Biography

Jasper Groen (1974, Nieuwkoop, portrait left by Vincent Doek) documents youngsters and their subcultures in the Netherlands and abroad. He is self taught, but he had an internship of six months at Studio Erwin Olaf (2005) and a masterclass from Rineke Dijkstra (2006). His series are mostly published by Vrij Nederland.

July 2006 Foam, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam exhibited his serie on Jeffrey, who changed in three years time from a breakdancer into a neo-nazi. For this occasion Groen released a book with 22 of his best photos of Jeffrey. Later he extended this serie with new work, shown at the Melkweg Gallery.

May 2007 Groen exhibited during Fotofestival Naarden. In 2008 his book of Jeffrey is part of an exhibition about books of 40 young Dutch photographers at Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam. In september the Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, hosted the solo exhibition Young Identities, with the series Jeffrey, Lips and Findig Emo.

In 2009 Groen worked as an 'artist-in-residence' in Venlo. His serie about youngster of this city, called Carpe Diem, will be exhibited in the open air in Venlo till Summer 2012. His portrait 'Volker on Dam Square' was on display in the exhibition Outside at the gaymonument in Amsterdam, in July.

In 2010 Groen will finish a project on youngsters in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.