Gilleam Trapenberg
Gilleam Trapenberg zooms in on the many paradoxes that are present in the sociocultural landscape of Curaçao. With his camera, he challenges the stereotyping and cultural misinformation in the representation of the Caribbean life by the dominant (Western) media. Although Trapenberg is at times also seduced by the picturesque image of Curaçao, it is the reality of the colonial legacy, the endless flow of goods and people, and the island’s mass tourism that form the focus of his work.
Browse works by Gilleam Trapenberg
Gilleam Trapenberg
Kant'i Laman #1 (2022)
Gilleam Trapenberg
Quinsley (2023)
Gilleam Trapenberg
Studio assemblages (2025)
Gilleam Trapenberg
Mullet Bay Beach (2024)
Gilleam Trapenberg
Shurendy (2024)
Gilleam Trapenberg (1991) is an artist and photographer currently based in Amsterdam. Trapenberg moved to the Netherlands at the age of nineteen, and graduated from the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague in 2017. Trapenberg has exhibited both nationally and internationally, at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Foam, Paris Photo and 212 Photography Istanbul amongst many others. His work has been acquired by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Nederlands Fotomuseum, and the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, as well as the collections of De Nederlandsche Bank, Kunstcollectie Rijksoverheid, and the Mondriaan Fonds.
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