Date of birth: 21-05-1982
Place of birth: Nijmegen (NL)


Education:     

  • 2017
    Urban Collage: Sensing Spatiality Inside and Outside the Museum by Christina Georgiou, Loukia & Michael Zampelas Art Museum, Nicosia (CY)
  • 2013
    Masterclass by Jans Muskee, Drawing Centre Diepenheim (NL)
  • 2011
    Performance Art Studies, Pas #20 in context by BBB Johannes Deimling, Marcel Sparmann, Antoni Karwowski, Johannes Schroeder and Ingolf Keiner, Berlijn (DE)
  • 2000-2004
    Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Bachelor of Fine Art and Design in Education, Utrecht (NL)

Selected residencies:

  • 2021 | 37 PK, Haarlem (NL)
  • 2019 | DRAWinternational, Caylus (FR)
  • 2018 | Daily traces, drawingproject, Amsterdam Central station (NL)
  • 2017 | Urban Collage, Loukia & Michael Zampelas Art Museum, Nicosia (CY)
  • 2016 | Meu Amigo Sombra, Junta #2 Festival, Teresina (Brazil)
  • 2015 | Telpost, Het project Sector Millingen (NL)
  • 2015 | Surrender to the pencil, short residency, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn (SE)
  • 2015 | Surrender to the pencil, the Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs (IR)
  • 2014 | Surrender to the pencil, MAE artists retreats, Sesimbra (PT)
  • 2012 | haan galo – haan galo, 6×6 Residence at NEC, Núcleo de Experimentação Coreográfica, Porto (PT)
  • 2012 | haan galo – haan galo, PAE kort#4, Wolfart Projectspaces, Rotterdam (NL)
  • 2011 | Everything is under control The Go-Go project 24h residency, AWA Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2008 | Onze Buurt Als Woonkamer, Social art project, st. Jonge Kunst, Amersfoort (NL)
  • 2006 | Workshop programme at Oerol, Terschelling (NL)

Prizes and Grants:

  • 2019 | the AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts), development grant
  • 2019 | Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds, travel grant for residency DRAWinternational
  • 2018 | Nomination for BLOOOM award Warsteiner 2018
  • 2016 | Nieuwe Makers traject van fonds voor podiumkunsten i.s.m st. Twee Plus producties
  • 2015 | 7dagar-stipendia, Artist in residence in Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn (SE)
  • 2012 | Travel grant of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Canada
  • 2011 | Publiekslieveling, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2006 | Working grant for an interdisciplinary performance at Oerol festival, Terschelling (NL)
  • 2006 | Nomination of the Ms research Art-prize (6th), Den Haag (NL)
  • 2004 | Nomination of the Piet Bakker-prize, Utrecht (NL)

 Solo exhibition:

  • 2023 | Kunst-Torentje, Almelo (NL)
  •  2021
    • off- line- on, 37 PK, Haarlem (NL)
    • Fysische ontmoetingsvormen, Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam(NL)
  • 2019 | Een lijn kan je ook samen trekken : Zwarte gat of lichtpunt, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2018 | Just an affair of a moment, GOLDMALI gallery (online-only)
  • 2017 | Drawalks, Zone2Source, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2015
    • Van Der Helst Plein, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Telpost, Millingen aan de Rijn (NL)
  • 2014 | Museum van alle tijden, Beugen (NL)
  • 2013 | Centrum voor Jonge Kunst, Gent (BE)
  • 2011 | Wash away, museum de Noord, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2009 | CBK Nijmegen, Nijmegen (NL)

 Selected group exhibitions:

  • 2022
    • Big Art, Bajeskwartier, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Power of Collaboration, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam(NL)
    • Awaken, first order and beyond, DRAWinternational Galeries and Les Abattoirs in Caylus(FR)
    • Wijklegendes, Mestlab, Arnhem(NL)
    • Tekenkabinet, Amsterdam / Groningen(NL)
    • Anonyme Zeichner, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlijn(DE)
    • Wintertijd, galerie Getekend, Heerenveen(NL)
  • 2021
    • Tekenkabinet, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Dear Babies, House by Kubrick, Taikoo Plaza, Hong Kong (HK)
    • Artistsupportpledge, De Balie, Amsterdam (NL)
  •  2020
    • Mind Your Step, Zone2Source, Amsterdam(NL)
    • Houtskool, WG kunst, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Galerie Getekend, Heerenveen (NL)
    • Corona-archives, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam(NL)
  • 2019
    • Embodied Lines, Drawing Centre Diepenheim, Diepenheim (NL)
    • Open studio, DRAWinternational, Caylus (FR)
    • Nasty Women, de Balie, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2018
    • Draw 2, Kunstliefde, Utrecht (NL)
    • Anonyme Zeichner, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin (DE)
    • Daily Traces, Lil’ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Central Station (NL)
    • GUM, Cacaofabriek, Helmond (NL)
  • 2017
    • Throw a line, Props, Gent(BE)
  • 2016
    • Happily ever after, Zerp Galerie, Rotterdam (NL)
    • Salon du Printemps, Zerp Galerie, Rotterdam (NL)
    • Ruimtelijk Vlak, Boterhal, Hoorn (NL)
    • Waterlandse Vloed, kerk Ransdorp (NL)
  • 2015
    • Eternal Lines, Zerp Galerie, Rotterdam (NL)
    • Summershow, Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Size Matters, We like art!, Tetem, Enschede (NL)
    • Blind Date (het vervolg), Dapiran art project space, Utrecht (NL)
  • 2014
    • Salon Zerp, Zerp Galerie, Rotterdam (NL)
    • 20x20x20 | jubileum expositie Alarm, Beugen (NL)
    • Amsterdam Drawing, Art fair for work on paper, Zerp Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
    • V International Videopoetry Festival – VideoBardo 2014, Buenos Aires/Mendoza (AR)
    • Reflecting Sesimbra, Council Library of Sesimbra (PT)
    • Chinese Whispers, Gallery Nasty Alice (Eindhoven/NL), Karin Janssen Project Space (London/GB)
    • April is the cruellest month, Gallery Lokaal WV15, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2013
    • Salon Zerp, Zerp Galerie, Rotterdam (NL)
    • Performance Plus, gallery Het Langhuis, Zwolle (NL)
    • This is it!, de Zonnehof, Amersfoort (NL)
    • Tekenkabinet, museum Waterland (Purmerend), Kunstsalon (Assen) (NL)
  • 2012
    • Art Crumbles #9, Leben = Theater, Art Crumbles, Nijmegen (NL)
    • Africando, gAD- galery Antiks Design, Lisbon (PT)
    • Duo exhibition with Camile Smeets, SBK Amsterdam Zuid (NL)
    • Duo exhibition with Cathelijn van Goor, gallery Lokaal WV15, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2010
    • Grensloos Kunst Verkennen, Art route in de Wijk, De Wijk (NL)
    • Modern fairy tales, gallery Bart kunst in Huis, Nijmegen (NL)
  • 2009 | Stroomlijn, Artots, Den Bosch (NL)
  • 2008
    • bART 5 year, Den Bosch (NL)
    • Echtenstein in Momentum, Imagine IC, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2007
    • Tempt, fort a/d klop i.c.w. Kunstliefde, Utrecht (NL)
  • 2006
    • Float, Laboratorio, Utrecht (NL)
    • de Belofte with “Wild Vlees”, Kunstliefde, Utrecht (NL)

Selected performances:

  • 2022
    • Line-Off-Line, Big Art, Bajeskwartier Amsterdam (NL)
    • De Leegte, Performance festival De Leegte Pictura, Dordrecht (NL)
    • I give you a line, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Cirkel van Nabijheid, Mestlab, Arnhem (NL)
  •  2021
    • Line-Off-Line, 37 PK, Haarlem(NL)
    • Fysische ontmoetingsvormen, Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Cirkel van Nabijheid, Het Breedveld/ plan van Gool, Amsterdam(NL)
  •  2020
    • Line-Off-Line, Mind Your Step, Zone2Source, Amsterdam(NL)
  • 2019
    • I give you a line, Drawing Centre Diepenheim, Diepenheim (NL)
    • Een lijn kan je ook samen trekken : Zwarte gat of lichtpunt, Nieuw Dakota / Over het IJ Festival, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Little Peripatetic Buildings, reflection on Bauhaus The Warp: Multi Media Performances, Kunstkapel, Amsterdam (NL)
  •  2018
    • The pencils exchanged, Kunstliefde, Utrecht (NL)
    • Trace and Erase, interactive drawing performance, GUM, Cacaofabriek, Helmond (NL)
    • Power of Color, Performance Art NL “Open Performance Academy – OPA 1”, Wolfart Projectspace, Rotterdam (NL)
    • Should I sharpen my pencil or soften my voice, DRAWin festival by Draw to Perform, Brighton (UK)
    • Daily traces, interactive drawing performance Lil’ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Central Station (NL)
  • 2017
    • Urban Collage, Loukia & Michael Zampelas Art Museum, Nicosia (CY)
    • I give a line, Buitenkunst (NL)
    • Throw a line, Props, Gent(BE)
    • Zeelicht, Festival 2 Turven Hoog (NL)
    • Lichtlijnen, Zone2Source, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Lichtlijnen, Fête de la Nature, Amsterdam (NL)
  •  2016
    • Light lives on the sea, Festival 2 Turven Hoog (NL)
    • Meu Amigo Sombra, Junta #2 Festival, Teresina (Brazil)
  • 2015
    • Pneuma, P.S. Performance Art Festival Den Haag (NL)
    • Dans De Ruimte In, Mobilia, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Performance festival with traces 2015, Pictura, Dordrecht (NL)
  • 2014
    • De met slingers versierde kille koffiezaal, MAAS, Nijmegen 2014
    • Drawing your attention, interactive performance, Novalis College, Eindhoven(NL)
  • 2013
    • Drawing your attention, interactive performance, SEAPA BU World Symposium, Bangkok (TH)
    • Fresh air, Performance Plus, Zwolle (NL)
    • Wash away, Centrum voor Jonge Kunst, Gent (BE)
    • No heart feelings, Duo performance with Jolijn de Wolf, OUTline (A’dam), de Zonnehof (A’foort) (NL)
  • 2012
    • Art crumbles #9, Nijmegen (NL)
    • haan galo – haan galo, NEC, Porto (PT)
    • Draw the limit, interactive performance, FAT festival, Toronto (CA)
    • haan galo – haan galo, PAEkort (Rotterdam), 24h residency AWA (Amsterdam)(NL)
  • 2011
    • Wash away, Museum de Noord, Amsterdam (NL)
    • Sunburned, Passtudie 20, Grimmuseum, Berlin (DE)
    • haan galo – haan galo, Passtudie 20, Berlin (DE)
    • Everything is under Control, 24h residency AWA gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2009
    • New horizons, opening, Rabobank, Houten (NL)
    • Fata Morgana van Rust, Oerol(Terschelling), Muze Misse(Jan Cunen Museum, Oss), Valkhof affaire(Nijmegen)(NL)
  • 2007 | Time writing, Opening, Rabobank, Houten (NL)
  • 2006 | Huisstofmeid, Oerol, Terschelling (NL)

Selected publications and media appearance:

Company collections:

Young Art Foundation, Rabobank Utrecht-Nieuwegein, Commandeur Maasland B.V. and private collections

Selected commissions:

  • 2015 | Design book covers for books of Cheryl Dileo, Carnell Professor of Music Therapy (US)
  • 2012 | Theatre design of Thou Single Wilt Prove None for singer Fanny Alofs
  • 2011 | Design and concept of boekenbal “Curriculum Vitae – Geschreven portretten”, Amsterdam(NL)
  • 2010
    • Social art assignment in an apartment building in Amersfoort (NL)
    • Theatre design “ La Musica II” of Spaanse Peper, Nijmegen (NL)
  • 2009 | Sketch assignment Thuiskomen Lievensweg, Groesbeek (NL)

Selected other experience in the field of arts:

  • 2018 co-initiator drawing project Daily traces (NL)
  • 2015-2016 Curator exhibition Ruimtelijk Vlak (NL)
  • 2014 Workshop for KPMG with Art Partner and Silvia Russel (NL)
  • 2004-now teacher of visual art at Buitenkunst (NL)
  • 2013 Curator performance event Precious treasure, OUTline Amsterdam
  • 2013 Lecture at SEAPA BU World Symposium (South East Asia Global Encountering in Performing Art Symposium, Bangkok University)(TH)