Born Eindhoven (NL), in 1988
Currently based in Amsterdam (NL)
2011 / 2013 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam NL
2006 / 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA hons), HKU Utrecht NL
2025 Before We Where White, White Awake US
2023 Electronic Music Production, Studio Wisseloord Hilversum NL
2020 Speculative Writing, Other Futures Amsterdam NL
2016 Permaculture Design, IMAP Guatemala GT
2016 Natural Building, Atitlan Organics Guatemala GT
2016 Community Design, Tamera Biotope Portugal
2016-17 Intuitive Somatic Psychotherapy, POL Institute Greece GR
2011 Tera Mai Reiki, Atlas Reiki Amsterdam
2022-25 Co-curator, RE_NATURE festival NL
2023-25 Speaker at EARTHBOUND Symposium Aarhus DK
2024-25 Course Tutor "Radical Thinking" MIME/Scenography AHK Amsterdam NL
2023 Course Tutor "Future Fields" BEAR (Fine Arts) ArtEZ Arnhem NL
2022 Co-curator, MELKWEG Amsterdam NL
2021-22 Course Tutor "Future Fields" Ecology Futures MA, St.Joost Den Bosch NL
2022 Speaker at KABK “Earthcraft” Studium Generale, The Hague NL
2015 Guest Tutor, Cure Master/Sandberg Institute Amsterdam NL
/also conducted studio visits at HKU, ArtEZ, KABK.
2023
Murky Medicine Swamp, Rupert Vilnius LT
2022
EARTHSHRINE, MU Hybrid Arthouse Eindhoven NL
2019
Trans Neolithic Future, Te Ware Toi Wellington NZ
2014
SWEAT, Roodkapje Rotterdam NL
2012
Lovejoy's Practice, Tidens Krav Oslo NO
2025 Upcoming: Expo at Light Harvesting Complex, Vantaa (FI)
2025 Upcoming: RE_NATURE Festival 2025, Amsterdam (NL)
2025 Upcoming: Expo at Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow (UK)
2024-25
Ghosts of Futures Past, Garage Rotterdam (NL)
2024
Land-Learning, NEST Gallery Miami (USA)
2024
Blauwe Zone Festival, Van Eesteren Museum Amsterdam (NL)
2024
People look like Flowers, Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam (NL)
2024
Performance Conversaciones, Radio Nopal Mexico City (MX) (video screening)
2023
Open Space, SÍM Residency Reykjavik (IS)
2023
Tender Raptures, Technical Museum of East Iceland (IS)
2023
Wat Bezielt Ons? Vishal Haarlem (NL)
2022
OPYUM Festival, 3537 Paris (FR) (video screening)
2022
Pittfalls, Odapark Venray (NL) (mentor)
2022
We are all Stardust, Dat Bolwerck Zutphen (NL) (duo)
2022
All Flourishing is Mutual, MELKWEG Amsterdam (NL) (co-curated)
2022
Alles Verandert, Museum IJsselstein (NL)
2021
RE_NATURE, Willem Twee Den Bosch (NL) (co-curated)
2021
Village of Shakespeare, Diever (NL)
2021
Dreaming in Everywhen, IMPAKT, Utrecht (NL)
2020-21 Empathie - Geen mens een eiland, Museum IJsselstein (NL)
2019-20 Orgonomics, Garage Rotterdam (NL)
2018 Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam (NL) (fair)
2018 Echoes of Shamanism, Zone2Source Amsterdam (NL)
2017 We are the Market!, Onomatopee Eindhoven (NL)
2017 Disruption – Remapping Nature, Lustwarande Tilburg (NL)
2017 Cure Park, TAAK/Amsterdamse Bos (NL) (manifestation)
2016 Universal Baby, ZERP Gallery Rotterdam (NL)
2016 Ritual and the Sacred, Route du Nord Rotterdam (NL)
2016 Art Rotterdam, ZERP Gallery Rotterdam (NL) (fair)
2015 Precious Vessels, MILK Amsterdam (NL)
2015 Fest I Nova, Art Villa Garikula, Kaspi (GE)
2015 Sfear van Ynset, Kunsthuis SYB Beetsterzwaag (NL) (triënnale)
2015 Festival WhyNot, Tolhuistuin Amsterdam (NL)
2014 The Feeling Internet, Mediamatic Amsterdam (NL)
2014 In Search of a Moral Ritual, Kunsthuis SYB Beetsterzwaag (NL) (duo)
2013 The Temptations of AA Bronson, Witte de With (NL)
2013 Banquet for the Wandering Ghosts, TENT Rotterdam (NL)
2013 Nothing could be slow enough, TENT Rotterdam (NL)
2013 De Vissers, Goethe Institute Rotterdam (NL)
2012 Complimenta, The Manse Ithaca NY (US)
2012 The Howl and the Why, Grünerløkka Kunsthall Oslo (NO)
2012 Urban Wizard Practice, Roodkapje Rotterdam (NL)
2012As David said to Damien, Punt WG Amsterdam (NL) (co-curated)
