Winner of the Amsterdam Prize for Art and Culture 2007 with OT301
it all started 1963
life & studying
/// Studies at London Metropolitain University (England) and Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Department of jewellery and silversmithing
just a selection
exhibitions & projects
/// Member of Graansilo, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Silogallery, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
NY Meets Amsterdam
Vehicles and Machines
/// Open Source, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
WDW
/// Gallery Klara Linthe, Berlin (Germany)
/// Designer for Keen on Green (Netherlands)
/// International Design Festival Berlin
Das Glück Dieser Erde
/// Gallery Friends of Carlotta, Zurich (Switzerland)
Jump
/// Pop up L. Littlestone, New York (USA)
/// Maison des Metiers d’Art, Agde (France)
La Vie en Rose
/// International Jewellery Fair, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Sieraad
/// Autscape Congress, (England)
Suzie Superglue
/// Gallery Fontrodona, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Deep ‘n YellowConnections
/// Hamiffal, Jerusalem (Israel)
Spicy Brain
SINCE 2017
/// Co-founder of Metalhealth with Michal Greenberg Abrahami. Bilateral movement training and research
/// Various exhibitions and projects
another selection
publications
/// Silo catalogus (Netherlands)
/// Schmuckmagazin (Germany) – The Esthetics of a Bright Red Rubber Glove
/// Roboduck paperstage with Peter Pontiac (Netherlands) and others
/// Marie Claire France (France)
/// Fontrodona catalogus (Netherlands)
/// Darling publications (Cologne / New York) –The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers
/// ManipulationsBlack and White ThinkingREALmag– magazine about identity, art and science (Netherlands)
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dance & music
/// Studied Capoeira with Martinho Fiuza (Brazil) and Renato Gomes (Germany / Brazil)
/// Member of dance company Teatro Safado
Participated in the International Theatre Festival Mu (Germany), Hoftheater, Berlin (Germany) and other locations
/// Dancer with 40 Plus K.A. and Navras, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Performed in Ghandi Centre, The Hague (Netherlands) and other locations
/// Drummer with Samba Tula
Performances for Medicins Sans Frontière etc.
/// Laadlos To Be To Not BeDrummer with Samba Tula for Dogtroep
a selection of art & jewellery teaching
teaching
/// Girls and Hammers – an introduction to tools, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
/// Alternative Energy Forms and Techniques for Children– Amsterdam (Netherlands)
/// Art teacher at Montessori schools and other schools in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
/// Drawings and CartoonsArt and TechniqueIntroduction to Smithing and Metal Work
/// Autscape congress (England) 2007/2009
Experimental Jewellery Making for the Neurodivergent Spectrum
/// Lecturer at Art school Wherelant (Netherlands), department of jewellery and silversmithing
/// Curating for illustrators (Netherlands)
/// Masterclasses jewellery design at HaMiffal, Jerusalem (Israel)
/// Art, Jewellery and Dance Therapy at the Paralympic Centre Tel Aviv, Beit Hanna Rehabilitation Centre Tel Aviv and Alyn Hospital Jerusalem
me(n)tal health
now
/// Since 2013 I specialise in bilateral movement training for students, through focus orientated metal work. I work with students from the neurodiversity spectrum, as well as students with rheumatism and accident-related brain damage
/// In 2016 I co-founded Metalhealth with Michal Greenberg Abrahami, member of Sheba medical centre Tel Aviv, to train medical staff and occupational therapists in bilateral movement training through metal work
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25095901
/// Since 2024 I volunteer at the Paralympic Center Ramat Gan, Beit Hanna Rehabilitation Day Care Centre Tel Aviv and Alyn Hospital Jerusalem with Jewellery, Art and Dance Therapy
Winner of the Amsterdam Prize for Art and Culture 2007 with OT301