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EDUCATION
2005—2009 Graphic Design (BFA)
Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, NL.
2008 Begrijpend Lezen (Course)
Course by Gerard Unger at the University of Leiden, NL, Faculty of Creative and Performing Arts.
2001—2005 Graphic Design (Basis)
Graphic Design School in Utrecht, NL.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2010—Currently Base New York (Designer)
2010 2×4 (Intern, 6 months)
Design studio in New York, USA. Projects I worked on: The Clark Art Institute, Bloomberg Foundation, ICFF, iiwii exhibition, Tschumi, Nike, Prada, Glen Ligonn, SO-IL.
2009 Royal Academy of Art (Guest teacher)
Art Academy in The Hague, NL. Being the teacher of the introduction year of Graphic Design.
2008 Studio Laucke (Intern, 3 months)
Design studio in Amsterdam, NL.
Projects I worked on: Monography Fenry Ekel, Akzo Nobel, The Color Envelope 2007, Being Served, Gallery Scheibler Mitte Berlin.
2005—2009 Vorm & Licht (Photographer)
Photograph studio in Bussum, NL. Being a salesman of SLR and digital compact cameras and making professional photographs.
2003 Royal Haskoning (Intern, 9 months)
Architecture & City development firm
in Utrecht, NL. I was the in-house Graphic Designer taking care of publication design and presentation materials.
FREELANCE
2010 Portal de Belén (Booklet)
Art exhibition in London, UK. Designing a booklet for a fundraising art exhibition in the benefit of Portal de Belén, a non-profit organization against woman abuse in Argentina.
2009 Working Together Apart (Books & Flyers)
I made the portfolio designs for fashion designers Ireneo Ciammella, Twan Meijerink and Myrte Kilian and for photographer Inge Stolwijk.
2009 Speel Holland (Card-game)
Design for a Dutch cultural card-game for ex-pads and integration purposes.
2009 GalerieGeurs (Identity)
Contemporary art and coin art gallery in Amsterdam, NL.
Making the corporate identity and monthly design of the invitations of the gallery.
2008 Lost in Limbo (Publication)
Printed and published in Kabul, Iraq.
Publication made in collaboration with documentary photographer Eddy van Wessel. The publication shows portraits and has interviews with former Iraqi Mujahedins.
2008 Wunderkammern (Publication)
Portfolio book design for German photo-grapher Hannah Schuh.
2007 Frontline (Photographer)
International Fashion Week Amsterdam, NL.
Making photographs at the runway shows of the IFWA for cultural magazine ‘Frontline’.
SELF INITIATED PROJECTS
2010 Plan B (Publication)
Interview project in collaboration with Barbara Hennequin. The publication contains interviews
with our former Graphic Design teachers and is printed in a quantity of 300 pieces.
2009 Collectieve Publicatie (Publication)
Collaboration between seven classmates and me. We designed and screen printed the publication/posters in a quantity of 100 pieces.
EXHIBITIONS
2009 Graduation Exhibition
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL.
2007 Solo Exhibition
Art Bar, Florence, Italy.
2007 Crossing Border Poster Exhibition
Central Library, The Hague, NL.
GRANDS
2010 Bijdrage werkbudget
Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL.
PUBLICATIONS
Graphic #12, Korea, IDPure N°18, Switzerland, KABK Graduation Catalogue 2009,The Netherlands. Mannystuff, FFFound!, Typo Jungle.