Biography
Elected member of the IAC-AIC (International Academy of Ceramic Artists), NGO in official partnership of UNESCO.
Elected member of Design Flanders, Belgian governmental organization supporting visual artists.
Awards
2021
First prize at the Int’l Festival of Contemporary Ceramics in Sofia, BULGARIA
First price at the Premio Int’l di Arte Ceramica Fratelli Melis, Bosa, Sardinia, ITALY
2016
Dean’s Award of Wolverhampton University
2006
Receives the Golden Honorable Medal from the town Council of Brasschaat for her international cultural accomplishments
2003
Honorable mention at the 2nd World Ceramic Biennial in Icheon, South-Korea
1997
Bancaixa-prize at the European Ceramic Biennial in Manises, Spain.
1996
Prize of the public at the International Ceramic Biennial, Andenne, Belgium.
First prize of Aesthetic Wheel Throwing at the Mondial Tornianti in Faenza, Italy
First prize at the Ceramic Biennial in Mechelen, Belgium
December 2022 – January 2023: AIR-Guinaguada, Gran Canaria, SPAIN
November – December 2005: Invited artist at the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
May-June 2005: Invited at STURT Craft Center, Mittagong, AUSTRALIA
February – March 2005: AIR-Vallauris, FRANCE
2003: WSW-workshop in New York State, USA
1996: Ballardini Institute for Ceramic Arts in Faënza, ITALY
2024: Indian International Ceramic Triennale, New Dehli
2023: Ceramic Conference, Bosa, Sardegna, ITALIA
2022: Matres Festival, Cava de Tirreni, Italy
2021: Contemporary Ceramics exhibition in Sofia Art Gallery, BULGARIA – Convento dei Cappuccini, Bosa, Sardinia, ITALY
2020: IAC New Members exhibition in Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum, Beijing, CHINA.
2019: Invited to participate at ISCAEE-conference in Dankook University, Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA
2018: Invited to participate at the “Mehmet Nuri Göçen Ceramic Symposium” in Kusadasi, Izmir, TURKEY – Gallery “Old Town Tanneries”, Kusadasi (Izmir), TURKEY- Invited to participate at the Ceramic Festival in TaoXiChuan, Jingdezhen, CHINA
2017: Participation at the International Ceramics Biennale/ Conference in Cluyj-Napoca Museum of Art, ROMANIA
Invited to participate in the international exhibition “Heritage and Diversity” at the Museum of Hanyang University,
Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA
2016: Galery Kempro, Eindhoven, HOLLAND
2015: Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW, AUSTRALIA – Art Gallery Wolverhampton, UNITED KINGDOM
2014: Invited for the International Ceramic Symposium/exhibition organized by Delhi Blue Trust, New Delhi, INDIA
2012: Invited for the porcelain Symposium in Dubi, CZECH REPUBLIC – Gallery HU, Nagoya, JAPAN and Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, JAPAN
2011: Invited for the SASAMA Ceramic Art Festival in JAPAN – Korean Craft Museum, Cheong-Ju, SOUTH-KOREA
2010: Invited for the 4rth NAORI ART Festival in Tae-an, SOUTH-KOREA – Castle Viceno, Orvietto, ITALY
2008: Keramik Museum Höhr-Grenzhausen: „With love, from Belgium“, GERMANY
2006: Selected for the Salzbrand Keramik Compettion in Koblenz, GERMANY
2004: Invited as an ambassador to select a Belgian delegation of ceramic artists to participate at the celebrations of 1000 years of porcelain in Jingdezhen, CHINA
2002: Lecture and participation at the international Ceramic event in Hatfield, UK
2003: Selected for the World Ceramic Biennale in Icheon, SOUTH-KOREA
International ceramic Competition CERCO 03 in Zaragoza, SPAIN
2001: Lecture at NCECA-conference, Charlotte, North Caroline, USA
2000: Participation at the International Ceramic Symposium in Bechyne, CZECH REPUBLIC
2000: Altech Ceramics Biennale, Gauteng, SOUTH-AFRICA
1999: Invited for the International Ceramic Symposium in Burgstein, AUSTRIA
