Biography
Ellert Haitjema lives and works in Amsterdam. He was trained as a visual artist at the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy Amsterdam and later on was accepted at the art residency programme of the Rijks Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) of Visual Art, Amsterdam.
His works in sculpture, photography, video and installations, as well as his interventions in the public space have been presented in many solo- and group exhibitions: i.e. Gallery Fons Welters Amsterdam, Museum de Pont Tilburg and EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam.
He did some important commissioned work for instance for the Ministry of Finance The Hague and for the City of Amsterdam. He was tutor at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam from 1995 till 2020.
Next to this, Haitjema has published some fine monographs like the extraordinary and rewarded book Haphazard and is currently working on a new outstanding publication.
