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INTRO

As a graphic designer and digital artist I daily immerse myself into a personal relationship with technology. My interest is mainly based on the exploration of the digital wonderland I encounter while examining the digital interface from up close. By scrolling deeper and deeper into the digital 'rabbit hole'. Through the exploration of the interface and its limits and boundaries I try to find a loophole within this specific wonderland, which gives me the opportunity to interfere with it or to appropriate and re-contextiualize its verbal language ~outsourcing the media~. Thus I am capable to provide the possibility for the user to enter into an intimate relationship with this world from a potentially alienating 'scrolling' perspective.

From a strategic perspective I try to maintain the following rule of ~cheating is winning~; by first observing the interface and then finding a loophole to infiltrate within its own mechanism of providing. 

Winning from Technology / Digital Software Wonderland / Peculiar Unknown / Internet Metaphors / Reality Virtuality Physicality /  Failure to launch / Game Strategy Infastructure / Interactivity User / Outsourcing the media / Loopholes / Boundaries / Systems Mechanisms / Open-Source / Nature / Interface as method.

CONTACT

Valerie van Zuijlen
valerievanzuijlen@gmail.com
+31.6.53594639
Amsterdam / NL
+1.347.4144158
Miami  / U.S.A.

EDUCATION

+ Shadow channel (MA)
A new temporary two-year master program in film, design and propaganda
Sandberg Institute
@Amsterdam, NL
Oct. 2017 – Jul. 2019
www.sandberg.nl/shadow-channel-course

+ Stanford University Summer 2017
Intensive computer Science, programming methodology (CS106A)
Intensive Technology and Innovation, Electrical Engineering (ENGR40M)
Selected for Stanford Summer Marketing Team
@Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
Jun. – Aug. 2017
www.summer.stanford.edu

+ Codaisseur Development Bootcamp
HTML, CSS, Ruby, Rails, Javascript
@Amsterdam, NL
May. 2017
www.developmentbootcamp.com

+ Internship at Metahaven
Vinca Kruk & Daniel van der Velden
@Amsterdam, NL.
Oct. 2016 - May 2017
www.mthvn.tumblr.com

+ Graphic Design Arnhem Summer Sessions
@Mexico-City, MX
Aug. 5 - 22. 2016
www.gdasummersessions.com

+ Degree Bachelor (BA) Graphic Design
~Graduated with Excellence~
ArtEZ, Insitute of the Arts
@Arnhem, NL.
Jun. 2016

+ Internship at Linked by Air
Tamara Maletic & Dan Michaelson
@New York, USA.
Sep. - Dec. 2015
www.linkedbyair.net

+ New York City study trip with GDA ArtEZ
Apr. 2015

+ Minor Generative Systems
Graphic Design Department, ArtEZ Institue of the Arts
@Arnhem, NL.
Sep. - Dec. 2014

+ Bachelor Graphic Design
ArtEZ, Insitute of the Arts
@Arnhem, NL. 
2011 – 2016
www.artez.nl/en/course/graphic-design

+ Degree Higher General Continued Education
R.S.G. Pantarijn (high school)
@Wageningen, NL
Jun. 2011

+ Higher General Continued Education (Havo)
R.S.G. Pantarijn (high school)
@Wageningen, NL
2006 – 2011
www.pantarijn.nl

AWARDS

+ Nominated and Winner of the MAF Young Master Award 2016 (jury prize)
Including a one month artist residency for artistic research in Blanca, ESP
www.mediaartfriesland.nl/2016/valerie-van-zuijlen
www.aadk.es/media-art-festival-friesland-award
Press:
www.kijkophetnoorden.nl/3-winnaars-young-masters-award-tijdens-media-art-festival-maf

+ Nominated Hendrik Valk Award 2016
www.gelderlander.nl/gemeenten/genomineerden-hendrik-valk-prijs-2016
Press:
www.innovatie.artez.nl/2016/06/do-30-juni-17-30-bekendmaking-nominaties-hendrik-valk-prijs-2016/
www.gelderlander.nl/gemeenten/genomineerden-hendrik-valk-prijs-2016
www.arnhemsekoerier.nl/nieuws/cultuur/37077/amy-whittle-wint-hendrik-valk-prijs

+ OPA Arnhemse Nieuwe 2016
www.arnhemsenieuwe.nl/2016/valerie-van-zuijlen
Press: 
www.dutchdesigndaily.com/complete-overview/arnhemse-nieuwe-2016/

+ Scholarship Award GDA Summer-Sessions Mexico City 2016
www.gdasummersessions.com

+ Selection Talented Graduation Students of 2016
Mister Motley Magazine
www.mistermotley.nl/art-everyday-life/valerie-van-zuijlen-artez

+ ArtEZ Finals Magazine 2016
Best of ArtEZ Graduation
www.finals2016magazine.artez.nl/en/hello-world/

PUBLICATIONS

+ Aftermovie Exhibition ‘Materialising the Internet’ (2017)
for MU Art Space, Eindhoven, NL.
www.vimeo.com/239325263

+ Interview ‘Summer Session Student Experience’
for Stanford Summer’s 2017 Marketing Team
www.youtube.com/user/StanfordSumSession

+ Article ‘#Poolswiping: One Woman’s Quest to Make Sneaking into Hotel Pools Go Viral’
for The Creators Project (U.S.A) VICE
posted on 20 Januari 2017 by DJ Pangburn
www.thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/poolswiping-sneaking-into-hotel-pools

