biography

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DETAILED CREATURES OF THE NATURAL REALM PAIRED WITH FANTASTICAL SCENES OF THE IMAGINATION

HAVE CREATED A SIGNATURE STYLE. 

AN OEUVRE THAT HAS BECOME WIDELY AWARDED AND THAT CAN BE FOUND IN ESTEEMED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ON A GLOBAL SCALE.

Cheraine Collette was born in 1993, in a forest-side town in the east of the Netherlands.

Cheraine Collette started drawing at the age of 3, the first subjects she would try to capture drawing were horses and other animals, quickly after which she would gain insights from her mother about mixing colours and how to draw in perspective by her brother.

 

From the age of 12, she started experimenting with one of the earliest Photoshop suites (CS1), accompanied by a digital painting tablet and brush, which was all introduced by her father. She instantly used it to paint and to layer- and manipulate her photographs.

She finished her education in Photographic Design at the Fotovakschool, the University of Applied Photography in 2015 and worked under the pseudonym of LORLEON® until early 2020, and then continued her series and works under her name of Cheraine Collette®.

Cheraine Collette’s work is dedicated to showing the constant battle between nature and humanity, the beauty and vulnerability of nature, and historic buildings.

To inspire future generations to preserve both our natural heritage and also our cultural heritage.

Her work can be summarized in three ways –

Authentic, Imaginative, and a longing for beauty.

Cheraine Collette’s work covers every aspect of photographic production, from photographing- to manipulating and digitally painting her images.

In her photography, you will often find fauna, which she has photographed in their own natural habitat, to make the audience more aware that fauna can be left in peace for the final photograph.

 

Essentially, she creates imaginary worlds from scratch. Composed of photographed parts of nature and locations across the globe.

Cheraine’s artistic vision graced the pages of National Geographic Traveler China twice in 2020.

Her ‘MARVELS’ series highlighted the May edition while the ‘LEGACY’ series adorned the landmark 30th-anniversary issue.

 

In an alliance of passion and precision, Cheraine aligns with certified and internationally awarded master printers from the Netherlands and Germany.

AWARDS & HONOURS

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

in the 9th edition of Fine Art Photography Awards

Since 2019, in the course of 2 years, Cheraine Collette has received 200+ Int’l AWARDS,

AND HONOURS FROM WORLD-RENOWNED INSTITUTIONS FOR BOTH HER PHOTOGRAPHY AND FINE ART WORK.

consisting out of 1- overall winner, 8 -1st prizes, 4 – 2nd prizes, 2 – Platinum, 17 – Gold, 21 – Silver, 7 – Bronze, and 76 – honourable mention & Highly Commended in internationally acclaimed photography competitions such as the International Photography Awards (IPA), the Prix de la Photographie Paris(PX3), the Neutral Density Awards (ND), the Siena International Photo Awards (SIPA) and the Creative Siena Awards, and more.

200+ Int'l Awards

She published her first book ‘MARVELS’ with a multi-award-winning body of work in 2020.

 

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Cheraine’s critically acclaimed books “Where Is Adam?” and “Marvels” have been included in the collection of the Royal National Library.

 

She continues her practice currently in her studio in Otterlo, the Netherlands.

VR Gallery made in collaboration with LEF3D – Architectural Design & Sculptures by FERFERRO

EXHIBITIONS

2024 – Barcelona Spain, FotoNostrum Gallery

Group Exhibition APRIL, 2024

 

2023 – BARCELONA SPAIN, FOTONOSTRUM GALLERY

GROUP EXHIBITION DECEMBER 6, 2023

 

2023 – PARIS FRANCE, PARIS PHOTO PRIZE EXHIBITION

GROUP EXHIBITION NOVEMBER 6 – 12, 2023

 

2023 – Sovicille Italy, Siena Photo Festival

Group Exhibition 30 September – 18 November 2023

 

2023 – Barcelona Spain, FotoNostrum Gallery

Group Exhibition 20 April – 4 May 2023

 

