Degree in Bachelor of Arts, June 1994, at the Rotterdam Acadamy of Art (Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, now known as Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam), in the speciality "Interior Architecture" with, a project for a Perfume Section of a shopping centre, a visual study on the density of ornamental information, and a bachelor thesis "Life's a Stage", featuring Robert Wilson, Rem Koolhaas, Alfred Hitchcock and Peter Greenaway representing 4 aspects of the design process. .
The visual study of ornamental information, was based on the Alhambra monument in Granada, Spain, where an exchange period in autumn 1993 was spent: taking classes in environmental design of the UGR - Faculty of Fine Arts, combined signatures of 4th and 5th year.
In January 1995 she returned to Granada where, after some temporary jobs and photo-collage commissions, in 1998 the focus was set on freelance design, working mainly in graphic and website design. One of the many proyects she managed was organizing 2 design workshops with Spanish graphic designer Fernando Medina "Las Ideas Primero" .
Coinciding the world economic crisis with the birth of 3 children, in 2009, she let go of her last clients and focussed fully on her young family.
In March 2013, a new multinational in town badly needed Dutch native speakers and she became an employee for the time being. This "time being" lasted for litle more than 11 years, learning all about salary administration, payroll, Dutch legislation, payroll accounting, SAP. She got certified in "Basis Kennis Loonadministratie" (BKL), "Praktijkdiploma Loonadministratie" (PDL), Lean Six Sigma (yellow belt) and learned all about salaries, accounting, being meticulous and precise, eye for detail and staying sharp and concentrated, a welcome addition to her previous experiences. After 4 years, a new internal position was offered in the Products department to work on software automation as a Business Analyist, responsible for the Functional Design of the internal SAP PCC landscape. Learning about personas, time management, design thinking, business models, different Countries, different cultures and very different ways of being and working on payroll all around the world.
Some drawings, some cards, some furniture design, some illustrations, always something was done or played with. At one moment, taking advantage of some old magazines to make a few collages for friends, an old passion woke up and dusty old stored-away boxes were opened and unpacked after many years of silent waiting. Some online workshops stimulated more exploring and experimenting, and rapidly she got caught up with painting.
After a few years, in 2023, when literally ending up painting (in) circles, it was time to take things more seriously and 1 year was spent with weekly local painting classes (David Conde), learning about painting methods, fundamentals, processes and building up the groove.
First of May 2024, the security of employment was sacrified for a total incertainty of outcome, only knowing (without proof) that it was about time...
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