education

2021
‘Art as Politics’, course in six sessions at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht (NL)

2020–2018
MA Non Linear Narrative, KABK, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL), with distinction, with a thesis titled ‘They Are Everywhere And They Are Armed, Sometimes Heavily’ on over-policing and the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC)

2017–2013
BA Graphic Design and Visual Communication, ISIA Urbino (IT), 110/110, with a thesis titled ‘Destinazione d’uso. Dal cinema al culto e vice versa’, (‘Intended use. From cinema to worship and vice versa’), a sociological field research on the conversion of cinema theatres into sites of worship

initiatives

since 2022
member of the artist-run filmlab ‘Filmwerkplaats’, WORM, Rotterdam (NL)

since 2021
co-founder of ‘First Cut’, artist collective hosting screenings and conversations around independent, radical, and experimental films by emerging artists based in The Hague, firstcut.nl, The Hague (NL)

grants and awards

2024
recipient of ‘Voucher Development’ grant by the Mondriaan Fonds (NL)

2024
recipient of ‘SPOT Individuele Tentoonstelling’ grant by Stroom Den Haag, The Hague (NL)

2023–2024
supported by Stroom Den Haag with ‘PRO Invest’ grant, The Hague (NL)

2023
supported by the Mondriaan Fonds with ‘Kunstenaar Start’ grant (NL)

2021-22
supported by Stroom Den Haag with ‘PRO Onderzoek’ grant, The Hague (NL)

2020
winner ‘Master Non Linear Narrative Department Award 2020’, KABK, The Hague (NL)

selected exhibitions and screenings

2024
‘In the vacuum we felt air’, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen (NL), group show

2024
‘We Tolerate Failure’, Spazio In Situ, Rome (IT), group show

2024
‘Prospects 2024’, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam (NL), group show

2023
‘Rewriting Climate Headlines’, ARIJ Forum, Amman, (JO), group show

2023
‘Art Au Centre #13’, Liège (BE), group show

2023
‘Emotional Fluctuations’, Tube Culture Hall, Milano (IT), group show

2023
‘Glued & Screwed: Jatiwangi art factory’, curated by WYSIWYG, Jatiwangi art Factory, West Java (ID), screening

2023
‘Not Just a Fair’, curated by Not Just a Collective, Platform Post Arnhem (NL), group show

2023
‘What the swans are twittering about in the riverbed’, curated by Elena Apostolovski, Trixie, Den Haag (NL), group show

2022
‘Glued & Screwed’, curated by WYSIWYG, Filmhuis, Den Haag (NL), screening

2022
‘Combat Prize’, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno (IT), group show

2022
‘ReA! Art Fair’, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (IT), group show

2022
‘Home’, curated by Amsterdam-based video platform Home Cinema (NL), online screening

2022
‘Bermuda Open Studios’, The Hague (NL), group show 

2022
‘Labyrinth Festival’, WORM, Rotterdam (NL), group show

2022
‘Forked Tongue’, 68th International Film Festival Oberhausen (DE), screening

2021
‘Forked Tongue’ online Premiere + Q&A, curated by Madison Bycroft and The One Minutes, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (NL), screening

2021
‘Roots Festival’, Filmhuis Den Haag, The Hague (NL), group screening and Q&A

2021
‘Forked Tongue’, 17th Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta (MT), curated by Madison Bycroft in collaboration with The One Minutes, group screening

2021
‘Uncertainty Seminars: There, There’, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague (NL), group show

2020
KABK Graduation Show 2020, as part of ‘On Our Own Time’ show from Non Linear Narrative (MA) + Graphic Design (BA), group show

‘AF.FAIR’, during Barcelona Gallery Weekend, part of Matteo Guidi’s exposition, at Trama34, Barcelona (ES), group show

2019
‘Six Degrees of Separation’, at De Besturing, The Hague (NL) in collaboration with Stroom Den Haag, the Archeology department and the Rotterdamsebaan project of the municipality of The Hague, group show

‘All the Eyes on Amazon’, during ‘Mag het Licht Aan’ Festival at Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam (NL) in collaboration with Hivos, group show

