Carla van de Puttelaar
- Born 1967, Zaandam
- Lives and works in Amsterdam
- Artist/photographer, Art Historian (Ph.D.) and Lecturer (for example at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague)
Photo: Carla van de Puttelaar (ass. Fred Meijer)
Education
- 2013 - September 2017 Utrecht University: Ph.D.
- August 2011 The Amsterdam/Maastricht Summer University: Activities and Societies: A history of oil painting in the Low Countries and its consequences for the visual arts, 1350-1550s
- August 2009 The Amsterdam/Maastricht Summer University: Dutch Art of the Golden Age: Sources and Perspectives
- 2002 Work Period Rijksacademie (Prix de Rome)
- 1991-1996 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Photography, Gerrit Rietveld Academy
Jury Memberships, Curatorships & Masterclasses
- 2022 Curator Weekend of the Portrait, De Nederlandse Portretprijs
- 2021-present Committee of Recommendation, member, De Nederlandse Portretprijs
- 2020 Jury Member PORTRAITS - Hellerau Photography Award
- 2020 Curator Weekend of the Portrait, De Nederlandse Portretprijs
- 2020 Selection Committee Member De Nederlandse Portretprijs, Portrait Weekend
- 2019 Jury Member PORTRAITS - Hellerau Photography Award
- 2019 Jury Member De Nederlandse Portretprijs
- 2018 Selection Committee Member De Nederlandse Portretprijs, Portrait Weekend
- 2018 Jury Member World Press Photo Contest, People category
- 2017-2019 Seminars, De Fotoshool, Amsterdam
- 2017 Selection Committee Member De Nederlandse Portretprijs
- 2017 Guest Curator Naarden Fotofestival
- 2017 Masterclasses, Maria Austria Institute, Amsterdam
- 2016-2017 Masterclass Fotobond, Portrait department
- 2016 Jury Member Foto Nationaal 2016, Fotobond
- 2016 Jury Member Photo Book, Portraits 2016, Fotobond
- 2016 Masterclass, IEFC, Barcelona
- 2012 Curator KABK for Breda Photo
Awards & Grants

- 2019 Hariban Award, shortlist
- 2019 De Zilveren Camera, First Prize, Personen in the nieuws (enkel)
- 2018 Rabobank Dutch Photographic Portrait Prize, longlist
- 2018 Artist of the Year 2019, semi-finalist
- 2018 Taylor Wessing Prize, National Portrait Gallery, exhibition
- 2018 Portrait of Britain, shortlist
- 2017 Pubication Grant, Mondriaan Fund
- 2017 Artist of the Year 2018, semi-finalist
- 2016 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) 2016 Honorable Mention
- 2016 PDN Annual 2016, Winner
- 2016 Hellerau Photography Award, Nomination, Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
- 2015 De Greif, selected for publication and exhibition Katrin Weber, Galerie f5,6, Munich
- 2014 Bijdrage Bewezen Talent, Mondriaan Fund
- 2012 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) 2012 Bronze, People's Choice
- 2010 Critical Mass 2010, Finalist
- 2010 The Julia M. Cameron Award, Finalist
- 2009 The 2009 International Photography Awards (IPA), Honorable Mention
- 2009 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) 2009 Honorable Mentions in 2 categories (Fine Art and Book)
- 2009 The New York Photo Awards 2009 nomination in the Fine Art single Image category
- 2008 The Black & White Spider Awards nomination in the Fine Art category
- 2008 Publication Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
- 2006 Le Prix Découverte des Rencontres d'Arles nomination
- 2003 Publication Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
- 2002 Prix de Rome finalist, Basic Prize winner
- 2001 Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
- 1999 Starter stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
- 1997 Starter stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
- 1996 Esther Kroon Award
- 1996 Lee Photo Category Award
Projects
Special Assignments