born and living in Eindhoven, NL

worked/lived in Breda/London/Berlin/Rotterdam

Education:

Scenario-writing, Open Studio, Amsterdam

Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths College of Arts (University of) Londen, UK

MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College of Arts (University of) Londen, UK

BA in Fine Art at  Akademie St. Joost, Breda, NL

Solo exhibitions & presentations:

The Great Escape, video-presentation, Museum Kunstpalast, Duesseldorf, DE

Out in the Great Wide Open, book-presentation & outdoor-project at river Dommel, NL

KI-NE-MA, 2-man show at “de Sociale Dienst” voor Culturele Zaken, Eindhoven, NL

In collaboration with Laurent Malherbe

To Become, Shift, Transfer, Copy and Erase JANET LEIGH, Zaal5 Den Haag, NL

Portable Psycho Shower Scene Stage Set Party, Part I, de Overslag, Eindhoven, NL

My 24 Carat Floating Sign of Eternal Love for You, de Krabbedans, Eindhoven, NL

24 Carat Strawberry Mousse, V-22/Ashwin Street Gallery, Londen, UK

Group exhibitions:

Ondertussen in Eindhoven, studio Ertskade 19, Amsterdam, NL

Transitions Festival, Sphinxkwartier Maastricht, curated by VideoPower, NL

Lucht in de Tent, ZuiderLink Eindhoven, NL

Door in my Head, ZuiderLink, Tilburg, NL

Inhouse Residents, “de Sociale Dienst”, Eindhoven, NL

I am not doing anything until I feel the need, DMB Amsterdam, NL

the Picture Show, Jaap Sleper gallery, Utrecht, NL

Framed, SM-S, Den Bosch, NL

Testing Ground, Salamanca Art Centre, Hobart, Tasmania/Australia

Paraphrasing Babel, Stichting Viewmaster, Maastricht/Heerlen, NL

Psycho Stage Set Party, Greylight Projects, Heerlen, NL

Performance Metrics, The Gallery at Goldsmiths College, London, UK

Songshow, ARTLAB, Labatt Visual Arts Centre, Univ. of W. Ontario, London, Canada

Von Bergen bis Bergen, Föhr Island - Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum, D

Was Ist Ist, Rosa, Breda, NL

Wenswerken, de Krabbedans, Eindhoven, NL

Welcome to the Fold, Fold Gallery, Londen, UK

Inter-Faces, Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Sea-Pieces II – from Max Beckmann to Gerhard Richter, Hamburger Kunsthalle, D

Toekenning 022: the Singing Artists, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL

Underplayed, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA

iPod Killed the Videostar, showroom Mama, Rotterdam, NL

I talked to God in a Phonebox on my Way Home, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, NL

Post-Notes, ICA, London, UKSequence, de Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam, NL

Vacation, Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth, Nieuw Zeeland

I almost feel like doing it again, K3 Gallery, Zurich, Zwitserland

P L A Y, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen, NL

Break In Theatre, Hara Museum, Tokio, JP

ArtKlyazma, Moskou, RU

Naturellement, Espace Fauriel, Saint Etienne, FR

The People's Art, Museum Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL

Neubauten, W139, Amsterdam, NL

A Shot in the Head, Lisson Gallery, London, UK

Buren / Neighbours, van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL

MA-Show, Goldsmiths College, London, NL

Next 1/Vervolgens 1, Arti & Amicitae, Amsterdam, NL

Theatre:

Gat in de Ruimte, i.c.w. Bram van Helden, festival Cement & Zuidelijk Toneel, NL

I Open at the Close, Bram van Helden & Thijs Kolk: artistic guidance

Screenings and Festivals:

