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© Aliki van der Kruijs 2024
Education
2010-2012 Master Applied Art, Dirty Art Department, Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam
2003-2007 Bachelor Fashion Design, ArtEZ University of Visual Arts Arnhem
2001-2002 Propedeuse Graphic Design, Hogeschool van de Kunsten Utrecht
Residencies
2020-2021 Jan van Eyck Academie, Multiform Institute for fine art, design and reflection, Maastricht
2017 Creative Residency Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Selected exhibitions and events
2024
The Soils Project, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
Waterwijs, Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen
Hello Waters, riverwalks as part of residency icm Céline Pelcé, Kyoto, Japan
Open Studio / Bridge to Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Waterspiegelingen / Waterschool, Cuypershuis, Roermond
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPENs
2023
The Soils Project, TarraWarra Museum, Healesville, Australia
Choreographed Events, Garage Rotterdam
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2022
To Dye For, Textielmuseum, Tilburg
Technology Loves Nature, Floriade, Almere
Waterschool, Studio Makkink Bey, Salone del Mobile, Milan
The Solar Biennale, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2021
Joint Venture, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim
Colors, Etc. Lille 3000, Lille, Belgium
Waterschool, Studio Makkink Bey, International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
Open Studio, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2020
Kleureyck, Designmuseum, Gent, Belgium
Continuous Regeneration, Columbia Circle, Shanghai, China
Dutch Design Week (online), Kadans 2.0 launch
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2019
Design graphique et textile, Centre National du Graphisme, Chaumont, France
Transfashional, City Museum of Rimini, Italy
Creative Residency Arita 2018–2019, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
Colony x Ventura Projects: Dutch Design in NYC, Good Colony, NYC
Weavers Werkstatt, residency in Hella Jongerius’ exhibition Interlace, Lafayette Anticipation, Paris
Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, NYC
Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, Cube Design Museum, Kerkrade
Open to Art, Gallery Officine Saffi, Milan
Waterschool (studio Makkink Bey), Salone del Mobile & Luma Arles
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2018
Climate as Artifact, Satellietgroep, Elektriciteitsfabriek The Hague
Behind Shiny Glazing, Van Abbe museum, Dutch Design Week Eindhoven
Waterschool (studio Makkink Bey), Istanbul Design Biennale
Beazley Designs of the Year, Design Museum London
Tijdelijke Textieldrukkerij, Twentse Welle, Enschede
UPTIME, Satellietgroep / Nest, The Hague
The Future of Living Materials (ArtEZ + WUR), State of Fashion, Arnhem
SATURATED, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New York
Made in Holland, Princessehof, Leeuwarden
Art Nouveau, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
Album Arita, /Maison, Teruhiro Yanigahara studio, Osaka
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2017
akira, aliki, arata, arita, duoshow Kana Kawanashi Gallery, Tokyo
Nagasakirinne, Dejima, Nagasaki
FUTURES, Gwangju Design Biennale 2017, South Korea
OpZicht, Stroom, The Hague
Designing the Surface, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
Designroute, Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen
Ventura NY – The Dutch Edition, Wanted Design, New York
Windbaken, Suze May Sho, Lobith / Rijkswaterstaat
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2016
10 years Thomas Eyck, groupshow Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen
SURface, Grafische Werkplaats/Whispering Wall, The Hague
Indigo : Sharing Blue, Crafts Council, Nagasaki & Eindhoven
Next Up, groupshow, De Kazerne, Eindhoven
Weather or Not, MU, Eindhoven
Parelgoud – Plaatsmaken, Museum Arnhem
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2015
The Future of Fashion Is Now, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai
UNSEEN, represented by Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
Dutch Invertuals, No Static groupshow, DDW, Eindhoven
Planting Spatials, Duoshow, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
