- Biography
Born in Rotterdam, NL. Lives and works in Rotterdam.
Residencies and/or travels: Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Czech and Slovak Republics, Curaçao, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, former Yugoslavia.
- Education
2023
- Course colonial history, Shared Past/Joint Future Rotterdam
2011
- Workshop social media
2000
- Courses webdesign and digital media
1999
- Workshop Data Cloud, V2 / Architecture International Rotterdam
1982 - 1986
- Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam, drawing, painting, design, BA, graduated 1986
1972 - 1976
- Secundary teacher training Textile art, MA, graduated 1976
- Secundary teacher training Art history, BA, graduated 1976
- Teaching, tutorials, workshop and coaching jobs
2013 - present
- Art lectures on present-day nationwide exhibitions
1989 - 2012
- Creative workshops for young adults at my studio
2009 - 2013
- Tutorials on creativity and art for students Teacher Training College (PABO) Rotterdam at my studio
2005
- Workshop for artists: ’How to develop art- and cultural projects’ at Community Centre Crooswijk Rotterdam
- Tutorial on artist practice at Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam
- Tutorial on ‘Crooswijk, at the table!’, community art project at Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam
2004
- Lecture and tutorials on Artist Initiative Duende at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
2002
- DPart, design and execution of the exhibition 'LOGOS & ICONS' at the site (former IMAX theatre) of Digital Playground
- Initiating art routes in collaboration with eight Rotterdam based art institutes on behalf of secondary school students
2001
- DPart, initiating and executing an art show at the site (former work place building Holland America Line Las Palmas) of Digital Playground
- Initiating art routes in collaboration with seven Rotterdam art institutes on behalf of secondary school students
2000
- DPart, initiating and executing an art show at the site of Digital Playground
- Initiating art routes in collaboration with four Rotterdam art institutes on behalf of secondary school students
- Development of lesson materials for secondary school teachers
- DPart, initiating and executing a project plan on visual arts and digital media on behalf of Digital Playground, supported by Centre of the Arts Rotterdam
1999
- Initiating and executing a seminar and reader commissioned by Digital Playground
- Idea development for ‘Nice images on the monitor’ (Mooi beeld op de Monitor) on behalf of secondary school teachers and policy officers, commissioned by Digital Playground/Hal 4 Rotterdam
1998
- Idea development for ‘Digital Identity, skin-deep or serious business’
- Initiating and executing a seminar and reader on digital identity on behalf of secondary school teachers and policy officers, commissioned by Digital Playground/Hal 4 Rotterdam
1976 - 1982
- Teaching professions art and art history at secondary schools
- Board and advisory positions
2010 - 2012
- Chairwoman Artist Initiative Duende, Rotterdam
2004 - 2006
- Board member Artists Interests Committee, Centre for the Arts, Rotterdam
2003 - 2005
- Chairwoman Project and Activities Grants Committee, Centre for the Arts, Rotterdam
2000 - 2004
- Board member Office for Visual Arts Rijnmond, Rotterdam Greater Area
2000 - 2002
- Committee member Grants for Artists, Centre for the Arts, Rotterdam
1996
- Founder of THRIFT on behalf of developing art projects
1985 - 2010
- Board member Artist Initiative Duende, Rotterdam
1985
- Co-founder Artist Initiative Duende, Rotterdam
- Paintings, Projects and Exhibitions
2023
- Rotterdam Art Week, ‘about a woman - IN YOUR FACE’, colour, self-portrait, 21 x 14,5 cm, screen print with poem, group show
2022
- Soft night, black/white/colour, paintings, no. 1-3, 50 x 40 cm, oil on canvas
2021
- N.T. black/white/colour, paintings, no. 1-4, 50 x 40 cm, oil on canvas
- Hospices de Beaune, drawings no. 1-5, 10 x 10 cm, pencil on paper
2020
- Maaskoe/Westerkadekunst, Rotterdam, ’Wintersalon’, Moon and Hare, group show
- Summer no. 3 Sun and bee, painting, 20 x 20 cm, oil on canvas
- Moon and Hare, paintings, no. 1-6, various formats, oil on canvas
2019
- Summer no. 2 Flowers, painting, 35 x 20 cm, oil on canvas
