PLACE & DATE OF BIRTH: Son en Breugel, The Netherlands, 1965
NATIONALITY: Dutch
QUALIFICATIONS / ART EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:
NATIONALITY: Dutch
QUALIFICATIONS / ART EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:
1988-1989
- Glass Assistant at Lindean Mill Glass, Galashiels, Scotland
- Trainee with Willem Heesen, Leerdam, The Netherlands
- West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, UK, B.A. Honours 3-D Design, Glass
- West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, UK, Foundation Course.
OTHER RECENT ACIVITIES include:
2006
- Moved glass studio to Loosdrecht, NL.
- Committee member of the Society of Friends of Modern Glass, NL.
- Invited to participate in the 7th International Glass Symposium Lauscha, Germany.
- Attended workshop with Boyd Sugiki at Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA .
- Artist in Residency (2-month period) at North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland.
- Invited to participate at the Lednické Rovne International Glass Symposium, Slovak Republic.
- Moved glass studio to Amsterdam, NL.
- Attended "Inspirational Workshop" at North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland.
- Set up own glass studio in the Scottish Borders
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015
- Guest teacher at the "Gooische Kinder Kunst Academie, Hilversum, NL
- Guest Lecturer at the University of Leiden (Faculty of Creative & Performing Arts and the College of Visual Arts, Dance & Music, The Hague)
- Guest Lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art and University of Sunderland, UK
- Lecturer 10-day "2nd International Glass Workshop for Women" at Nuutajärvi, (Häme Polytechnic, Wetterhoff School of Crafts and Design), Finland
- Co-ordinator Hot Glass workshop programme, head lecturer glassblowing workshops at Van Tetterode Hot Glass Studio, Amsterdam, NL
- Supporting the establishment of Van Tetterode Hot Glass Studio, Amsterdam, in charge of Hot Glass workshop programme development.
- Guest Lecturer at Denmark Design School, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Part-time lecturer and head of the "Hot Glass"-department at the B.A. Honours 3-Dimensional Design (Glass, Architectural Glass, Ceramics) Programme at the University of Sunderland, England, UK
- Visiting Lecturer at the Glass Department, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
- Conducted two 5-day workshops at the Art Glass Centre, Schalkwijk, NL
SELECTED COMMISSIONS since 1996
2018
PUBLIC and PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
2003
LITERATURE
2020
2018
- "Copier Unveiled", design commission Royal Leerdam Crystal, NL
- Design and manufacture of 7 awards for Dubo Limburg, Belgium
- Design and manufacture of 300 corporate gifts for company in Amsterdam, NL
- Design of "Beursobject", (limited edition of 250, manufactured at Novy Bor, Tsjech Rep), Glaskunstbeurs, Leerdam, NL
- Design of 8 "Unica" for "Africa aan de Linge", Royal Leerdam Crystal, NL
- Design and manufacture of corporate gifts for Katharos, NL
- Design and manufacture of corporate gifts and unique pieces for Smart Group Holding BV, Vught, NL
- Glass Sculpture in glass partition wall for Kentie & Partners Architects, location house for handicapped children, Amsterdam, NL
- Design and manufacture of corporate gifts for Van Luyken Communicatie Adviseurs, Haarlem, NL
- Design and manufacture of corporate gifts for AVR, NL
- Design and manufacture "Ledenobject", (limited edition of 119), Society of Friends of Modern Glass, NL
- Design "Annual Object, Institution Cristal Supérieur 1999", Royal Leerdam Cristal, NL
- Wall sculpture in glass and steel for Prins & Kentie Architects, location private villa on the "Veluwe", NL
- Four vases for Historic Scotland, situated in Stirling Castle Chapel, Scotland
PUBLIC and PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- NN Group Art Collection, The Netherlands
- National Museums of Scotland, Great Britain
- Nationaal Glasmuseum Leerdam, NL
- Museum Jan (formally named Museum Jan van der Togt), Amstelveen, NL
- L.R. Crystal, Glassmuseum, Lednické Rovne, Slovak Republic
- Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole (Private Collection of Glass)
- Collection North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
- Museum für Glaskunst, Lauscha, Germany
- Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Ernsting-Stiftung, Coesfeld, Germany (through Gallery Mariska Dirkx)
COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
2003
- Awarded an Artist in Residency (2-month period) at North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
- Grant from The Hope Scott Trust, Scotland, to attend a glass workshop at Lybster, Scotland
- "Finance for Small Business Scheme" grant for purchase of glass diamond saw
- "Finance for Small Business Scheme" grant for purchase of lathe for glassgrinding & polishing
- PSYBT interest-free loan for new business start-up
- Livewire Business Award, runner-up in the Borders Region, Scotland
- Work selected for "New Glass Review 9", Corning, New York, USA
- Finalist Rosenthal "Jugend Formt" Mathildenhöhe Award, Darmstadt, Germany, work selected for exhibition.
LITERATURE
2020
- Article in magazine "Herenhuis", nr 77 (may/june 2020), page 48-49-50-51
- "Dit is Meesterlijk - historisch vakwerk als inspiratie voor hedendaagse vormgevers" , NL
- Glasrijk Tubbergen, International Glass Art Event, NL
- "Dutch Design", Huis van Oranje, Paleis Oranienbaum
- Newspaper "Gooi- en Eemlander", lifestyle magazine, autumn issue
- Catalogue: "Reflections: A Decade of North Lands Creative Glass", Scotland
- Catalogue: "The Glass Age: New Guard & Young Fellows", NL
- "Fjoezzz", kwartaalblad van de Vereniging Vrienden van Modern Glas, issue 4, p14&15
- "Sunderland Glass Connections", catalogue, University of Sunderland, England
- "This Side Up!", issue 10, summer 2000, p8&9
- "This Side Up!", issue 7, autumn 1999, p27
- Glasbulletin Vereniging Vrienden van Modern Glas 12th year, issue 4, p11-13, NL
- Venezia Aperto Vetro (International New Glass), EBS, San Giovanni Lupatoto, Verona, Italy
- Lexicon Moderne Nederlandse Glaskunst 1900-1992, Antiek Lochum b.v., Lochum, NL