education
| April 2019 | PhD defense |
| 2012 - 2019 | PhD research at the University of Amsterdam and the Dutch Art Institute |
| 1995 - 1997 | MFA, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam |
| 1993 - 1995 | Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Audiovisual, Amsterdam |
residencies
| 2015 | Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
| 2011 | ABA Berlin Alexanderplatz |
| 2007 | Banff Art Center, Canada |
publications
| 2019 |
“Burning Images for Punishment and Change,” in Trigger, Nr.1 (Nov 2019) published by Fotomuseum Antwerpen and Fw:Books. |
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"Burning Images: Performing Effigies as Political Protest," PhD dissertation, University of Amsterdam. |
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| "Of Falling Statues: Destabilizing a Media Icon," in Decoding Dictatorial Statues by Ted Hyunhak Yoon, Eindhoven: Onomatopee, 2019. | |
| 2017 |
”Plaatsvervangende Lichamen.” Metropolis M, 2 (2017) |
| 2015 |
"Burning Effigies with Bakhtinian Laughter," in European Journal of Humour Research
"A Protester in Homs, Syria" in FOAM magazine #41
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| 2014 | "A Protester in Homs, Syria,” in Pavilion – journal for politics and culture #17, reader of the Bucharest Biennial 6 |
| 2013 | “A Protester in Homs, Syria”, in Open!, platform for Art & the Public Domain, Nov 2013, www.onlineopen.org |
| Löwen und Adler, German edition, research results of the residency “The Slipping of the Symbolic Tongue”, May-August 2011 in ABA Berlin | |
| 2011 | Eagles and Lions, research results of the residency “The Slipping of the Symbolic Tongue”, May-August in ABA Berlin |
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"The Slipping of the Symbolic Tongue", in: Reconstruction and Pathos, SparwasserHQ, Berlin, Germany
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| 2010 |
Toppled, Post Editions, Rotterdam
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solo exhibitions
| 2015 |
Löwen und Adler, presentation during the Open Studios at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
| 2011 |
Eagles and Lions, Salon of the artist residency ABA, Berlin, DE |
| 2010 |
Toppled – book launch at Stroom, Den Haag, NL |
| 2007 |
Anthroprosaic, Metis_NL, Amsterdam |
| 2005 | Borrowed Sceneries – Museum De Paviljoens, Almere |
| 2004 | Borrowed Scenery (Enriched Semi-Naturalistic Enclosure) – Centro Arte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2003 | Stumbling Over Distant Planets – gallery Metis_NL, Amsterdam |
| 2002 | Monkeys see different things – To Go To, Amsterdam |
| 2001 | Borrowed Scenery at Wally Inner City, Amsterdam |
| Borrowed Scenery – Metis_NL, Amsterdam | |
| landscape (fiction) – gallery Metis, KunstRAI, Amsterdam | |
| 2000 | Disastrous Days – De Fabriek, Eindhoven, in collaboration with Jop Horst< |
| 1997 | Verre Vrienden van Jan Klaassen – Sandberg 2, Hoorn |
group exhibitions (selection)
| 2019 | Joint Memory: Photographic Fragments, Fotodok, Utrecht, NL |
| 2014 | Balconism, MoMart, Amsterdam, NL |
| Photos! Power! Freedom!, Centre national de l’audiovisuel, Luxemburg | |
| 2013 | If Mind Was All There Was, Kunstverein Göttingen, DE |
| Photos! Power! Freedom!, Fotomuseum Antwerpen, BE | |
| 2012 | Barbaren der Oberschicht, Ratskeller, Berlin, DE |
| Vague Storytelling, The Cameraclub of New York, US | |
| Mit krimineller Energie, Halle 14, Leipzig + ACC Weimar, DE | |
| On Icons, Jan van Eyckacademie, Maastricht, NL | |
| 2011 | Modelling Standard, gallery Joan Prats, Barcelona, ES |
| Art Istanbul with gallery The Empty Quarter, Dubai | |
| Paris Photo with gallery The Empty Quarter, Dubai | |
| Diep, festival de la côte d’albâtre, Dieppe, F | |
| Dutch Doc Award 2011, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL | |
| 2010 | “Snow is White”, Fotodok, Utrecht, NL |
| “Anti-Beeld”, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL | |
| 2009 | Remain in Light – W139, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2008 | Werkplaats Thorbecke – Stroom, Den Haag, NL |
| Schaal 1 - ∞, Quartair, Den Haag, NL | |
| Mermaid Hair in the Outboard Motor, lecture, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, NL | |
| Urban Tendency – London Festival of Architecture, United Kingdom | |
| Anthroprosaic – Art Rotterdam with gallery Metis, NL | |
| 2007 | Toppled – lecture, De Balie, Amsterdam |
| Toppled – lecture, Studium Generale, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam | |
| Magic Beans – SBK Osdorp, Amsterdam | |
| 2006 | Straal – de Balie, Amsterdam |
| 2005 | Gut und Nah – Artwalk, Amsterdam |
| Low Tech, - Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam | |
| 2004 | Illuminating Shadows - Film Graz, Austria |
| 2003 | Artissima - Art Fair, Turin, Italy with gallery Metis_NL |
| Ten Goats Pulled Ten Pounds of Sugar to the Zoo - Consortium, Amsterdam | |
| The Picnic - Marleben, Germany, in collaboration with Rebecca Sakoun | |
| Conflicts/Resolution - Collection Essl, Vienna, Austria | |
| Art Position - Brauerei Ottakringer, Vienna, Austria | |
| Quattro Venti - Manciano, Italy, in collaboration with Govinda Mens | |
| Tremor - Lothringer13, München, Germany | |
| 2002 | Entre Amis - Le Plate-forme, Duinkerken, France |
| Biennale of the One Minutes - Centraal Museum Utrecht | |
| A Haunted House of Art – Outline, Amsterdam | |
| Franciscus - Fries Museum, Leeuwarden | |
| Not I - NICC, Antwerp, Belgium | |
| 2001 | The People's Art - Witte de With, Rotterdam |
| Present Future - Artissima, Art Fair, Turin, Italy | |
| Amsterdam x Kyoto - new directions - Kyoto Art Center, Japan | |
| Until Tilt - Consortium, Amsterdam | |
| A Garden Built for You - Smart Project Space, Amsterdam | |
| The People's Art - Porto, Portugal, an exhibition of Witte de With | |
teaching
| 2006 - current | Dutch Art Institute/MfA ArtEZ, Arnhem www.dutchartinstitute.eu |
| 2010 - 2012 | Dogtime, Gerrit Rietveld Academy |
| 2004 – 2006 | Public Art – ArtEZ, Arnhem, Zwolle, Enschede |
| 2000 – 2006 | guestlecturer for the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, the CABK in Zwolle, the Academy Minerva in Groningen, the Dutch Art Institute in Enschede, the Art Academy in Munich, Germany and the University for Design in Weimar, Germany. |