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Education
2017-2021      Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU) | Bachelors in Fine Art | Utrecht
2015 -2017     Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) | Curaçao
2010 -2014     University of Curaçao Dr. Moises Da Costa Gomez (UoC) | BA Architecture & Civil Engineering | no degree

Upcoming
2026                 Residentie Watersnoodmuseum | Zeeland

Performances
2024                 Mondongo | Positions: Afterlives | Stroom, Den Haag
2023                 Knowing Cotton Otherwise | Fashion for Good Museum, Amsterdam
2023                 Manifestation #11 MAL ORA | Buro Stedelijk, Amsterdam
2021                 Performance night: Bario di Spiritu | Stroom, The Hague

Group Exhibitions
2025 Wiggle Room | De Ijskast | Het Archief, Rotterdam
2025                 PROSPECTS | Art Rotterdam
2024                 UNFAIR24 | Westergas, Amsterdam
2024                 Netting and waiting | See Lab, Den Haag
2024                 Future Health Expo | Botanische Tuinen Universiteit Utrecht
2024                 All You Can Art 9 | Kunsthal, Rotterdam
2024                 Jouw Hedendaagse Demonen | Bosch Parade en Willem Twee Kunstruimte, Den Bosch
2024                 Climate Imaginaries at Sea | Bradwolf Projects, Amsterdam
2023                 Homeward Bound | KV02, Den Haag
2023                 Do We Care? | Museum de Fundatie/Kasteel Het Nijenhuis, Zwolle
2023                 Rondom het Fort | Fort Maarsseveen, Maarssen
2022                 Ruimte waar het licht kan komen | Janskerk, Utrecht
2022                 Lift Off | Het Refectiehuis, Utrecht
2021                 Kòrsou - Curaçao | National archive, The Hague
2021                 Expositie 50-50 | PLAY room, Zaandam
2021                 LekArt Jong Talent 2021 | Werk aan het Spoel, Culemborg
2021                 Offline | Fine Art Graduation show | Pastoe fabriek, Utrecht
2020                 All You Can Art 5 | Kunsthal Rotterdam
2019                 The Best Fantastic New Thing | University Bookshop Otago, Dunedin   
2019                 The First Time Always Hurts | Vodka Soup Collective | Oudenoord 330, Utrecht
2018                 Say No More (online exhibition) | isthisitisthisit.com

Solo Exhibition
2026                 Rosea | Esmeralda, IBB Curaçao
2022                 MiStoria (HisStory) | EXbunker, Utrecht

Residency
2021                 Destillaat #23 | Extrapool, Nijmegen
2016                 Caribbean Linked IV | Ateliers ‘89, Aruba

Festival
2022                 Spring Festival | Project: The Village Utrecht | Lunetten, Utrecht

Awards and Subsidies
2026 Stroom PRO Kunstprojecten
2025 Amarte Project Grant
2025 Mondriaan Kunstenaar Project

2024 Stroom Pro Invest
2023                 Mondriaan Artist Start Stipend
2020                 Indigo Deijman Onderzoeksprijs
2020                 Dooyewaard Stipend | Nominated

Related professional activities
2022-2025     Teacher at HKU Fine Art, and Fine Art and Design in Education | University of the Arts Utrecht
2025 Curated Positions: Gut Feeling | Artists: Lakisha Apostel, Elvis Chen, Filipp Groubnov and
Wessel Verrijt | Stroom, Den Haag
2024, 2025 Gave a sculpture workshop as part of the ONSbank program
2023                 Lead a performance seminar at HKU, Fine Art | University of the Arts Utrecht
2022                 Co-coordinator of Studio Total | Program funded by Gemeente Utrecht and HKU
2022 Lead a performance seminar at HKU, Fine Art | University of the Arts Utrecht
2022                 Co-organizer Critical Feedback seminar week at HKU, Pastoe | University of the Arts Utrecht
2021                 Lead a workshop during All You Can Art | Kunsthal Rotterdam
2020                 Conducted a photography and performance workshop during All You Can Art | Kunsthal Rotterdam
2020                 Lead a Performance seminar together with Adara Godschalkat HKU, Fine Art | University of the Arts Utrecht