1998: Invited by the European Community (Caleidoscoop-project) to participate in the International Ceramic
Conference in Caltagirone, Sicily, ITALY
Lecture at the international slide presentation at NCECA-conference, Texas, USA
1997: Fletchers Challenge Award, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
July 1995: Invited to participate at the JINRO International Ceramic Art Symposium in Seoul, SOUTH -KOREA
August 1995: Selected to participate at YWCAT in Tokoname, JAPAN
March 2019-December 2019: Invited as professor at Keimyung University in Daegu, SOUTH-KOREA
July 2014 , July 2015, July 2016: Invited professor for Summer courses at Hanyang University, Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA
September 2010 – September 2018: Professor at Turnhout Art Academy, BELGIUM
April 2009- December 2009: Invited professor at Hamme Art Academy and at Tournai Art Academy, Belgium
February 2007- November 2007: Invited professor at EWHA University, Seoul, South-Korea
April 2005: Invited professor at Bradley University, Illinois, USA
March 2001- May 2005: Invited professor at the Eastern Tennessee State University, USA
November 2002 – May 2009: Full time coordinator Atelier Cirkel, Art Education Institute.
Educational responsibilities: teaching workshops and master classes
September 2024: School of creativity, La Cerdeira, PORTUGAL
September 2023: International Ceramic Studio in Keckskémèt, HUNGARY
October 2023: Taller Escuela de Cerámica de Muel, Zaragoza, SPAIN
November 2022: Nederlandse Keramiek opleiding, Gouda, HOLLAND
September 2021: Workshop at SBB, Holland
May 2018: Workshop in Lutzmannsburg, AUSTRIA
July 2008: Workshop in La Meridiana, International School for Ceramics at Certaldo, ITALY
July 2007: Invited to teach a porcelain masterclass in Peter’s Valley Craft Center, New Jersey, USA
April 2005: Lecture and demonstrations at Chicago Art Institute, Illinois, USA
May 2000: Workshop in Clay Art Center, New York, USA
April 1998: Workshop, lecture and demonstrations at Wooster-conference in Ohio, USA
March 1996: Lectures and demonstrations at the International Ballardini Institute for Ceramic Art in Faënza, ITALY.
1987 until now: Self employed as independent Artist
2011 and 2014: Invited as an expert by Ex-Change (Belgian NGO) to give support and advise to MUYA, Craft Center in Addis Abeba, ETHIOPIA
2008: Invited as an expert by EX-Change (Belgian NGO) to give advice to a ceramic and pottery studio in Gatagara, RWANDA
2021: Curator for International exhibtition “Art-Ganic”, gallery Kempro, HOLLAND
2016-2018: Curator for International travelling Porcelain exhibition “Porcelain Reflexions” in Holland, Czeck Republic,
Austria and Belgium
2010: Curator of the International exhibition “Contemporary Porcelain” at the SASK-gallery, Turnhout, BELGIUM
2005: Guest curator for Exhibition Belgian Ceramic Artists, CERCO 2005, Zaragoza, SPAIN
Guest curator for Exhibition Belgian Ceramic Artists in Vallauris, FRANCE
2000-2002-2004-2006: Organizer of the International Ceramic Biennial in Brasschaat, Belgium
1993 – 2016: Organizer of Masterclasses with international artists like: Mo Jupp (UK), Ian Gregory (UK), Ruthanne
Tudball (UK), Paul Scott (uk), Sasha Wardell (UK), Jane Perryman (UK), David Roberts (UK), Shozo Michikawa
(Japan), Cimatti (Italy), Anne Bulliot (France), Thierry Fouquet (France), Mami Kato (Japan), …
1987 – 2017: Manager of the Art Education Institute Atelier Cirkel, BELGIUM
2023: Gallery “Sint-Josefkapel”, Brasschaat, BELGIUM
2022: Monasterio San Giovanni, Cava de Tirreni, Salerno, ITALY
2017: Tong-In Gallery, Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA
2007: Tong-In Gallery, Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA – Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, AUSTRALIA