2012 The Teaser, Upominki Rotterdam (NL)
2011 Triptease, Kunstpodium-T, Tilburg (NL)
2011 The Botanist’s Reverie, Retort Artspace Amsterdam (NL)
2011 M2LIVE Filmprijs, Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht (NL) (video screening)
2011 Kunst aan de Schinkel, Soledad Senlle Gallery A'dam (NL)
2010 Best of Graduates, Ron Mandos Gallery A'dam (NL)
2010 Media Art Festival Leeuwarden (NL) (video screening)
2010 HKU graduation, HKU Utrecht (NL)
2013 PZI Promotion Award, PZI Rotterdam (NL)
2010 Jan Zumbrink Award, HKU Utrecht (NL)
2022 C.o.C.A Award 2023, C.o.C.A. (nominated)
2017 3-Package Deal, NDSM-werf/Over Het IJ Festival/ DasTheatre (longlisted)
2015 3-Package Deal, NDSM/DasArts/Over het IJ Festival (shortlisted)
2010 Ron Mandos Young Blood Award (nominated)
Art & Music Performances
2025 Upcoming: Music performance at Museo Tapies, Barcelona (SP)
2023
Herring God MoanZ, LungA Festival Seyðisfjörður (IS) music performance
2023
OAKBaLLZ and EELSkin […], Rupert Vilnius (LT) music performance
2022
Music from the Earth, Dat Bolwerck (NL) music performance
2022
MORDORKORE, ISO Amsterdam (NL) music performance
2022
EARTHRAVE, MU Hybrid Arthouse (NL) music performance
2022
Earth Fungus Blessing, MU Hybrid Arthouse (NL) performance/workshop
2021
Stones are known to move (series of workshop), Kunstenplan Diever (NL) workshop
2020
Enter the Grove, LeGuessWho? Utrecht (NL) music performance
2020
Enter the Grove, IMPAKT Festival, Utrecht (NL) music performance
2020
S T O N E O R G Y x DEEPSOIL, MU Eindhoven (NL) music performance
2019
S T O N E O R G Y, Garage Rotterdam (NL) music performance
2019
Ultra Ecosexual Polyamory, Permaculture A.S.A.P. Garage Rotterdam (NL) spoken word
2018
Silent Bard, Echoes of Shamanism/Zone2Source Amsterdam (NL) performance
2017
Ultra Ecosexual Polyamory, Permaculture A.S.A.P., We are the Market!/Onomatopee Eindhoven (NL) performance
2017
LOVE SPACE (series of workshops), Cure Park Amsterdam (NL) performance/workshop
2017
Gratitude, Brief Encounters ’17/Lustwarande (NL) performance
2016
Massage bondage op de wallen, NPO2/Jan Rijdt Rond (NL) television appearance
2016
Wavy T, San Seriffe A'dam (NL) book reading
2016
Wavy T, Printroom R'dam (NL) book reading
2015 SWEAT VII, Kunsthuis SYB Beetsterzwaag (NL) performances
2015 Sacred Car Wash, Art’s Birthday/MuHKA Antwerpen (BE) performance
2015 Full Body Handfasting, WhyNot? Festival Amsterdam (NL) performance
2014 New Shampoo Formula, Lost&Found Amsterdam spoken word
2014 SWEAT VI, 1646 The Hague (NL) performance
2014 SWEAT I, II, III, IV and V, Roodkapje Rotterdam (NL) performance
2014Hemelse Caravaan, SIGN Groningen (NL) performance
2012Contemporary Urban Wizard Practice (series of performances), Roodkapje Rotterdam (NL) performance
2012Lovejoy's Practice, Tidens Krav Oslo (NO) performance
2010Mandragora, Ron Mandos Gallery Amsterdam (NL) performance
2010Mandragora, Kunstuitleen Utrecht (NL) performance
2010Mandragora, Kunstpodium-T Tilburg (NL) performance
2010Mandragora, HKU Utrecht (NL) performance
2024
Wetlands Worship, AIRIE ASKS/Green Space Miami (US) talk
2023
Wetlands Worship, Earthbound Symposium (DK) talk
2022
Future Soils, Earth Craft Syposium, KABK the Hague (NL) talk
2022 Is Soil Sacred? MU Hybrid Arthouse (NL) talk
2020
Kunst is Lang, Mister Motley Podcast (NL) talk
2020
Kan niet bestaat niet, Brakke Grond/Mister Motley (NL) talk
2018 Talks of Treehugging, Zone2Source Amsterdam (NL) talk
2016
Film&Culture Night, Bookstore Project A'dam (NL) talk
2012
Queer Magic, Roodkapje Rotterdam (NL) talk
2011
The Dream of the Earth, Retort Artspace Amsterdam (NL) talk
2011
The Artist as a Shaman, CBK Utrecht (NL) talk
/all talks at art schools & universities as part of teaching periods not included
2025 EKWC, Oisterwijk (NL)
