Ingrid Baars graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam and has been working as an artist and photographer for quite some time, as many will know. For quite a while she combined her own private artistic work (with shows in the Netherlands and abroad) with commercial assignments e.g. Singapore Airlines, Heineken, Nikon, Nike and the National Ballet.

By the end of 2010 she made the choice to pursue her own artistic career and quit all commercial activities. After a series called ‘Artist-Lovers’ she started to explore a series of work in which African art, shapes, models and fashion play an important role.

Her unique recognizable personal style and superior technique paved the way to winning multiple prizes as well as nominations for both her commercial as well as her own personal work.
Her work is reproduced in magazines and books worldwide.

Ingrid Baars lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium

Exhibitions
2012
Solo show ‘L’Afrique C’est Chique’, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group show Kunst RAI, Gallery Rademakers, The Hague, The Netherlands
Solo show ‘L’Afrique C’est Chique’, Gallery FAS, Brussels, Belgium
Solo show ‘L’Afrique C’est Chique’, Gallery FAS, Paris, France
Solo show ‘L’Afrique C’est Chique’, Gallery Whitford, London, UK
Group show PAN, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2011
Photo Biennale Naarden, The Netherlands
Group show ARTI, Gallery Rademakers, The Hague, The Netherlands
Group show Affordable Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Show Miljonair Fair , Gallery Rademakers , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Show ‘Neekid Black Gurls’ RushArts Gallery, New York, USA
Group Show Realisme Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Show London Art Fair, Gallery Whitford , London, UK
Group Show BRAFA Art Fair Brussels, Gallery Whitford, London, UK

2010
Solo show ‘ScreenSirenArtistLover’ V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Solo show ‘Ingrid Baars’ Tartuca Gallery, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Group show V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2009
Solo show ‘ScreenSirenArtistLover’ V!’ps Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group show V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2008
Solo show ‘Ingrid Baars’, Club Sense, Paris, France
Group show V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2007
Solo show ‘Inside/Outside’, V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Group show V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2006 Solo show ‘GLAM’, Scream Gallery, London, UK
Group show V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2005
Solo show ‘Ingrid Baars’, V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Group show ‘Icons’, BOZAR Museum, Brussels
Group show Gallery Blow Up, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group show ‘Exposition de primavera’, Collection Moraira Gallery, Allicante, Spain
Group show Art Valencia Fair, Isabel Bilbao Gallery, Valecia, Spain
Group show Isabel Bilbao Gallery, Javea-Allicante, Spain
Group show V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2004
Group show Blow Up Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Solo show’Landsapes’, Gadiot e Mas Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Group show Lineart ,V!p’s Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Group show ‘Artemania’, Isabel Bilbao Gallery, Javea-Alicante, Spain
Group show V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2003
Solo show ‘About Face’, V!p’s Gallery Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Solo show ‘FACED’, Blow Up Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group show V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2001
Solo show ‘Passion Play’, V!p’s Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1999
Group show ‘Terugblik ’99-‘89’, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands


Awards
1997: Winner Illustration Year Award, The Netherlands
2005: Nominee category Photography by ADCN (Art Directors Club Netherlands)
2008: Winner category Photography by ADCN
2008: Nominee Screening Award Berlin
2009: Nominee Color Awards USA categories Advertising & Nude – Photography Masters Cup – 3rd Annual
2009: Nominee NYPF 2009 – New York Photo Festival – category Fine Art
2011: Winner 2nd place – Merit of Excellence - Color Awards USA category Fashion, Photography Masters Cup – 5rd Annual
2011: Nominee - Color Awards USA category Nude, Photography Masters Cup – 5rd Annual
2011: Winner ‘Commended’ category The Nude – L’Afrique C’est Chic!’ LPA London Photographic Association