Background
He was born in Portuguese Moresby, Papua New Guinea in 1954 and moved to Australia in 1958.
He was born in Portuguese Moresby, Papua New Guinea in 1954 and moved to Australia in 1958.
Gerrit Fokkema"s education started at The Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, ACT, where he studied from 1972 to 1974. He then went on to study at, Canberra Technical College, Canberra, ACT from 1974 to 1977 and received a Certificate. He also spent a semester in 2012 at The Australian National University where he lived at the university and worked with the students.
Fokkema worked as a photographer for many magazines and newspapers. He also did independent photography. He was a photographer for The Canberra Times, for four years, from 1975 to 1979.
He then proceeded to work for The Sydney Morning Herald for four years, from 1980 to 1984.
Foreign the next three years Fokkema worked both for The Sydney Morning Herald as well as Good Weekend Magazine. After this, he started his own company and is now the owner of Gerrit Fokkema Pty Limited and has been working there for the past 28 years, from the year 1987 until present.
Known Exhibition: Gerrit Fokkema, 1979, The Australian Centre for, Sydney, NSW Somedaze: Gerrit Fokkema, 1983, Images Gallery, Sydney, NSW Australian Vernacular Exhibition: Gerrit Fokkema, 2014, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW Unknown These are a few exhibitions, that the name and date of the location were unknown, however, the place was documented. Australian National Gallery Art Gallery of NSW State Library of NSW.