Contact

email: charl (at) charll (dot) com

tel. nl: +31 (0)6 244 85 887

skype: charl_nl

studio: van Hogendorpstraat 95hs, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Charl Landvreugd MA, Paramaribo, 1971, Amsterdam

Education:                                                                          

2008 – 2010 | Columbia University, New York, USA                                  
MA Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies
Thesis title: Creative acts of Equality and Difference; notes on contemporary Black-Dutch Art

2005 – 2008 | Goldsmiths University, London, Great Britain                       
BA (joint honors) Fine Art & History of Art

2008 | Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA                                   
Intern Curatorial department

2007 | Showroom MaMa, Rotterdam, Netherlands                                    
Mr. Miyagi - Curating Tomorrow | Young Curators program

Scholarships and Grants:     

2008 - 2010 | Fulbright Foundation, Netherlands                                                

2008 - 2010 | Columbia University, USA                                                           

2008 - 2009 | Dr. Hendrik Muller Vaderlandsch Fonds, Netherlands            

2008 - 2009 | Genootschap Noorthey, Netherlands        

Fine Art:                                                                                   
Exhibitions (2009 - 2011):

2011 | New Media (group)
Work: ‘Atlantic Transformerz’ video
Curator: ARC Magazine
Location: Medulla Gallery, 37 Fitt Street, Woodbrook, Trinidad

2011 | Forever Forged. Forever Becoming  (group)
Work: ‘Atlantic Transformerz’ photographs, and Molensteenkraag
Curator: Holly Bynoe
Location: Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London UK

2011 | Atlantic Transformerz (solo)
Work: ‘Atlantic Transformerz’ video: Europe, North America, South America
Curator: Renske de Jong
Location: CBK (Centre for Visual Arts), Amsterdam, Netherlands

2010 | 2011 There is no Looking Glass here (group)                       
Work: ‘Anaruka 1’ sculpture
Curator: Kimberly Gant
Location: 60 Wall Gallery, Deutsche Bank, New York, USA

2010 | No Sidon Na Bakra Sturu (duo)                                   
Work: installation: Hommage to Elfriede Baarn
Location: 6-8 months space, New York, USA

2010 | Be Black Baby (group)                                                           
Work: ‘If I Could Be Anything’ video
Curator: Simone Leigh
Location: Recess Art, New York, USA

2009 | Wakaman (group)                                                           
Works: ‘B’Anansi Intergalactic MOVT II’ sculpture, ‘3rd wave diaspora’ video and ‘Sabi Diri’ joint installation with Marcel Pinas
Curator: Remy Jungerman
Location: Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo, Surinam

Residenscies:

2011 | Tembe Art Studio                                                                       
Project: sculpture ‘MOVT nr.3’ and video ‘Atlantic Transformerz, South America’
Location: Moengo, Surinam

2010 | BijlmAir                                                                                   
Project: video ‘Atlantic Transformerz, Europe’
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

2009 - 2010 | Chashama                                                                                   
Project: sculpture ‘Anarusha’ (Anaruka 1 – 9)
Location: New York, USA

Publications:                                                                                   
Books, catalogues, online:

2011 | 'Agnosia; Notities over niet weten.', ('Agnosia; Notes on not knowing') Agnosia, Ed. Rob Perée, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2011 | “Notities over Zwart Perspectief”, (‘Notes on Black Perspective’), Het beste van De Unie in Debat (The best of De Unie in Debate), Ed. D. van Teylingen. Rotterdam: De Unie | download PDF

2011| “Notes on Black Dutch Aesthetics”, Conversations on Paramaribo Perspectives, Ed. M. Dolle. Rotterdam: Tent Rotterdam | download PDF

2009| “Waka Waka Waka # 1”, Wakaman Drawing Lines-Coneccting Dots; contemporary art, Suriname, Auth. R. Jungerman. Ed. A. Bijl. Amsterdam: Idea Books | download PDF

Online:

2010 | “Blue Devil: Folkert de Jong & Remy Jungerman”, Caraibisch Uitzicht

2008 | “Notes on Soundtrack Stage”, Il Ventre di Napoli

Curatorial:                                                                                   

2011| ‘Agnosia’                                                                                    
Curator: investigation into the production of Black Dutch subjectivity in fine arts.
Location: CBK (Centre for Visual Arts)  Zuid-Oost, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2010 | Am I Black Enough For You                                                           
Co-curator with Patricia Kaersenhout: debate concerning the position of Black-Dutch artists in Dutch society.
Location: De Unie, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2007 - 2008 | Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes                                                                       
Co-curator ‘Mr. Miyagi - Curating Tomorrow: the best of fine art graduates in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Location: Showroom MaMa, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Teaching:                                                                                   

2010 | Paramaribo Perspectives                                                          
Project: Perfect Strangers
Students: Willem de Kooning Academie Rotterdam and Koninklijke Academie voor de Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag (Royal Academy of Fine Arts The Hague)
Content: Theory and Practice

2008 – 2010 | One-To-World: Global Classroom                                               
Within the framework of the Global Classroom program I have visited several New York City schools to teach a basic class on Dutch art history. Global Classroom is about: “curriculum-based learning opportunities focused on an array of cross-cultural themes and global issues”

Speaker / Presentations:                                                           

2011| Tembe Artists in Residence (presentation)                                   
Subject: Universal symbols of the subjugated
Location: Nola Hatterman Institute, Paramaribo, Surinam

2010 | BijlmAir (presentation)                                                           
Subject: The application of theory/practice in the video work ‘Atlantic Transformerz’
Location: Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2010 | Am I Black Enough For you (keynote speech)                       
Subject: Black-Dutch Aesthetics
Location: De Unie, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Media:

2011 | Book - 'Marcel Pinas artist, more than an artist' | Surinam

2011 | Radio - Radio5, Dichtbij Nederland | Netherlands

2011 | Radio - Wereldomroep,'Zwarte kunst. bestaat dat wel?' | Netherlands

2011 | Radio - NTR , Kunststof | Netherlands

2011 | Newspaper - Volkskrant, Witman B.,'De week van de Zwarte kunst' | Netherlands

2011 | Magazine - Parbode, Krieger B.,'Kunstschatten; Movt nr.3' | Netherlands / Surinam

2011 | Magazine - SAX (Sranan Art Xposed) | Surinam

2011 | Newspaper - De Ware Tijd, Saaki C.,"Kleur Zwart symbool voor uitsluiting", | Surinam

2010 | Catalogue - Gant K.,'There is no looking Glass Here', Deutsche Bank | USA

2010 | TV - Full Color Rotterdam; Succes, MTNL | Netherlands

2009 | Catalogue - 'Wakaman; Drawing Lines - Connecting Dots' | Netherlands

2009 | Documentary - Wakaman, De Tafel van Babel | Netherlands