- Summer no. 1 Green, painting, 35 x 35 cm, oil on canvas
2016-2018
- Happy Hybrid, colour, paintings, no. 1-7, various formats, oil on canvas
2016
- Hybrid no. 1 and 2, colour, 35 x 20 cm, oil on canvas
- Black swan, black and white, drawing no.4, 10 x 14,5 cm, mixed media on paper
- Black swan, black and white, colour, drawing no. 5, 10 x 15 cm, mixed media on paper
2015
- Gallery De Aanschouw, Rotterdam, Overpainting painting, layer 106, Poineer plants no. 7, solo
2014-2016
- Pioneer plants, Couwenburg, colour, paintings, no. 1-4, various formats, oil on canvas
- Pionier plants, colour, painting, 115 x 115 cm, oil on canvas
- Flowers, colour, no. 1-3, 10 x 12 cm, mixed media on paper
2013
- Flowers, commission, diptych, colour, oil on canvas
- Flowers, commission, triptych, colour, mixed media on paper
- Flowers, colour, 16 x 16 cm, mixed media on paper
- Black swan, black and white, painting no. 2, 60 x 60 cm, oil on canvas
2012
- Black swan, black and white, no. 1, painting, 200 x 150 cm, oil on canvas
- Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Delftsestraat 25, lectures for visitors of the Installation ‘OLD WOUNDS’ (‘OUD ZEER), in context of ‘Zig zag City’ Rotterdam
- Delftsestraat 25, Rotterdam, Installation ‘OLD WOUNDS’ (‘OUD ZEER), text, poems, photographs, solo
- WTC Art Gallery, Rotterdam, ‘Black/White’, (Zwart-Wit) presentation of paintings and drawings, Rotterdam, group show
- Video interview by Karel Doing at the ‘Black/White’ show, including a meeting with Occupy Demonstrators in front of the World Trade Centre Rotterdam
- Kasteel van Rhoon, Transformation, series of paintings, with Frans Stoks
- Large Rotterdam Art Calendar, Horse, painting, oil on canvas, Octobre 17
2011
- Black swan, black and white, drawing no. 1-2 , 21 x 29,7 cm, mixed media on paper
- Wolves, black and white/color, drawings, no.1-5, 21 x 29,7 cm, work on paper, mixed media
2010 - 2013
- Redevelopment plan for the studio building of Duende Crooswijk, Rotterdam, with Chiel van der Stelt and Peter Carels
2010
- Duende Rotterdam, hallway presentation, with Rolina Nell, BikvanderPol, Peter Koole, series of paintings, oil on canvas
- Masters of the Universe, Pinstripes, drawings, no. 1-6, 21 x 29,7 cm, charcoal on paper
2009-2010
- Horses, black and white, series of paintings, various formats, oil on canvas
- Horses, black and white, drawings, various formats, pencil and mixed media on paper
2009
- Kunstliefde, Utrecht, project Afghanistan, ‘Our Boys’ (Onze Jongens) Installation with objects and paintings, oil on canvas, group show
2008
- Art route Kralingen-Crooswijk, Rotterdam, open studios
- Open Atelier Route De Baarsjes, Amsterdam
- Duende Rotterdam, black and white, series of paintings, oil on canvas, HerikhuizerVeld, group show
- HerikhuizerVeld, black and white, series of paintings, various formats, oil on canvas
- HerikhuizerVeld, black and white, drawings, various formats, pencil and mixed media on paper
- ZuidKookt!, participant in workshop Rob Baris
2007-2009
- Researcher on behalf of Historical Museum Rotterdam on the project Roffa 5314, Style of the South
- Gemaal op Zuid and Wolphaertsbocht Rotterdam, guestcurator Roffa 5314, Style of the South
2007
- Erasmus University Gallery Rotterdam, Transformation, series of paintings, oil on canvas, solo
- GB5, Rhoon, series of paintings, oil on canvas, Transformation, group show
- STUDIO 2620, Harbour Art days ’07, Heijplaat Rotterdam, Waalhaven, painting, oil on canvas, group show
2006
- Wholesale building (Groothandelsgebouw) Rotterdam, Artstore ‘Order and Chaos’ group show
- Provenierssingel Rotterdam, ‘Raamkunst’, art in public space, group show
2004
- Duende Rotterdam, ‘Duende Open’, series of paintings, open studios
2005
- Community Center Crooswijk, Rotterdam, community art project ‘At the table!’, installation, text, photography, solo and collaboration with students Willem de Kooning Academy
- Kralingen/Crooswijk/Kunst, publication of community art project
2004-2007
- Afghanistan, black and white, paintings, various formats, oil on canvas
- Afghanistan, black and white, drawings, pencil and mixed media on paper
- Interviews Afghan refugees, Dutch soldiers and aid organizations, connected to the Afghan War
2004-2007
- Deer, black and white, paintings, various formats, oil on canvas
- Deer, drawing, pencil and mixed media on paper