2024 AIRIE Everglades, Florida (US)
2023 SÍM Residency, Reykjavik (IS)
2020 AVL Mundo, Rotterdam (NL)
2015 Kunsthuis SYB, Beesterzwaag (NL)
2014 ALTO residency, Alto Paraiso de Goias (BR)
2024 Artist Basic, Mondrian Fund
2024 Project grant, Amarte Fund
2023 Project grant, Amarte Fund
2023Music production grant, SENA
2023 Project Stipend, Mondrian Fund
2022 Research Stipend, Amsterdam Fund of the Arts
2020 Artist Basic, Mondrian fund
2018 O&O Stipend, CBK Rotterdam
2016 O&O Stipend, CBK Rotterdam
2016 Young Talent Stipend, Mondrian Fund
2016 Project grant, Stichting Stokroos
2014 O&O Stipend, CBK Rotterdam
2010 Spreekuur, Amsterdam Fund of the Arts
2021 Public sculpture for Stichting Village of Shakespeare, Diever
2015 Performance in film Night Soil - Fake Paradise, Melanie Bonajo
2014 Research-performance for Ewoud van Rijn/Dolf Henkes Prijs,TENT Rotterdam
2013 Performance in film Matrix Botanica, Melanie Bonajo
2013 Live performance, Temptations of AA Bronson, Melly Rotterdam
2024 Everglades National Park Collection (Florida, US)
2019-20 Various private collections in Netherlands, New Zealand, and USA
2019 Delirious Lustwarande, Lustwarande Tilburg (NL)(book)
2018 We are the Market, Onomatopee Eindhoven (NL) (book)
2013 Jan Zumbrink Prijs #5, HKU (NL) (book)
2021 RE_NATURE Festival, RE_NATURE (NL) (catalogue)
2019 Echoes of Shamanism, Performance Art Event (NL) (catalogue)
2018 Prospects & Concepts, Mondrian Fund (NL) (catalogue)
2013 Nothing could be slow enough […], eindexamen catalogus PZI (NL) (catalogue)
2011 Kunst aan de Schinkel, Soledad Senlle Foundation (NL) (catalogue)
2010 Exposure, eindexamen catalogus, HKU (NL) (catalogue)
2025 A shimmer of a possible place [...], Garage Rotterdam (NL)(interview)
2024AIRIE Asks. Green Space Miami (US) (recording of live talk)
2024 Venus Jasper, PerformVU (US) (added to web collection)
2023 Have we met? Ep 2, MU Eindhoven (NL) (podcast)
2023 SÍM Residency, Grapevine Reykjavik (IS) (article)
2023 Earthbonds, Echo Gone Wrong (LT) (article)
2023 Rupert Invites, Delfi Kultura (LT)(article)
2023 Toegezongen Aarde, Dagmar Bosma, Mister Motley (NL) (article)
2022 To Live And Die With Soil, Georgia Kareola, MU (NL) (article)
2022 EARTHSHRINE Sensing Sacred Soil, Digicult (IT) (article)
2022 EARTHSHRINE, Museum.nl (NL)(article)
2022 Een onmenselijke aarde, Minke Schönthaler, Mister Motley (NL) (article)
2021Treesome, TAG43 magazine (IT) (article)
2021Kunstfestival RE_NATURE [...], NRC newspaper (NL) (review)
2021 Kleine evoluties in ons denken, Maurits de Bruijn, Mister Motley (NL) (review)
2021 SPELLBOUND: Grove is in the Heart, Georgia Kareola, Kunstlicht (NL) (essay)
2020Wanneer taal poëzie wordt […], Lieneke Hulshof, Mister Motley (NL) (interview)
2020Kunst is lang, Luuk Heezen, Mister Motley (NL) (podcast)
2020Orgasme als wondermiddel, Mister Motley (NL) (review)
2018De kunstenaar als Sjamaan, Metropolis M (NL) (review)
2017Futuristic Primitivism, Rieke Vos, O, Wonder (NL) (interview)
2017Natuur en Cultuur […], Tubelight (NL) (review)
2017De schoonheid van een Slakkengang, NRC (NL)(article)
2017Niet-menselijke krachten op de Lustwarande, NRC (NL)(review)
2017Lustwarande en de connectie Tilburg - Kassel, Metropolis M (NL)(review)
2017Temple of Seduction, Glamcult Magazine (NL) (review)
2017Bedachtzame seks, Parool (NL) (article)
2017Kunst over seks en zorg in Amsterdamse Bos, NRC (NL) (interview)
2016Jan Rijdt Rond, NPO3 (NL) (television interview)
2015Fest I Nova, Georgian TV (GE) (television reportage)
2015Kunst in Beesterzwaag, Omrup Fryslan (NL) (television interview)
2014Nieuwe Nieuwe Alchemie, Metropolis M (NL) (article)
2012 Dooier Tombe Neo-Lasquax, Verenigde Sandbergen (NL) (review)
2012 Pugge of Relativisme, Billedkunst #01 (NO) (review)
/older press on request