Born in The Netherlands
Currently lives and works in Basel, Switzerland
Education
2013 – 2015 Master in Fine Arts, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, FHNW, Basel, Switzerland
1990 – 1994 Bachelor of Education in Visual Arts, Te-Ha-Tex, HBO Katholieke Leergangen, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Exhibitions
Upcoming:
2021 ‘Flatness interrupted‘, Mariejon de Jong-Buijs bespielt PAN für Pan02. Opening: May 14th. 18h.-20h.
2021 "Heute malen wir", Group exhibition Villa Renata, Basel Switzerland, curated by Isabel Balzer. Opening: June 3rd.
2021 Art at Work, a corporate exhibition, NRG Princeton, NJ USA, curated by Heather Christensen Smith (expected Fall 2021)
Current:
2021 Transmergence #02 Entre Nous, Regionale 21, FRAC Alsace, Sélestat, France, curated by Isabelle von Marschall & Felizitas Diering
Temporarily closed, online program via Transmergence #02 Entre nous
2021 SUMME 2021, Oslo trifft Palermo, Bookshop Palermo, Basel, Switzerland
2021 10'000 Years Oslo, Anniversary exhibition for the 10th anniversary of the Ateliergemeinschaft Oslo, Salon Mondial, Münchenstein, Switzerland, curated by Caroline von Gunten & Simon Lieberherr
2020 “Pandemic Projections”, public video projections in response to current social-distancing efforts in place to stop transmission of COVID-19, Singac NJ, USA, curated by Wavelength, a curatorial collaborative by Gianluca Bianchino and Jeanne Brasile
2020 Quarantaine, Spaceout, a viral exhibition curated by Maeva Rosset and Christelle Becholey Besson, Payerne, Switzerland
2019 Taplin Gallery, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton NJ, USA
2019 Hopewell Tour des Arts, Open Studios Hopewell NJ, USA
2019 VAST EXPANSES, with Katrina Bello, Brick + Mortar Gallery, Easton PA , USA (2 person)
2019 STOOK feel the need, De Steenfabriek, Gilze, The Netherlands
2019 INDEX, Index Art Center, Newark NJ, USA
2019 The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, Guest Artist - Open Studios, New York City NY, USA
2018 Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ, USA
2018 ‘Sav/fe’, Fort Sabina, Heijningen, The Netherlands
2018 pictura, Galerie plan.d., Düsseldorf, Germany
2017 ‘Malerei’, Cuisine Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland
2017 Video-Summe 17 'Videoförmig', Kaskadenkondensator, Basel Switzerland
2016 Regionale 17, 'Border-Crossing', FABRIKculture, Hégenheim France
2016 Liste Total, LISTE 21 - Art Fair, Dr. Kuckucks Labrador, Basel, Switzerland
2015 Regionale 16, Städtische Galerie Stapflehus, Weil am Rhein, Germany
2015 Mx. World. On the Million Genders of the Real, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, curated by Chus Martinez
2015 Irma la Douce, REVISITED, Penthouse Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
2015 Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Bottmingen, Switzerland
2014 About Painting, Art Gallery HAUS 41, Gipf-Oberfrick, Switzerland (Solo)
2014 Zwanzig Jahre Kasko, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel, Switzerland
Awards and Honors
Current: The New York Foundation for the Arts, Fiscal Sponsorship for Project "iExist", a forthcoming Artist Book/Exhibition, NY USA
2019: The New York Foundation for the Arts, Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Newark, NJ USA
Projects (Selection)
2019 Critic Group, The New York Foundation for the Arts, Alumni Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Newark, NJ USA
2014 The Second Day, Art Institute HGK Basel, The living Atelier, Trevor Paglen, Experiments with students, curated by Chus Martinez
2014 Radio X, 'Nachtgespräche' with Birgit Kempker and the Art Institute HGK Basel, Switzerland
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