2022 – Linz Austria, Trierenberg Supercircuit Main Exhibition

Group Exhibition Winners Trierenberg SuperCircuit 5 – 20 November 2022

 

2022 – Paris France, Annual Paris Photo Prize Exhibition 

Group Exhibition 1 – 6 November 2022

 

2022 – Barcelona Spain, 7th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography

Group Exhibition FotoNostrum Gallery 13 October – 30 November 2022

 

2022 – Siena Italy, Siena Photo Festival

Group Exhibition ‘I Wonder if You Can’ 1 October – 20 November 2022

 

2022 – Austria, Trierenberg Slideshow Tour through Austria

Group Exhibition Winners Trierenberg SuperCircuit 19 September – 7 October 2022

 

2022 – Germany, Art KARLSRUHE

Group Exhibition Villa Del Arte 7 – 10 July 2022

 

2022 – Barcelona Spain, Villa Del Arte Galleries 

Solo Show 27 January – 10 March 2022

 

2021 – 2022 – Barcelona Spain, 6th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography

Solo Exhibition FotoNostrum Gallery 9 December 2021 – 29 January 2022

 

2021 – Miami Beach USA, SCOPE Miami 

Group Exhibition Salome Reches 30 November – 5 December 2021

 

2021 – Amsterdam The Netherlands, Villa Del Arte Galleries 

Solo Show Opening 28 October 2021

 

2021 – Amsterdam The Netherlands, Art&Antiques Weekend

Group Exhibition Villa Del Arte Galleries Amsterdam 24 – 26 September 2021

 

2021 – Paris France, Annual Paris Photo Prize Exhibition 

Group Exhibition 26 – 31 October 2021

 

2021 – Constantinople Turkey, Contemporary Istanbul  

Group Exhibition Booth A1 – 212 Villa Del Arte 5 – 10 October 2021

 

2021 – Barcelona Spain, Villa Del Arte Galleries

Permanent artist

 

2021 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Villa Del Arte Galleries

Permanent artist

 

2020 – Barcelona Spain, FotoNostrum Gallery 

Group Exhibition of the 14th Pollux Awards & 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards

 

2015 – Naarden The Netherlands, Fotofestival Naarden 

Group Exhibition Joke Veeze Nomination

 

2015 – Bredevoort The Netherlands, Foto21 Gallery

Group Exhibition

 

2015 – Amsterdam The Netherlands, Fotovakschool University Of Applied Photography
Group Exhibition

 

2014 – Enschede The Netherlands, Fotogalerie Objektief
Group Exhibition

 
 

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

2022 – Online, European Photography Awards Virtual Exhibition 

Group Exhibition, Featuring ‘The Way Of The Erhu’ and ‘Icarus And Daedalus’

 

2022 – Online, FERFERRO OASIS VR Gallery 

Solo Exhibition, Designed by FERFERRO® (Ferron Collette)

 

2022 – Online, MUSE Virtual Exhibition 

Group Exhibition, Featuring ‘Bee Extravaganza’ from the ‘Alien Beauty’ series

 

2022 – Online, New York Photography Awards Virtual Exhibition 

Group Exhibition, Featuring ‘Uplifting’ from the ‘Where Is Adam?’ series

 

2021 – Online, Villa Del Arte Virtual Solo Exhibition 

Solo Exhibition, Featuring the solo show collection ‘Marvels’

 

2021 – Online, MUSE Virtual Exhibition 

Group Exhibition, Featuring ‘Love In Motion’ from the ‘Where Is Adam?’ series

 

2020 – Online, FERFERRO OASIS VR Gallery 

Solo Exhibition, Designed by FERFERRO® (Ferron Collette)

 

2020 – Online, FotoNostrum VR Gallery 

Group Exhibition, Featuring artworks from the ‘Where is Adam?’ series

 

2020 – Online, Virtual VR Gallery 

Solo Exhibition, created by Cheraine Collette in collaboration with LEF3D®

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AS FEATURED IN

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2023 – MY MODERN MET Remarkable Winners of the 2023 Creative Photo Awards

 

2023 – Annual PX3 Book

 

