Isolde Thé-rika Maria Venrooy

Education

1994-1998 BFA, Academy of Fine Arts Tilburg, painting and drawing, cum laude
1998-2000 MFA, Post Academy of Fine Arts Leicester (UK), Granada (ES), Tilburg (NL)
2000-2003 BFA, Design Academy Eindhoven, man and communication, cum laude
2015 Utrecht University, Faculty of Social Sciences, teaching in higher education

Selection of exhibitions 1998-2024

– Rondo Sztuki Gallery Katowice (PL), Adherence-forgotten choreographies
– IKOB Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Eupen (BE), Performing Landscapes
– Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster Aachen (DE), crumbs
– De Fabriek Eindhoven, ·r·e·s·p·o·n·g·e· 
– European Ceramic Workcentre Oisterwijk, Test Case
– Willem Twee Kunstruimte ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Support Space
– Zone2Source Amsterdam, Mind Your Step
– Omstand Arnhem, Hooglicht
– Museum Arnhem & Museum Het Valkhof Nijmegen, Biënnale Gelderland
– Scarabee Oosterbeek, Onzichtbaar Landschap
– Platform DIS, Het Microbiële Zelf
– ELIA Biennal Conference Rotterdam, Resilience and the City
– Perdu Amsterdam, Versed Paths
– VHDG Leeuwarden, HEDEN:LEREN
– Offprint Paris (FR), Booklaunch Typology of an ideal landscape
– TENT Rotterdam, Every Picture Tells A Story
– Pulchri Studio The Hague, Software
– Kerava Art Museum Kerava (FI), Northern Fibre #6
– Museum of Applied Art Belgrado (SRB), Tables and Borders
– Stedelijk Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Assen, Re-present
– Schielandhuis Rotterdam, Zwervende tentoonstelling #6
– PEK Eindhoven, The centre of anything else
– Haagse Kunstkring The Hague, Op uitnodiging
– Biennal Kaunas (LT), Textile 05
– ZIM Rotterdam, Cijfershop
– Centrum Beeldende Kunst Emmen, Non-Conform
– De Singel Antwerp (BE), Odradek
– Nieuwe Brabantse Kunst Stichting Breda, Salon 5
– Nieuwspoort The Hague, Cum Laude 2
– De Fabriek Eindhoven, Lang verwacht een ‘caleidoscopisch evenement’

Residencies

2024: Bewaerschole Burgh-Haamstede
2023: Greylight Projects & IKOB Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst (BE)
2021: European Ceramic Workcentre Oisterwijk (NL)
2016: van Eyck Academy Maastricht (NL), The Drive of Walking
2008: Nelimarkka residence Alajärvi (FI)
2006: Foundation De Koffer Berlin (DE)

 

 

Selected grants

2020-2024: Stipendium for Established Artists, Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam
2020: Talent development, The Province of Gelderland
2013: Research and experiment, CBK Rotterdam
2012: Research and experiment, CBK Rotterdam
2010: Research and experiment, CBK Rotterdam
2006: Stipendium for Established Artists, Fonds BKVB Amsterdam

Awards and Recognitions

2011: Royal Award for Modern Painting Amsterdam, second round
1998: De Pont Museum prize & Tilburg Incentive prize, nominated
1998: Masters of European Arts and Cultures, nominated and granted

Other

2023-2024: Commission art interventions in wadi landscape, commissioned by Municipality Nijmegen
2022-2023: Advisor Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam
2022: Curator Residencies Drawing Centre Diepenheim
2020: Critical Friend with Marlies Van Hak, Honours Academy Radboud University Nijmegen
2018: Curator Finals Creative Writing, ArtEZ University of the Arts Arnhem

Teaching positions

2018-2022: Curator Winterlab, 27 field labs, 400 students, 9 courses, art & design, theatre & music, ArtEZ University of the Arts
2015-2021: Curator Zomerlab, 8 field labs, 120 students, 8 courses, art & design and theatre, ArtEZ University of the Arts
2010-2020: Coordinator Berlin excursion, 120 students, 7 courses, art & design, ArtEZ University of the Arts Zwolle
2010-2017: Coordinator first years’ introduction Vlieland, 120 students, 7 courses, art & design, ArtEZ University of the Arts Zwolle
2017: Guest lecturer Slow Writing Lab, Dutch Foundation for Literature Amsterdam
2013-2019: Commisioner, Hout-en Meubileringscollege Rotterdam
2010-2013: Teacher Drawing & Image grammar, ArtEZ University of the Arts Zwolle
2010-2013: Teacher Drawing & Perception, SKVR Stadsacademie Rotterdam
2010: Teacher Digital media, Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam

Articles

Jegens & Tevens, Het leven als spons in De Fabriek, Frits Dijcks
MetropolisM, Leven vanuit het lichaam, Lotte van Geijn
MetropolisM, Support Space brengt kunst bij je thuis, Loes van Beuningen
Mister Motley, Waarom is het landschap mooi?, Sophie Smeets
Mister Motley, De tuin, het bos en de beek, Puck Kroon
De Groene Amsterdammer, Tegen de pixeladepten, schilderen anno 2011, Paul Kempers

Venrooy’s work is held in private and public collections, including the art collection Province of Gelderland and Dela Art Collection.