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. PowerA 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