Justus de Rode (1997, Groningen) is a visual artist living and working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Working with photography, alternative printing processes and mixed media, De Rode explores subjects from natural history, geology and ecology in a metaphorical manner. Usually set in nature, a recurring theme is the interplay of reason and feeling in perception.

Education

2020 - 2022 MA Film & Photographic Studies, Leiden University, Leiden
2016 - 2020 BSc Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam
2019 Minor Art History, University of Amsterdam

Exhibitions

2025 Galerie Helder, duo w/ Annegret Kellner, Den Haag (NL)
2025 Art Rotterdam, duo w/ Annegret Kellner, Rotterdam (NL)
2025 IN-DEPENDANCE, duo w/ Tjitske Oosterholt, Antwerp (BE)
2024 De Bouwput, duo w/ Kamila Sipika, Amsterdam (NL)
2024 Galerie Helder, groupshow, The Hague (NL)
2024 Nature Exposed, groupshow, Loosen Art, Rome (IT)
2024 Boox.Space, duo w/ Tjitske Oosterholt, Haarlem (NL)
2023 Pictura, Solo, Groningen (NL)
2023 The Gallery Club, duo w/ Judith Stenneken, Hama Gallery, Amsterdam
2022 ArtNoord art fair, groupshow, Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen (NL)
2022 The Gallery Club, groupshow w/ Sander Coers and Oran Hoffmann, Amsterdam (NL)
2022 Gallery + Bookstore for Contemporary Photography. Duo exhibition with Jackie Mulder, Amsterdam (NL)
2022 Gallery What Art Can Do, Solo, Amsterdam (NL)

Publications

2025 Float Magazine
2025 Subo Art Magazine
2025 Focus Magazine
2024 Cosmopolitan NL
2024 GalleryViewer: Het atelier van.. (click to read)
2024 Musée Magazine
2024 ArtDoc Magazine, Online Exhibition
2024 ZONE Collective book
2024 Dementia Spring
2023 Dagblad van het Noorden
2023 PS het Parool
2023 Museum Tijdschrift
2023 Kunstkrant
2023 Groninger Gezinsbode
2022 Het Parool
2022 ELLE
2022 Harper's Bazaar
2021 GUP NEW TALENT

Awards / Grants

2024 Fonds Kwadraat
2024 Shortlist Stichting Oog op de Natuur
2023 Het Cultuurfonds
2022 Shortlist Beirut Image Festival, Mycelium
2021 GUP New Talent

Books

2023 Mycelium, Self-published.
2021 Godspeed, PIP.

Talks

2025 Teylers museum: Symposium Plant & Insect