Carlo Van de Roer (b. 1975) received his BFA from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. His work has been exhibited at venues such as M+B Gallery, Los Angeles; Suite Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand; the MUSAC Museum of Contemporary Art, Léon, Spain; Transformer Station Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee; the New Museum, NY; Hyères Photography Festival and the Paris Photo Prize — a number of these institutions hold the artists work in their permanent collections. Damiani published Van de Roer’s first monograph The Portrait Machine with text by Val Williams. Notable press includes The New York Times, The New Yorker and Wired magazine.

As an inaugural participant in the New Museum’s New Inc program, Van de Roer founded a research and development lab in New York called Satellite Lab, with a focus on new technology for photography and film-making — this has led to the invention and patenting of several new camera and lighting technologies which the artist employs in his work.
 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS

2023 Carlo Van de Roer, Danziger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2019, 2021 RGB, Vente-privée, Paris, France.
2017 Here and Then, Dolby Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2013 The Portrait Machine Project, Randall Scott Projects, Washington DC.
2011 The Portrait Machine Project, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2010 The Portrait Machine Project’, Suite Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
2007 Watermark, Mehr Gallery, New York, NY.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS

2024
Apparition/Aberration/Your Mum, Studio MALARKEY, Northampton, United Kingdom.
SPOONER2020, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hallen 05, Berlin, Germany.
Imagine Infinite Circles, curator: Jérôme Sans, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai.

2022
Subject - Object, Richard F Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, NY.
Obscura Public Art Exhibition, during Frieze, Los Angeles, CA.

2019
I Sing the Body, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH.
Rooms, curator: Franek Ammer, Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland.

2018
SIR, NAK Contemporary Art Association, Aachen, Germany.

2016
The New Museum’s New Inc Public Beta, The New Museum, NY.

2014
1MSQFT, curator: Ken Miller, Sundance Film Festival, UT.
June Show, Suite Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
Up, Close & Personal, Fuchs Projects, Brooklyn, NY.

2013
Animal Skins: Visual Surfaces, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, WI.
Light of Day, Photographs from the Collection of Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH.
Summer Magic, Curator: Shelley de Soto, Aran Cravey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Dark Blue: The Water as Protagonist, Haggerty Museum of Art, WI.

2011
Of Memory and Time, Hendershot Gallery, NY.
Universal Solvent, Suite Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.

2010
Wunderkrammer, Suite Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
Electric Vision: BMW Paris Photo Award, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France.
The Naked Truth West, Hous Projects, LA.
Taschen, New York, NY.
Hyeres Festival de Photographie, Hyeres, France.
P.Y.T, curated by Anne Huntington and Diana Campbell, New York, NY.

2009
Here’s to a Delightful Weekend in the Country, Suite Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
Cooper Design Space, Los Angeles, CA.
Fresh Start, Arena1, Santa Monica, CA.
Showcase Project, Museum of Contemporary Art, Spain and Frieze London.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Monograph

2013 The Portrait Machine Project. Text by Val Williams. Damiani: Bologna.

Publications

2014
The Photographer’s Playbook. Edited by Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern. Aperture: New York.
Flash Forward 10th Anniversary, Boxed Set of Books. Magenta Foundation: Toronto.

2012
Pools, Reflections. Edited by Kelly Klein. Rizzoli: New York.

2013
Animal Skins: Visual Surfaces, Catalogue. Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, WI.

2010
The Collectors Guide to Emerging Art Photography. Humble Arts: New York.
Flash Forward. Magenta Foundation: Toronto.
Hyeres 2010, Villa Noailles. Archibooks, Paris
The Open Daybook. Edited by David P. Earle. Mark Batty Publisher: New York.

2009
The Exposure Project Book 4. Edited by Ben Alper.
Triangle Triangle. Edited by Jake Dow-Smith.

Selected Articles

2015
Battaglia, Andy, The Wall Street Journal.
Chung, Becky, The Creators Project.

2013
Rosenberg, David, “The Wild Colors and Mysteries of Aura Portraits,” Slate.
“Unlocking your Aura,”, The Daily Mail.
Capps, kriston, “Carlo Van de Roer: The Portrait Machine Project,” Washington City Paper.
Jenkins, Mark, “Gallery shows from Carlo Van de Roer, Jefferson Pinder, Jennifer Brewer Stone,” The Washington Post.
Mahoney, John, “The Secret of Carlo Van de Roer’s Aura-sensitive portrait Machine,” American Photo.
“Carlo Van de Roer’s Photographs,” Juxtapoz.
Porter, Claire, “Photographer uses ‘psychic’ camera to shoot people’s auras,” News.com.au.
“Carlo Van de Roer, The Line Between Fact and Illusion,” Metal Magazine.
Wender, Jessie, “Technology and Photographic Art,” The New Yorker, Photo Booth.
Monster Children Photo Annual

2012
O’neill, Claire, “A Camera That Sees Your True Colors?” National Public Radio, The Picture Show.
Dessanay, Margherita. “(Mis)trusting photography,” Elephant Magazine.
Fine Line Magazine, Issue 5.

2011
Wender, Jessie, “In Focus: Rainbows,” The New Yorker, Photo Booth.
Wagley, Catherine, “Turning a Negative into a Positive,” LA Weekly.
Cirelli, Julie, “Carlo Van de Roer, The Portrait Machine Project,” aNother Magazine.
Maselli, Giovanna, “Esperimenti Con L’Aura,” D La Repubblica.
Brook, Pete, “Carlo Van De Aura Portraits Make Good Art, Bad Science,” Wired Magazine.
Trent,Jessica, “Interview: Carlo Van de Roer,” A Shaded View on Fashion.
Dear Dave Magazine, Issue 9.
Snider, Heather, “Carlo Van de Roer,” Eyemazing Magazine.
“Interview with Photographer Carlo Van de Roer,” Exposure Capture.
D’Acquisto, Germano, “Aura Dixit,” Marie Claire Italy.
Suddeutsche Zeitung Magazine.
Cite de la Musique Catalogue.

2010
PDN Magazine Photo Annual.
Pickering, Andy, “The Portrait Machine: Interview,” Pilot magazine.
“The Portrait Machine Project,” Vision Magazine.
“The Portrait Machine Project,” YVI Magazine.
Hall, Scott, “In Focus, Hyeres Photo festival,” New York Times, T Magazine Online.
Color Hunting, Frame Publishers.

2009
Canellas, Tolo,“Showcase Project,” FAKE Magazine.

2008
Hruska, Jordan, “Now Emoting An Aura of Uncertainty,” New York Times, T Magazine Online.
Brown, Emma, “An Aura is Worth a thousand Words,” Interview Magazine.