2005: Gallery Aqui Siam Ben, Vallauris, FRANCE – Sturt-Gallery, Mittagong, AUSTRALIA
2003: Cultural Centre Gasthuiskapel, Borgloon, BELGIUM
2002: Gallery Artterre, Eefde, HOLLAND – VDK-gallery, Gent, BELGIUM
2000: Cultural Centre Herk De Stad, BELGIUM
1999: Gallery St-Joseph, Leeuwarden, HOLLAND
1998: Gallery Artterre, Eefde, HOLLAND
November – December 2005: Invited artist at the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
May-June 2005: Invited at STURT Craft Center, Mittagong, AUSTRALIA
February – March 2005: AIR-Vallauris, FRANCE
2003: WSW-workshop in New York State, USA
1996: Ballardini Institute for Ceramic Arts in Faënza, ITALY
2024; Indian Ceramic Triennale, New Dehli, INDIA
2023: Ceramic Conference, Bosa, Sardegna, ITALY
2022: Matres Festival, Cava de Tirreni, ITALY
2021: Contemporary Ceramics exhibition in Sofia Art Gallery, BULGARIA – Convento dei Cappuccini, Bosa, Sardinia, ITALY
Gallery Kempro, Eindhoven, Holland
2020: IAC New Members exhibition in Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum, Beijing, CHINA.
2019: Invited to participate at ISCAEE-conference in Dankook University, Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA
2018: Invited to participate at the “Mehmet Nuri Göçen Ceramic Symposium” in Kusadasi, Izmir, TURKEY – Gallery “Old Town Tanneries”, Kusadasi (Izmir), TURKEY- Invited to participate at the Ceramic Festival in TaoXiChuan, Jingdezhen, CHINA
2017: Participation at the International Ceramics Biennale/ Conference in Cluyj-Napoca Museum of Art, ROMANIA
Invited to participate in the international exhibition “Heritage and Diversity” at the Museum of Hanyang University,
Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA
2016: Galery Kempro, Eindhoven, HOLLAND
2015: Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW, AUSTRALIA – Art Gallery Wolverhampton, UNITED KINGDOM
2014: Invited for the International Ceramic Symposium/exhibition organized by Delhi Blue Trust, New Delhi, INDIA
2012: Invited for the porcelain Symposium in Dubi, CZECH REPUBLIC – Gallery HU, Nagoya, JAPAN and Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, JAPAN
2011: Invited for the SASAMA Ceramic Art Festival in JAPAN – Korean Craft Museum, Cheong-Ju, SOUTH-KOREA
2010: Invited for the 4rth NAORI ART Festival in Tae-an, SOUTH-KOREA – Castle Viceno, Orvietto, ITALY
2008: Keramik Museum Höhr-Grenzhausen: „With love, from Belgium“, GERMANY
2006: Selected for the Salzbrand Keramik Compettion in Koblenz, GERMANY
2004: Invited as an ambassador to select a Belgian delegation of ceramic artists to participate at the celebrations of 1000 years of porcelain in Jingdezhen, CHINA
2002: Lecture and participation at the international Ceramic event in Hatfield, UK
2003: Selected for the World Ceramic Biennale in Icheon, SOUTH-KOREA
International ceramic Competition CERCO 03 in Zaragoza, SPAIN
2001: Lecture at NCECA-conference, Charlotte, North Caroline, USA
2000: Participation at the International Ceramic Symposium in Bechyne, CZECH REPUBLIC
2000: Altech Ceramics Biennale, Gauteng, SOUTH-AFRICA
1999: Invited for the International Ceramic Symposium in Burgstein, AUSTRIA
1998: Invited by the European Community (Caleidoscoop-project) to participate in the International Ceramic
Conference in Caltagirone, Sicily, ITALY
Lecture at the international slide presentation at NCECA-conference, Texas, USA
1997: Fletchers Challenge Award, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
July 1995: Invited to participate at the JINRO International Ceramic Art Symposium in Seoul, SOUTH -KOREA
August 1995: Selected to participate at YWCAT in Tokoname, JAPAN
September 2023: Invited to teach at ICHS, HUNGARY – October 2023: Escuela de Cerámica, Muel, SPAIN.
