I paint about what fascinates me, often these are political and social issues, but I don't want to paint them as such and explicitly recognizable. I am fascinated by the painting's ability to show threat, strength and power, but also nostalgia, beauty and vulnerability in one image. I have stayed abroad as an artist-in-residence several times and have traveled extensively. I paint landscapes, flora and fauna that I often associate with political / social issues. But I also find machines such as mills and helicopters with the underlying social stories fascinating to paint and draw. I find information via the internet and news. I often interview those involved to better understand others.
In my (international) projects I like to work with others and within different disciplines: photography, video, internet, texts and poems.
In collaboration with: Artist initiatives in Rotterdam
Location: Various locations, Rotterdam
Joining forces to maintain good, affordable studio spaces in Rotterdam for artists. Publication of publications, meetings.
Editorial member for Local Europe
Other
01-01-1996 t/m 01-12-1996
In collaboration with: CBK, Manifesta 1
Location: Various locations, Rotterdam and Budapest
Participation in the publications of Local Europe with Rotterdam editors in the context of art manifestation Manifesta 1, interviews with Hungarian artists in Budapest.
Digital Playground / DPart
Task
01-09-1998 t/m 01-09-2000
In collaboration with: CBK, Hall 4
Location: Hall 4, Rotterdam
Promote digital literacy among policy makers, teachers and youth in secondary education by organizing seminars, lectures and workshops.
Digital Playground / DPart, exhibitions and art route
Task
01-09-2000 t/m 20-10-2003
In collaboration with: NFI, MAMA, Boijmans Van Beuningen, TENT., Witte de With, V2, NAi, HMR, Little Red Riding Hood, Secondary Education, Stichting Curriculum Development.
Location: Las Palmas building, IMAX theater, 9 Rotterdam art institutions, Rotterdam
Exhibitions with work / images supplied by various Rotterdam art institutions in the Las Palmas building and IMAX theater plus Art Route along the Rotterdam art institutions. Young people followed a route and were inspired by the work shown. Then they processed their impressions in their own work at the various practical workshops of Digital Playground: moving, sound, global and still. The work was subsequently published on the Internet.
Difference = Chill? School Tour Project
Task
01-01-2005 t/m 16-12-2005
In collaboration with: Royal Netherlands Air Force / Marco Simons, Johan de Witt College, The Hague, Christiaan Huygens College, Eindhoven, Meerstroom College Utrecht, City College St. Franciscus Rotterdam, TransCity, Diversity Marketing and Communications / René Romer, Hall 4, Tyrone van der Meer Freshforce 19 / Dutchboy, Mark Janssen photography, design agency DC, MTV / The Box, Chiel van der Stelt, architect / designer.
Location: Hall 4 and 4 participating schools for VO, Eindhoven, The Hague, Utrecht, Rotterdam
Project leader for Difference = Chill. Purpose of the Royal Netherlands Air Force client: to gain more insight into the perception of young people around the age of 15 and 18. Theme: Loyalty. Performance: Within the workshops urban dance, rap and rap poetry, debate, urban art, song and drama, this theme was discussed at the four schools. The debate was concluded with a debate battle between the four schools in Hall 4. Debate leaders: Ebru Baskan, MNTL television and Morad of FunX radio. Performance by Raymzter.
Crooswijk, at the table!
Task
01-02-2005 t/m 30-09-2005
In collaboration with: Rotterdam Art and Culture Department, Sports and Recreation Service, VSB Fund, Kralingen-Crooswijk borough, CBK, St. Welzijn Crooswijk, Willem de Kooning Academy, Caroline den Hartog / Fred Hordijk community center de Tamboer.
Location: Crooswijk and the Tamboer community center, Rotterdam
Interviewing and photographing residents of Crooswijk around dinnertime. Loan crockery. Results presented in the Tamboer community center: tables, photo collages, texts and printed interviews. Contribution image and sound by students Willem de Kooning Academy. Closing meal with interviews by Eric Post / radio Rijnmond.
Roffa 5314 Research
Task
04-06-2007 t/m 25-12-2009
In collaboration with: Historisch Museum Rotterdam / Paul van de Laar, Sjouk Hoitsma, Willem de Kooning Academy, Vestia, young people from Rotterdam South, Pact op Zuid, TENT./CBK, Grafisch Lyceum, Creative Factory, HipHopHuis, Cultuurscout, District of Feijenoord, SKVR / Beeldfabriek, Buurthuis Plein 3, LCC 't Klooster, youth work Feijenoord, interns MBO via Production House.
