I can describe what I do as a crossover of fine art and illustration. During my career, I worked both as an editorial, commercial illustrator for publishing houses around the world, and as an independent artist for galleries and museums. In 2019 I've been working as a guest tutor (New Media in Illustration) at Artez academy in Zwolle, NL. Since September 2019 I'm working as a tutor (Illustration, Social Practices) at Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, NL.
"Book Klup #2: Performative Interventions"
Playful sequences/performances emerging from questions such as: how to bridge communication when faced with linguistic limitations? How can we embrace misunderstandings and physical gestures as part of the process of understanding one another?
"H.E.L - Jan de Prentenknipper"
H.E.L. is één van de afkortingen die Jan de Prentenknipper (1798 – 1870) gebruikte in zijn werk dat vol met Bijbelse verwijzingen zit. Hier staat het echter voor Hoop en Liefde, twee thema’s die centraal stonden in het leven van de Zeeuwse prentenmaker dat bepaald geen pretje was. Zonder vaste verblijfplaats zwierf hij met zijn gezin over de Zeeuwse eilanden. Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva is uitgenodigd om op haar typerende wijze vorm te geven aan het bewogen leven van Jan de Prentenknipper.
"Babel Bookspace"
In this project space Karin de Jong, artist and curator of the Rotterdam Print Room, zooms in on the vital role of books as sources of knowledge and on translation as a source of confusion. On show are works by four artists who live and work all over the world, and there will be a varied programme of lectures and activities in Babel Bookspace during the exhibition.