CV
1983, El Kamechli, SY
Works / lives in Utrecht, NL
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)
2023 On the Edge of Heaven: Visions, Museum Krona, Uden, NL _Soon
2023 Slow Remembrance, research project at Mount Suswa, KE
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' project by 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, 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
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
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 Publication, 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