Adding a subtle twist to his first One Picture Book, Rosa Ferreus, Ron van Dongen follows up with A. angustatum, a frame-by-frame recording of “Arisaema Angustatum, 2001” in its transition from a tender, unassuming shoot photographed in black-and-white to the mature arisaema shown right in all its glory. Van Dongen is the subject of 5 monographs by Nazraeli Press, the first 4 of which featured his black-and-white work, while the most recent, Effusus, documents the artist’s own transition to color work.

ONE PICTURE BOOKS (Series One) was conceived in 1998 as a way to make original artwork affordable. The series consists of uniformly designed, modestly-sized hardcover books, comprising 16 pages that serve as a “canvas” for the artist to display one cohesive body of work.

Each title was limited to 500 numbered copies and included an original tipped-in photograph, signed on the verso by the artist.

The One Picture Book series ended in 2016 with its 100th title and has since moved to a new upgraded One Picture Book Two series.

Ron van Dongen is considered the most recognized and widely-collected photographer of botanical studies working today.

Born in Judibana, Venezuela in 1961, van Dongen was raised in Warmond, The Netherlands. He studied photography at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Ron van Dongen's seductive black and white florals unearth floral secrets and symbols of our alternately nurturing and perilous relationship with nature. In simple arrangements and with masterful printing techniques, van Dongen conjures visual sensations that can reflect the struggles and confusions of everyday life in memorializing the beautiful, the simple, the flower.

SELECT RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2023
'The Flower Show' (group exhibition), Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2015
'Ron van Dongen', Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 

2012
'Ron van Dongen', Wessel + O’Connor Fine Art, Lambertville, NJ

2011
'Ron van Dongen', Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR

2010
'Two of A Kind' (group exhibition), Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR

2009
'Town & Country: Oregon at 150' (group exhibition), Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR

2008
'Ron van Dongen and Laszlo Layton: New Work', Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
'Ron van Dongen: Calvus & Arisaemas', Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR

2007
'Ron van Dongen & Popco Bakkers: Two Artists from Warmond, The Netherlands', G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006
'Ron van Dongen: Effusus', Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
'Blumen' (group exhibition), Galerie Negulesco, München, Germany
'Botanicals - A Century of Flower Photography' (group exhibition), Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, UK
'Ron van Dongen: Effusus', Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
'Ron van Dongen: Effusus', Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004
'Ron van Dongen', Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
'Ron van Dongen: Flora', White Wall Gallery, Seoul, Korea
'Ron van Dongen: New Work', G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003
'Ron van Dongen: Flora', Tokyo Photographic Culture Centre, Tokyo, Japan
'Ron van Dongen', Polo Ralph Lauren, Chicago, IL
'Ron van Dongen', Polo Ralph Lauren, New York, NY

2002
'Ron van Dongen: Nudare', SK Josefsberg, Portland, OR
'Ron van Dongen: Nudare', Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
'Ron van Dongen: Spring', Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
'Ron van Dongen: Nudare', Colette, Paris, France
'Ron van Dongen: Botanical Studies', Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, UK
'Ron van Dongen: Introduction', The Image Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2001
'Ron van Dongen: Vulgaris', Wessel + O’Connor Gallery, New York, NY
'Ron van Dongen: Vulgaris', SK Josefsberg, Portland, OR

2000
'Ron van Dongen: Vulgaris', Michael Shapiro, San Francisco, CA
'Ron van Dongen: Vulgaris', G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
'Ron van Dongen: Cool', Wessel + O’Connor Gallery, New York, NY
'Ron van Dongen: Vulgaris', Turner Martin, Palo Alto, CA

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