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Education
2013-2017 BA Photography (hons) – Willem de Kooning academy – Rotterdam
2012-2013 BA Photography – Royal Academy of Art – The Hague

Awards and nominations
2022 PhotoVogue Fashion 100 
Selected by Vogue Italia as one of 100 gifted artists from their Global Open Call: “The Next Great Fashion Image Makers”. 
2020 LensCulture Street Photography Awards
Nomination with the image of Nelly Soetens from the series The Last Season II.
2020 SO Award
Nomination with a selection of ten various images made in 2019.

Selected exhibitions
2022 Pose! & Arawak Teatro – Solo exhibition at the Verkade factory – Den Bosch
2021  Pose! – Solo exhibition at Slash Gallery – Rotterdam
2021  Clash! – Group exhibition during Noorderzon Festival – Groningen
2021 Youthquake – Group exibition in the Kunsthal alongside Juno Calypso, Bas Kosters and Ari Seth Cohen – Rotterdam
2020 Starring You – Group exibition in the Melkweg Expo – Amsterdam
2019 Photoville – Outdoor group exibition – Brooklyn, New York
2017 Bazaar Beauties – Outdoor solo exhibition – City center of Rotterdam
2017 Pentaprism – Graduation show – Willem de Kooning academy Rotterdam
2013 (On)begrensd – Group exhibition – De Affiche Galerij Den Haag

Advisor/expert role
2022-2023 Workshops inspired by the exhibition Tim Walker ‘Wonderful Things’ – Kunsthal – Rotterdam
2021-2022 Masterclasses inspired by the exhibition ‘Clandestine’ – Cobra Museum – Amstelveen
2020 Guest Lecturer – School of the Art Institute – Chicago
2018 Editor – Character Building – Showroom MAMA – Rotterdam

Collections
2018 The Last Season I – Hogeschool Rotterdam

Selected Commissions
2022 Photo series to accompany an essay by writer Maurits de Bruijn about men wearing feminine clothing – Volkskrant Magazine (in-print)
2022 The Amsterdam Rainbow Dress Foundation
2021-2022 Alphabet Soup, portraits of LGBTQIA+ persons (twenty episodes) – Volkskrant (in-print)
2021 Coverstory starring Minister Hugo de Jonge – Volkskrant Magazine (in-print)
2019 Celebrity Impersonators – &C magazine (in-print)
2019 Laatbloeiers – &C magazine (in-print)
2018 Een vervlogen jeugd – ADCN Magazine (in-print)
2018 Portrait of Elza Jo – Vogue NL (in-print)
2017 The class of 2017 – Adformatie (in-print)

Selected Press
2023 PhotoVogue è la community che sta cambiando la fotografia di moda – Vogue Italia (in-print)
2022 Foto’s van flamboyante jonge performers op Curaçao – VICE Nederland
2021 Fotografii cu lumea extravagantă a clubberilor queer din Rotterdam – VICE Rômania
2021 Foto’s die bewijzen dat de club veel meer is dan een besmettingshaard – VICE Nederland
2021 Nachtvlinders in al hun extravagantie – NRC (in-print)
2021 Je bent nog altijd jong en je wilt wat – De Standaard (in-print)
2021 Geobsedeerd door eeuwige jeugd – FD Persoonlijk (in-print)
2020 POSE! Harmen Meinsma Capturing a new generation of Rotterdam icons – Worm Rotterdam (in-print)
2020 Glamour op de camping in Hoek van Holland: ‘Hier is geluk nog heel gewoon’ – RTV Rijnmond
2020 Harmen Meinsma, la vita è un gioco SuperPop. Con un’aria da commedia americana – Italian Factory Magazine
2019 Tommy Walton – Coeval Magazine
2019 Dit rotterdamse draghouse is van plan de wereld te bestormen – i-D
2018 Talent in beeld – CJP magazine (in-print)
2017 Hollandse Beelden (in-print)
2017 Upcoming talent – Kiekie krant (in-print)
2017 Glamour op de camping van Hoek van Holland – AD
2017 Je bent nooit te oud om in een designerjurk een boom te beklimmen – i-D
2016 Myn leave Ljouwert – Trouw (in-print)
2016 Bazaar beauty’s: de paradijsvogels van rotterdam – i-D

Interviews
2021 POSE! – RTV Rijnmond
2021 Nooit Meer Slapen – VPRO
2021 Vriendschap tussen fotograaf (29) en muze (80): ‘We halen samen allerlei gekke capriolen uit’ – AD
2019 Professionele dramaqueen harmen meinsma wil iedereen beroemd maken – i-D
2019 Harmen & Hannah – NPO Extra
2017 Zoeken naar paradijsvogels op de Afrikaandermarkt – OPEN Rotterdam