exhibitions

DIPLOMAS & DEGREES

1992 – 1996
De!Kunsthumaniora Lier - Antwerp
Secondary Art Education - Visual & Fine Arts

1996 – 2000
Sint Lucas Antwerp - Karel de Grote University College
Master's Degree in Audiovisual and Fine Arts – Open Studio

1998 – 2004
Stedelijke Academie Hoboken – Audiovisual and Photographic Arts
Specialization in Photographic Arts

2005 – 2007
Diploma in Pedagogical and Didactic Competence in Education

2015
Introductory course in visual thinking
‘Visual Thinking Strategies’
By Yoon Kang O'Higgings
FOMU Antwerp

2015
Workshop Extra City
‘Photographic sculpture’
By Ode De Kort

2016

PHOTO EVENT 16

International Photography Show

CC Mechelen - De Garage

Centre for Visual Expression - non-profit

(Centrum voor Beeldexpressie VZW)

2017
Workshops Futures Institute
Courses of reflective thinking on future perspectives in society, life and cultural structures
M HKA Antwerp

2000 to present

Visual artist, photographic medium

2000 - 2003

Project coach for minority groups – Intercultural work

PRICMA VZW province of Antwerp > socio-cultural work with migrants, women and children Creating artistic workshops as input for self-awareness and personal identity

2003

Catalogue Theatre House 'Het Paleis'

A photographic narrative with texts by Stefan Perceval and graphic design by Dieter Coppens

2004 to present

Teacher in the Visual Arts

Sint Lucas Secondary School of Art in Antwerp

2004 - 2010

Freelance employee/guide at the Photographic Museum of Antwerp

2012 - 2013

Mentor and supervisor for “Project Spoorzoekers” (Trailblazers Project)

MAS and City of Antwerp

2014 & 2019

Supervision and support for young people for the Red Star Line Museum

Workshops 'Project Home Sweet Home'

Participant in “Project Home Sweet Home”

Lecture: My Homes - Workshop - How to translate it in a Visual Journal”

with an exhibition of works by seventh-year BSO Kinderzorg students

2014

Board Member as Visual Artist

Centre for Visual Expression VZW Antwerp - (Breedbeeld)

2015 to 2024

Member of the General Assembly of RASA VZW Antwerp

with support from Gerd Diercks

Art education for children and young people

2015 to 2020

Guest lectures at the University of Antwerp

Faculty of Interior Architecture

MODULE MULTIDISCIPLINARITY

3 BA Interior Design - Mixed Media and The Photographic Image

2017 to present

Board member of the Board of Directors

WARP - Wase Arts Platform VZW Sint Niklaas

With support from Stef van Bellingen

2021 - Now

KdG Hogeschool

Member of the Training Advisory Board

at KdG Sint Lucas Antwerp

2022 - 2024
Launch of the Platform Photography Belgium
Member of the advisory platform

Exhibitions and Lectures

2000 EXPO Sint Lucas Antwerp Exhibition and presentation of The Masters of 2000

2001 EXPO Borgerhart ‘Werner Segers’ Rataplan vzw & City of Antwerp

2002 Exhibition ‘Hoboken Biennale’ Hoboken industrial zone

2002 Exhibition ‘De Goede Woning’ a Sif project & City of Antwerp

2002 till 2008 Exhibitions ‘Koninklijke Lierse Fotoclub’ & City of Lier

2003 Solo exhibition ‘Pictures’ in t’Klein Raamtheater - Antwerp

2003 - 2004 Solo exhibition ‘Jong-geflitst Awards’ 20 Cultural Centre Flanders

2005 - 2008 Solo exhibition ‘FotografieCircuit Vlaanderen’

