Amplifying the relational and ambiguous nature of our human, ecological and sensorial condition.
Education
2020 - 2021 Basic Year Haptonomie_ Academie voor Haptonomie_Doorn
2001 - 2007 Bachelor Product Design_ Utrecht School of Product Design, HKU, Utrecht
Residencies
2019 Fiber Lab_ Cartographies of the Vanishing now, Amsterdam
2018 Monnik_Speculative Fiction and Design, Amsterdam
2018 Sunday Morning EKWC_Myco Paste, EKWC, Oosterwijk
Grants + support
2017 Crowdfunding Myco Paste_ Voor de Kunst (thanks to VSB Fund, Bankgiroloterij Fund)
2015 Het experiment_ Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industie
Initiatives
2020 - current De Humusator.org (+ soon: Stichting Humaan composteren)
2012 -2013 Cut/Copy; platform for female lgbtq talent
2007-2011 Stichting Groene Hongen, Jong Ontwerp
Talks
2020 Becoming Soil_ Lifestyle Transformation Design, Wdka, Rotterdam
2020 Odorama_ Mediamatic, Amsterdam
2015 Ignite: Shrinking offices, virtual fashion, rainbows_Mediamatic, Amsterdam
Teaching
2019 Guest lecturer - Elective Blue City Lab_ Bluecity x Wdka, Rotterdam
2018 Guest lecturer - Hack the Planet_ Social Practices, Wdka, Rotterdam
2017 - 2019 Tutor - Design & Experiment_ Lifestyle Transformation Design, Wdka, Rotterdam
Workshops + Participatory events
2020 Piece for weather, climate and person, w. Kayla McLellan
2020 Quarantine walks, w. Jihae Ko, A’dam
2018 Fabulous Fungi, w. Pavel van Houten, Annelies den Boon, Maarten Koolen, Over het Y College, A'dam
2018 Schimmel Schilden, w. Noordje_ Brederode College, Amsterdam
2017 Narrated Spaces, w. Nici Metselaar_ Vrijplaats, Amsterdam
Exhibitions
2019 Cartographies of the Vanishing Now_ Fiber Lab, Amsterdam
2018 Testcase XXL, Sunday Morning_ EKWC, Oisterwijk
2018 Alles komt goed_ Atelier 014, Utrecht
2017 Vrijplaats_ Bijlmer Bajes, Amsterdam
2014 Proud Failures_ Bio Me, Mediamatic, Amsterdam
2013 Nomadica, i.s.m. Nici Metselaar_ Beehives, Amsterdam
2011 Weekend Winkel, Uhm-studio_ Huis a/d Werf, Utrecht
2010 Weekend Winkel, Uhm-studio_ Huis a/d Werf, Utrecht
2010 KOP-shop Conceptstore_ Stichting Kop, Uhm-studio, Breda
2010 No Market, No Label, Uhm-studio_ Utrecht
2010 Groene Honden presenteert…_ Gemeente huis van Utrecht
2009 Creatieve Grote Club, Groene Honden_ A&C lab, Amsterdam
2009 Anima Mundi, de verborgen alchemie van glas_ Het Glazen Huis, Belgium
2009 New Work & Dutch Glory_ Brightyoungthings, Posthoornkerk, Amsterdam
2008 Green Envy, Groene Honden, Dutch Design Hotel Artemis_ Amsterdam
2008 Str@ndleven21, Groene Honden_ Zandvoorts Museum, Zandvoort
2008 The Amazing Game of Hiding with the Green and Running from the red, Groene Honden_ Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2008 Contamination_ Design-e-space gallery, Venetie, Italy
2008 Via Milano, new Dutch Design_ Woonbeurs, Rai, Amsterdam
2008 De Nieuwe Salon_ Groene Honden, Utrecht
2008 Str@ndleven21_ kust van Noord Holland, Groene Honden, Zandvoort
2008 Reprise_ Tuttobene, Amsterdam
2008 Unfold_ Groene Honden i.s.m Tuttobene, Zona Tortona, tijdens Salone del Mobile, Milaan
2008 Superstore_ Modefabriek, Amsterdam
2008 Yksi Winkel_ Eindhoven
2007 S.U.P.E.R.G.R.E.E.N_ Groene Honden, Amsterdam
2007 Groene Honden_ Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2007 Art Camp_ graduation show HKU
2007 Groene Honden_ Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht
2006 Design 030_ Strand West en de binnenstad van Utrecht
Freelance Work / Employed
2020 - Current De Humusator.org
2007 - Current Visual Artist / Researcher / Designer
2017 - Current Freelance Copywriting / Communications / PR
2018-2020 Operational Manager_ Yaya Kombucha, Amsterdam
2017-2017 Tutor Design & Experiment_ Wdka, Rotterdam
2014-2017 Head of Communications_ Mediamatic, Amsterdam
2011 - 2013 Art-Booker / Bar Manager_ The house of Rising, Amsterdam
2009 - 2012 Shop_ Vlieger Papier, Amsterdam
2008 - 2009 Freelance Event Manager_ Proef (Marije Vogelzang), Amsterdam
2006 - 2008 Assistent Shopmanager_ Droog, Amsterdam
Courses
2020 - 2021 Basisjaar Haptonomisch Professional_ Academie voor Haptonomie, Doorn
2020 Voice Trajectory_ Leela May Stokholm
2019 - 2020 Personal Development_ Academie voor Haptonomie, Doorn
2016 Big History_ Coursera
2015 Maps and the Geospatial Revolution_ Coursera