Location: Rotterdam South, Afrikaanderplein, Paul Krugerstraat, 't Gemaal, A-Location, Rotterdam
Researcher for the HMR, youth culture in the public transport zone 5314 Rotterdam South, by means of in-depth interviews with young people. A youth editorial team produces 4 Roffa 5314 magazines. Presentation of the magazines with performances by hip-hop bands and acts from South in the Maassilo. At the events: further research by conducting short interviews, video registrations and photo shoots. Research via the internet: www.roffa5314.nl and www.roffaroffa5314.hyves.nl. Research into the use of Youtube, mobile phones, SMS.
Roffa 5314 Peripheral Programming
Task
25-12-2009 t/m 25-12-2009
In collaboration with: Historisch Museum Rotterdam / Paul van de Laar, Sjouk Hoitsma, Willem de Kooning Academy, Vestia, young people from Rotterdam South, Pact op Zuid, TENT./CBK, Grafisch Lyceum, Creative Factory, HipHopHuis, Cultuurscout, District of Feijenoord, SKVR / Beeldfabriek, Buurthuis Plein 3, LCC 't Klooster, youth work Feijenoord, interns MBO via Production House.
Location: Rotterdam South, Afrikaanderplein, Paul Krugerstraat, 't Gemaal, A-Location, Rotterdam
Guest curator and exhibition designer for HMR. Side programming: 'Southfits', fashion show Afrikaanderplein in collaboration with Anne van Summeren. Guest lectures at WdKA by Sjouk Hoitsma, curator of Fashion and Textile HMR and Hanneke Breuker. Students of the Willem de Kooning Academy conduct visual research, they work and present in a shop on Paul Krugerstraat. WdKA supervision: Mark Mulder. Video and photography workshops were organized for young people in South, on the street and in 't Gemaal.
Roffa 5314 Exhibits
Task
In collaboration with: Historisch Museum Rotterdam / Paul van de Laar, Sjouk Hoitsma, Willem de Kooning Academy, Vestia, young people from Rotterdam South, Pact op Zuid, TENT./CBK, Grafisch Lyceum, Creative Factory, HipHopHuis, Cultuurscout, District of Feijenoord, SKVR / Beeldfabriek, Buurthuis Plein 3, LCC 't Klooster, youth work Feijenoord, interns MBO via Production House.
Location: Rotterdam South, Afrikaanderplein, Paul Krugerstraat, 't Gemaal, A-Location, Rotterdam
Guest curator and exhibition designer for the HMR. Summary of the results of the research and the peripheral programming in three exhibitions. Exhibition Roffa 5314, 2008 in 't Gemaal, Afrikaanderwijk. Expo Roffa 5314 on Tour / Jong Zuid writes history in A-Location, Charlois. Closing, summary exhibition Roffa 5314 in Historisch Museum Rotterdam.
THRIFT foundation
Other
08-08-1996 t/m 18-07-2014
In collaboration with: Artists, art and cultural institutions
THRIFT Foundation was established in 1996 to organize projects and exchanges between visual artists, scientists, philosophers, writers, poets, etc. Innovation and international contacts are important aspects. THRIFT organizes presentations, exhibitions and lectures. In 2014, THRIFT was dissolved as a legal person.
Acknowledgments
Scholarship
Borough of Kralingen-Crooswijk
2013
Scholarship
Development company Rotterdam
2010
Scholarship
CBK, Sort and Recreation Service, VSB Arts and Culture Service, St. Promotion of Volkskracht
2005
Scholarship
RKS, Prince Bernard Culture Fund, borough of Kralingen Crooswijk,
2004
Scholarship
Rotterdam Cultural Capital Foundation, Municipality of Rotterdam, International Relations Department, Small-scale Assignments Policy CBK, project subsidy CBK
2001
Scholarship
CBK: exhibition subsidy and KOB
1998
Scholarship
BKVB Basic stipend
1997
Scholarship
Ministerium Nordrhein-Westfalen, CBK Development and Stimulation Subsidy, Stipendium Stadt Duisburg, Municipality of Rotterdam, Department of International Relations, Mondriaan Foundation
