Education

2009 - 2014

Royal Academy of the Arts – Den Haag, Netherlands

Bio

Growing up as an only child with my antique-dealer mother I inhabited an often lonely world surrounded by artefacts and natural history that held untold mysteries with a vivid sense of a living past. If set apart from certain aspects of the modern world I experienced an often hidden narrative through the objects and symbols lost to the ages yet still rich in their humanity. I believe that it is through that history that I learned to understand myself and have since embraced further parallels in understanding the way we have and continue to develop as people in tandem with the nature around us, whether in harmony or dissonance.

Over time I’ve become increasingly interested in the psychology behind this, and by extension the connection of the body and its surrounding. Through anthropomorphic forms that are suggestive of folklore I often depict surreal occurrences that suggest psychological happenings and visceral emotions. The aspect of gathering meaning though an intuition larger than explanation or rational understanding is central to my work. I often try to approach the uncanny and mysterious aspects of life through what is felt, not consciously known. I believe this to be apparent in both my etching and sculptural work which deal directly with symbolism through an ever-developing mythology.

In recent series I have focused on the shifts and evolutions happening in our ecosystems as the effects of climate change become more prevalent, framing cycles of life and death in further abstracted forms and situations.

Solo Exhibitions

2024	Vanishing Loops, Kunstenlab, Deventer
2022	The Untold Histories as Perceived Through the Horses Tear, HOK, Den Haag
2020	The Unveiling of a Sacred Body, Trixie, Den Haag
2018	Angel Bait, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen
2009	Concrete vs. Organic: Jordan Herregraven, Gallery 13, Minneapolis

Group Exhibitions

2024	The New Mother Sculptures, Museum Cobra, Amstelveen
2023	Wonderbaarlijke Wezens, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort
2021	Adventures Underground, Quartair, Den Haag
2021	Sterrentuin II, Ketelstraat 23, Den Haag
2020	A Theatre of Things Beneath the Ground and Behind the Eyes, Raam Maar, Rotterdam
2019	The Big Draw, ACEC, Apeldoorn
2018	Eigenaardig, Galerie Wit, Wageningen
2018	Veiling De Aanschouw, TENT, Rotterdam
2018	De Aanschouw #879, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam
2018	De Stenen Kamer, In Your Living Room, Park Madestein, Den Haag
2017	Budvar Young Art Event #1, Nest, Den Haag
2017	Open Air Gallery, Rosarium, Winschoten
2016	Grensloos Kunst Verkennen, de Wijk - Ijhorst
2015	Now or Never #3, GEM, Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Den Haag
2015	Beelden in Leiden, Hooglandse Kerkgracht, Leiden
2015	Night: Degrees of Darkness, ArtDeli, Amsterdam
2015	Contrasten II, Galerie Wit, Wageningen
2015	BLOODY MARY, Maagdenhuis, Amsterdam
2015	REFINEDr, Flow Art Space, Minneapolis
2014	Best of Graduates, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2014	Graphos Uitgelicht, Kunsthal Boschveld, 's- Hertogenbosch

Grants & Awards

2024 - 2028	Mondriaan Funds, Artist Base Grant Recipient
2024	Stichting stokroos, Project Grant Recipient
2024	Amarte Funds, Development Grant Recipient
2023	Stroom Den Haag, Pro Research Grant Recipient
2022	Gemeente Den Haag, Makers Scheme Grant Recipient
2021	Mondriaan Funds, Artist Grant Recipient
2019	Piket KunstPrijzen, Winner (Painting)
2018	Stichting Stokroos, Sculpture Stipendium Recipient
2014	Stroom Den Haag, “KABK Invest” Grant Recipient
2014	KABK Department Prize, Nominee (Fine Arts)
2014	Ron Mandos Youngblood Award, Shortlisted Nominee

Residencies

2023	Budapest Gallery, Budapest, HU
2022	Grafische Werkplaats, Den Haag, NL

Teaching

2021/2022

Guest Tutor, Fine Arts, 2D Department, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

Collections

	Aegon Art Collection
	Various Private Collections

Publications

2024	Pleasant Place Issue 6: Topiary
2022	The Untold Histories as Perceived Through the Horses Tear, In Hok Publication # 20
2021	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Stencil Werk Publication
2020	A Theatre of Things Beneath the Ground and Behind the Eyes, Raam Maar Publication