Agenda

Dear Shapes in Space

Performance art workshops + expo | for art students and young makers from all creative backgrounds. September - November 2023 | Neck of the Woods Gallery Rotterdam. Open call will open in June 2023.

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Performing | De Pont Museum

Opening 17th of September

Woman in E by Ragnar Kjartansson

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Art Week Rotterdam | About a Woman

9th - 12th of February 2023

Kop van Zuid | 11:00 - 17:00
Adress: Wilhelminakade 701, Rotterdam

Recent exhibitions:

Becoming Tree | London

Jan. 2020

This Art Fair

Aug. 2021

Riga International Performance Art Festival

Jun. 2021

Deformes Performance Trienal | Chili

Jun. 2020

Venice Arternational Performance Art Week

Jan. 2020

Homo Fragilis | Gallery Frank Taal

Dec. 2020

TAC Eindhoven

May. 2021

Witte Rook

Aug. 2020

Stedelijk Museum Breda

July. 2022

Kolkata International Performance Art Week

Jan. 2020

Riga International Performance Art Festival

Jun. 2021

Solstice Gallery | Brussels

Jun. 2018

Solo exhibitions & manifestations

2023, Embassy of Art, Amsterdam, NL
2020, Witte Rook, The Great Health, Breda, NL
2019, De Aanschouw, Four, Rotterdam, NL
2019, Concordia, Couplet 2.0., Enschede, NL
2019, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, On the Sublime, Den Haag, NL
2018, Concordia, Enschede, NL
2018, WORM, Wer denn sagst dass Beton nicht brennt?, Rotterdam, NL
2016, Uitdagen Rotterdam, Krisis, Rotterdam, NL
2013, Bob Smit gallery, Being human anno 2012, Rotterdam, NL

Group exhibitions (selection)

2022
- Workshop performance art, Neck of the Woods gallery, Rotterdam, NL
- BUT Film Festival, Breda, NL
- Woman in E, for Ragnar Kjartansson, Museum de Pont, Tilburg, NL
- Stedelijke Museum Breda, Podium 1m2, Breda, NL
- BUTFF, De Nieuwe Veste, Breda, NL
- Neck of The Woods III, Art Booster, Rotterdam, NL
- Glasshouse ArtLifeLab, 14th of May, The Great Health, New York, USA
2021
- Publieke Werken, Rotterdam, NL
- Performance with Lise Sore and Sofie Hollander, at TAC, Eindhoven, NL
- This Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
- HECTOBAR, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
- Riga Performance art Festival, LV
- Be-coming Tree, live stream performance, NL/UK
2020
- Gallery Frank Taal,10+ , Homo Fragilis, Rotterdam, NL
- Deformes Trienal, CorporAte, CL
- Unnoticed Art Festival, Passenger, Dordrecht, NL
- Fe-male, performance art festival, GL
- Kolkata International Performance Art Festival, Solidarity, Kolkata, IN
- Defibrilator Performance Art Gallery, Zhou B Art Center, What Remains, The Artist's Armor, Chicago, US
- Palazzo Mora, International Performance Art Week, Venice, IT
2019
- Pictura, PiPe!, Cad Goddue, Dordrecht. NL
- Goethe Institute, Porto Alegre, BR
- International Performance Art Conference, Santiago de Compostela, ES
- University of Granada, ES
- Jesuit College of the University of Madeira, PT
- Project ID Inbetween Identities, performance Diealogue,
with o.a. Peter Baren, Andrigo & Aliprandi (IT), Fenia Kotsopoulou (UK), Marcel Sparmann (DE),
Yvette Teeuwen, Miranda Meijer and Kirsten Heshusius, The Hague, NL
- Root Gallery, Time to Perform, Rotterdam, NL
2018
- Gorcums Museum, Broeder - Bruder - Bruedher, Gorcum, NL
- Solstice Gallery, Tabula Rasa, Brussels, BE
- ART Rotterdam, Prospects & Concepts show, All for Art, Rotterdam, NL
- Filmtheatre Cinerama, Der Stille Mensch a.o., Rotterdam
2017
- Hoogtij #54, galerie Arte Sin Limites, Den Haag, NL
- Arte Concordia, Zoön Politikon, curated by Karin Arink. With o.a. Robin Kolleman, Paul Cox, Rolf Engelen,
Iris Bouwmeester, Maurice Meeuwisse and Tanja Smeets, Rotterdam, NL
- ArtZNSTD, Backfire, The Wander, with a.o. Lizan Freijsen, Harold Linker and Robert Roelink, Zaandam, NL
2016, Roodkapje, Winterwolven festival, Arminius,The Rite, Rotterdam, NL
2015 - 2009 (selection)
- Route du Nord, Rotterdam, NL
- Pulchri studios, Den Haag, NL
- Frank Taal galerie, Rotterdam, NL
- Showroom Mama, Rotterdam, NL
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
- Goethe instituut Rotterdam, Museumnacht, with a.o. Mette Sterre and Inge Aanstoot, Rotterdam, NL