‘Views From Above’, at KABK, The Hague (NL) in collaboration with Greenpeace Netherlands, group show

2017
collaboration in ‘66differentbookways’ by Silvana Amato for the book fair ‘La fiera delle parole’, at Centro Culturale Altinate San Gaetano, Padua (IT)

publications and artist books

2023
contribution to be published in ISIT magazine #004 (upcoming)

2022
‘Janas’, text and images published in Robida magazine, issue 8 ‘Isola Otok Island’ made in collaboration with Adele Dipasquale

2021
‘They are everywhere and they are armed, sometimes heavily’, artist book, self-published

2020
‘Views from Above. Networks, Colonial Vision and Indigenous Resistance in the Brazilian Amazon’, edited by Lauren Alexander and Niels Shrader, publication of the Master Non Linear Narrative, KABK, The Hague (NL)

2019
‘Six degrees of separation. Excavated Stories from the Rotterdamsebaan’, edited by Lauren Alexander and Niels Shrader, publication of the Master Non Linear Narrative, KABK, The Hague (NL)

2017
‘Destinazione d'uso. Dal cinema al culto e viceversa’ (Intended use. From cinema to worship and viceversa), artist book, self-published

work and commissions

2023
commission of artwork in collaboration with Netherlands-based artists Hattie Wade and Sophie Czich and in partnership with journalists Munir Al-Khatib, Yassir El Makthoum, and Mohammed Komani. Project ‘Rewriting Climate Headlines’ initiated by KABK and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism ‘ARIJ’ (NL/JO)

2022-23
researcher for the project ‘Actuar en la emergencia’ at Isia Urbino (IT) 

2022
visual communication for exhibition ‘Scenic Route to Self’ at NEST —ruimte voor kunst, in collaboration with The Hague-based artist Adele Dipasquale, The Hague (NL)

2021
researcher for Stroom Den Haag, assistance to artists selected for the commission of artwork in public space, ‘Rotterdamsebaan project’, The Hague (NL)

2021
curator and host for series of video interviews with the graduating students of MA Non Linear Narrative, conducted in collaboration with Rotterdam-based artist Benjamin Earl, commissioned by KABK, The Hague (NL)

2020
organisation and hosting of ‘On Our Own Time Cinema Program’ in collaboration with Mushroom Radio, during KABK Graduation Show 2020, The Hague (NL)

2019
admissions committee member for selection of new MA Non Linear Narrative students, KABK, The Hague (NL)

2018–2016
publishing and graphic designer for Silvana Amato studio, Rome (IT)

tutoring and lectures

2024
Guest lecturer for ‘Lectorate FILM’, organised by Erik Viskil, KABK, The Hague (NL)

2024
Participant at ‘Undoing Debt’, reading group convened by Iliada Charalambous and Philippa Dries for BAK — basis voor actuele kunst and Marwa Arsanios, in the context of the public program of ‘Usufructuaries of Earth’, KIOSK Rotterdam (NL)

2023
Guest tutor at ISIA Urbino for the class of ‘Sociology of Communication’, Urbino (IT)

2022-23
online tutor at ISIA Urbino for the project ‘Actuar en la emergencia’, Urbino (IT)

2022
Guest lecturer for ‘Professional Practice’ course with Pia Pol, KABK, The Hague (NL)

2022
speaker at ‘Stroom Library Session’ talk with The Hague-based artist Minsook Kang and guest artists Karel van Laere, Guenn Gustina, and Elsbeth Ciesluk, Stroom Den Haag (NL)

2022
guest lecturer for ‘What Happens Next?’, alumni lecture at KABK, The Hague (NL)

2022
guest lecturer for ‘Forming your practice’ at KABK Open Days, in collaboration with The Hague-based artist Hattie Wade and Rotterdam-based artist Cyan Bae, The Hague (NL)

2020
speaker for radio conversation ‘Labour and friendship’ with The Hague-based artist Adele Dipasquale, Mushroom Radio Talk at KABK, The Hague (NL)