education
Gerrit Rietveld Academie (2011, BA Fine Arts-DGT program)
PhD Literatuurwetenschap / PhD Literary Theory (2008, University of Utrecht)
Propedeuse Psychologie/Propaedeutic exam Psychology, cum laude (2004, University of Amsterdam)
MA Literary Theory, cum laude (2002, University of Amsterdam)
residencies
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, 2012-2013
Atelier Holsboer, Cité international des arts, Paris, August 2017-January 2018
fellowships and stipends
AFK, Stipendium, 2022
Jaap Harten Fonds, 2021
Stichting Stokroos, 2020
Project grant, Mondriaan Fonds, 2019
Tijl Fonds, 2017
Ontwikkelbudget, AFK, 2015
Stichting Stokroos, 2015
Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, Mondriaan Fonds, 2014
Mondriaan Fonds, Beurs Praktijkverdieping, 2013
Fellowship Van Bijleveltstichting, 2013
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, NL, Van Eck-Vollgraff Fonds/Fonds Kruitlaan, 2012
exhibitions
Book launch 'mountain, mountain', 10, 11, 12 march 2022, Andriesse-Eyck gallery
Art Rotterdam, group, Andriesse-Eyck gallery, 5-9 february 2020
mountain, mountain, solo exhibition, Andriesse-Eyck gallery, 22 november 2019 - 18 january 2020
Opéra Monde. La quête d'un art total, group show Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, 21 june 2019 - 27 january 2020. New work commissioned for the catalogue of the exhibition.
In the light of time, duo presentation with Natasja Kensmil, Andriesse-Eyck gallery, 2 May-9 June 2018
Art Rotterdam, group, Andriesse-Eyck gallery, 8-11 February 2018
Coup de foudre, group show, Meudon, France, 19-29 October 2017
Delirium & Destiny, group show in A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam, 7 Sept-5 Nov 2017
The spell of matter, solo show Andriesse-Eyck gallery, 18 February-1 April 2017
Art Rotterdam, Prospects & Concepts, 10-14 February 2016
Mit/von/über/nach - a recital, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, November 2015
Flexible frameworks, Arti et Amicitiae, August-October 2015
Personal science solution is for me, MoMart, May 2015
Art Rotterdam, Intersections, with A Tale of a Tub, 4-8 Feb 2015
RamFoundation, group show, Rotterdam, 18 Jan-8 March 2015
We like art, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, September 2014
Das System, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, May-August, 2014
Dogtime live at TNT, May 2014
RijksakademieOpen, 2012 & 2013
Pandora’s box, Oude Kerk Amsterdam, 2011
OK, Oude Kerk Amsterdam, 2010
prizes and book publications
En toen aten we zeehond, debut novel, Ambo|Anthos Publishers, 2017
Theodora Niemeijer-prijs, Van Abbemuseum, second prize, 2014
Once upon a particular occasion, publication, works & text Nicoline Timmer, graphic design Esther Willering, edition of 70 numbered copies, 94pp, 2013
The picture hangs on the wall like a rifle or a hat, publication issued by the Gerrit Rietveldacademie, Grace#4, printed by SSR, works & text Nicoline Timmer, graphic design Esther Willering, photography René Bosch, 2011
Prize for Young Art Critics, nomination Essay Prize, 2010, organized by De Appel, Witte de With and Fonds BKVB
Selected to write the Jury rapport of the Prix de Rome 2011. Published by NAi Publishers, 2011
Publication of PhD thesis, by Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York, 2010, 388pp
artist’s books
Super librum cantare | to sing over the book: sketches, notes, sentences, stills, 2018
Once upon a particular occasion, 2013
The picture hangs on the wall like a rifle or a hat, 2011
Handelingen | Acts, 2011
The visual room, 2010
Zachter, geluidloos, wit (of blauw), 2009
1melk, 3zebra, 1tafeltennisnet & 19sonnet, 1vernietiger, 3vuil, 2009
The person who, 2008
Een nogal rood jasje, 2005
teaching
Guest teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Beeld & Taal, 2018, 2020
Guest lectures on Artists Writing, KABK, The Hague, in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Delegate (gecommitteerde) at the end exams, TXT, Rietveld Academy, 2016
Guest teacher, AKI, Enschede, 2016
Seminar on my PhD research, University of Groningen, 2010
Lecturer at the department of Literary Theory, University of Amsterdam, 2008-2009
Lecturer on Postmodern Literature and Poststructural Theory, University of Utrecht, 2006
Lecture series on my MA thesis, University of Amsterdam, 2003
lectures
Seeing connections, guest lecture on art and philosophy, AKI, Enschede, 2016
Ghosts, generosity, and the vulnerability of being, lecture at the Radboud University, 2014
The relational self, 5000 BC – 2013 AC, lecture for LAPS, Lectoraat Art & Public Space, 2013
Do you feel it too, lecture held at Perdu, Amsterdam, 2010
Something urgent and human, lecture, and seminar for MA students, at the University of Groningen, 2010
Hup de elite, lecture held at Perdu, Amsterdam, 2009
A new sense of self, lecture held at a conference at Lancaster University, 2005
Part of discussion panel, topic: a new perspective on engagement in the arts, Perdu, 2005
What comes after postmodernism, lecture held at Perdu, 2002
biography