October 2022: Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, COLOMBIA
March 2019-December 2019: Invited as professor at Keimyung University in Daegu, SOUTH-KOREA
July 2014 , July 2015, July 2016: Invited professor for Summer courses at Hanyang University, Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA
September 2010 – September 2018: Professor at Turnhout Art Academy, BELGIUM
April 2009- December 2009: Invited professor at Hamme Art Academy and at Tournai Art Academy, Belgium
February 2007- November 2007: Invited professor at EWHA University, Seoul, South-Korea
April 2005: Invited professor at Bradley University, Illinois, USA
March 2001- May 2005: Invited professor at the Eastern Tennessee State University, USA
November 2002 – May 2009: Full time coordinator Atelier Cirkel, Art Education Institute.
Educational responsibilities: teaching workshops and master classes
September 2021: Workshop at SBB, Holland
May 2018: Workshop in Lutzmannsburg, AUSTRIA
July 2008: Workshop in La Meridiana, International School for Ceramics at Certaldo, ITALY
July 2007: Invited to teach a porcelain masterclass in Peter’s Valley Craft Center, New Jersey, USA
April 2005: Lecture and demonstrations at Chicago Art Institute, Illinois, USA
May 2000: Workshop in Clay Art Center, New York, USA
April 1998: Workshop, lecture and demonstrations at Wooster-conference in Ohio, USA
March 1996: Lectures and demonstrations at the International Ballardini Institute for Ceramic Art in Faënza, ITALY.
1987 until now: Self employed as independent Artist
2011 and 2014: Invited as an expert by Ex-Change (Belgian NGO) to give support and advise to MUYA, Craft Center in Addis Abeba, ETHIOPIA
2008: Invited as an expert by EX-Change (Belgian NGO) to give advice to a ceramic and pottery studio in Gatagara, RWANDA
2021: Curator for International exhibtition “Art-Ganic”, gallery Kempro, HOLLAND
2016-2018: Curator for International travelling Porcelain exhibition “Porcelain Reflexions” in Holland, Czeck Republic,
Austria and Belgium
2010: Curator of the International exhibition “Contemporary Porcelain” at the SASK-gallery, Turnhout, BELGIUM
2005: Guest curator for Exhibition Belgian Ceramic Artists, CERCO 2005, Zaragoza, SPAIN
Guest curator for Exhibition Belgian Ceramic Artists in Vallauris, FRANCE
2000-2002-2004-2006: Organizer of the International Ceramic Biennial in Brasschaat, Belgium
1993 – 2016: Organizer of Masterclasses with international artists like: Mo Jupp (UK), Ian Gregory (UK), Ruthanne
Tudball (UK), Paul Scott (uk), Sasha Wardell (UK), Jane Perryman (UK), David Roberts (UK), Shozo Michikawa
(Japan), Cimatti (Italy), Anne Bulliot (France), Thierry Fouquet (France), Mami Kato (Japan), …
1987 – 2017: Manager of the Art Education Institute Atelier Cirkel, BELGIUM
2017: Tong-In Gallery, Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA
2007: Tong-In Gallery, Seoul, SOUTH-KOREA – Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, AUSTRALIA
2005: Gallery Aqui Siam Ben, Vallauris, FRANCE – Sturt-Gallery, Mittagong, AUSTRALIA
2003: Cultural Centre Gasthuiskapel, Borgloon, BELGIUM
2002: Gallery Artterre, Eefde, HOLLAND – VDK-gallery, Gent, BELGIUM
2000: Cultural Centre Herk De Stad, BELGIUM
1999: Gallery St-Joseph, Leeuwarden, HOLLAND
1998: Gallery Artterre, Eefde, HOLLAND