Established in 1983 by multi-genre professional musician-turned-art dealer Martin Rogge, FLATLAND is an Amsterdam-based gallery operating on an international scale. The gallery has been based since 2012 in the heart of art-rich Amsterdam—near the photography museum Foam, the Stedelijk Museum, and the Rijksmuseum—and is best known for representing innovative and international photographers. From th
is foundation, the gallery has expanded to a broader roster of contemporary artists using more varied media. In April 2020 Fiona has become co-owner of the gallery. The gallery participates in different art fairs such as Art Rotterdam, Paris Photo, Art Brussels, Code Art Fair, Vienna Contemporary and participates in festivals such as Unseen photo fair, Amsterdam and Amsterdam Art Weekend. Artists
As part of its roster of artists Flatland Gallery represents internationally established artists such as Jocelyn Lee, Johan Grimonprez, Guy Yanai, Ruud van Empel and Paolo Ventura. Likewise the gallery represents young emerging photographers such as South African Katharine Cooper and has attracted talented artists such as Stelios Karamanolis and Alice Browne. In 2019 the gallery was very proud to have committed to the gallery, Jasper de Beijer and Kim Boske. Flatland regularly invites other artists to work with the gallery such as Alec Soth, Martin Parr, Ina Jang, Kim Boske, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Jan Steenman, Pinar & Viola and others. Additionally Flatland holds its own publishing-house. Besides artist books Flatland publishes at least three times a year The Flatland Journal with contributions from art critics of Le Monde and The New York Times. The circulation was exclusive but nonetheless covered a broad, influential spectrum of readership around the world. Flatland also includes the Flatland foundation to create a vibrant photography and art collection of museum quality. To achieve this objective the choices made by the Flatland Foundation are based upon the originality, authenticity, artistic appeal and quality of the work of artists. The collection consists of Damien Hirst, Ruud van Empel, David Hockney, Tessa Mars, Sam Taylor-Wood, Carla van de Puttelaar, Nazif Topçuoğlu, Sally Mann, Frank van der Salm, Hans op de Beeck, Erwin Olaf , Hellen van Meene, The Sanchez Brothers, Keith Carter, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Nan Goldin, Rob Hornstra, Mark Seliger, Thomas Struth, Miles Aldridge, Zhang Xiaogang and many other artists.
