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(1969 The Netherlands) lives and works in Amsterdam. Blokland medium is photography and video through which she explores the representation of the concept of family, colonial and interracial family history through analyzing the confusion and ambiguity between the personal and impersonal. Though the work frequently originates from highly personal material, such as her family, her manner of presentation creates a distance and almost analytical view, thus creating an environment in which the viewer is a true observer and aware of this fact. Blokland’s work reflects on the complicated role of photography in relation to personal history and is driven by her interest in the deconstruction of the ''exotic'' object within photography and its representation.

FAM. ABSTRACT
REPRODUCTION OF THE FAMILY (PART TWO)

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Op zoek naar onbekende Pose, Volkskrant, Truus Ruiters, November 18, 1999

Nederlandse foto’s in een, Het Parool, Herien Wensink, September 19, 2000

Fam., Verenigde Sandbergen, Stijn Huijts, May 2001

De Galerie, NRC-Handelsblad, Sandra Heerma van de Vos, June 25, 2001

Boek en beeld, Obscuur, Stijn Huijts, October 2001

Stoeien met de werkelijkheid, PZC, June 2002

Blokland/Hondius –De Witte Raaf- Etienne Wynants July/August 2002

Spelletjes met waarheid en perceptie, Haagse Courant, Roos van Put, January 03, 2003

Dutch bring turbulence to a land in flux, Kiev Post, Daniel Macisaac/ frictie van het tijdsgewricht verbeeld - De Gelderlander June 27, 2003

Turbulence - NRC Handelsblad 2003/ Kunst heeft nog zin – Volkskrant January 08, 2003

Contrast - Anders Amsterdam 2004/ Mr.Motley (art magazine) - Fam., May 2004

Tubelight, Anders Amsterdam, May 2004

Jonge honden in de kunst, Het Parool, Jhim lamorhee Augest 4, 2006

Paradise- LUMC NRC July 25, 2007

Kunstbeeld (art magazine) January 07, 2007

2007 member of the advisory committee of the fund of the visual art of the Netherlands Fonds BKVB