CV
1983, El Kamechli, SY
Works / lives in Utrecht, NL
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EDUCATION:
2017 / 2019
(MA) Master of Visual Arts with Honors, St Lucas School of Arts Antwerp, BE
2007 / 2011
(BA) Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht, NL
EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS (SELECTION):
2021 Utrecht Lokaal, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL _Upcoming Solo
2021 Open Work Space, Movement Exposed Gallery Space, Utrecht, NL _Upcoming
2021 Before it stirs the surface, Movement Exposed Gallery Space, Utrecht, NL _Upcoming
2020 Joya: AIR, Vélez Blanco, ES
2019 Final Master Exhibition, St Lucas School of Arts Antwerp, BE
2019 Manoeuvres, Master exhibition, St Lucas School of Arts Antwerp, BE
2018 Selected, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2018 Every love story is a tragedy if you wait long enough, with Guy Vording, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, Naarden-Vesting, NL (duo)
2018 Freedom Explained Logically, Collaboration;
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Art Academy Düsseldorf and St Lucas School of Arts Antwerp
at Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, DE & Sint- Laurentius Church, Antwerp, BE
2018 Public Interview on Shared Identity, UNWomen at HeForShe ArtsWeek, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Art The Hague, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, The Hague, NL
2017 Utrecht Down Under, Utrecht, NL
2017 VOLTA 13, Basel's Art Fair for New International Positions, Brandt Gallery, Basel, CH
2017 Paper Positions, Gallery Weekend Berlin, Brandt Gallery, Berlin, DE
2017 Promises, Art Paris Art Fair, Brandt Gallery, Paris, FR
2017 Nasty Women Amsterdam, Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2016 The Assembly, with Susanna Inglada, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, Naarden-Vesting, NL (Duo)
2016 Artist Talk, with HKU students at Amsterdam Drawing, NL
2016 The Assembly on paper, with Susanna Inglada, Amsterdam Drawing, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, Amsterdam, NL (Duo)
2016 Rundgang der Spinnerei Galerien 15 international galleries invited by the 'Spinnerei Galleries', Brandt Gallery, Leipzig, DE
2016 Moving Realities, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
2016 Promises, Art Paris Art Fair, Brandt Gallery, Paris, FR
2016 Portrait of a Memory, VOLTA NY Art Fair, Brandt Gallery, New York, US (Solo)
2016 Prospects & Concepts, Mondriaan Fund shows Talent at Art Rotterdam, NL
2015 The Loveliest Hour, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, Naarden-Vesting, NL (Solo)
2015 Slick, French Scene Art Fair, Brandt Gallery, Paris, FR
2015 Hybrids, Galerie Helder, The Hague, NL
2015 Onder Controle, Utrecht Down Under, Gevangenis/Prison House Wolvenplein, Utrecht, NL
2015 Aanstormend Talent bij MIJ / Emerging Talent at MIJ, Museum IJsselstein, IJsselstein, NL
2015 Identity & The Self, RAM Foundation, Rotterdam, NL
2014 A Topology of Memory, LIAp, Leipzig, DE
2014 Pilotenkueche at Herbst Rundgang / Autumn Tour, Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE
2014 ‘I am not doing anything until I feel the need’, concept by Joanneke Meester, DNB, Amsterdam, NL
2014 De stemming van het moment, Galerie Pouloeuff, Naarden-Vesting, NL
2014 Prospects & Concepts, Mondriaan Fund shows Talent at Art Rotterdam, NL
2014 Artist talk with Aram Tanis at Momart (Base for Independent artists), Amsterdam, NL
2013 Momart presents All, Momart (Base for Independent Artists) , Amsterdam, NL
2013 To be or to have presents, Stichting Sea Foundation, Project Space Tilburg, NL
2013 Versus, with Isabel Cordeiro, Momart (Base for Independent Artists), Amsterdam, NL (Duo)
2013 Festival De Basis, Vrede van Utrecht, Soesterberg, NL
2013 RE: Rotterdam Art Fair, Rotterdam, NL (Solo)
2011 Exposure, Graduation Exhibition, HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht, NL
RESIDENCIES:
2020 Joya: AIR, Vélez Blanco, ES
2017 Artist in Residence, KFHein Fonds, Utrecht, NL
2017 Guest Artist, Das Spectrum, Utrecht, NL
2014 Artist in Residence, LIAp, Leipzig, DE
2014 Artist in Residence, Pilotenkueche, Leipzig, DE
GRANTS / AWARDS:
2017 Granted, MA Scholarship, Cultuurfonds / made possible by PK Fonds
2014 Granted, WJT / Stipendium for Emerging Artists, Mondriaan Fund
2012 Granted, Startstipendium, Mondriaan Fund
2011 Nominated, HKU Award
2011 Nominated, Jan Zumbrink Prize
2011 Nominated, Doyewaard Stipendium
PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS:
2018 Freedom Explained Logically, DE / BE
2017 Interview, Witte Rook, NL
2017 Exhibition Catalogue, Paper Positions, DE
2016 Portfolio, Hippocampe, FR
2016 Letter & Geest, Trouw, NL
2016 Art Paris Art Fair, The Art Fairs Magazine
2016 Solo Exhibition Catalogue, Portrait of a Memory, VOLTA New York, US
2016 Exhibition Catalogue, Prospects & Concepts, Mondriaan Fund shows Talent at Art Rotterdam, NL
2015 Interview, Zoektocht naar de eigen identiteit, De Gooi en Eemlander, NL
2015 Solo Exhibition Catalogue, The Loveliest Hour, NL
2015 Interview, Mister Motley Magazine, NL
2014 Interview, Volkskrant Magazine, NL
2014 Exhibition Catalogue, Prospects & Concepts, Mondriaan Fund shows Talent at Art Rotterdam, NL
2013 Trendbeheer, Momart presents All, NL
2013 Exhibition Catalogue, To be or to have Presents, NL
2013 Trendbeheer, Versus at Momart: Nieuw in Amsterdam, NL
2011 Graduation Catalogue, Utrecht School of Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, NL
COLLECTIONS:
Centraal Museum Utrecht, The Netherlands
ING Art Collection, The Netherlands
Eskff Collection, United States
CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
The Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Belgium, United States, Colombia