So many of the terms that can be used to describe the work of Daantje Bons seem contradictory, but make total sense when you see her images.

The playful subversiveness and pleasing aesthetics of Daantje Bons’ fine art photography draw the eye, but the inherent contradictions make these images resonate and linger in the mind. Their conceptual strength are no doubt a result of her extensive technical training, first at the SISA art academy in Antwerp and later at the prestigious AKV-St Joost art academy in Breda. Her work is contemporary feminist, in the sense that she reimagines femininity on her own terms, with humor and a sense of provocation.

Her work has been prominently featured in Holland’s largest newspapers, including De Volkskrant and NRC Handelsblad, as well as magazines such as LINDA., Volkskrant Magazine, &C, and Flair. Internationally, her work has been published in outlets such as The Huffington Post, IGNANT, i-D Magazine, VOGUE Portugal, and Refinery29.

In addition, Bons has showcased her work in various exhibitions, both nationally and internationally, including at the CODA Museum in Apeldoorn, De Verkadefabriek in Den Bosch, Gallery Ruby Soho in Den Bosch, the Film Festival Assen, Gallery Størpunkt in Munich, and Protein Studios in London.
She has collaborated with institutions such as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Women in Art, and the Vagina Museum in London, as well as brands like TOMS® and NARS®.

Daantje Bons’ images are like an angry middle finger in the middle of a field of daisies and buttercups. They are what would happen if one of art history’s countless classic nude female forms got behind the camera herself, and turned out to be just as clever an artist. They are a delightful new vision of what can happen when women become their own muse.

By Meredith Greer, feminist, writer and columnist.

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