Born:
1971 Oldenzaal Holland
Training / Education:
- 1989-1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Holland
Work Experience:
- 2002- 2003 Guest teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam Holland
- since 2003 Teacher Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam Holland
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
Selection
- 1997 Solo Pendants , gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam
- 2000 Solo Fragmenten, Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam Holland
- 2002 Solo Ode aan Cranach, gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam Holland
- 2004 Solo Guirlandes, Gallery Louise Smit, Amsterdam Holland
- 1999 Group Gioielli Contemporanei, Studio GR20,Padua, Italy
- 2001 Group Schmuck, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
- 2001 Group Designprijs, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Amsterdam
- 2002 Group Schmuck lebt! Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
- 2002 Group Piece a conviction, Gallery Tactile, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2003 Group Biennale du Bijou, Musee d'art Contemporain, Nimes, France
- 2004 Group Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, Gallery Louise Smit, London UK
Awards / Grants:
- 1998 and 2000,Startstipendium Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst.
- 2004 , Basisstipendium Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst.
Collections (Private & Museum):
- 2000 Acquisition Netherlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg, Holland
- 2002 Jewelry Museum Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany
- 2004 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
- Since 1997 Private Collections
Publications:
Selection:
- Pendants, Sandberg instituut, 1997
- Broches en Colliers, Gallery Louise Smit, 1998
- Sieraden als schilderijen, Trouw, 2000
- Fragmenten, Gallery Louise Smit, 2000
- Designprijs Rotterdam, Items, 2001
- Schmuck lebt! Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 2002
- Ode aan Cranach, Gallery Louise Smit, 2002
- Shapes of things to come Crafts Magazine, 2003
- Guirlandes, Gallery Louise Smit, 2004
Artist Statement:
As an artist I am searching for the meaning of beauty.
Jewelry has a very long tradition in that search.
In my jewelry I am trying to translate that tradition to the present time.
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