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Hello,
My name is Jeroen Dijkstra. Welcome to my website. Based in Rotterdam. Currently working @ Het Nieuwe Instituut. And as a creative director at D(utch) I(nstitute) of R(oyal) T(aste) |
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Jeroen Dijkstra
Curriculum Vitae
PROFILE
City: Rotterdam
Mobile: 06 44 25 15 98
E-mail: info(at)jeroendijkstra.com
Date of birth: 18-05-1988
Nationality: Dutch
Drivers License: Type B
CORE STRENGTHS
Enthusiastic Inspiring Hands-on
Eye for quality Visionary Determined
Decisive Team Player Open
EDUCATION
2009-2013 Bachelor of Arts in Free Spatial Design,
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
LANGUAGES
Dutch: Native language
English: Professional
German: Professional
French: Proficient
Moroccan Arabic: Beginner
WEBSITES
www.jeroendijkstra.com | www.eksterenekster.nl
www.desodaclub.nl | www.verborgenstegen.nl
WORK
Creative Director 2019 - current
Dutch Institute of Royal Taste, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
DIRT is an agency that specialises in events, art and design. Together with Florine van Rees I am in charge of concept development. We started DIRT in 2019 and have since then organised several temporary restaurants, started a design shop and created set design for renowned brands such as Fabienne Chapot and cultural institutions like Nederlands Fotomuseum and Arminius.
Creative Production Manager 2019 - current
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
For Het Nieuwe Instituut I am in charge of the programming (curriculum) and opening of the upcoming exhibition called Neuhaus. Apart from arranging all the productional issues, I also help with the composition of the programming. On a smaller scale I am involved with the organizing of TNL (Thursday Night Live) as well.
Project Manager 2018 - 2019
Pop-up City, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
As a Project Manager for Pop-up City, I managed and created several projects in Amsterdam. With the subject of city innovation, we focussed on different parts of the city and how to improve the standard of living in these areas.
Special Events Manager 2017 - 2018
Gardiner Museum for Ceramic Arts, Toronto, Canada
As Special Events Manager at the gardener Museum, I am responsible for all events organized by the Museum. I work closely with different departments, committees, and external parties. As part of the development department, I liaise with patrons, high level donors and partners of the Museum. Apart from conceptualizing and realizing the special events, I also secure sponsorships for the Museum.
Coordinator - Curator 2016 - 2017
SBK Art Gallery, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
As a coordinator, I managed and curated the gallery. I was a supervisor of two staff members and co-created the cultural program for 2017.
Design & Artistic Director 2015 - 2017
Ekster & Ekster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Together with Gaby Vinig, I started Ekster & Ekster. Mostly focussing on design projects. Examples are a redevelopment of a Royal waiting room in Katwijk and a Design Pavilion in Kortrijk.
Founder, Design Director 2015 - 2017
De Soda Club Project – Pop-Up Restaurants, Schiedam, The Netherlands
In order to secure extra funding for the Hidden Alleys festival, I started a small, temporary restaurant in an abandoned soda factory. It became a huge hit and naturally more editions followed.
Founder, General Manager & Artistic Director 2013 - 2016
Verborgen Stegen Festival, Schiedam, The Netherlands (Hidden Alleys Art Festival)
I created four editions of this art festival that took place in the hidden alleys in the city of Schiedam. For two weekends each year 15 - 20 alleys would be opened up as spaces for art installations from emerging artists. Apart from concept development, curating, and fundraising, I managed the entire project team. Every year I organized the festival with a new discipline. The route was intended to bring people, emerging artist and heritage together in an unexpected way.
Guest Curator 2016 - 2017
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
I was invited by Museum Boijmans van Beuningen to develop a concept and exhibition to animate an existing permanent collection of metalware from Rotterdam's past. This is how Bling Bling came to life – an exhibition that reflected the port city of Rotterdam and some of it’s most prominent new immigrant cultures. I collected objects similar to those already in the collection, but contemporary and from shops in the different cultural areas of the city. Lots of diamonds, shiny plastic, metal and heavily decorated cutlery, teapots and jugs, ended up in the exhibition. These often gaudy, modern pieces were juxtaposed with the existing collection, bringing new life and a modern cultural context to what had become an under-visited section of the museum.
Project Leader 2015-2016
Chocolate Festival, Schiedam, The Netherlands
As a project leader for Chocolate Festival Schiedam, I organized two festivals for local chocolate company De Bonte Koe. I developed their program, curated and invited artists and fashion designers to make chocolate sculptures, and a fashion show.
Project Leader 2014
Foto Festival Schiedam, Schiedam, The Netherlands
As a project leader for this festival, I developed the program, curated and organized several exhibitions, routes and installations. I also managed the project team and the website. One of the highlights of the photo festival was and still is Chambres de Schie, where photographers build site-specific installations in 10 private homes along the canal in Schiedam. This has become an extremely popular and integral part of the festival and residents along the canal are now very keen to open their houses for the festival and its visitors.
Guest Curator 2014-2017
Gallery Emmy Miltenburg, Schiedam, The Netherlands
As a regular guest curator, I developed a cultural program for Gallery Emmy Miltenburg. It has resulted in several exhibitions and a temporary designstore.
Guest Curator 2014
Dutch Gin Museum - Jenevermuseum, Schiedam, The Netherlands
As a guest curator for the museum, I developed a concept and exhibition that reacted to the permanent exhibition in a contemporary way. Postcards from Schiedam (Afzender Schiedam), became an exhibition with postcards from the past reacting on postcards from the present. History melted together with the future with a lightness that was unfamiliar for the normally dark and cozy museum.
Special Event Employee 2011-2015
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
For several years I worked at the museum in the department of events and catering. Organizing fundraising events, friends’ dinners, lectures and meetings.
Artist in residence 2012
Dak’art Biennale, Dakar, Senegal
In Dakar I did an artist in residence project that was linked with the Dak’art Biennale. It resulted in a plastic water installation that became an official part of the Biennale.
Internship project 2011 - 2012
Muso Jigi, Bamako, Mali
From December - March, I initiated art classes at a primary school Bamako.
I created a program that would be easy to continue with the limited funding and materials available. after my departure. I took some of the artworks home and organized a fundraiser in The Netherlands. The raised proceeds paid for a necessary wall on the premises. It also paid for an artist who together with the students created a mural on the wall.
AWARDS 2016
Waterwegcultuurprijs 2016 For the Hidden Alleys, Food Art Festival concept, we won the nomination and main prize of the Waterwegcultuurprijs. This is the biggest cultural award of its kind in The Netherlands.
Award: €15.000 and €3.000
Stadspromotie prijs S’dam 2016 Also for the Hidden Alleys, Food Art Festival concept, we won the city promotion prize in S’dam.Award: €10.000
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Bringing the unexpected to unwanted places.
As a cultural entrepreneur, I'm always on the lookout to new things, in art but also in general life. This way of thinking, causes me to innovate and surprise myself continuously. I love exploring and discovering new ways to presenting and exhibit art.
One of my passions is making art interesting for art lovers, but also people without the outspoken love for art.
Stumbling over different installations in strange places, opening mind and vision.
As a cultural entrepreneur, I'm always on the lookout to new things, in art but also in general life. This way of thinking, causes me to innovate and surprise myself continuously. I love exploring and discovering new ways to presenting and exhibit art.
One of my passions is making art interesting for art lovers, but also people without the outspoken love for art.
Stumbling over different installations in strange places, opening mind and vision.