2023 – SAATCHI ART Feline Figures Collection

 

2023OASIS 2023 Catalogue

 

2023 – Bored Panda Capturing The Resilience Of Nature: My Evolving ‘Marvels’ Collection

 

2023 – LENSCULTURE Editor’s Pick, and Homepage & Instagram Feature

 

2023 – The Artling The Shape Of It: Figurative Art

 

2023 – The Artling Bird Artworks Collection

 

2023 – The Artling Animals in Art Collection

 

2023 – The Artling Surrealist Photography Collection

 

2022Saatchi Art Best of 2022 Photography Collection

 

2022 – CANVAS: A blog by Saatchi Art Collector Favorites: Bestselling Artists of September

 

2022South China Morning Post 

 

2022121 Clicks 

 

2022Beautiful Bizarre Feature with ‘Peaceful Reign’ 

 

2022 – Photo & Technique #39 Cover feature

 

2022 – Saatchi Art Online Featured Photography Collection

 

2022The National Geographic NL 2022 Calendar

 

2021 – De Telegraaf 2 December  Binnenkijker – Wit Paradijs  

 

2021 – Zie Oud Zuid Magazine (Z.O.Z) #137 De kast van Cheraine Collette “Less Is More”  

 

2021 – DigiFoto Pro Cheraine Collette toont bekroonde foto’s op eerste solo-expositie ‘ Marvels’ bij Villa Del Arte

 

2021 – DigiFoto Starter Cheraine Collette won 100 internationale vakprijzen in twee jaar tijd

 

2021 – Color Awards International Color Winners Book 2021 Vol. 1 Golden Ratio feature

 

2021 –The Telegraph UK

 

2021 – FORBES Editor’s Pick featured with ‘Legacy’ 

 

2021 – SALOME RECHES Special Art Productions Catalogue Book

 

 2021 – FotoNostrum Magazine Issue #17 Interview article

 

2021 – KenH14 News paper in Vietnam with winning TIFA 2020 entries, featured with ‘Golden Ratio’ from the winning series ‘Treasures’

 

2021 – Genk News paper in Vietnam with winning TIFA 2020 entries, featured with ‘Golden Ratio’ from the winning series ‘Treasures’

 

2021 – Bored Panda about the winning TIFA 2020 entries, featured with ‘Golden Ratio’ from the winning series ‘Treasures’

 

2020 – FotoNostrum Magazine Issue #9 Book review about my ‘MARVELS’ book

 

2020 – National Geographic Traveler China 30th Anniversary with an article about the ‘Legacy’ & ‘Treasures’ series

 

2020 – National Geographic Traveler China with an interview about the ‘Marvels’ series

 

2020 – L’OEIL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE announcement of results of the 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards

 

2020 – International Photography Awards (IPA) Year Book with the winning ‘Marvels’ series and ‘Uplifting’ from the ‘Where Is Adam?’ series

 

2020 – FotoNostrum Magazine Issue #0 interview article, alongside Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon and other inspiring Photographers

 

2020 – ND Awards Year Book

 

2020 – International Color Awards Year Book

 

2020 – FotoNostrum Exhibition Catalogue

 

2020 – Monochrome Awards Annual Book with ‘Mirage’ photograph

 

2019 / 2020 – The Gala Awards / FotoNostrum Gallery Barcelona Website (Banner) with the ‘Four Of A Kind’ photograph from the ‘Where Is Adam?’ series. 

 

2019 – Saatchi Art in Catalog and with ‘Dress Code’ from the ‘Marvels’ series in ‘New This Week’

 

2019 – PH Museum with ‘Marvels’ and ‘Where Is Adam?’ series

 

2019 – Lensculture with ‘Where Is Adam?’ series

 

2019 – Bored Panda with the ‘Marvels’ series.

 

2018 – Wallace Museum social media with created animation of the painting ‘The Swing from Fragonard’

 

2015 – FotoFestival Naarden with the ‘Upside Dawn’ series nominated by the Joke Veeze Awards

 

2015 – Fotovakschool Graduation Show & Website with the ‘Upside Dawn’ series