Biography

Exhibitions:

2000 – September – Gallery van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, “Kogelvrij” 
with photoworks of Koos Breukel, Celine van Balen, Harold Strak, Niels Schumm, Leo Divendal and others.

2000 – November – Paris Photo, Gallery Serieuze Zaken, Paris

2000 – December – Gallery Serieuze Zaken / Wouter van Leeuwen Fine Art, Amsterdam with photoworks of Damian Hirst, Araki, Jurgen Teller, Massimo Vitali, Nan Goldin, Dana Lixenberg, Roger Ballen and others.

2001 – January – Vertrek en Verblijf, Amsterdam

2001 – January – Gallery Serieuze Zaken, Amsterdam

2001 – July – Vertrek en Verblijf, Utrecht

2001 – September – Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam

2002 –  June – Foam at the Vondelpark, Amsterdam

2003 – July – Foam, Panorama Amsterdam, Amsterdam 
with photoworks of Ed van der Elsken, Jacob Olie, Frits Rotgans, Aart Klein, Kors van Bennekom, Hans van der Meer, Jacqueline Gilbert and others.

2004 – January – de Balie, Amsterdam

2004 – April – WG-expo, Amsterdam

2004 – August – Stadhuis at Oostburg

2004 –  September – Las Palmas, De wereld volgens Carp, Rotterdam

2004 – November – Paris Photo, Gallery van Zoetendaal, Paris

2005 – December – Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam

2006 – January – Het Kantoor, Amsterdam

2006 – April – Foam, Amsterdam

2007 – January – Raising Bee, Amsterdam

2017 – June – John Cees Smit Show, Amsterdam

2019 – December – Salon Smit Snow-Amsterdam

2020 – January – GinDS and Studio Battery, Amsterdam

2021 – March, Salon Smit & Soetekouw

2022 – December, Salon Smit & Soetekouw

Collections:

Haags Gemeentemuseum

Foam Amsterdam

Randstad Collectie

Dutch Embassy of Litouwen

Grants:

2003 – Startstipendium Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst

2007 – Basisstipendium Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst

Education:

1987/1989 – Propedeuse Philosophy, University of Amsterdam

1989/1992 – Communication Science and Philosophy, University of Amsterdam

1997/2000 – Graduation Photography, Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam