About
Dora Lionstone (*1986, Potsdam, DE) is a visual artist and
photographer who graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2020
with a BA in Photography and has previously worked as a Software
Engineer in Germany with an Msc in Media Informatics. Her work has
been exhibited at FOAM and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, among several
international exhibitions. She is a FRESH EYES Talent 2021,
Runner-Up of the OD Photo Prize 2022 and a recipient of the
Mondriaan Artist Start Grant for 2022. She is the co-founder of SPROUT
PUBLISH and based in Amsterdam, NL.
Influenced by her
background in software engineering, Dora Lionstone sees the image as
a system that can be cracked, taken apart and reassembled
differently. This continuous (re-)construction of reality is
explored by the artist’s use of collages and other image
transformations. Her process involves a combination of various
techniques such as analog photography, digital manipulation and
animation next to the creation of objects, installations and text.
By using multiple methods and points of view, she aims to extend the
boundaries of the rigid binary world, merging fact and fiction,
science and art.
info@doralionstone.com | @doralionstoned
EXHIBITIONS
- 2023 ORPHANS FROM THE STUDIO, Wunderkammer - NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam, NL
- 2023 JUST LIKE ESCHER, Escher In The Palace, The Hague, NL
- 2023 ASAMA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL - MIYOTA PHOTO, Nagana, JP
- 2023 FLOAT MAGAZINE - Home is Where (online)
- 2023 TIJDGEEEST EN SPOOKBEELDEN, NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam, NL
- 2023 ART ROTTERDAM - PROSPECTS 2023, Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam, NL
- 2023 CONNECTION, Amsterdam Central Station, Amstelpassage, NL
- 2023 LICHTKUNSTFEST, Pavillion am Milchhof, Berlin, DE
- 2022 DEAD DARLINGS, Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam, NL
- 2022 OD PHOTO PRIZE, Photo Book Café, London, UK
- 2022 INCADAQUÉS PHOTO FESTIVAL, Cadaqués, ES
- 2022 IN-CORPUS PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, Arles, FR
- 2022 THE OTHER BOOK, The Hague, NL
- 2022 RESIDENCY PRESENTATION, Arteles Creative Center, FI
- 2022 FEBRUARY ART MARKET, Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam, NL
- 2021 FRESH EYES 2021, Rotterdam, NL
- 2021 COSMIC STREAM, murmur, Amsterdam, NL (SOLO)
- 2021 KOSMOS LEM, Rechenzentrum, Potsdam, DE
- 2021 EPHEMERAL ETERNITY, IESA Galerie, Paris, FR
- 2021 THE CURATED FRIDGE, SUMMER SHOW, Online
- 2021 IN-CORPUS PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, Arles, FR
- 2021 IMAGINÁRIA PHOTO FESTIVAL, LA PROMESA,
Castellón, ES (DUO)
with Cris Bartual - 2021 THE CONSTRUCTED IMAGE, F-STOP Magazine, Online
- 2021 JONG TALENT 2020, Artphy, Onstwedde, NL
- 2021 DEAD DARLINGS, W139, Amsterdam, NL
- 2020 GUP NEW PHOTO TALENT, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
- 2020 CURVES 'N' FORMS, Haze Gallery, Berlin, DE
- 2020 ONWARD & UPWARD, Droog, Amsterdam, NL
- 2020 GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE-THE GRADUATION SHOW, FOAM, Amsterdam, NL
- 2020 THE CLASS OF 2020, In the In-Between, Online
- 2020 GRADUATION SHOW, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
- 2020 NOORDERLICHT PHOTO FESTIVAL, FUTURAMA, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen, NL
- 2020 ARLYLZA, Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam, NL
- 2020 RELEARNING IMAGES, PuntWG, Amsterdam, NL
- 2019 RETHINKING BAUHAUS, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
- 2019 UNSEEN FESTIVAL, THE SPONGE, THE CLAY, THE BRICK AND THE BRIDGE, Amsterdam, NL
- 2019 NEUHAUS, ACADEMY FOR MORE THAN HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
- 2019 FRAZZLED FICTIONS, Gallery 5&33, Amsterdam, NL
- 2018 WINDOW, Galerie De Vijf Ramen, Arnhem, NL
- 2018 GERRIT TURNS 50, WILLEM ONLY 28, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
- 2018 MISSION NOSE OUT, Beautiful Distress, Amsterdam, NL
- 2018 CRINGE, Museum of the Mind, Haarlem, NL
- 2018 UNCUT FESTIVAL, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
- 2018 MACHINE VISION, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
- 2016 BERLIN FOTO BIENNALE, Palazzo Italia, Berlin, DE
EDUCATION
- 2016-2020 BA Photography, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
- 2008-2011 MSc Media Informatics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, DE
- 2005-2008 BSc Media Informatics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, DE
AWARDS
- 2023 GOMMA GRANT - GOMMA NEW FLAVOURS AWARD 2022, Finalist
- 2023 BOUTOGRAPHIES, Shortlisted
- 2022 OD PHOTO PRIZE, Runner-Up
- 2022 GIBELLINA PHOTOROAD FESTIVAL, Shortlisted
- 2022 INCADAQUÉS PHOTO FESTIVAL, Runner-Up
- 2022 MONDRIAAN FUND, Artist Start Grant
- 2021 FRESH EYES EUROPEAN TALENT
- 2021 GUP NEW PHOTO TALENT
- 2020 ATHENS PHOTO FESTIVAL, Shortlisted
- 2016 JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARD, Category Winner
- 2005 HEIDI KLEBER AWARD, Winner
RESIDENCIES
- 2022 Arteles, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
INTERVIEWS
PRINTED PUBLICATIONS
- 2023 FLOAT Magazine, Home is Where
- 2023 PHOTONEWS, 2/2023 - Portfolio Review
- 2022 DITO PUBLISHING, CATS
- 2022 FOTONICA DIARY, I.D.
- 2021 HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT,Expansive Bodies: Contesting Design at Het Nieuwe Instituut
- 2021 CONCRETE NATURE, Out of Office
- 2021 YOGURT Magazine, MOJO Flavour
- 2021 GUP MAGAZINE, FRESH EYES
- 2021 GUP MAGAZINE, GUP NEW
- 2020 RIETVELD PHOTOGRAPHY, Quarantine Times
- 2019 HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT, Neuhaus - Academy for more-than-human knowledge
- 2018 A MARCH ISSUE by Line Arngaard & Sonia Oet
- 2016 INTERNATIONALE KUNST HEUTE
ONLINE FEATURES
- 2022 Apituley & De Schepper - Takeover
- 2022 Photoworks UK - Takeover
- 2021 Discarded Magazine - Cosmic Stream Book Review
- 2021 Fotonica Diary - I.D. Interview
- 2021 Homeostasis Lab, The First Breath of the Earth
- 2021 Homeostasis Lab, Cosmic Streaming
- 2021 Het Nieuwe Instituut, Who is we?
- 2021 F-Stop Magazine, The Constructed Image
- 2020 Next Nature Network, "Next Generation: Hearing the first breath of Earth with Dora Lionstone"
- 2018 Stedelijk Studies, Lose Yourself
BOOK FAIRS / SHOPS
- THE OTHER BOOK, CHARTA Photobook Festival, FOAM Museum, Fanzineist Vienna, Fotoboekenbeurs, Stedelijk Museum, Polycopies, Libros Mutantes, Unseen Photo Fair