Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Bachelor in Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague, June 2012.
    • Workshop with Marcel van Eeden, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague, May 2011
  • Minor International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, January- August 2007
  • M.A. Religious Studies, LeidenUniversity, The Netherlands,  August 2005
  • Philosophy (exchange),  Institut Catholique de Paris, France, September 2003- February 2004

Working experience

  • Independent artist, May 2013 till present
  • Founder & director THE HAGUE PEACE PROJECTS, May 2014 till present
  • Program officer & researcher migration, Amnesty International, February 2015 – February 2017
  • Program officer, Justice & Peace, The Hague, from February 2008 till May 2013
  • Intern, Division Human Rights and Peace Building, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, September 2007- February 2008.
  • Lecturer, Murray Theological College, Masvingo, Zimbabwe, September- December 2006
  • Student Assistant, LeidenUniversity, September 2002- July 2004

Awards and grants

  • Werkbijdrage Jong Talent (Support of Young Talent), Mondriaan Fund, 2014-2015
  • Several grants from Stroom Den Haag, 2012-2015
  • Winsor & Newton/Goedman Award 2012

Commissions

  • PAX, poster design for Peace Week 2018
  • IN4ART: three paintings for the collection of In4Art, 2017
  • Design contest Dutch Government Buildings Agency, wall-screen design for one of the new offices of the Senate, 2011
  • Private commissions

Papers

  • ‘Schoonheid vs. Macht. Een reflectie op de verhouding tussen kunst en politiek.’  Beauty vs. Power. A Reflection on the Political Relevance of Art. Graduate thesis Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Hague, 2012
  • ‘Humaniteit in vreemdelingenbewaring. Ervaringen van het r.k.-justitiepastoraat’,  Human dignity in migrant detention, experiences of catholic prison chaplains, Research Reports as a human rights officer for Justitia et Pax, The Hague, 2010
  • ‘De God van Rosenzweig’,  The God of Rosenzweig, essay for graduate subject Christian Ethics, Leiden University, 2007
  • ‘Heidegger en de vraag naar een ethiek’,  Heidegger and the question for an ethics, Graduate thesis for major subject Philosophy of Religion, Leiden University, 2005