Contact, Kana Kanawashi Gallery, Tokyo
Rheanie, Blue mood project, Sélestat (Fr)
Dutch Invertuals, Bodylanguage groupshow Salone del Mobile, Milaan
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2014
In No Particular Order, stimuleringsfonds talent exhibition, Eindhoven
Zomerdromen, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
The Future of Fashion Is Now, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Reflections, Mint Gallery, London
Local Heroes, Exhibition landscape by Jules van den Langenberg, Boxtel
Bart Invites: Materiaalfonds. Groupshow, Amsterdam
Juxtapose, ULTRASUPERNEW gallery, Tokyo
Stilleben|LAB, ClickNL NextFashion, Hannover Messe
Dutch Tradition and Innovation, groupshow, Tokyo, Mikimoto & Dutch Ambassy
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2013
Starting Something, groupshow, Beijing
Salon/BE, Ubi Gallery, Beijing
Groen Gemak, groupshow, Gemak The Hague
Salon/Kant, Cromhouthuizen/Bijbelsmuseum Amsterdam
Tuttobene (Retro)Perspective, Salone del Mobile, Milan
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2012
High Fashion Low Country, initiated by Dutch Ambassade, Brussels
Now Wakes the Sea, Sattelietgroep, movieprogram
‘BOAT MOVIE’, the one minutes series
Institute of Dirty Horticulture, VU Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam
Afterlife, Uitvaart Museum, Amsterdam
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
2011
FieldEssay with Sophie Krier during Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
NIJVER|heden, 158 days Artist in Residency at ZuiderZeeMuseum
OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
Awards / stipendia / nominations
2024 Project funding, Orde.Kosmos, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
2023 Residency funding, Ukiyo — The Water Way, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
2022 Project funding, Dear Soil, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
2020 Longlist Dezeen Awards, category Workplace Design, Veer collaboration Wolf-Gordon
2020 Professionalisering, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
2019 Project funding, Kadans 2.0, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
2019 Archpaper Best of Products Award Textiles category, Veer collaboration Wolf-Gordon
2019 NYCxDesign Awards, Contract Fabric, Veer collaboration Wolf-Gordon
2019 HIP award, Workplace: Fabric+Textiles Designer Collaboration, Veer Wolf-Gordon
2019 Best of NeoCon Editors’ Choice Award, Veer collaboration Wolf-Gordon
2019 #MetropolisLikes Award, Veer collaboration Wolf-Gordon
2019 1st price Open to Art, design category, Gallery Officine Saffi, Milan
2018 PRO Onderzoek Stroom, Den Haag
2018 Finalist Beazley Design of The Year Award 2018
2017 PRO Onderzoek Stroom, Den Haag
2015 Nominatie Innovationprice, Gelderland
2013 Talentontwikkeling, stimuleringsfonds creatieve industrie NL
2013 Best Concept Award, Art Books Wanted Edition Lidu, Prague
Teaching
Master Industrial Design, KABK / Koninklijke Academie Den Haag
Textile & Fashion department KABK / Koninklijke Academie Den Haag
TXT (Textile) department, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Fashion Strategy, Master ArtEZ University of Visual Arts, Arnhem
Masters of Form, Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam
Textile Department, MAFAD Maastricht
Research assistent, master Fashion Matters, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam
Work experience
2012 – now Independent designer & researcher / Commissioned and self-initiated projects
2015 – 2017 Co-founder Enrichers
2010 – 2013 Freelance material and concept designer for Vicious Ltd
2009 – 2010 Material and concept designer, G STAR RAW, Amsterdam
2008 Internship Klavers van Engelen, Amsterdam
2006 Internship A.F. Vandevorst, Antwerpen
2006 Internship Tim van Steenbergen, Antwerpen
Works in collection of
Zuiderzeemuseum (Enkhuizen), Princessehof (Leeuwarden), Cooper Hewitt Design Museum (New York), Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (United Arab Emirates), Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (The Netherlands) and Private collectors.
Bibliography
2019 Afterseason, design Dayna Casey
2016 Tilia Patina, design Lena Steinborn
2015 Botanical Habit, text by Joke Robaard, design Lena Steinborn
2013 Made by Rain, design icw Lena Steinborn
2012 Attitude is a Two-Sided Nature, design icw Lu Liang