Ellis Doeven studied photography at the Royal Academy of the Arts in The Hague between 2006 and 2010. The project ‘Maktak and Gasoline’, and the resulting photo book, contain photograph’s from the village of Point Hope, Alaska, USA, taken between 2009 and 2017. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband Art Oomittuk Jr. and their daughter Anna Kupaaq.
Appearances/Prices/Publications/Expositions Maktak and Gasoline
Oktober 2020 – lecture at Pintohuis in Amsterdam
July 2019 – Tegenlicht Podcast Future Shock #30 ‘Het smeltende ijs op Point Hope’
May 2019 – Maktak and Gasoline is a winner at the Belfast Photo Festival 2019
May – Sep 2019 – Exhibit at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK “Tikigaq, Point Hope, Life on Alaska’s North Slope “
2019 April – Maktak and Gasoline is nominated for Best Debut at “The Nederlandse Fotoboekenprijs 2019 “
2019 March – Selected for ‘The Best Dutch Book Designs 2018 ’
2018 November – Maktak and Gasoline selected as one of Ten Best Photobooks of 2018 ‘De 10 mooiste Nederlandse fotoboeken van 2018 volgens de Volkskrant-redactie ’
2018 August – Guest at Radio 1 Bureau Buitenland ‘Leven aan het Einde van de Wereld ’
2018 May – Publication in Dutch newspaper NRC Next ‘Meet the Inupiaq ’
2018 May – Publication in Dutch newspaper NRC ‘Dit moest het einde van de wereld zijn ’
2018 April – Speaker at ‘North x North Festival’, Anchorage Museum, Alaska
2018 May-Sep – solo exposition Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska ‘Maktak and Gasoline – The People of Point Hope ’
2018 April – Publication in newspaper Trouw – Saturday addition Letter & Geest Beeldboek ‘Walvisjacht ’
2018 April – Booklaunch Photobook:Maktak and Gasoline ‘Fotokroniek Special’ ’ Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
2018 – guest at radio programme ‘Kunst is Lang ’
2016 2017 – artist in residence “Polar Lab Projects ”, Anchorage Museum, Alaska
2016 – publication Volkskrant Magazine ‘From Alaska with Love ”
2015 – Group exhibit – ‘Er hangt iets in de lucht’, International Art Festival, Den Bosch, The Netherlands – Group exhibit
2015 – winner of the Pitch of the ‘Donkere Kamer aflevering #23’
2013 – Nominated for the Hel ved Creative Call Review – Group exhibit at Hel Ved, Amsterdam, The Netherlands‘New Documentary Photography’
Appearances/Prices/Publications/Expositions Maktak and Gasoline
Oktober 2020 – lecture at Pintohuis in Amsterdam
July 2019 – Tegenlicht Podcast Future Shock #30 ‘Het smeltende ijs op Point Hope’
May 2019 – Maktak and Gasoline is a winner at the Belfast Photo Festival 2019
May – Sep 2019 – Exhibit at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK “Tikigaq, Point Hope, Life on Alaska’s North Slope “
2019 April – Maktak and Gasoline is nominated for Best Debut at “The Nederlandse Fotoboekenprijs 2019 “
2019 March – Selected for ‘The Best Dutch Book Designs 2018 ’
2018 November – Maktak and Gasoline selected as one of Ten Best Photobooks of 2018 ‘De 10 mooiste Nederlandse fotoboeken van 2018 volgens de Volkskrant-redactie ’
2018 August – Guest at Radio 1 Bureau Buitenland ‘Leven aan het Einde van de Wereld ’
2018 May – Publication in Dutch newspaper NRC Next ‘Meet the Inupiaq ’
2018 May – Publication in Dutch newspaper NRC ‘Dit moest het einde van de wereld zijn ’
2018 April – Speaker at ‘North x North Festival’, Anchorage Museum, Alaska
2018 May-Sep – solo exposition Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska ‘Maktak and Gasoline – The People of Point Hope ’
2018 April – Publication in newspaper Trouw – Saturday addition Letter & Geest Beeldboek ‘Walvisjacht ’
2018 April – Booklaunch Photobook:Maktak and Gasoline ‘Fotokroniek Special’ ’ Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
2018 – guest at radio programme ‘Kunst is Lang ’
2016 2017 – artist in residence “Polar Lab Projects ”, Anchorage Museum, Alaska
2016 – publication Volkskrant Magazine ‘From Alaska with Love ”
2015 – Group exhibit – ‘Er hangt iets in de lucht’, International Art Festival, Den Bosch, The Netherlands – Group exhibit
2015 – winner of the Pitch of the ‘Donkere Kamer aflevering #23’
2013 – Nominated for the Hel ved Creative Call Review – Group exhibit at Hel Ved, Amsterdam, The Netherlands‘New Documentary Photography’