EDUCATION

2017–current

BA Fine Arts (Painting), Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp

2018–current

Japanese lessons (private), Antwerp

2015–2017

Japanese lessons; Vollwassenenonderwijs Berchem, Antwerp

2011–2015

MA Fine Arts (Fashion Design), Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp

2006–2011

Drawing classes; Viktor Knack, Freiburg, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

Der Klub der wilden Maler; MoMu, Antwerp

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

10×1, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

2018

Ceres, 252 cc Cultural Center Ekeren, Belgium

2018

Kunstwedstrijd Arnoevoo, MEC Staf Versluys, Bredene, Belgium

2017

Fashion in Style geinspireerd door Mondriaan; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands

2017

Play! Act! Cut! , De Studio, Antwerp, Belgium

2016

New Fashion Perspectives; Glamcult, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2016

Première of iii; Lumière Cinema, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2016

Rik Wouters & The private Utopia; MoMu, Antwerp, Belgium

2015

The Belgians; Bozar Brussels, Belgium

RECENT PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS

2019

Residence in Tanger, Morocco; with the artist collective Edition No. 1

2019

Y, production for Belgian artist Michele Matyn

2018

Funny Five Minutes; production for Belgian artist Nadia Naveau Base Alpha Gallery, Antwerp

2016

iii; short film, shown as part of Play! Act! Cut!
In collaboration with Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands); Fashionclash (Maastricht,
The Netherlands); and MoMu Modemuseum (Antwerp)

2016

Post-Couture Collective Antwerp; sustainable fashion collaboration and pop-up store at Paris Texas Gallery, Antwerp

2016

She is my sister; costumes for dance performance, Zomer van Antwerpen, Antwerp

WORK EXPERIENCE

2016–2017

Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
Guest lecturer, MA, Fashion Department

2016–2017

Walter Van Beirendonck, Antwerp
Head of Creative Studio
Show and showroom assistant: Paris AW17–18; SS17; AW16–17
Sales assistant showroom Paris AW1718

2016

Design Assistant Walter van Beirendonck

2015–2016

Internship with Walter van Beirendonck, Antwerp

2010

Internship with Karl Etoffe & Max Tessuti, Freiburg

2010

Internship with Hannah Marshall, London

2010

Internship with Sofie D’Hoore, Brussels

PUBLICATIONS

2019

Aponte, Maru, Abdulameer, Muataz, Beinke, Marie-Sophie, Borremans, Marianne, De Smet, Ruben, Evans Canales, Santiago, Park, Sun-You, Vandenbroeck, Witold, Van Landeghem, Annefloor. Edition No. 1. Antwerp, Belgium: Edition No.1, 2019.

2015

Debo, Kaat, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Walter van Beirendonck,Sarah Heynssens, Suzy Menkes, Karen van. Godtsenhoven,Emmanuelle Dirix, Todd Nicewonger, Peter De Potter, and Hettie Judah. Fashion Antwerp Academy 50. Tielt, Belgium: Lannoo, 2013.

AWARDS

2017

iii; selected for screening at MFFF Mexico Fashion Film Festival, 2017; Mercedes-Benz Bokeh South Africa; International Fashion Film Festival (Best Actor and Best Direction), 2017; CANIFF, Canadian Fashion Film Festival, 2017; Copenhagen Fashion Film, 2017 (Best Story

2015

Christine Mathys Award by Dries van Noten

2015

Momu Award; Modemuseum, Antwerp

2014

Future Fashion Designer Scholarship; Honest by Bruno Pieters

2013

Flanders Fashion Makers by Mopan Alken Award

2007

Participation in the Jugendkunstpreis (youth arts competition), Freiburg; scholarship with the artist and fashion designer Antje Schimpfle