BIO
Personal Profile
I am eager and always young, always learning, creative, loyal, honest and fighting for correct treatment and payment of artists and art world wide, not singling out some preferred artists because they are "blockbuster material" or in other words: the next big thing. In art it should not be about: better, bigger, larger, more expensive and more spectaculair.
Great art is great, and I think everyone should be in, and to help reaching this, young / starting artist empowerment is key!
RESUME:
ART & CURATING:
February / June 2022 Art Exhibition HASORU MALU (meeting together / intertwined) Fundação
Oriente
Exhibition design and art advisory for exhibition with the top 15 artists from
Timor-Leste to celebrate the 20 years of independence of Timor-Leste. Han
ging / placing all the art works, lightninging, advising on program and
involved in selection process. www.hasoru-malu.art
April 10/4-25-4-2022 Eco Art Residence Sevan, Armenia / Dream Park.
International Art residence organised by EU4Culture further implemented by:
Regional Development and Research Centre / Sevan Community Municipali-ty
/ ''Sevan Youth Club‘’ and New Art Stage (NAS).
Working on the start of my Future Forest Project World Wide and Per-formed
a Performance in the old Soviet Park Sevan , working together with the other
artists and Youth of Sevan.
Successfully run a crowdfunding action to get this project, Eco Art Reci- dence ‘Sevan, Armenia / Dream Park’ funded.
June-2020 – ongoing: United colors of Timor-Leste
Traveling to all districts of Timor-Leste and find the traditional Tais from that districts language group. Finally I will make a suit, that reflects the unity of
Timor-Leste, which is a 20 year young country after a fiercely history. In the
same philosophical frame I am ordering white Tais (which doesn’t exist) to
make a white suite. Long term process.
24-10/22-11-2020 Expressões Do Café / Advisor Curator
Catarino Bere solo exhibition at Fundação Oriente, Dili, Timor-Leste
16-10/26-10-2020 (IN)humane / Solo Exhibition
Solo exhibition at Fundação Oriente, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Hibernation Box / A Dying Tree / ANTHROPOCE OFFENDER VICTIM
exhibited
11-7-2020 – 2-8-2020 Momórias e Encontros / Curator
Curating Inu Bere solo exhibition at Fundação Oriente, Dili, Timor-Leste.
12-6-2020 – ongoing Solo Exhibition: Colors of Timor-Leste / Universal forms / Solo Exhibition
Exhibition in a café with 9 mathematical forms covered with cultural important food powders. Café Fatima, Dili, Timor-Leste.
3 to 6-5-2019 Solo exhibition M’mbuyo Tsopano Mphatso
Solo exhibition Lilongwe Malawi whith selected art from the last 3 years.
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15 to 1-4-2019 Artist in residency Lusaka, Zambia. Studio.225 / Chilenje Market
16 days of studio.225 artist in residency at Chilenje Market, Lusaka, Zambia.
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2 and 3-11-2-018 Dzaleka – Tumaini Festival – Ghost Trees / TSOGOLO02
Asked to create 2 site specific installations at the Tumaini (hope) festival in refugee camp Dzaleka, Malawi.
1-8-2016 – now Lilongwe “studio time”
Focusing on studio time (creating visual art works) / website updating / setting up new projects / writing proposals for residencies.
23-4 / 10-7-2016 ENHLA KOMQONQO. The Unconscious Mind. Solo Exhibition Vincentio Phiri Back&Forth.Underground/into the Light. Solo exhibition Lawrence Chikwa.
art of curator duo and guest curator, opening performance and 2 times concept and exhibition concept and design of exhibition at Modzi Arts, Lusaka.
5-8 / 21-8-2015 7th International Insaka Artist Trust Workshop 2015
Observer, adviser, coach and curator for the final Exhibition. Artist talks, coaching
and reflecting.
20-7 / 24-7-2015 Exhibition Design around launching the Chitukuko Humanity Fund.
Africa Development International exhibition design.
27-5 / 06-8-2015 Curating ‘Voices in Colour’ and ‘Culture on Canvas’ Ababa House. Lusaka, Zambia.
Exhibition artwork selection, coaching, advise and putting together the exhibition.
27-3 / 27-4-2015 Concept design / projectleader ‘Omission / Unit 43’. Lusaka, Zambia
Exhibition concept and design of Life painting event (action painting of a large painting) East Park Mall with Artist Vincentio Phiri, Lusaka, 2015.
2014-2015 Self-Employed Art Advisor / projectleader / Exhibition Concept / Concept
Designer / Art Agent. Lusaka, Zambia
Designing exhibitions is my specialty. I work with artists and design the exhibitions around a theme and/or their work to make te experience stronger.
2007- 2014 Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Process manager, project Manager and Projectleader Projects (exhibitions)
Project leading, project management and project support for museum exhibitions. A huge part of this work was leading meetings, making and
controlling the budget and planning as the quality of the work.
2011 - 2012 Gallery Kini ya Kini / Advisor Indonesian contemporary art
Build a network amongst contemporary artists in Indonesia. Select artists and works. Support/Investor set up of website, logo and public relations.
2006-2007 Curator / producer / 'I.dentity' Stichting Kop Breda www.stichitngKOP.nl Advising / guest curator
2006-2007 Exhibition concept and design
'Boulevart' De Kunstsuper Rotterdam www.deBoulevart.nl
Concept / initiating / Pre-Production
EDUCATION:
2006 - 2007 Showroom Mama, Rotterdam
Mister Miyagi Curating Tomorrow programma
Positioning System - whereareyou, iamhere, hereweare -
2000 - 2004 Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Video, three dimensional, two dimensional and conceptual art
Art history (Modernism/Postmodernism) as additional interest.
2003 Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee , Berlin
Successfully finished semester long course.
Additional course: Bild – Blick – und Raum 1900-2000
Practical exercise in looking at art and art criticism (by guest professor Hanne Loreck).
1994 - 2000 University of Utrecht / Biology
Master of Science in Biology behavioral genetics (ethology and behavioral genetics).