Since 2009 living and working in the South of France in the Var.
1998-2009
working mainly as graphic designer and art director in Rome in Italy. Accredited as art director and author at the Festival Internationale Del Cinema Roma 2007 and 2008, Film Festival Torino 2007, RIFF 2008 and 2009. Participating at group exhibitions in the South of France and Rome. Awarded for Best Printmaking and Best Aquarelle.
residencies:
2023 – 6th International artist retreat and residency at Tao Hua Tan in China with master printmaker Gordan Novak.
Work in public collections:
BnF Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cambridge University Library in the UK, VSB Fonds, Kurume Friendship Art Gallery, Hefei in China, Anhui Tao Hua Tan Cultural Development Collection, Tao Hua Tan, China..
studies:
1997 specialisation at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at The Hague (KABK).
1996 graduated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at The Hague in The Netherlands.
1995 summer class SACI, Florence, Italy.
1989-93 Academy of the Arts Utrecht (HKU).
internship:
webpage design, European Space Technology Center (ESA-ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
Computer Graphics. Introduction to AliasWavefront, VISULAB ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands.
training:
Human Resources: MINDFRAME in Udaipur, India by Infinity Rome, Italy.
Exhibitions :
personal
2022 / ‘collection of strokes’, Espace Henri Mathieu, La Napoule-Mandelieu, France.
2018 / ‘the bridge and the boat’, Espace Henri Mathieu, La Napoule-Mandelieu, France.
2015 / Atelier des Artistes, Sanary sur Mer, France.
2014 / ‘forms’, studio SIDAC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
‘Daphné’, médiathèque, Les Adrets de l’Estérel, France.
2013 / ‘instant de passage’, De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond, The Netherlands.
‘hacher la farine’, mediathèque Les Adrets de l’Estérel, France.
2011 / ‘The Nightingale’, wintergarden, ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands.
2010 / ‘Indian Summer’, Mairie D’Honneur, St Raphaël, France.
2009 / ‘l’enveloppe vide’, Mairie D’Honneur, St-Raphaël, France.
2006 / ‘musée de poche’, Galerie Qvadrige, Nice à la Chapelle Jean Baptiste St Jeannet. Edition d’art ‘musée de poche: Psaumes de David’.
2005 / _SPAZIOESPANSO, Rome, Italy.
1998 / Galerie Qvadrige, Nice, France.
Salle H. Alberge, St-Raphaël, France.
1997 / Ministry of Culture, Education and Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands.
group
2023 / Kurume Friendship Art Gallery, Hefei in China.
2022 / StefaniaCarrozziniGallery, Venice, Italy.
RAW Roma Art Week, RossoCinabro Gallery, Rome. Italy.
2021 / RossoCinabro Gallery, Rome, Italy.
2020 / ‘Venice Contemporary 2020’, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello by ITSLIQUID Group and the Italian-German Cultural Association ACIT, Venice, Italy.
‘Future Landscapes’, The Room Contemporary Art Space by ITSLIQUID Group and the Italian- German Cultural Association ACIT, Venice, Italy.
2019 / ‘The Silent Witness’, Camden Image Gallery, London, UK.
2018 / ‘Contemporary Venice 2018’, Archivi della Misericordia, ITSLIQUID GROUP, Venice, Italy.
“The Silent Witness”, MyMicroGallery, Milan.
The Other Art Fair, The Passenger Shed, Bristol, UK.
2015 / ‘13 février Atelier des Artistes’, Sanary sur Mer, France.
2014 / Variations and forms’, wintergarden, ESA-ESTEC.
‘Quatuor de couleur’, médiathèque, Les Adrets de l’Estérel.
2013 / ‘pouring rain, shading tree’, De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond, The Netherlands.
2010 / BA Arts Center, Bibliotheca Alexandria International Biennial for the Artist’s Book, Egypt.
2010-09 / Maydan Galerie, Fréjus, France.
2009 / ‘Streetart: The dark gate’, video, BABELGUM/ METROPOLIS/TATE online.
2008 / ‘PremioTerna’ Collective Exhibition Online, opera 2219.
‘The Executive’, video at BABELGUM Online.
‘Artisti della galleria’, Galleria della Tartaruga, Rome, Italy.
2007 / ‘Solo Acquerello’, Galleria della Tartaruga, Rome.
2006 / Salon d’Automne, Société des Beaux Arts Maures-Estérel, Fréjus. Award Gold medal: aquarelle.
2002 / XXIII Grand Prix International D’Art Plastique, St.-Raphaë. Award Silver medal: aquarelle.
Salon de Printemps, St. Raphaël. Award Silver medal: graphic arts.
2001 / Salon d’Automne, Société des Beaux Arts Maures-Estérel, Fréjus. Award Silver medal: graphic arts.
‘ ‘Solo Acquarello’, Galleria della Tartaruga, Rome.
2000 / Galleria della Tartaruga, Rome.
1999 / Salon de Printemps, St-Raphaël. Award Gold medal: graphic arts.
1997 / Castello Sillans La Cascade, France.
Galerie Modus Vivendi, Amsterdam.
Galerie Bleijenberg, Leiden, The Netherlands.
1996 / SPUI Theater, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Galerie de Sigarenfabriek, Delft, The Netherlands.
1995 / Spui Theater, The Hague, Award: VSB-Fonds.
ESTEC-ESA (European Space Agency), Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