+ House blogger for ‘ArtEZ Business & Innovation’
as Graphic Design Alumni of 2016
www.innovatie.artez.nl/2016/10/valerie-van-zuijlen-huisblogger/
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+ Article ‘Graduation PopUp Blog Edition’
Mister Motley Magazine 2016
www.mistermotley.nl/art-everyday-life/valerie-van-zuijlen-artez

+ Promo video ‘ArtEZ Finals Talents 2016’
by Inge Meijer
www.youtu.be/OAliqmGmfuQ

+ Article ‘Hello, World!’
for ArtEZ Finals Magazine 2016
www.finals2016magazine.artez.nl/en/hello-world/

+ Personal Graduation Research Tumblr 2015/2016: 
www.valerie-graduation.tumblr.com

EXHIBITIONS / LECTURES

+ 'Hidden layers'
Immersive installation
Shadow channel x Sonic Acts Academy 2018
@Tolhuistuin, Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL.
www.sonicacts.com/2018/hidden-layers

+ Media Art Friesland (MAF)
Part of international Jury for the Young Masters Award of 2017
@Leeuwarden, NL
Dec. 15. 2017
mediaartfriesland.nl/2017/en/young-master-award

+ Telemagic 1 Euro Cinema
‘Scrolling Into The Deep’
@Worm, Rotterdam, NL
Oct. 11. 2017
www.worm.org/production/telemagic-1-euro-cinema

+ Dutch Design Week 2017
Part of Mu Art Space group show: ‘Materialising the Internet’ with installation ‘The Aura Cellular’
@ Mu Art Space, Eindhoven, NL
Oct. 6 - Nov. 12. 2017
www.mu.nl/en/exhibitions/materialising-the-internet
Press:
After movie:   vimeo.com/239325263
article bright tv:   www.bright.nl/nieuws/het-echt-virtueel

+ ‘Tussen Kunst & Glitch’
Estemating the value of ‘Scrolling Into The Deep’
Talkshow evening organised by SETUP Media Lab Utrecht and NFF Film Festival Interactive
@ de Nuede Festival Paviljoen, Utrecht, NL
Sep. 5. 2017
www.filmfestival.nl/publiek/evenementen/tussen-kunst-glitch-2017

+ The Hmm #7
Lecture for The Hmm (A real-life Tumblr) featuring recent work.
@ FC Hyena, Amsterdam, NL
Apr. 5. 2017
www.thehmm.nl

+ Screening and Q&A for ‘LIMA Presents’
‘Scrolling Into The Deep’ included into the
LIMA Collection; international platform that preserves, distributes and researches media art.
LIMA @ LAB111, Amsterdam, NL
Feb. 17. 2017
www.li-ma.nl/site/catalogue/art/valerie-van-zuijlen/scrolling-into-the-deep/20162

+ Media Art Friesland (MAF)
Installation Desktop Film ‘Scrolling Into The Deep’
@ Westerkerk, Leeuwarden, NL
Dec. 1-17. 2016
www.mediaartfriesland.nl/2016

+ Depot Basel
Installation Desktop Film ‘Scrolling Into The Deep’
‘Users are People’ Exhibition
@ Depot Basel, CH
Oct. 28 - Nov. 20. 2016
www.depotbasel.ch/en/2016/10/07/users-are-people-exhibition

+ ∑ Summe-Wochenende 2016
@ Basel, CH
Nov. 3-6. 2016
www.summe.xyz

+ Dutch Design Week 2016
Installation Desktop Film ‘Scrolling Into The Deep’
‘In Real Life’ Graphic Design Arnhem presents a selection of works.
@ TAC, Eindhoven, NL
Oct. 22-30. 2016
www.in-real-life.net
Press:
www.gelderlander.nl/regio/arnhem-e-o/arnhem/arnhemse-ontwerpers-in-beeld-bij-dutch-design-week
www.fontanel.nl/spotlight/ddw-2016

+ OPA Arnhemse Nieuwe 2016
@ Showroom Arnhem, NL
Sept. 22. 2016
www.arnhemsenieuwe.nl

+ GDA SummerSessions 2016 Mexico-City
Future Archeology Exhibition
@ Casa de El Hijo del Ahuizote, Mexico-City
Aug. 20. 2016
www.gdasummersessions.com

+ ArtEZ Finals 2016
Forward Exhibition
@ ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL
Jul.1-3. 2016
www.finals2016magazine.artez.nl

+ Participator Internet Yama-Ichi / Black Market
@ De brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
May. 9-10. 2015
www.brakkegrond.nl/agenda/internet-yami-ichi-black-market

+ Template Culture Keynote Presentation
during the  ArtEZ Graduation Show of 2013
@ Slak, Arnhem, NL
Jul. 4. 2013
www.finals2013magazine.artez.nl

WORK / CLIENTS

+ Collaborative work during internship at Metahaven, Amsterdam, NL.
Vinca Kruk & Daniel van der Velden
Oct. 2016 – May. 2017 

Metahaven presents a Love Letter to Sea Shepherd
‘Fear and Love’  Exhibition at the London Design Museum
24 November 2016 - 23 April 2017 

‘Xeno-Architecture’ design Flyer by Metahaven
April 2017

 ‘Possessed’ film by Metahaven
Assistant production and Data handler during filmshoot Amsterdam and Croatia
December 2016 - April 2017

+ Movie editing work for Onomatopee, Eindhoven. (2016)

+ Identity and curating tool for Étienne Hervy, Paris.
Collaboration with Berit Smit (2016) 

+ Collaborative work during internship at Linked by Air, New York, USA.
Tamara Maletic & Dan Michaelson
Sep. – Dec. 2015

+ Flyer Extrapool, Nijmegen. 
Collaboration with Hanna Rullman & Jeremy Jansen (2013)

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