Ruben van Schalm is a contemporary Dutch photographer. And known for his aesthetic of the male nude, usually working in series, he often focuses on the pristine beauty of man, but also on the fragility of nature that surrounds us."Born on May 12, 1988, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Van Schalm started working as a model and actor in 2008 for renowned Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf. He developed a love for photography and started to create his vision in photography in 2012.
Van Schalm, Ruben
b, 1988, Rotterdam NL
Group Exhibitions
2023 Kahmann Krollmann Collection - Berlin
2023 Kunstrai - Amsterdam
2023 BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! - Australia
2023 Haute Photographie - Rotterdam
2022 The Future is here - Kahmann Gallery - Amsterdam
2021 Haute Photographie • Amsterdam • Museum square
2021 Haute Photographie • Rotterdam
2019 Gup New Talent 2020 - Amsterdam
2016 The Barbadian, X Bank, Amsterdam, NL
2013 London Boys, La Culture Tel Aviv, IL
BOOKS
Solo 2020
Paradise, Ruben van Schalm, 2020, publisher Komma,
Foreword by Erwin Olaf, Essay by Marth von Loeben ISBN 978-94-91525-91-9
Highlights
Paradise added to the research library Rijksmuseum collection - The Netherlands.
2023 - BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! - KEHRER VERLAG
2020 • New Dutch / Gup New Talen 2020 X Publishers
2020 • BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! - Mendo, TeNeues
Nominations
New Dutch / Gup New Photography Talent Award 2020
Out now! BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! The Book contains works of the series liberation. Enlightenment - Liberation Archival Pigment Print 2020...
Currently on view in Berlin Fern - Hawaï Archival Pigment Print 2019 Placid - Greece Archival Pigment Print 2019 Kahmann...
Installation views from a selection of photographic artworks on view during @hautephotographie Rotterdam presented by @kahmann_gallery Thank you all for...
Dutch photographer van Schalm presents new artworks from his ongoing series: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 at Haute Photographie Rotterdam The exhibition...
New portrait of the Iconic American Photographer @christophermakos (b,1948) in New York, known for imagery that captured fragments of the...
We are pleased to announce that van Schalm's series Liberation will be published in the new Volume 5 of the...
Exhibition • The future is here Is on view until 31 January 2023 at Kahmann gallery Opening Hours Tue -...
Exhibition • The future is here Is on view until 31 January 2023 at Kahmann gallery Opening Hours Tue -...
Exhibition • The future is here Is on view until 31 January 2023 at Kahmann gallery Opening Hours Tue -...