Mondriaan Start
Honorarium Jong Talent
July 2021 - June 2022
Shortlisted voor Urbanautica Institute Award 2020
March, 2021
Nomination ‘Early Ed, de pioniersjaren’, Bredenhofprijs
Nomination door Zaans Museum
December, 2020
MIAP ‘Future of Nature’
Grand and coaching for ‘The Butterfly Defect’
September 2020 - February 2021
Fotodok Lighthouse, talent program 2019/2020
October 2019 - November 2020
Subsidiemakersregeling Den Haag 2019
Grand for collaboration with Museon-Omniversum, Den Haag
December, 2019
Publications and Reviews
Newspaper de Morgen review on Kunstenfestival Watou, 2023
Review on my work at Kunstenfestival Watou
Newspaper de Standaard interview on my work at Kunstenfestival Watou, July, 2023
Interview on the work proces of Taalvlucht for Kunstenfestival Watou
De Witte Raaf, July / August edition, 2023
Review on my work at Spark Birds & The Loneliness of Species, Buitenplaats kasteel Wijlre
'In Limburg zie je: zo makkelijk komt een provincie onder afspraken over natuur uit', De Correspondent
Article on the decline of Dutch Biodiversity with my work from The Butterfly Defect
https://decorrespondent.nl/12724/in-limburg-zie-je-zo-makkelijk-komt-een-provincie-onder-afspraken-over-natuur-uit/19198586430848-ae8f38e7?pk_campaign=daily
Louisiana van Onna and the question of visualizing the climate crisis
Interview on my practice for British Journal of Photography, door Ellie Howard
https://www.1854.photography/2020/11/louisiana-van-onna-and-the-question-of-visualising-the-climate-crisis/
‘Early Ed, de pioniersjaren’ book
Design, photography and image editing for the book, written by Edwin van Onna
Published by Lecturis
October, 2020
Here we weigh more, there we jump higher
Self published publication of graduation project, edition of 20
July, 2019
Global disenchantment, Bachelor Thesis
Self published thesis, design by Marijn van der Leeuw, edition of 20
July, 2019
Pole to Pole, Vogels vouwen van landkaarten
Article on Pole to Pole published on VVV Texel
March 2, 2019
Pole to pole, Noordse Stern op de vlucht
Article on Pole to Pole published in de Vogelstreken, Delft
March, 2019
We All Fell from the Sky
Self published publication, edition of 15
January, 2018
Noun presents ‘Appendix’
Magazine published on behalf of the group exhibition ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’
May, 2017
Talks and Workshops
Fotodok Bookclub ‘The Dutch Edition’
Talk on the book Early Ed, interviews by photographer Rob Hornstra, Tivoli Vredenburg
December 3, 2020
ZEFIR7, Lecture night ‘on art & science and design & fine arts’
Together with Marijn van der Leeuw and Suzette Bousema hosted at Stroom, Den Haag
October 5, 2019
Door de ogen van de noordse stern
Opening Pole to Pole and talk at Vuurtoren Texel
March 9, 2019
Art & The image of the World
Workshop on relationship between art and science, primary school De Regenboog
November 8 & 10, 2018
Push It To the Limit, ‘Future Colleagues’ Lecture day
Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam
May 24, 2019
Education
BA Photography
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag
2015 - 2019
World Art History
Course, Universiteit Leiden
September 2018 - January 2019
Internship at Sjoerd Knibbeler
January 20 - May 20, 2019
Amsterdam
Metafysica
Course, Universiteit Leiden
September 2017 - January 2018