Gigi Kraan

Gigi Kraan is a photographer and multidisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam. Her practice spans commissioned and independent projects, with photographs published internationally. She is guided by a sustained interest in identity, heritage, and representation. In 2024, she was awarded the Breda Photo International Talent Programme, and in 2025, she curated It Means Everything Because This Is Who I Am, which received the St. Joost Penning Award. Its themes resonate with her own photographic explorations of how bloodlines, history, and symbolism shape lived experience. Alongside her independent work, Kraan has been active as a curator. At MOTORMOND, a gallery dedicated to equity and representation in the arts, she served as Communications Lead and in-house photographer. Though she has since stepped down, she continues to collaborate on curatorial projects with alumni and external partners.