Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Erwin Olaf, Fotomuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
        Rain, subzone1 Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2006 Rain & Hope, Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York
        Le Dernier Cri, Gallery Rabouan Moussion, Paris
        Hope, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2005 Fashion & Style in Photography, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
        Elegance & Perversity, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney (show travelling through
        Australia)
        Viritatis Splendor – Erwin Olaf, Photographs 1988-2003, Muzeum Sztuki Lódz, Poland
        Moving Targets- Videoworks of Erwin Olaf, Dutch Media Arts Institute Montevideo, Amsterdam
        Rain, Flatland Gallery, Paris Photo, France
        Imitation of Life, GAM/Modern Art Gallery of Bologna / GenderBender Festival, Bologna, Italy
2003 Silver, Erwin Olaf – 25 years of photography, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
        Booby Trap, Erwin Olaf, Museo d’Arte della Provicia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy
2002 Paradise, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
        Paradise, B&D Gallery, Milan
        Erwin Olaf, Film and Video, Flatland Gallery / KunstRai Amsterdam
        Royal Blood, Bilbao Art Centre, Bilbao, Spain
2000 Royal Blood , Flatland Gallery / Paris Photo, France
        Violence & Passion, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam
        Mature, Espacio Minimo / ARCO, Madrid
1999 Mature, Flatland Gallery / Paris Photo, France
1996 Stars in Black & White & Colour, Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney
1995 Erwin Olaf Fotografiën '84 -'95, Museum Erlangen, Germany
        Erwin Olaf, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
        Erwin Olaf, 10 years of photographs, Wessel O'Connor Fine Art, New York
1993 Joy, Kunsthal , Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1992 Style Shapes Function, (with Borek Sipek), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1990 Blacks - Seventeen Royal Portraits, Fodor Museum, Amsterdam


Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Dangerous Beauty, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2006 Netherlands Now: Lécole du Nord, MEP (Maison Européenne de la Photographie), Paris
2005 Baroque and Neo-Baroque/ The Hell Of The Beautiful, DA2, Salamanca, Spain
        BAC !05, International Festival of Contemporary Art 2005, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain
        Going Dutch, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, USA
2004 FotoAmerica 2004, The Cultural Center Espantagruélico, Santiago, Chile
2004 Lies, lust Art & fashion- Signale der kleidung, Podewil, Berlin
2003 Melting Pop, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
        Fundanció Foto Colectania, the Artium Museum of Contemporary Art, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2002 SHOCK & SHOW. Realta e alternative, Mostra internazionale d’arte contemporanea a Trieste,
        Italy
        The Mask_Il volto plurale, Galleria La Giarina, Verona, Italy
        Citizen K exhibition, Mois de la photo, Ville de Paris
2001 Royal Blood Erwin Olaf/ Action Paul Smith, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
        Fashion Victims, Bienal de Valencia, Spain
2000 Bodies, Clothing, Surfaces, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
1989 Preis für Junge Europäische Fotografen, Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany
        Das Portrait, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
        La Biennal de Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporania (CCCB), Barcelona
1988 Behold the Men, The Photographer's Gallery, London
1986 Männer sehen Männer, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany


Selected Awards
2006 Photographer of the Year 2006, International Color Awards
2005 PDN Award, New York, for: Rain, The Hairdressers
2004 Silver, The Association of Photographers, London, for: Separation
2003 Merit, The Association of Photographers, London, for: Paradise The Club
        Most famous Dutch photographer, the Grote Paul Award
        Gold, PDN Award New York, for: Nicorette advertising
2001 Silver Lion, commercial-festival Cannes, for Heineken advertising Corner
1999 Silver Lion, commercial-festival Cannes, for Diesel advertising Dirty Denim
1988 First prize, Young European Photographers, Deutsche Leasung AG Bad Homburg


Selected Collections
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Caldic collection, The Netherlands
Museo Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
DSM collection, The Netherlands
Fundacio Foto Colectania, Spain
Museum van Bommel van Dam, The Netherlands
Fotocollectie Hoboken, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
COFF, Spain
KPN collectie, The Netherlands