Talks & lectures (selection)

2022
- Masterclasses Creatieve Begaafdheid, Theater de Kamers, Vathorst, NL
- ECHA2022, conference, i.c.w. Lotte van Lith, The Hague, NL
- Masterclasses Creatieve Begaafdheid, Vathorst, NL
- Dear Shapes in Space, performance art workshops, i.c.w. WdKa & WORM, Rotterdam, NL
2021
- Kunstpodium T, Apprentice Master, artist talk, NL
- Wanneer het Water Stil Is, interview as part of installation by Peter Bouwmans,
Stedelijk Museum Breda, NL
- Dear Shapes in Space, performance art workshops, i.c.w. WdKa & WORM, Rotterdam, NL
- Creatieve Begaafdheid for Novilo, Utrecht, NL
- Be-coming Tree, live stream performance, NL/UK
- Creatieve Begaafdheid i.c.w. A Lot of Complexity, Almere Vathorst, NL
2020
- Online lecture, No Fear - No Limit, supported by Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Russia
- Dear Shapes in Space, performance art classes for Willem de Kooning academy students, WORM,
Rotterdam, NL
- Novilo, art courses, Utrecht, NL
2018
- Gorcums Museum, Gorcum, NL
- Open Performance Academy, Rotterdam, NL
2017
- Codarts University for the Arts, Rotterdam, NL
2016
Gallery Garage, Rotterdam, NL
2015
Willem de Kooning academy, Rotterdam, NL
2014
Not Dead Yet, Performance art and community arts project, Rotterdam, NL

Also: 2016 - 2021, teaching and project coordinating for Stichting Art-S-Cool, The Hague, NL

Press & publications (selection)

