Articles:
(selected critical articles)

"Hans Staartjes: Emotional Landscapes" by Johannes Birringer, for SPOT magazine, Houston Center for Photography , fall 1998.

Artwired Magazine, Digital Art issue, Feb 2001: featured cover photograph of Harvey Bott's perspective installation and inside spread of "flesh, fold" series.

(selected critical writings)
"Nordic Photogravure", Fotofest exhibition 2000, SPOT, Houston Center for Photography fall 2000.

"Montage '93", Rochester, N.Y. Electronic Imaging Festival, SPOT, Houston Center for Photography, spring '94 by Hans Staartjes.


Collections:

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Fotofest collection, Clint Willour, H.C.I. Chemicals,
private collections in U.S. and Netherlands. Auction fund raising print donations:
Houston Center for Photography, San Francisco Cameraworks and Fotofest.

Professional Activities and Teaching:

Freelance photographer, "Hans Staartjes Photography"corporate, editorial, digital photography and illustration (since 1985).

Clients:
Gulf States Toyota, Baker Botts, Exxon Corp., Shell Chemical, Reliant Energy, Holland Chemical International, Brenntag A.G., Stinnes Logistics, Stanchem Canada, Current Technology, Wolters-Nordhoff Publishers, St. Luke's Hospital, Southwest Infiniti, Vision Associates N.Y., Van Eck en Verdijk Graphic Design, Mark Geer Design, Poung Au Design, Artisan Field Design,

Stock photography library: Photonica, Getty. '90-present

Chairman of the Programming Committee for H.C.P., member of the board and executive committee. Oct '89 - Aug '98

Affiliate Artist teacher, BFA Photography students University of Houston Houston, Texas. Spring '93 and '94

member of Pulchri Studio,
The Hague Netherlands. Nov. '99- present

Instructor, Houston Community College Digital Imaging, Photoshop. 2000- present

Biographical:

Born 3/9/57, Aruba, Dutch nationality, grew up in Bogota, Colombia,
married, one child.
Trilingual in Dutch, Spanish, and English.

Education:

Houston Community College, Houston, TX. U.S.A. Photoshop, Painter, Qark Xpress, Illustrator.1997-1999

University of Houston, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. MFA -sculpture/photography.1993-1996

University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England.1976-1979 B.A. Combined Hons.
English and Philosophy (II 2)