Born Amsterdam 1976
Education 2005-2006 ECA Edinburgh College of Art, MDes
1994-1998 Aki academy of visual arts, Enschede, BA Hons
Exhibitions (selection) 2023 Last Laugh, Nationalmuseum, Berlin
House, Apothikes Papadaki, Limassol
Pop Life, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
    Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, ArtHouse Jersey
Berlin, A 10-Year Itch, Pictura, Dordrecht
Wall Off Sound, Lage Egal, Berlin
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke
2022 Pop Life, Teckningsmuseet, Laholm
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize,Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
Heal, Les Docks village, Marseille
Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London
2021 Buddies, Herenplaats, Rotterdam
Elements, Kunsthalle Hilsbach
2020 Figure Up, BcmA, Berlin
Zwischenräume, Rosalux, Berlin
The Derwent Art Prize (virtual)
Zwischenräume für kunstquarantäne (virtual)
2019 10 Year Perennial Art (virtual)
Petrol Turtles, Cubiculum, Berlin
Leaving Trails, with John Hodany, HilbertRaum, Berlin
START PARTY Debsaysyes, Kruisruimte, Eindhoven
Los Socios y Compañía, Galería Libertad, Santiago de Querétaro
24H Brl/Lub - Wystawa IN–A4, Piȩkno Panie, Lublin
2018 VERZAMELEN!, De Vishal, Haarlem
PRECURSE, Park Place Gallery, New York
Breitner in Berlin, A one night show rosalux , Berlin
'Bladeren’- Haarlemse Herfst 2018 de-Passages, Remonstrants Hof, Haarlem
Babettes Best Records ULTD, Bar Babette, Berlin
Krijt Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort
2017 Blind Date IV, Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam
Linea recta - de directheid van tekenen, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Emmen
Speel je mee?, Concordia, Enschede
Fundraiser Silent Art Auction, The Drawing Hub, Berlin
Ende Neu, Lage Egal, Berlin
Meta Art, Lage Egal, Berlin
de-Passages Grensgebieden, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Emmen
Tekenkabinet, Galerie Park Art, Amsterdam
Tekenkabinet, Museum Waterland, Purmerend
Transience II, Å-Huset/UKK, Uppsala
PRINT MUST GO ON-Lancement d'une collection de sérigraphie, Atelier Meraki, Paris
Transience I, Schau Fenster, Berlin
Seen that, been there, read that, Kunsttraject, Amsterdam (solo)
2016 The end, let's start again, Donau83, Berlin
What is this some kind of joke, Bar Babette, Berlin
Tekenkabinet, Kalkmarkt 8, Amsterdam
Drawing Front Amsterdam | Nieuw Dakota & Tekenkabinet
Bedsitter Art Fair, Kantine, Cassa Nostra, Vienna
2015 This artfair, Tekenkabinet, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
A tale of two cities, Concordia, Enschede
Silver linings, The Drawing Hub, Berlin
Tekenkabinet, Kunstenhuis, Amsterdam
Tekenkabinet, Museum Waterland, Purmerend
Sleepover, Hotel de Goudfazant, Amsterdam
2014 Shillertreff project, Cell63, Berlin
30 Jahre jwd, JWD, Berlin
The World in My Eyes, Ains Ah, Berlin (solo)
The World in My Eyes, Art In Flow (virtual)
A drawback, Quartair, Den Haag
2013 Superkauf Vol. 2, Benefizausstellung, Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
Rationalanimal, Rumbalotte continua, Berlin
EinDruck Ausstellung Internationale Zeitgenössische Druckgrafik, HALLE 14, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
Gedruckt, Performance Factory, Enschede
The Picture Show, Galerie Jaap Sleper, Utrecht
Re:Rotterdam, The Tupajumi foundation, blaak 16-18, Rotterdam
2012 The Drawing Project, The Crocus Gallery, Nottingham
YOU ARE HERE, Kreuzberg Pavillon Kassel, during dOKUMENTA (13), Kassel
Huis Rotterdam, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
River of Hope", Recyclart, Brussels
Gadabout, A drawing exhibition with Fiona Michie, Perennial-art, Berlin
Supermarket artfair, tupajumi, Stockholm
Re:Rotterdam, LUXUS LOFT, boompjes 60-68, Rotterdam
2011 The cuts are alright, Kreuzberg Pavillon Neukölln (with Skalitzer 140), Berlin
A drawback, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin
XYZ ( curated by Marc Bijl and Andreas Helfer), Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin
Two Panorama's, GlogauAIR, Berlin (solo)
Haus Berlin, IAC Gallery, Berlin
Open studio GlogauAIR, Berlin
2010 Open studio GlogauAIR, Berlin
Between two cities, G11 galerie, Berlin
A drawback at the Edinburgh Art Festival, Arts Complex, Edinburgh
Local shops, North Edinburgh Art Centre (solo)
2009 Charity Art Auction, St John's Church Hall, Edinburgh
Allsorts - A City Art Lovers' Treat, The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Change at the Edinburgh Art Festival, Arts Complex, Edinburgh
