Bianca Sistermans, born in 1969 in Heerlen, the Netherlands. Lives and works in Amsterdam.

Education:
1995-1997 Academy of Fine Arts St. Joost, Breda, Master of fine Arts,

1989-1995 Academy of Fine Arts St. Joost, Breda, Bachelor

Solo Exhibitions:
2024 UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE: Murphy is lurking in collaboration with poet Eva Gerlach
2023 MUSICA SACRA MAASTRICHT: Portraits of the poets of the Solitary Funeral 
2021 COKKIE SNOEI: Everyday Annoyances and the Baby seahorse in cooperation with poet K. Schippers
2017-2018 THE DUTCH FUNERAL MUSEUM TOT ZOVER: The Solitary Funeral
2016 COKKIE SNOEI: Everyday Annoyances II / Writers Portraits
2014 COKKIE SNOEI: Everyday Annoyances
2013 THE DUTCH FUNERAL MUSEUM TOT ZOVER, The Solitary Funeral, in cooperation with Hester van Hasselt

Group Exhibitions:
2023 – 2024 KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM: ‘Fancy Some Friction, Honey?’
2021 ARWE Gallery, We are home
2019 HOUSE FOR SALE, Curated by Anne van As en C.A. Wertheim
2018 KRUIS-WEG68, Objectief/Subjectief
2018 ARTLESS, Here I am
2018 COKKIE SNOEI, In praise of the vulnerable
2017 ART THE HAGUE/Cokkie Snoei
2016 BREDAPHOTO, Everyday Annoyances
2016 NIEUWE VIDE, ¡Viva Pontiac! A tribute to Peter Pontiac
2016 AMSTERDAM ART FAIR/Cokkie Snoei, Spring
2016 KUNSTHAL 45, De dingen de baas
2016 ART ROTTERDAM/Cokkie Snoei, Layers
2016 DE VISHAL, Through the looking glass and what I found there
2015 AMSTERDAM ART FAIR/Cokkie Snoei, Lastig portret
2015 COKKIE SNOEI, From stock
2015 ART ROTTERDAM, Everyday Annoyances, with Cokkie Snoei,
2014 CENTRALE BIBLIOTHEEK AMSTERDAM, The Solitary Funeral, Hester van Hasselt and Bianca Sistermans

Works in collection:
University of Twente
VandenBroek Foundation (LAM Lisse)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Galila Barzilaï Hollander
Private collections

Books:

2024 Murphy is lurking
Bianca Sistermans in collaboration with poet Eva Gerlach, photo’s and poetry. Published by Vleugels

2021 Een mogelijk begin van veel, 29 dichters aan het werk.
Bianca Sistermans, photos and Hester van Hasselt, interviews, 17 cm x 24 cm, 260 pages. Designed by Hans Gremmen, published by Querido with financial support from Dutch Foundation for Literature and Prince Bernhard Culture Fund. ISBN 9789021436074

2018 My mother always used to say, take good care!
A portrait of Remco Outhuijse. Photography, text and design Bianca Sistermans, 12 cm x 17 cm 28 pages. Published independently, with financial support from Tackle Loneliness Amsterdam.

2017 Here I am
Bianca Sistermans and Hester van Hasselt, 17 cm x 24 cm 144 pages. Designed by Berry van Gerwen, published by uitgeverij Querido with financial support from Dutch Foundation for Literature and The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. ISBN 9789021407494

2015 Everyday Annoyances
Bianca Sistermans, photos with poetry and prose by Eva Gerlach and Sasja Janssen, 17 x 24 cm 96 pages. Designed by Martien Frijns, published by AFdH Uitgevers. ISBN 9789072603906

2014 The Solitary Funeral, poetry as a hatchway to death
Bianca Sistermans and Hester van Hasselt, 12 x 17 cm 26 pages. Designed by Bianca Sistermans, published independently with financial support from the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. ISBN 978 90 821 7430 4

2012 The Solitary Funeral, poetry as a hatchway to death
Bianca Sistermans and Hester van Hasselt, 12 x 17 cm 26 pages. Designed by Bianca Sistermans, published independently with financial support from The Dutch Funeral Museum Tot Zover, Stichting Literaire Activiteiten Amsterdam and printing house Raddraaier. ISBN 978 90 902 7239 9

Photo Agency: LumenPhoto

Amsterdam City Poet/SLAA: Since 2012 – 2021 Bianca Sistermans followed the Amsterdam city poets, F. Starik, Menno Wigman, Anna Enquist, K. Schippers and Gershwin Bonevacia with her camera.