about
Julia (zij/haar) is kunstenaar en pottenbakker, werkzaam in Enschede.
Sinds 2021 is Julia werkzaam bij AKI ArtEZ in de keramiek werkplaats, eerst als assistent en nu als technisch instructeur. Daar geeft ze les aan studenten (fine art, crossmedia design, moving image) in technische vaardigheden zoals boetseren, draaien, mallen maken, glazuur; alles wat met klei te maken heeft.
Sinds 2023 is Julia een van de docenten bij Carina Claassens Ceramic Centre in Haarlo.
Exhibitions (group)
2025 HOW&WOW Dutch Design week with Crafts Council NL, Eindhoven, NL
2025 Doors To The Past, Windows To The Future, Enschede,NL
2025 Cumulus und der Schatten, Kunstverein Furstenau, DE
2023 Indigo 92, Kunsthal Hof88, Almelo, NL
2022 HOE=HETNU 2022, ACEC gebouw, Apeldoorn, NL
2022 Maestri e Allieri, Certaldo Alto, IT
Closing exhibition for the residency at La Meridiana.
2021 Do You Know This Place, This Garden I’m Seeing?, Kunstenaarsinitiatief B93, Enschede, NL
2021 AKI finals, Enschede, NL
2021 NO VISITORS exhibition, Enschede, NL
Curator and co-organizer of the exhibition.
2021 Tijd voor je Rondje Kunst en Beweging, Amersfoort, NL
2019 AKI TAKES OVER, University of Twente, Enschede, NL
2018 Overkill Festival, Enschede, NL
Education
2025 Masterclass Niek Hoogland Tegelse klei, Tegelen, NL
2025 Masterclass Onggi with Kwak Kyungtae, Utrecht, NL
2024 Masterclass with Moon Dobang, Utrecht, NL
2023 Masterclass Korean sabal technique, Kwak Kyungtae studio, Icheon, SK
2022 On Centre; La Meridiana International School of Ceramics, Certaldo, IT
3 month residency period focused on ceramics/pottery.
2017-2021 Bachelor Fine Art All Space & Sculpture (BA, cum laude), AKI ArtEZ, Enschede
2020 Installation Art (Erasmus exchange programme), KASK, Ghent, BE
2018-2020 Honours Programme ‘theory and research’, ArtEZ, Deventer, NL
2016-2017 Pre-course Art&Design, AKI ArtEZ, Enschede, NL
Scholarships
2022 VSBfonds beurs
2020 Erasmus exchange scholarship
Exhibitions (group)
2025 - HOW&WOW Dutch Design week with Crafts Council NL, Eindhoven, NL
2025 - Doors To The Past, Windows To The Future, Enschede, NL
2025 - Cumulus und der Schatten, Kunstverein Furstenau, DE
2023 - Indigo 92, Kunsthal Hof88, Almelo, NL
2022 - HOE=HETNU 2022, ACEC gebouw, Apeldoorn, NL
2022 - Maestri e Allieri, Certaldo Alto, IT
Closing exhibition for the residency at La Meridiana.
2021 - Do You Know This Place, This Garden I’m Seeing?, Kunstenaarsinitiatief B93, Enschede, NL
2021 - AKI finals, Enschede, NL
2021 - NO VISITORS exhibition, Enschede, NL
Curator and co-organizer of the exhibition.
2021 - Tijd voor je Rondje Kunst en Beweging, Amersfoort, NL
2019 - AKI TAKES OVER, University of Twente, Enschede, NL
2018 - Overkill Festival, Enschede, NL
Education
2025 - Masterclass Niek Hoogland Tegelse klei, Tegelen, NL
2025 - Masterclass Onggi with Kwak Kyungtae, Utrecht, NL
2024 - Masterclass with Moon Dobang, Utrecht, NL
2023 - Masterclass Korean sabal technique, Kwak Kyungtae studio, Icheon, SK
2022 - On Centre; La Meridiana International School of Ceramics, Certaldo, IT
3 month residency period focused on ceramics/pottery.
2017-2021- Bachelor Fine Art All Space & Sculpture (BA, cum laude), AKI ArtEZ, Enschede
2020 - Installation Art (Erasmus exchange programme), KASK, Ghent, BE
2018-2020 - Honours Programme ‘theory and research’, ArtEZ, Deventer, NL
2016-2017 - Pre-course Art&Design, AKI ArtEZ, Enschede, NL
Scholarships
2022 - VSBfonds beurs
2020 - Erasmus exchange scholarship
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