Edinburgh House, Sierra Metro, Edinburgh
2008 Boy, Project Slogan, Aberdeen (Solo)
2007 Universal Design, International Art & Design Exhibition SNUT Seoul
Reading The Drawing - Narrative in Contemporary Art and Comics Gallerie Sign - Tentoonstellingsruimte voor Jonge Kunst, Groningen
2006 ECA Masters of Design 2006
draw_drawing_2, The Foundry, London
Contemporary Illustration from Scotland, Collins gallery, Glasgow
2005 Bound_less Touring Exhibition starting in Oslo
2004 draw_drawing, Gallery 32, London
Multi avond, Tent, Rotterdam
De aanschouw, Rotterdam
Film des Forêts, Château du Magnet
Welcome Back, ZET foundation, Kunstvlaai 5, Amsterdam
Eject, Rozengracht 207, Amsterdam
Double Scotch and double Dutch, Amstelkerk, Amsterdam
2003 Lopend beeld#2, nieuwe vide, Haarlem
Söders Internationella Konst Biennal SIKB (r) Stockholm
2002 M8 present v. Oldenbarnevledstr. Amsterdam
2001 Exhibition with Remko Theunissen, Expodium Utrecht
1998 Aki  academy of visual arts, BA final year degree show, Enschede
Events (selection) 2023 Artist talk, Kapital, Berlin
2019 Info on Books im Café Babette im KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
USB Party, tête, Berlin
2017 Explore the North, Kop & Schaduw, Leeuwarden
Welcome to the village, Kop & Schaduw, Leeuwarden
2006 Euroshame, Lithuanian drawing booth, London
Nairn Book and Arts Festival, Wasps, Blue Door gallery, Nairn
2004 A.A.A.B.A.M, part of the Berlin Book Fair, Rathaus Passagen, Berlin
Sztuka Fabryka Sint-Niklaas
Publications (selection) 2023 De Aanschouw, catalogue
Articula, interview
2022 Hallandsposten, newspaper review
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, exhibition catalogue
Fukt #20 (double-spread), magazine
Murf/Murw, magazine
2021 Fränkische Landeszeitung, newspaper review
Tekenen in Lockdown #2, S.M.A.K. Gent, catalogue
2020 Derwent Art Prize, exhibition catalogue
2019 Attending, catalogue
2018 Krijt Kunsthal KAdE, exhibition catalogue
2016 Cityscapes 2003-2015, catalogue
Tekenkabinet, exhibition catalogue
2015 Tekenkabinet, exhibition catalogue
Twentsche Courant Tubantia, Expositie Concordia brengt Witte Wartena terug in Enschede, newspaper interview
2013 Gedrukt van 1976 tot nu, Grafisch werk van kunstenaars verbonden met de AKI, exhibition catalogue
2012 Weekly drawing, http://www.bpigs.com, website
Botched earth, Volume 2, X = Or What is to be Done?, fanzine
2008 Paper X, project initiated, Edited and Published by Sandy Christie, fanzine
2007 Universal Design, International Art & Design Exhibition SNUT Seoul
Reading the Drawing - Narrative in Contemporary Art and Comics, Softcover, Galerie Sign Groningen (Joost Polmann, Lennard Dost, Tsjalling Venema), exhibition pamphlet
2006 Metropolis M, Brussels lef Over de scheidslijn tussen strips en kunst (Joost Polmann), magazine review
Contemporary Illustration from Scotland, Collins gallery, Glasgow, exhibition catalogue
2004 de Volkskrant, newspaper review
Retour, comic
Film des Forêts, exhibition catalogue
2003 Söders Internationella Konst Biennal (r), exhibition catalogue
The HTV # 45 - 49 het zwartegat, monthly comic in art newspaper
Kleurenkitsch witte media in de multiculturele samenleving NPS, comic
2002 Blvd. Nr3, magazine review
2000 Haarlem comics festival, comic charitable contribution 'Tekno' for Enschede-disaster
1999 Het zwarte gat, comic
1998 Het beste van Tekno, comic
De inboorling, comic
1997 Dagblad Tubantia, newspaper review, front page and page 2
Teaching
2020 Visiting Lecturer, Bangkok University, Thailand
2017 Watercolour workshop, Berlin Drawing Room
2009 Photoshop, The City of Edinburgh Council Adult Education Programme
2008 Photoshop, First Year Studies, ECA Edinburgh
2007 Drawing studios Aki academy of visual arts, Enschede
2006-2008 Web Page design, Centre for Continuing Studies, ECA Edinburgh
2006 Workshop Comics at Musselburgh Grammar School
Grants & Prizes 2022 Nominated Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
  2020 Nominated for the Derwent Art Prize
2016 Nominated for the Foire Internationale du Dessin (FID)
2002 Starter stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
Residencies 2010-2011 GlogauAIR, Berlin
Collections (selection) Teckningsmuseet, Laholm
Nehili, Brussels
Sanders, Warsaw
Fam. Theunissen, Amsterdam Eindhoven, Maaseik and Roermond
Kirkland, Edinburgh
Havas, Amsterdam
City arcives Gent
City arcives Rotterdam
Henneman, Amsterdam
Buss, Berlin