the Residency for the People, Eindhoven, NL. New video work by Jeroen Offerman

Go Short filmfestioval, Nijmegen, NL. Dutch competition

Gat in de Ruimte, open-air film-presentation, Franklinplein, Eindhoven,NL

When is my body public?, Kriterion Amsterdam i.c.w. LI-MA, NL &  Sanneke Huisman

Filmgalerie Im Leeren Beutel, Regensburg, Psycho program by Michael Fleig

International Short Film Week, Regensburg (D), International Competition

Go Short, Nijmegen, NL

NPO/Cultura broadcast national Dutch television

BogoShorts, Bogota, Colombia

Festival de Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada

Go Short, European competition Art/Experimental & Dutch comptition, Nijmegen, NL

Signals-Regained, IFFR, International Filmfestival of Rotterdam, NL

NeMaf, Seoul, SK

CG-Arts, Tokyo, JP

Lost & Found @ IFFR, International Filmfestival of Rotterdam, NL

Words 2, Poetry International, Rotterdam, NL

Night Vision, MOCA, Los Angeles, USA

IFFR, International Filmfestival of Rotterdam, NL

New York Independent Film Festival, New York City, USA

Prizes and nominations:

LEF-contribution for genre-crossing talent, MediaFonds, NL

Best Dutch Short Film, Go Short Film Festival, Nijmegen, NL (VEVAM jury-award)

nominated for the Anjer prijs van het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Brabant, NL

Thomas Edison’s Black Maria Film Festival, New Jersey, USA (juror’s citation)

CinemaTexas, Short Film Festival Austin, Texas, USA. (jury-prize, cat No-Budget)

Short Film Festival Hamburg, D (publieks prijs, cat No-Budget)

Collections:

museum KunstPalast, Duesseldorf, DE

de Krabbedans, Eindhoven

V-22/Ashwin Street, Londen

Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht

Press and publications:

the Story of the Interior, Graeme Brooker, Thames & Hudson Publishers, London UK

review of Out in the Great Wide Open, Eindhovens Dagblad, R.Schoonen

yawriats ot nevaeH, Metropolis M, 07/07/13

Changes of Scenery, exh. catalogue Museum MKDW, Alkersum, Foehr, D

Testing Ground, exh. catalogue Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia

Eelco van der Lingen, Filmhuis den Haag Review, Trendbeheer.com, NL

M.Niessen, P.Holst, R.Ritzen, ‘Janet Leigh’, de Overslag 10-11, NL

Angelique Spaninks, ‘SpotLight’, Tubelight Art Magazine, NL

My 24 Carat Floating Sign of Eternal Love for You, exh. cat., de Krabbedans, NL

My 24 Carat Floating Sign of Eternal Love for You, de Kantlijn, NL

Hajo Schiff: ‘Seestuecke’, Kunstforum International, Oct/Nov 2007, D

Regine Gerhardt: ‘Bewegtes Meer’, catalogus for Hamburger Kunsthalle, D

Rob Gollin: ‘Kunst is ook Entertainment’, interview in Volkskrant, NL, 11/01/07

Mr.Motley no.8; de jacht naar de liefde, NL

Wholphin DVD 1 & mcSweeney’s Quartely (with a.o. Spike Jonze, Miranda July & David Byrne), San Francisco, USA

Slavko Kacunko: Closed Circuit Video-Installationen, Logos Verlag, Berlin

De Oliviera/Oxley/Petry, Installation Art in the New Millennium, Thames & Hudson publishers, London, UK

Matthew Hunt: Anglo-Ponce-review, Frieze Magazine, UK

Ed Halter: Annual Film Critics Poll; the Village Voice, NYC, USA

M. vd Voort: Buren, exh. catalogue van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Lecturing and teaching:

Inversie Talenthub: Peer Critique Sessions initiator, Noord-Brabant Province

RaRaRadio, guest-programmer / -radiomaker (7 shows), available on MixCloud

ZuiderLink co-curatorship of “Door in my Head” and “Vent the Tent” exhibitions, NL

Coach Interdisciplinary Bootcamp, Fontys Tilburg

AKV St. Joost, tutor (studio) practice & work field orientation

“the Attic” Peer Critique Sessions. Eindhoven, Dordrecht & Tilburg. Initiator

Young Art Night, van Abbe Museum, guest-curator/advisor

European Jury Memeber, Go Short filmfestival, Nijmegen

KABK Den Haag (guest lecture)

KABK Maastricht (guest presentation)

Extrascoop @ Extrapool Nijmegen

Avans Hogeschool, akademie Den Bosch, external advisor, tutor and lecturer

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