Curriculum Vitae
Education
Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
Fine Art (MA)
AKI, academy for autonomous art & design, Enschede
Fashion design (BA)
Awards
First prize International Contemporary Art Prize Diputació de Castelló.
Jury: Bartomeu Marí, Agustín Pérez Rubio, Wenceslao Rambla, Nicolaus Schaffhausen, Rosalía Torrent | view
Grants
Researcher Fine Art at the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
Residency grant together with artist initiative ADA, Fonds BKVB, Air Berlin Alexanderplatz
Residency with the Goethe Institute in Dresden, Germany
Residency organised by IAAB and Kaus Australis in Basel, Switzerland
Project grant from Fonds BKVB
Project grant from CBK Rotterdam
Basic stipend from the Fonds BKVB | view
Residency at Altes Spital, Solothurn, Switzerland
Exhibitions
Guido Reddersen & Esmé Valk, Kunsthaus Raskolnikow, Dresden.
6 Künstler aus Basel x2, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel. Curated by Sandra Bradvic, Roos Gortzak and Adam Szymczyk.
5X5Castelló11 Premi Internacional d’art contemporani EACC, Castelló, Spain.
This place would be so much better if only it had an ocean view, Guest Room, Rotterdam (solo).
Lustrum Galerie Jochem, Sanquin, Amsterdam.
New Graffiti, Old Revolutions, MK Galerie, Rotterdam. Curated by Jason Coburn.
Showcasing Today’s Essentials, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam. Curated by Hilde de Bruijn (solo).
Showcasing Today’s Essentials , RAAMTE, ADA, Rotterdam (solo).
Cabin Fever, Tupajumi, Co-prosperity, Chicago.
Winter Garden, Florida, collective ADA in 't Gemaal, Rotterdam.
Blurrr, TENT., Rotterdam. Curated by Mariette Dölle.
BEyond, Duende Rotterdam. Curated by Teresa Iannotta.
Mondriaan Download, Biagotti Progetto Arte, Florence. Curated by Andrea Bruciati.
My Travels with Barry, TENT., Rotterdam. Curated by Jan Verwoert and Bernd Krauss.
City Choreographies, the Nunnery, London. Curated by Tracey Warr.
Kunstvlaai, Westerpark, de Gashouder, Amsterdam.
Art Amsterdam, Mart House, stand 46, Amsterdam.
To an other commonplace, Mart House, Amsterdam.
Esmé Valk, Kim Rikken, Anne Walk, Mart House, Amsterdam.
Exposorium 1967 – 2007, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.
This is how it must feel to be there, Pakhuismeesteren, Rotterdam.
Exploring new identities, W139, Amsterdam. Organised by Art Partner.
Tupajumi White Edition, W139, Amsterdam.
Choreography for the Selfish Herd, Galerie SO, Solothurn (solo).
Ball of Fame, Umspannwerk, Berlin.
Jeroen Kuster en Esmé Valk, Sanquin, Amsterdam.
Absolut Invasion, CBK, Rotterdam.
In transit, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam.
Anonymous art expo, Kattenbak, Amsterdam.
Rotterdam fashion city, CBK, Rotterdam.
Art for sail, Loods 6, Amsterdam. Organised by Art Partner.
Happy garden, Hang, Amsterdam.
Alles van waarde moet weg, Cacaofabriek, Helmond.
Tupajumi, the Cable factory, Helsinki.
Scenario 2020, Vrije universiteit, Amsterdam.
Lectures and Screenings
Presentation by Mariette Dölle on my work, ARCO, Madrid.
Movement, roles and positions on the open stage, Public lecture at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht.
Performative lecture Dancing on the Carpet at Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland.
Artist Talk at Guest Corner, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel, Switzerland.
Artist Talk at Be my Guest, IAAB evening, Oslo 10, Basel, Switzerland.
Artist Talk, Geh 8, Dresden, Germany.
Notities, private lecture at the HKU, Utrecht.
The square; bodies in formation, public talk in TENT., Rotterdam. Part of the Guided Tours organised by ADA.
Artist Talk by Tamara Kuselman & Esmé Valk, public talk in SMART Project Space, Amsterdam.
Films by Charles and Ray Eames, introduction and screening in ADA, Rotterdam.
Commonplace Book, private lecture at the HKU, Utrecht.
Zicht op Zalmhaven public lecture at the Multi-avond: Out-of-the-box, TENT., Rotterdam.
Notities, private lecture at the HKU, Utrecht.
Art and Artifacts, a short history on gatherings, public talk at ADA, Rotterdam.
Methodologies, public lecture at TENT., Rotterdam.
Notities, private lecture at the HKU, Utrecht.
Public lecture, organised by the KABK, Den Haag.
Activities
Initiative and organisation of the video lecture Interior Arcadias by Mark Pimlott. Screened during the Winter Garden in ‘t Gemaal, Rotterdam.
Organisation and concept of the project Zicht op Zalmhaven.
Coordinating editor of the publication Small Talk with the Janitor
Member and co-founder of artist initiative ADA Rotterdam.
Organisation of a regular public programme for the artist initiative ADA; area for debate and art. Still ongoing. | view
Co-organiser of the exhibition This is how it must feel to be there.
Art Partner of Krans & van Hilten Advocaten
Co-initiator and organisor of the exhibition in Transit.
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
Diputació de Castelló collection
Several private collections