2006 Exhibition ‘25 jaar Fotografie-circuit Vlaanderen’ FOMU Antwerp

2006 Solo exhibition ‘Fotografie 2006‘ KdG Sint Lucas Antwerp - curated by Erik Desombere

2007 Exhibition ‘Eye 5’ in collaboration with CvB in the Atab – Gallery Antwerp

2007 Solo exhibition ‘Sit & Wait’ in collaboration with Gynaika in the PinArt Gallery in Mechelen

2008 Preselection for M Hka for Canvas Collection 2008

2009 Selected for ‘BastArt’ young Art Dogs with solo exhibition - Houthalen Helchteren

2010 Preselection for M Hka for Canvas Collection 2010

2011 Exhibition WALLPIECE Sint Lucas KSO Antwerp - Curated by Nikolaas Demoen

2012 Project ‘Fastfood for the brain’ with UAB - KdG Sint Lucas Antwerp

2012 Preselection Portfolio preview BOZAR & Centre for Visual Expression (Breedbeeld)

2012 Duo exhibition ‘RECLAIM’ in collaboration with CULT2060 - Winkelhaak - Atlas Antwerp

2012 Exhibition Fotosalon Koninklijke Lierse Fotoclub & Stad Lier

2013 Solo WALLPIECE “Constructions” Sint Lucas KSO Antwerp - Curated by Nikolaas Demoen

2013 Exhibition AIR PORT 2013 – flags in collaboration with DAA & BWI in Essaouira, Morocco

2014 Solo presentation ‘Fathers and Daughters’with UAB & KdG Sint Lucas Antwerp

2014 Exhibition AIR PORT 2014 – flags in collaboration with DAA & BWI Antwerp, Belgium

2014 Digital presentation project “Home Sweet Home” & Red Star Line Museum

2015 Exhibition “Human Colors” CC NOVA & City of Antwerp

2016 “The Garden of Today”- Botanical Garden Meise - UAB & KdG Sint Lucas Antwerp

2016 Exhibition “PHOTO EVENT 2016” CvB & CC Mechelen - De Garage

2016 “Queer Arts Festival” - digital presentation at Fotomuseum Antwerp

2016 “Beauty without Irony” BEAUTY OVERDOSE - Group expo - Sterckshof Deurne

2016 ‘The value of Melancholy’ by Gaston Meskens – show – Antwerp Tower

2016 “Ten years of CLOUDKNITTERS” - Radio Centraal - De Oude Beurs Antwerp

2017 Series - Into Darkness – WARP Contemporary Art Platform – Sint Niklaas

2018 Series - Invisible Grounds – De Arenberg - Antwerp January to June 2018

2018 National Women's Day: FEMALE VOICES - De Centrale Gent – Lecture & Presentation

2019 “Recycled Identities” – ART GALLERY DE WAEL - Curated by Stef Van Bellingen & WARP

2019 Digital Publication “A day in the life of” – Webmagazine THE ART COUCH

2019 Lecture: Existence through seeing – Curated by Eline De Clercq – Wool Publishing

2020 WARP arts platform – Lecture Georgia O’Keeffe in dialogue with my artistic work

2020 Random Scream – Universal Minutes – digital presentation in Corona-times - zoom sessions

2020 Lecture: “Just be” – t’ Werkhuys – Borgerhout - Wool Publishing - Eline De Clercq

2020 EXPO ‘Downtown Borgerhout’– t’ Werkhuys – Borgerhout

2021 EXPO "Art is Giving"- A Social Cultural Project - October 2021 – Borgerhub - Borgerhout

2022 EXPO DUO - Faryda Moumouh and Paul Bourgeois - Shoobil Gallery Antwerp

2022 EXPO “BEELDVORMERS” WARP - Wase Contemporary Art Platform Sint Niklaas

with works of Faryda Moumouh - Wim Wauman - Michel Vaerewijck

2023 EXPO "Artists of Shoobil"- Drawn by winter - Shoobil Gallery Antwerp

2024 Selected and Presented at the INTERNATIONAL PHOTO ARTFAIR UNSEEN AMSTERDAM

2024 EXPO “Reconstructed Views” - SOLO Faryda Moumouh - Shoobil Gallery Antwerp

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Exhibitions and Lectures