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
| 2022 |
“Performance and Perception: Make-Believe and Aspect Change.” In Atlas of Aspect Change: A Book of Shifting Meanings. Edited by Tine Melzer. Zürich: Rollo Press, 2022. |
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“1 Week/1 Dag/1 Werk: Der Agitator (1929) van George Grosz,” MetropolisM, 26 December 2022. https://www.metropolism.com/nl/features/48485_1_week_1_dag_1_werk_der_agitator_1929_van_george_grosz. |
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“Gazes From Syria: Media Witnessing in Times of Crisis,” Conference Proceedings: AHM Conference 2022, Witnessing, Memory, and Crisis, Amsterdam University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048557578/AHM.2022.013. |
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| 2021 |
Burning Images: History of Effigy Protest, Amsterdam: Valiz, Summer 2021. |
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“Jaar van vallende standbeelden,” Columnn in Metropolis M, 2 (March 2021) |
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| 2020 |
“Burning United States Presidents: Protest Effigies in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.” In The Political Portrait: Leadership, Image and Power, edited by Luciano Cheles and Alessandro Giacone, London: Routledge, 2020. |
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“Contra Cancel Culture.” Column in MetropolisM 6 (Dec 2020). |
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| Vademecum Löwen und Adler, (2020) self published as part of the installation Löwen und Adler at Kunstverein Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Berlin. | |
| 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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exhibitions
| 2022 |
"Löwen und Adler / Aufmarschwege," in Stadt, Land, Dance, ratskeller – Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, 2 Sep — 23 Oct 2022. |
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“Gazes From Syria: Eleven Years Of Uprising / Multi-Sided Civil, Sectarian and Proxy War.” Art History Department of the University of Amsterdam, 15 March – 8 April. |
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| 2021 |
“Burning Images: Aesthetic of Defamation,” in DENUNZIATION!, ACC Galerie Weimar, 11 Dec 2021 - 20 Feb 2022 Exhibition "Gazes From Syria,” Noorderlicht Photo Festival 2021, Groningen, 7 Aug – 3 Oct. |
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"Gazes From Syria,” Noorderlicht Photo Festival 2021, Groningen, 7 August — 3 October. |
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| 2020 |
Blinde Winkel, Kunstverein Rosa-Luxemburg Platz Berlin. |
| 2019 | Joint Memory: Photographic Fragments, Fotodok, Utrecht, NL |
| 2015 | Löwen und Adler, presentation during the Open Studios at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
| 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 | |
| Eagles and Lions, Salon of the artist residency ABA, Berlin, DE | |
| 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 |
| Toppled – book launch at Stroom, Den Haag, 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 | |
| Anthroprosaic, Metis_NL, Amsterdam | |
| Magic Beans – SBK Osdorp, Amsterdam | |
| 2006 | Straal – de Balie, Amsterdam |
| 2005 | Gut und Nah – Artwalk, Amsterdam |
| Borrowed Sceneries – Museum De Paviljoens, Almere | |
| Low Tech, - Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam | |
| 2004 | Borrowed Scenery (Enriched Semi-Naturalistic Enclosure) – Centro Arte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain |
| 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 | |
| Stumbling Over Distant Planets – gallery Metis_NL, 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
| 2021 - current | rMA Art and Performance Research Studies, University of Amsterdam |
| 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. |