2023, Interview, Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam
2023, Podcast interview, Cultuur Junkies
2023, Interview, book by L.Lith & H. Berends, A Lot of Complexity publishers
2022, Parool, BIG Art gaat back to basics in de Bijlmerbajes [link]
2022, AVROTros, Nu te zien, Ragnar Kjartansson [link]
2022, Oost-online, Groot is het credo van kunstbeurs Big Art in Bijlmerbajes [link]
2022, Architectuur.nl, Bajes opent deuren voor Big Art [link]
2022, Urban Body in Action, ESP [link]
2022, Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend, photo report
2022, Punch exhibition Space, featuring performance Homo Fragilis
2022, Glasshouse Life art Lab archive, interview
2022, Cultuurshot nieuwsbrief, Re-Fashion (read)
2022, Open Art Speak, interview (Listen)
2022, Open Rotterdam, interview about Re-Fashion
2022, Fashion United, about Re-Fashion (read)
2022, Culture Spark, interview about Re-Fashion (read)
2021, Duitje, interview about Re-Fashion (read)
2021, Publieke Radio Omroep Amsterdam, interview (check)
2021, LAM Museum, Art Entrepreneur Award 2021 (read)
2021, Trendbeheer, verslag van This Art Fair 2021
2021, Museum de Lakenhal, If Things Grow Wrong, Leiden, NL
2021, WECF Nederland, socials campaign, CorporAte
2021, Gorcums Museum - een overzicht 2013 - 2020, book cover image and content book (view)
2020, Jegens & Tevens, about performance and fine-arts work at Frank Taal gallery expo 10+ (read)
2020, Dflbrl8tr gallery, What Remains, Chicago (USA) (read)
2020, Witte Rook, interview, on The Great Health, performance at residency Witte Rook, Breda (read)
2020, International Festival of Minimum Urban Performances, Urban Body in Action (read, page 160-161)
2020, PAS (Performance Art Studies), Johannes Deimling
2020, NPO Radio 1, Nieuwsuur BV, as art teacher for Art-S-Cool (listen)
2020, Jegens&Tevens, about Pictura Performance Festival, Dordrecht (read)
2019, Pictura/Blad no.3, 2019, PiPe, Pictura (read)
2019, P.S. Performance Site, Project I.D., about Diealogue (check)
2019, Tubantia, about Couplet 2.0. at Concordia, Enschede (read)
2019, Metropolis M, about All for Art at Art Rotterdam and Couplet 2.0. at Concordia (read)
2019, Museumtijdschrift, about Couplet 2.0. at Concordia, Enschede (read)
2019, SEA Foundation, #sea_youhere, online featuring of three of my art projects, Facebook & Instagram
2018, NPO Radio 1, radio interview about Couplet 2.0 at Concordia, Enschede (listen)
2018, Tubantia, about Concordia's artproject Couplet 2.0 (read)
2018, RTV Oost, about Concordia's artproject Couplet 2.0 (read)
2018, AD, about the installation/performance Broeder-Bruder-Bruedher (read)
2018, Kunst en Cultuurkaart, Arnhem aan Zee, interview, by Albert van der Weide (read)
2018, Willem de Kooning academy, interview (read)
2018, Mondriaan Fonds, blog, Verstarring Doorbreken (read)
2018, Trendbeheer, about All for Art on Art Rotterdam (read)
2018, De Telegraaf, 9th of February, 'Minder beurzen, Sterkere presentatie' about All for Art (read)
2018, Mondriaan Fonds, Blog Birgit Donker, about All for Art, at Art Rotterdam (read)
2018, Het Parool, 8th of February, about All for Art, at Art Rotterdam (read)
2018, Museumtijdschrift, about All for Art, at Art Rotterdam (read)
2018, Mondriaan Fonds, (online and printed) catalogue for Prospects & Concepts (read)
2017, Interview, Not Random Art Magazine
2015, Frame the Artist, TENT Centre for Contemporary Art and Showroom MAMA (Rotterdam)
2014, De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2014, on Being Human Anno 2012
2008, AD, newspaper, article on Urban Aula project

Curating

2020 - 2022, Dear Shapes in Space, Performance Art Event, Worm & Neck of the Woods gallery

2021, De Aanschouw, Marco de Waal, M.V. Baks, Lise Sore, Rotterdam, NL

2021, Performance dramaturgy for the NPO live television broadcast,
Nationale Kinderherdenking, Madurodam, The Hague, NL
2008 - 2013, Gallery Downw_arts, Rotterdam, NL

Grants & subsidies (selection)

2022, Cultuurschakel, stipend
2022, Pictoright, stipend
2021, LAM Museum / This Art Fair, aanmoedingsprijs Art Entrepreneur Award)
2021, Pictoright, stipend
2021, Fonds Kwadraat, stipend
2021, Stichting Droom & Daad, for Dear Shapes in Space, performance art workshops
2019, Stichting Stokroos, Venice International Performance art Week
2018, CBK Rotterdam, IBB
2016, Mondriaan Foundation, Werkbijdrage Jong Talent (exceptional talent grant)
2012, Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude (exceptional talent scolarship)
2012, Bekker la Bastide fonds (exceptional talent scolarship)

Commissions

Art direction new mural, Emmauscollege, Rotterdam (2022)
Installation Broeder, Gorcums Museum (2021)
Mural, Emmauscollege Rotterdam (2008)

Acquired works

Modern Medicine, Filmfabriek (2022)
Modern Medicine, Frank Taal gallery, private collector (2020)
Silent Breach, Maria Ziekenhuis art collection, BE (2019)

During This Art Fair 2021

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