Jet Siemons is a photographer and storyteller working curiously with family histories, inherited beliefs, folklore, and the unseen. Starting from photography, she works with archives, found objects, maps, text, and oral histories to trace how memories are carried through landscapes, stories, and generations. Through installations, storytelling events, tours, and site-specific scavenger hunts, she invites audiences to follow these stories alongside her. Her work reflects on remembrance and loss, belief systems, ghosts and on the ways stories shape our relationship to the past.
email: info@jetsiemons.com
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(Group) Exhibitions
April 2026 - (Group) - ‘Maand van de Fotografie’ Jong opkomend talent, Factor IJ, Amsterdam
March 2026 - (Solo) - I Know This Much Is True, Ballon Rouge, Rotterdam
2025 - (Group) - Ballon Rouge, Where We Were.
Part of Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend (GRAW)
2025 - (Group) - Rotterdam Photo X Amarte - Shared Connections
Part of the Dutch Young Talent Project Grant from Amarte fonds
2024 - (Group) - OpenHuis Nieuwstraat, the Hague (with Hanna Burgers)
2024 - (Group) - ‘Building Bridges’ by de Zolder x ANDA x CULT= US. Rotterdam
2024 - (Group) - SPROUTS Young Talent at Arti & Amicitae, Amsterdam
2023 - (Group) - Noorderlicht Regenerate, Groningen
2023 - (Group) - SPROUTS Young Talent by SBK Kunstuitleen galerie, Amsterdam
2023 - (Group) - Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) 2023, The Hague
2021 - (Group) - Coackroach Collective x The Spectrum Space, Schiedam
2021 - (Group) - Greyspace In the Middle, the Hague
2018 - (Group) - 5&33 Gallery, Art’Otel Amsterdam
Funding & Nominations
2026 - CBK Rotterdam praktijkbijdrage
2026 - Mondriaanfonds, matchfundingbijdrage
2026 - Cultuurfonds, matchfundingbijdrage
2026 - CBK Rotterdam parktijk bijdrage
2025 - Nomination for STAR Dummy Award
2025 - CBK Rotterdam Praktijkbijdrage
2025 - Rotterdam Photo x Amarte: Dutch Talent Project Grant
2024 - Stimuleringsfonds , Internationalisering Start regeling
2023 - SBK Sprouts Young Talents Award
2023 - SBK-Otto Hetterscheid Stimuleringsprijs
Education
2019-2023 - Royal Academy of Arts The Hague (KABK), BA photography
2022 - Masterclass Mario Cresci, Lecce, IT.
2022 - Internship & assistance Alessia Rollo, Lecce, IT.
2018-present - Mentee Margaret Lansink
Publications & Interviews
2026 - Art Radio, NL. ‘De eerste stap: maken en verzamelen’, aflevering 7.
2026 - Artist Talk, NL. As part of exhibition ‘I know this much is true’
2025 - Fisheye Magazine, FR. Hannie & Billo- The trail project
2025 - Via Via Podcast, NL. Hannie & Billo het gevonden fotoalbum project
2024 - Fisheye Magazine, FR. Hannie & Billo- The trail project
2023 - BK informatie, september. Sprouts Young Talent.
2023 - The Invisible Women, photo book. Self-published, edition of 20. Sold out
2023 - The search for the Invisible Women, research publication. Self-published, edition of 20.
2022 - Discarded magazine, IT, Portfolio overview.
Organised events & workshops
2026 - Ghost Tour, as part of solo exhibition ‘I Know This Much Is True’ - (upcoming)
2026 - Storytelling evening (with Hanna Burgers) at Ballon Rouge Rotterdam (upcoming)
2025 - Storytelling workshop, Netwerk Nieuw Rotterdam
2025 - Witte Wieven guided tours at exhibition Rotterdam Photo 2025
2025 - Story telling evening (with Hanna Burgers)
2024 - OpenHuis (with Hanna Burgers)
2024 - Ghost tour Catharina le Chasseur, the Hague (Nl)
2023 - Cyanotype workshop, Talentenkaravaan Rotterdam Zuid (Nl)
2021 - Lecture on the history of photography, Lecce (IT)