Docus van der Made | Contemporary Art Professional
Curator of Education & Public Programs
| higher education programs, collective and collaborative projects
| talent & professional development programs
| programming and coordination of lectures, workshops, masterclasses
Teacher in Art Theory and History
| Art since 1800, Contemporary Art, and Art Mediation
| Basiskwalificatie Examinering (BKE, Basic Examination Qualification), certified in 2023
Exhibitions
| curating, coordination, research (see 'Exhibitions' above for a selection of documentation)
Art Historian (MA Art History Modern and Contemporary Art, Cum Laude)
| specialised in contemporary art
| research focussed on a.o. installation art, conceptual art and participatory practices
Current Activity
Head of Education & Interpretation (per July '23)
Theory and Art History teacher (Teacher in Arts and Design) | ArtEZ University of Arts, Arnhem
Past Activity
Sand = little stone(s), Social Practices in the Arts | Workshop series for practitioners in the arts interested in deepening their knowledge of social practice | together with Martín La Roche Contreras
Curator | Aberrant Readings at TENT Rotterdam in collaboration with WdKA Rotterdam x KABK The Hague exhibition (20 March - 18 April 2022)
Theory Teacher | HKU Utrecht Bachelor Fine Art and Design in Education
Project Leader of Fine Art Theory Curriculum Revision
| HKU Bachelor Fine Art
Teacher and Curator | DBKV Teacher in Arts and Design | ArtEZ University of Arts, Arnhem | Development and teaching of year long specialisation course The Artist Educator - Social Arts Practices
Curator of Academic and Public Programs | (2018-21) Kunstinstituut Melly - Formerly Known as Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art | Public Program & Studium Witte de With (higher education platform incl. Alumni Present and Parallel Curriculum)
&
Education Assistant | (2015-18)
Kunstinstituut Melly - Formerly Known as Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art
Article for Kunstzone 2021-02 | 'Experimenten in Ontmoeten' i.c.w. Wouter Engelbart | On socially engaged arts and our specialization course 'The Artist-Educator' at ArtEZ Arnhem
Advisory Board of Kunstlicht | Academic Journal
for Visual Art, Visual Culture and Architecture
Curator | Finals Graduation Show Artez Arnhem DBKV Education in Art & Design :
DON'T PANIC DBKV Finals 2020
Curator | Finals Graduation Show Artez Arnhem DBKV Education in Art & Design 2019 :
Coordinator | Prijs voor de Jonge Kunstkritiek
2016 & 2018
University teacher | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Tutor "Introductie Kunst- en Cultuurbeleid" (BA1)
Public Program Curator | Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs INTRODUCES... |
Artistic and professional development program
Gastdocent | Bcademie 2018
The Name of the Game | Lectures on the unspoken rules of the arts | Stedelijk Museum Schiedam |
In collaboration with Willem de Kooning Academy
'Taalbarrières' | Tubelight #105
Interview with Kolbrún Inga Söring (Dutch)
Curator for De Kleine Zaal Invites | Exhibition with Naïmé Perrette at De Vishal Haarlem | March 2017
Opening speech: A brief history of the silkscreen in three stages | Exhibition opening of Regenerate #2
by Studio Onvervalst at De Vishal Haarlem
Writer for RijksakademieOPEN 2016 Visitors Guide
Moderator | Art collectors in conversation at Horizonverticaal during Haarlemse Lente 2016 | Saturday 19 March, 15:30h
Artist Talk Saskia Burggraaf (in conversation with me)
13 September 2015 at 37PK, starting from 15:00h |
Curator & Programmer | Locatie Z, The Hague |
The Tongue of the Chameleon : Sunday June 14th
Curator | Betwixt and Between |
Exhibition of artists' books at the Jan van Eyck Academie | Launch and Exhibition event : June 23rd
Coordinator | Haarlemse Lente 2014 |
A.o. all internal and external communication, research, grant applications, production, and public programming (May 2013 - June 2014)
Editor for Kunstlicht | Academic Journal for
Visual Art, Visual Culture and Architecture
Moderator | Kunstvlaai 2014
Round table discussion at Spaces in Dialogue
Theme: Space and Context: Display
Thursday 22 May, 19:30h
Final Editor for 'Mind the Map' | Kunstlicht
publication on cartography in art |
(Click here for an overview of the content,
and here for the accompanying exhibition)
Writing (Dutch) | 'Hoe het gras bij de buren inmiddels tropisch is, maar nog altijd even mooier'
Junior Project Leader | Public Program
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Special Event : 'Great Expectations'
(April - July 2013)
Curator | Exhibition maker for
'Relax Baby Be Cool' by The Holls Art Collective
(exhibition for Haarlemse Lente 2013)
Writing (Dutch) | 'De onmogelijke functie van kunst'
(Recensie Céline Berger bij RijksakademieOPEN 2012)
Public Programming | Exhibition Studio Verwey
Museum De Hallen Haarlem |
A.o. Symposium : The Future Studio
Also: writing (blog) and editing (exh. catalogue)
Curatorial Assistent | Exhibition 'Studio Verwey'
by Radna Rumping and Michiel van Iersel
(Non-Fiction, office for cultural innovation) |
(Aug - Dec 2012)
Master (Cum Laude) | Art History :
Modern and Contemporary Art | VU Amsterdam
Minors: 'Visual Arts' and 'Art, Market & Connoisseurship' (Sept 2011 - Aug 2012)
Writing (Dutch) | 'Verzet in Utrecht : God Save the Queen & Schlingensief' | (Geschreven voor het Mastervak Kunstkritiek aan de VU Amsterdam en geselecteerd door Sven Lütticken voor zijn bloemlezing uit de collegereeks)
Jury Member | N8 Award 2012
N8: Museumnight Amsterdam
Curator & PR | USVA Gallery Groningen
(four exhibitions between Sept 2009 - Aug 2010)
Production & Research Internship
Manifesta | 7th edition of The European Biennial
of Contemporary Art (Dec 2007 - Feb 2008)
Bachelor | Arts, Culture and Media | Minor:
'Modern and Contemporary Art' | specialisation:
Arts Management, Policy and Organization Theory | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