2004-2005
- Windmills, black and white, paintings, various formats, oil on canvas
- Windmills, black and white, six drawings, i.e. ink on paper
2003-2006
- Buddhas, black and white, black and gold, paintings, various formats, oil on canvas
2002
- Tokyo, Japan Internet report show ‘Puddles’ 2001, group show
2001
- Historical Museum Rotterdam, presentation of the community art project and Installation Rotterdammers ‘At the Table!’, executed in collaboration with different disciplines
- Cultural Capital of Europe, presentation in Porto of the project plan for the community art project, dining international, residents of Lisbon ‘At the Table!’, not executed
- Cultural Capital of Europe, Rotterdam, commission for the community art project dining international, Rotterdammers ‘At the Table!’, in collaboration with different disciplines, executed on internet and at the Historical Museum Rotterdam
- Townhall Rotterdam, Occupying Space, proposal project plan, not executed
- SUMISO Gallery, Osaka, photography project City Portraits: Osaka Diary and presentation of grid paintings, oil on canvas, ‘Puddles’, Clean Brothers Japan, group show
- Osaka, Japan, artist-in-residency period at ‘Clean Brothers’
- Duende Rotterdam, ‘Forty minus one’, with German based Artists, open studios
- Photographic report Surinam, on behalf of the theatre exchange project Rotterdams Lef/Hal 4
- Kunsthuis Theo Hübens, Maastricht, ‘Kunstgreep Rotterdam’, paintings, oil on canvas, group show
2000
- Photographic report Aruba and Curaçao, on behalf of the theatre exchange project Rotterdams Lef/Hal 4
1999
- Pä House Gallery Tokyo, Monochrome drawing, paint on paper, group show
- Central Libary Rotterdam, Rotterdam Art Days, retrospect of the project ‘A day in a life’, paintings, oil on canvas, solo
- Kasteel van Rhoon, Attic Bloom/Zolderbloei, painting, group show
1998-2005
- Memories, black and white, paintings, various formats, oil on canvas
1998-1999-2000
- Collaboration with artists from Stockholm: Maria Lind, Annika Eriksson, Matts Leiderstam
- Member Rotterdam Media Agenda, V2
1998
- Cultural Centre Stockholm/ Stockholm Cultural Capital 1998, Survival video Pneuma, in collaboration with Laurent Fluttert
- Kunsthal Rotterdam, Clash! Presentation of several Artist Initiatives in Rotterdam, Duende
- Spring Collection 1998 Duende Tamboerstraat Rotterdam
1997
- Goethe-Institute Rotterdam, presentation of Installation Duisburg, objects, text, slide presentation, solo
- Kultur- und Stadt- historisches Museum Duisburg, presentation of Installation Duisburg, objects, text, slide presentation, solo
- Dreigiebel Haus Duisburg, artist-in-residency period
- Nauta Dutilh, International law firm, Rotterdam, grid paintings, with Joep van Lieshout
- Centre for the Arts/CBK, Villa Alkmaer, Rotterdam, presentation of the exchange and digital art project ‘On line and on site’, Hanneke Breuker, Graziela Tomasi, Rotterdam, Gabor Györfi, Csaba Nemes, Budapest
- Artpool Art Research Center, Budapest, presentation of the digital art and exchange project ‘On line and on site’, solo
- Internet presentation of the digital art and exchange project ‘On line and on site’, group show, with work of artists from, Budapest, Bratislava and Rotterdam
1995 - 1996
- LOKAAL EUROPA, periodicals January/June 1996 connecting the Rotterdam art world and Manifesta I, editorial member
1996
- Working period Budapest and Bratislava
- RAM Gallery Rotterdam, ‘Visions IV’, installation, twelve grid paintings, oil on canvas
- Study trip to London and Glasgow, visiting several galleries, Rites of Passage/Tate Gallery, and visiting the TRUST WEEKEND, Tramway Glasgow, with Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol
- Start of the project ‘A day in a life’, community art, paintings oil on canvas
- IRAME Den Haag, ’Image & Context, presentation of studies for art in public space
- Duende Rotterdam, group show, grid paintings, oil on canvas
- Centre for the Arts, Rotterdam, participant R’96, Boundless City, ‘Did it taste well’? ‘(Heeft het gesmaakt)? Installation, interviews, text
- Gallery van Wijngaarden, Amsterdam, A day trip (‘Een dagje uit’) group show Duende
1994
- Municipal Health Services (GGD) Spijkenisse, commission art in public space: Installation the Large Glass and the Blue Glass.
