CV - Esmé Valk

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2006-2008

Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
Fine Art (MA)

1996-2000

AKI, academy for autonomous art & design, Enschede
Fashion design (BA)

Grants

2010

Project grand from FBKVB
Project grand from CBK Rotterdam

2009-2012

Basic stipend from the FBKVB | view

Exhibitions

2010

Cabin Fever, Tupajumi, Co-prosperity, Chicago

 

Showcasing Today’s Essentials, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam

2009

BEyond, Duende Rotterdam

 

Blurrr, TENT., Rotterdam

 

Winter Garden, Florida, collective ADA in 't Gemaal, Rotterdam

2008

Art Amsterdam, Mart House, stand 46, Amsterdam

 

Kunstvlaai, Westerpark, de Gashouder, Amsterdam

 

City Choreographies, the Nunnery, London

 

My Travels with Barry, TENT., Rotterdam

 

Mondriaan Download, Biagotti Progetto Arte, Florence

2007

Exploring new identities, W139, Amsterdam
Tupajumi White Edition, W139, Amsterdam
Choreography for the Selfish Herd, Galerie SO, Solothurn

 

This is how it must feel to be there, Pakhuismeesteren, Rotterdam

 

Exposorium 1967 – 2007, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

 

Esmé Valk, Kim Rikken, Anne Walk, Mart House, Amsterdam

 

To an other commonplace, Mart House, Amsterdam

2006

Ball of Fame, Umspannwerk, Berlin
Jeroen Kuster en Esmé Valk, Sanquin, Amsterdam
Absolut Invasion, CBK, Rotterdam
Kontext Error, Lucky Loft, Hamburg
In transit, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

2005

Anonymous art expo, Kattenbak, Amsterdam
Rotterdam fashion city, CBK, Rotterdam
Art for sail, Loods 6, Amsterdam
Happy garden, Hang, Amsterdam
Alles van waarde moet weg, Cacaofabriek, Helmond

2004

Tupajumi, the Cable factory, Helsinki
Scenario 2020, Vrije universiteit, Amsterdam

2001

Pro-zak, Villa de Bank, Enschede
Private in public, Vrije universiteit, Amsterdam

2000

Destilaat III, Extrapool, Nijmegen
Défimode 2000, Atomiumpark, Brussel
Curious interieur, Intermezzo, Dordrecht
Eindexamens, Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam
Eindexamen 2000, Aki, Enschede

Activities

2010

Member and co-founder of artist initiative ADA Rotterdam since 2008 | view

2008

Coordinating editor of the publication Small Talk with the Janitor
19 July, Public artist talk about my work in TENT..
17 March, Artist talk at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
17 February, Public artist talk at an exhibition of students of the Royal Academy of Fine Art in The Hague

2007

Co-organiser of the exhibition This is how it must feel to be there.

2006

Artist in residence Altes Spital, Solothurn, Zwitserland.
Art Partner of Krans & van Hilten Advocaten
Co-initiator and organisor of the exhibition in Transit.

2005

Curator and organisor of the exhibition Happy Garden.
Initiator and founder of an artist workgroup.

Work in Collections

Caldic Collectie

CBK Zuid-Oost

de Nederlandse Bank

Krans & van Hilten Advocaten

Sanquin

Several private collections