About
Art/documentary photographer and self-taught visual designer (graphic design and UI/UX). I'm available for work; home-office and 100% remote.
Side Projects
A series of 100 photos shot from within my home with an iPad. Initially photos taken from the window, later abstracted plant and flower photography. Remarkably, this project started before the world came to a halt due to COVID-19.
A series of Human Rights logos created for a global design competition. My concept for any of the logos is that they can be created – and taken down – quickly and inconspicuously. A marker, (duct) tape or even just your hands is all that's needed. This guarantees safety for any of the protesters, and the designs are neutral enough that they can't be traced back to one particular individual or group.
More details for now at btfl4nd.com/design_humanri…
Exhibitions
EINmagazine was an experimental, conceptual photography magazine created by TA collective (Ania Pabis and Aleks Slota). I was invited for the first publication, “I have nothing to say”, and contributed the piece “from that which acts to that which sees”. On Oct 29, participants were invited to gallery liebig12 to discuss their work. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend.
For Postcards from Europe, multiple illustrators created postcards representing their European hometown. After the cards had been on display in a group exhibition at Wem Town Hall, all participants received random postcards from any of the other contributors. (Oct 3 — Nov 12)
Group exhibition by the “Monumental Vormgeving” (fine arts) graduates from 1998. I had two works on display: a photo series called Times of Space, and one half of installation piece Layers. The other Layer, a silkscreened photo on the floor, was on display in my open studio at the Maastricht Institute of Arts.
Group exhibition in an abandoned house in the heart of Maastricht. I created the installation “It's a lovely day tomorrow" as part of an online exchange project called "Adam Beckers”, which explored on- and offline personas in a hybrid space.
Features
EINmagazine was an experimental, conceptual photography magazine created by TA collective (Ania Pabis and Aleks Slota). I was invited for the first publication, “I have nothing to say”, and contributed the piece “from that which acts to that which sees”.
Work Experience
Art and documentary photography –analogue and digital, digital image editing and photo retouch.
Cross-media solutions for visual and performing artists and cultural institutes.
UI/UX design for several of asgoodasnew’s corporate websites. Tasks: market and UX research, web design, Figma prototyping, click-dummy development.
Data collection, processing and analysis in the field of transportation and route planning; validation of data in compliance with guidelines; creation of models and process documentation; delivery of real-time updates to clients; projects in the field of UX research and UX design.
Banner and landing page design, logo design, concept development and copywriting (German, English and Dutch) for affiliate network Aedgency (now PeakAdX) and its subsidiaries.
Bookseller of antiquarian and new books with a specialty in art, design, photography, and film. On request I designed in-house signage.
Multi-medial PhD thesis and CD-ROM production for students of the medical faculty of Maastricht University, as well as print design, digital design and pre-press for clients in the arts, culture and B2B sectors.
Graphic design, logo design and pre-press for an independent record label and its sub-labels. Tasks included package design for 12" and 10" vinyl releases (incl. picture discs), CD packaging (jewel cases and assorted digipaks), as well as print ads and press releases.
Volunteering
Design and prepress of both print and online marketing materials for the Cinema for Peace Foundation's annual philanthropic gala event in Berlin.
Art gallery and assistant at event space Raststätte Aachen. Alongside co-coordinating exhibitions, lectures and social events, I translated press releases from German into Dutch and did a basic HTML course.
Education
Interdisciplinary Arts and Art History. Bachelor thesis on the social context of German Expressionism and the Neue Sachlichkeit. Group exhibition A76 at the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen, including marketing material design. Extracurricular activities as a film curator and movie poster designer.