- Municipal Health Services (GGD) Spijkenisse, commission art in public space: Installation the Wishing Well
- Municipal Health Services (GGD) commission for art in public space: signposting and lighting, with Chiel van der Stelt
- Gallery Phoebus, Rotterdam, dresser project, grid paintings, oil on canvas
- Music School Rotterdam, N.T. composition of five grid paintings, ‘Music depicted’ (‘Muziek verbeeld’), commissioned by SKVR and Centre of the Arts Rotterdam
- RAM Gallery Rotterdam, ‘Small Works’, grid paintings, oil on canvas
1993
- Duende Rotterdam, exhibition ‘Rotor’, At Random Grid no.12, facade grid painting, art in public space
- Rotor, catalogue design with Wessel Holleman
1992-1997
- Grids, various colors, paintings, various formats, oil on canvas
1991
- Centre of the Arts Rotterdam, Image ’91, (Beeld ’91), group show
- Byzantium, Amsterdam, commission for signposting and lighting, with Chiel van der Stelt
1990
- Gallery Serruys, Rotterdam, solo, paintings Czech blue, oil on canvas/oil on wood
- Duende Rotterdam, paintings, oil on canvas, group show
1989
- Duende Rotterdam, ‘Duende shows Duende III’, paintings, oil on canvas, group show
1988
- Gallery Gallery, Rotterdam, paintings and drawings with Jos van der Pol
- Duende Rotterdam, ‘Duende shows Duende II’, paintings, group show
1987
- The Gallery, Leeuwarden, with Mijke Demmer, paintings
- Duende Rotterdam, ‘Duende shows Duende’, paintings, group show
1986
- Centraal Beheer, Apeldoorn, Start ’86, national exhibition of final exam works, paintings, oil on canvas
- Duende Rotterdam, ’46 ateliers’, work of members and guest artists
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, final exam, paintings, oil on canvas
1985
- Duende Rotterdam ‘Slippery Ice’ (Glad IJs)’, first group show
- Artists-in-residency period, Tuscany, Italy, as part of Academy education, group
1984
- Artist Initiative Duende Hofstedestraat, Rotterdam, co-founder with Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol
1984 - 1991
- Monochrome, various colors, paintings, various formats, oil on canvas
- Publications
2023
- The Aanschouw, Waanders Publishers
- Inspiration, oh, no, Hard Labour! Duo/Duo publishers
2011
- Rotterdam Art Calendar, Trichis publishing
2010
- Publication Roffa 5314, Stijl van Zuid Rotterdam
- The Croos (De Croos) glossy, article Kralingen/Crooswijk/Kunst
2010 - 2013
- Re-development plan for studio building Duende with Chiel van der Stelt and Peter Carels, Crooswijk/Rotterdam
2009
- Beelden Magazine, national art magazine, review show ‘Onze jongens’, Utrecht
2008
- Catalogue Open Atelier Route De Baarsjes, Amsterdam
- ZuidKookt! Rob Baris/Maarten Laupman, Trichis publishers
2005
- Newsletter Crooswijk, article on ‘Crooswijk, at the Table!’
- Audio CD, ‘Crooswijk, at the Table!’, interviews by Erik Post, RTV Radio Rijnmond
- DVD, ‘Crooswijk, at the Table!’, documentary, interviews, loops made by students Willem de Kooning Academy, interview Radio Rijnmond
2001
- Catalogue Rotterdam Cultural Capital 2001
- Video dining international, Rotterdammers, At the table!
- Catalogue Puddles, Artist-Initiative links, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan
1996
- ‘Did it taste well’, project interviews, in combination with pictures of Jaquie Wessels, weekly publication on the back pages of NRC Handelsblad, national newspaper
1995
- ‘Did it taste well’, interview TROUW, national newspaper
1994
- Catalogue ‘The Muze in an Organisation’, Municipal Health Services (GGD)
- Catalogue, ‘Music depicted’ (‘Muziek verbeeld’), SKVR/ Centre of the Arts Rotterdam
1993
- Catalogue ‘Rotor’, Duende Rotterdam
1993 - 1995
- Internet presentation of the digital art project ‘On line and on site’
- Catalogue KOB, Digital Playground, Kleinschalig opdrachten beleid CBK Rotterdam
- Catalogue’ 46 ateliers’, Duende Rotterdam
1986
- Catalogue final exam Academy for the arts/Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam
1985
- Catalogue ‘Slippery Ice’ (Glad IJs)’ show, Duende Rotterdam
- Grants
- Ministerium Nordrhein Westfalen
- Anjer Fund Rotterdam
- BKVK Stipendium
- Centre for the Arts Rotterdam
- Clean Brothers, Osaka Japan
- Cultural Ministry Nordrhein Westfalen
- Dutch Ambassy Budapest
- Historical Museum Rotterdam
- Mondriaan Foundation
- Municipality of Rotterdam. borough Kralingen-Crooswijk
- Municipality of Rotterdam, Foreign Relations
- Rotterdam Art Council
- Rotterdam Cultural Capital of Europe 2001
- Rotterdam Film Fund
- September in Rotterdam 2001
- Stadt Duisburg Stipendium
- Soros Fund Budapest
- VSB Fund
- Rotterdam Filmfonds
- Stichting Bevordering Volkskracht
- Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Rotterdam
- Historisch Museum Rotterdam
- September in Rotterdam, 2001
- Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam
- Soros Foundation Budapest
- Dutch Ambassy, Budapest
- Mondriaan Foundation