Curriculum Vitae
2023
els-,(h)we(a)r - ELSEWHERE (in or to another place) - posters of migrants stuck on trees (work in progress)
2022
FACE-2-FACE - test exhibition together with Ko Aarts - de Bouwput, Amsterdam
2017
A E O U i A - panoramic surveillance mirror
the WAITING ROOM - book (108 pages) with a selection of West Bank photos
2016
drawing, painting, writing + small sculptures
2015
WE ARE HERE - portrait drawings in a refugee center Amsterdam
2013
OUR DAILY BREAD - video during International Literary Festival READ MY WORLD (Egypt, Palestine) - Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
2012
5 VIDEOS (Wake Up Call / al-Am’ari Sunrise / La Discothèque / Giddy With Despair / Check It Out)
2011
Research for the WAITING ROOM - drawings, writing, book, video
OUR DAILY BREAD (37’) - video presentation during /si:n/ Festival of Art & Performance, Jerusalem
2010
VOICE-OVER (a radioplay 10’) - Al’Quds Underground Festival, Jerusalem
LAUNDRY DAY - video al-Amari Refugee Camp
OUR DAILY BREAD (37’) - video presentation in School for the Deaf, PRCS-building, Ramallah
JUMP WHILE YOU FALL - solo exhibition outLINE gallery, Amsterdam
Scholarship Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
BOTH ENDS BURNING - video (4’)
2009
residency al-Qattan Foundation, Ramallah
scholarship Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
fact-finding trip to Ramallah for video with deaf children from the West Bank
2008
scholarship Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
LOST - 1 + 2 (ashes to ashes, dust to dust) - double publication of 200 photos
AUTOSALON (a car radio concert) - BiVOUAC-edition no. 6
2007
STYLish - stage design iSH performance, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
study trip Berlin
GOOD STUFF (6:20) - video clip with family members on the music of Kelis tv broadcast Salto-2, Amsterdam
stop teaching at the Art Academy Arnhem, ArtEZ and AKI, Enschede
2006
iSH: identity - workshop at iSH-events, Amsterdam
2005
KICK-OFF (Parental Advisory: Explicit Content) - presentation of the book, Salto-2, Amsterdam
ROMEO & JULIA - screen projection during Prokofiev concert, Het Gelders Orkest, Arnhem (with students of ArtEZ)
GOING DUTCH? - speech at the AUTOSALON opening
AUTOSALON: a car radio concert - MelkSalon, Arnhem with music from 12 cars (Iraq, Egypt, USA, Sweden, Finland, Afghanistan, Turkey, Romania, Indonesia, Morocco, Palestine, the Netherlands) - with student of ArtEZ
2004
SUICIDE CHAIR - Chairy Tales, group show Neef Louis Design, Amsterdam
THE ROAD TO EL-DORADO (prêt-a-porter) - a catwalk, ArtEZ, Arnhem
ALPHABET (Parental Advisory: Explicit Content) - preview of BuroBivouac-exhibition in Podion, Amsterdam
2003
GOOD STUFF (6:20) - video clip with family members on the music of Kelis / Neptunes
2002
THUG LIFE (The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone) - group show, SMart Project Space, Amsterdam (with Darren Almond, Craig Bell, Marco Cops, Mark Dean, Malachi Farrell, Martin Healy, Richard Menken and Roy Villevoye)
KICK-OFF (Parental Advisory: Explicit Content) - publication of texts drawings and photos of Youri and Richard Menken)
STUDY TOUR - Caïro and Alexandria, Egypt
Basic scholarship Fonds BKVB
2001
iD-4: DANGER ZONE - project curator ArtEZ
2000
LA LUGUBERE GONDOLA - installation with students of ArtEZ, Arnhem
1999
iD-3: ART & LIFE (between revolt and compassion) - project curator ArtEZ
iD-2: BODY & SOUL - project curator
KICK-OFF - exhibition Ron Mandos gallery Rotterdam, with Fransje Killaars
1998
NO ADMITTANCE - exhibition Veemvloer, Amsterdam
iD-1: IDENTITY = ESCAPING THE CODES - project curator
RICHTKRACHT is Einer der Schönste Bücher Aus Aller Welt - Leipziger Buchmesse
1997
KISSES FROM MAHAREZ - exhibition with Laila Meliani - Maharez, Tunisia
1996
RICHTKRACHT is one of The Best Designed Books of 1996 - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1995
RICHTKRACHT (reading of forms, thinking in images) - ISBN 90-74485-13-8
RICHTKRACHT-1 + 2 (project curator HKA, Arnhem)
1990
Solo exhibition - de Gele Rijder, Arnhem1988 - 1989
DESHIMA ’89 - group exhibition NoordBrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Metropolitan Museum Tokyo, ABC Gallery Osaka, Santica Gallery Kobe, Tottori Prefectural Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Gifu
1987
Night-sea + Oosterschelde - commission Oosterschelde Hospital, Goes
1986
Individual exhibition gallery van den Berg, ’s-Hertogenbosch
Professor Liberal Arts, HKA Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem
Roundabout - installation of a mole corridor system
1985
Commission Filosofenhof - sculpture Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
1984
distribution of first quality eggs
1983
STERRENBOS-foundation - dew harvest project with Leon Adriaans
1982
Group exhibition Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1981
CLOSING TIME - stage project Mickery Theater Amsterdam
1978
EXIT - stage project with mime group Waste of Time, Chapters Art Center, Cardiff
1976
group exhibition - Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1975
EXILE - publication + solo exhibition Jan van Eyck Academy Maastricht
1973 - 1975
Jan van Eyck Academy Maastricht
1970 - 1971
WORLD TOUR - Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Bodh Gaya - Tibetan Refugee Camp), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand (Bay of Plenty), Tahiti, Panama, London, Amsterdam
1969
DIE FUNDAMENTE DE LA TOUR BABEL (art is only for beginners) - WDR-3 tv broadcast, Cologne with Mauricio Kagel, J.C.J. Vanderheyden and Henk van de Rijdt
1965
Royal Academy of Art and Design, ’s-Hertogenbosch
1953 - 1957
24 carbide explosions between laundry and gasworks / walking on the drifting ice to the other side of the river Waal and back again / first lab / J.S. Bach in a small boat