CV
1983, El Kamechli, SY
Works / lives in Utrecht, NL

EDUCATION
2017 - 2019    Master of Visual Arts with Honors, St Lucas School of Arts Antwerp, BE
2007 - 2011    Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht, NL 

EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS (SELECTION)​​​​​​​
2025    Nachtbrieven, Perron Oost, Amsterdam, NL _Soon
2025    Good Mom / Bad Mom, Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL _Soon
2025    The Castle of Many Bodies, No Limits! Art Castle, Utrecht, NL _Soon

2024    Artist Residency, Darb1718, Contemporary Art and Culture Centre, Caïro, EG 
2024    Research / Orientation trip, Southeastern Anatolia, TUR 
2024    Heem, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL 
2024    Pharmakon, Screening event, Greylight Projects, Heerlen, NL 

2023    At Heaven's edge: Visions, Museum Krona, Uden, NL 
2023    'Temporal Choreographies', Screening event, initiated by Ruta Butkute, Amsterdam, NL
2023    Research / Collaboration: Waters of Ol Doinyo Nyukie, Slow Research Lab, Amsterdam and Cave_Bureau, Nairobi, KE 
2023    As the veils get thinner, Bradwolff Projects, Amsterdam, NL  (Solo) 

2022   Nieuw Werk: Mother Pieces, Buitenplaats Doornburgh, Maarssen, NL (Solo) 
2022   Artist Walk + Talk with Lisanne Buik, Buitenplaats Doornburgh, Maarssen, NL 
2022   Tracing the Body, Chapter 2, 'CareFull' collaboration with Eva Spierenburg, Academie Galerie, Utrecht, NL 
2022   Uitfeest, Wolvenplein, with Movement Exposed Gallery Space, Utrecht, NL  
2022   Voorbij de onschuld, Stedelijk Museum Vianen, NL

2021   Kunst is Lang, podcast at Mister Motley, NL
2021   Ode aan het Landschap, Fort Maarsseveen, NL 
2021   Reflecting Reflections, Utrecht Lokaal, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL (Solo) 
2021   Before it stirs the surface, Movement Exposed Gallery Space, Utrecht, NL (Solo) 

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, 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
2024   Darb1718, Contemporary Art and Culture Centre, Caïro, EG
2022   Buitenplaats Doornburgh, Maarssen, NL  
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
2024   Project grant, Stichting Niemeijer Fonds 
2023   Project grant, Cultuurfonds 
2021   Project grant, Mondriaan Fund
2021   Project grant, Stichting Stokroos
2021   Project grant, Mondriaan Fund
2017   Scholarship, Cultuurfonds / made possible by PK Fonds 
2014   WJT / Stipendium for Emerging Artists, Mondriaan Fund
2012   Startstipendium, Mondriaan Fund 
2011   HKU Award (nominated)

PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS
2023    Essay, Missen als een ronde vorm, Hanne Hagenaars, 'De ziel is meer aanwezig dan we denken', NL
2023    Interview, ‘Mensen zijn net Baboushka-poppetjes’, RedPers, NL
2022    Interview, 'Dit is een tijd van herstel', De Schepping, Volzin Magazine, NL 
2022    Kunst en de zin van het bestaan, beeld bij tekst, Onno Zijlstra, ArtEZ Press, NL
2022    Zin in Morgen, Een bezoek aan Buitenplaats Doornburgh, KRO NCRV, NL
2022    Exhibition Catalogue, 'Voorbij de onschuld', Stedelijk Museum Vianen, NL
2021    Kunst is Lang, podcast at Mister Motley, NL
2021    Publication, text by Hanne Hagenaars, 'De ziel is meer aanwezig dan we denken', Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL
2021    Interview by Maarten Buser, ‘WAT WIL HET LEVEN VAN MIJ’, Art Utrecht Blog, NL
2021    Interview, De zin van Natalia Ossef, Religie en Filosofie, Trouw, NL
2020    Interview, Keep an Eye Magazine, NL
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 



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