Date of birth: 03/09/1983 (Pretoria, South Africa)
Languages: English (mother tongue), Afrikaans and Dutch
Contact: lauren@foundland.org
Work Experience:
2009 - present Co - founder of graphic design and research foundation; Foundland
2009 - present Freelance communications & PR at Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam
2009 - 2010 Editorial & design team of HTV de Ijsberg arts newspaper, Amsterdam
2009- 2010 Graphic Design freelance work: clients including Oilily, Opera Ontwerpers, Nike Amsterdam
2008 & 2009 Production & co-ordination, Sandberg Institute graduation exhibition & event
2006 Full-time Graphic Design at King James RSVP Advertising, Cape Town
Education and Qualifications
2009 - 2011 MFA Master in Fine Art, Dutch Art Institute, Artez, Arnhem, the Netherlands
2006 - 2008 M. (Des) Masters Degree in Graphic Design
Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam (affiliated with Gerrit Rietveld Academie)
2002 - 2005 BA (Applied Graphic Design) (passed with distinction) and extra degree in
English Literature, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
1997 - 2001 Rustenburg High School for Girls’, Cape Town, South Africa
Prizes
2009 Winner “Artist in Action” award, Eutopia magazine, for “Sunshine is the best disinfectant” campaign with Ghalia Elsrakbi
2005 Winner of a SABS Prototype award for ‘Smart Case’ design
2005 Winner of the Design achievers award
Grants/ scholarships / funding
2010 National Arts Council, South Africa for the Cardboard Monument project
2010 Mediafonds(Dutch documentary fund) for the Cardboard Monument project
2008 Selected for the Stifo@Sandberg workshop
2007 Oxfam Novib for “Conversations with Pamela” documentary in Uganda
2006 Awarded Prestigious Huygens Scholarship by Nuffic (Dutch Government)
Selected Exhibitions, screenings and presentations
2011 "Watching Revolution Through a Hole in the Wall" at Studium Generale, Rietveld Academie with Foundland, Nov 2011
2011 "Watching Revolution Through a Hole in the Wall" exhibition with Foundland at Impakt Festival, Utrecht
2011 Foundland presentation at Enacting Populism, Extracity, Antwerp, BE
2011 Cardboard Monument on Walter Sisulu Square, Kliptown, Soweto
2010 Noord exhibition with Foundland, Mediamatic, Amsterdam
2010 Temporary Art Souvenirs, Manifesta 8 (parallel programme), Murcia, Spain
2009 Democracy in Action exhibition with Ghalia Elsrakbi, Gemeente huis, Den Haag
2009 Watching Democracy Isea International Electronic Arts, Belfast, Ireland
2009 Stedelijk Museum in mijn huis Stedelijk Museum, Bouwkeet at Art Amsterdam
2009 Conversations with Pamela video, Urban screen at WTC station, CasZuidas
2009 Dialogue, 15 March 2009 Nieuwe Vide Gallery in Haarlem
2008 Conversations with Pamela and Dear Guilt Industry, Sandberg Graduation, Nimk, Amsterdam,
2006 Het Gelijkheidsspel tijdens Het grote weekend van Gelijkheid, De Balie, Amsterdam
Published Works (text and design)
See "TEXTS" for more information
2011 "China saves Dutch art" editorial contribution with Foundland for Open magazine/Groene Amsterdammer, 09/11
2011 The White Elephant, with text by Clare Butcher and Lauren Alexander, with Charles Nkosi and Oom Bolo, Published by Dutch Art Institute and Mediafonds (2011) To order email: lauren@foundland.org
2010 Public Art, Parool newspaper (Arabic insert with Mediamatic), Amsterdam, September
2009 Body Double, (in collaboration with Ghalia Elsrakbi), self- initiated comic book for “Body Double” exhibition, Nieuwe Vide Gallery. (2009)
2008 Post–Apartheid Place Branding, HTV de Ijsberg newspaper #72, February
2008 Dear Guilt Industry, HTV de Ijsberg newspaper #76, November
2008 .Jpeg project images in article about The Pigeon Project, Items Magazine, December
2008 Collective Masters, self- initiated catalogue publication for Sandberg Instituut, September
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