Anouk Kruithof (born 1981) [1] is a Dutch artist whose exhibitions and books merge social, conceptual, photographic, performance [2] and video. [3] Kruithof has had published, or self-published, a number of books of her work (including Happy Birthday to You [2] ), and had her work exhibited in solo and group shows including at Museum of Modern Art in New York. She has received an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography; [4] both the Photography Jury Grand Prize and the Photo Global scholarship from Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, [5] and the Charlotte Köhler Prize from Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. [6] She is based in New York.
Kruithof was born in 1981 in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. [1] She studied photography at the Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, based in Breda. She completed an artist's residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin in 2008–2009. In 2011 she moved to New York to live and work on her art projects.
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My big obsession is photobooks, and because of this interest, a book arrives nearly every day. 'Happy Birthday to You' by Anouk Kruithof really stands out.