Sara Blokland Sara Blokland
Sara Blokland (1969) is a visual artist, researcher, and curator whose work examines the relationship between photography and (post)colonial cultural histories and representations . She studied photography and theatre design at the Rietveld Academie, received her MFA from the Sandberg Instituut, and an MA in Film and Photographic Studies from Leiden University. Currently, she is a PhD candidate at Leiden University and teaches at the HKU, KABK, and Leiden University. Her work has been exhibited at venues including the Stedelijk Museum, Kumho Museum of Art (Seoul), and Kunstmuseum Den Haag. She was co-editor and curator of Unfixed (2012) and researcher and curator for several projects including the Srefidensi project (2017) and the Contemporary Caribbean Perspectives exhibition (2020).
Her work was exhibited at Framer Framed (Amsterdam) as part of the group exhibition Some Things Hidden (2018) and Srefidensi – Suriname Vrij! Symbols of 50 Years of Surinamese Independence (2025).
- Srefidensi - A photographic perspective on the history of Suriname
- Metropolis M - The Unfixed Projects Symposium
- Personal website of Sara Blokland
- UNFIXED PROJECTS
Links
Exhibitions
Exhibition: Srefidensi – Suriname Vrij! Symbols of 50 Years of Surinamese Independence
Curated by Vincent van Velsen, the exhibition brings together two projects by Sara Blokland & Jaya Pelupessy and Xavier Robles de Medina that focus on prominent symbols of Surinamese Independence
Exhibition: Some Things Hidden
In collaboration with Castrum Peregrini, curated by Nina Folkersma and Charlott Markus
Agenda
Decolonial Futures: Workshop with Sara Blokland
First term of Decolonial Futures programme 2021-2022
Lecture: Sara Blokland - Srefidensi and the reproduction of a family history
Lecture by Sara Blokland, about her art and the the project SrefidensiFoto, photo archives and the role of memory and identity in her work.
Open lecture series: Influence of colonialism on artistic expressions in former Dutch colonies
March/April 2017.
Book launch: Changing Perspectives & UNFIXED
Two upcoming publications give an impression of the current debate on globalisation and diversity in contemporary art.
Symposium: Shared Heritage - Theory and Practice
A symposium on the traces of Dutch colonial history in the Netherlands and the former Dutch colonies overseas.
Magazine
Global Art History /
Photography / Colonial history /
Publication: UNFIXED - Photography and Postcolonial Perspectives in Contemporary Art
Photography / Colonial history /
Symposium: UNFIXED, Photography and Postcolonial Perspectives in Contemporary Art
Shared Heritage / Community & Learning / Colonial history / Art and Activism / Suriname / South Africa /
Report: Sara Blokland's lecture as part of Decolonial Futures
Photography / Shared Heritage / Colonial history / Suriname /
Report: Sara Blokland on Srefidensi and Reproduction of Family
Shared Heritage / Colonial history / Contested Heritage /