EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2000 Start Studio Claudy Jongstra
1996 Start studio Not Tom, Dick & Harry
1982 – 1989 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht
Fashion Design, cum laude


MUSEA COLLECTIONS (selection)

2009 Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
2007 LACMA Museum, Los Angeles
The RISD Museum, Rhode Island
2005 Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New York
2001 Museum of Modern Art, New York
2000 Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1999 – 2005 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1999 – 2001 Centraal Museum, Utrecht
1999 Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
1997 – 2003 Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
1996 – 2006 Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg


AWARDS

2008 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prijs voor Toegepaste Kunst en Bouwkunst (Applied Arts and Architecture Prize)
2007 Nomination Vredeman de Vries Prijs voor vormgeving (Design Prize)
2005 Vredeman de Vries Prijs voor vormgeving (Design Prize), Leeuwarden
Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunsten 2005 (Prize for the Arts)
2000 Aanmoedigingsprijs Industrieel Ontwerp (Prize for Encouragement of Industrial Design)
1995 Materiaalfondsprijs voor innovatief materiaalgebruik (Prize for innovative use of material)


COMMISSIONS (selection)

2010 Wall tapestry Bishop House Marcel Breuer, Connecticut USA arch. Toshiko Mori Architects
Hanging for organic cosmetics store, Amsterdam

2009 Sketch proposal tapestries Bennington College, Vermont USA, arch. TWBT Architects
Sketch proposal entrance hall, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, arch. H.J. Henket
Design cushions chapel van Vogelgezang, Veere
Carpet limited editions Ruckstuhl Benelux, Switzerland
Art commission for chapel AVL hospital, Amsterdam
Art commission for Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch,
arch. H.J. Henket
Art commission for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,
New York, arch. TWBT Architects
Art commission for boardroom DSM, Heerlen
Art commission for cemetery Zorgvlied, Amsterdam
Art commision for Province Limburg, Maastricht

2008 Art commission for the dollshouse of Petronella Oortmans in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Artpieces Search bv., Amsterdam
Design elevators in the World Trade Center, Schiphol
Art installation entrance hall Commujon, Almelo
Wall covering AVL hospital, Amsterdam
Hangings entry hall Triodos Bank N.V., Zeist

2007 Concept design applied art object Dutch Parliament, The Hague
Concept design applied art University Utrecht, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Mastercard design for Aids Funds
Marmoleum design for Forbo
Wall covering entrance hall, Public Library Amsterdam, arch. Jo Coenen
Art installations Council chamber/wedding room, theatre and entry hall, City Hall Nijverdal, arch. Claus & Kaan

2006 Bed covers for Gramercy hotel, New York
Penthouses in ‘red rock casino’, Las Vegas, architect Peter Bentel
Art installation ‘Sky Arc Residence’ San Francisco, arch. Will Bruder
Acoustic art panels, Dutch Embassy Berlin, arch. Rem Koolhaas i.c.w. Marc Mulders
Collection for Kakitsubata warehouse, Tokyo

2005 Wall covering restaurant Kunsthal Rotterdam, arch. Rem Koolhaas

2004 Start carpets, pelts, banners etc. for Moss and Maharam, New York/LA
Fabric designs for Maarten Baas: Smoke furniture
Art commission, UMC Utrecht, Radiotherapy department
Concept for restaurant MOMA for Bentel & Bentel Arch., NY
Felt on Aluminium Shutters for Lloyd hotel, Amsterdam, arch. MVRDV

2003 Banners Board of Directors, FMO, The Hague
wall covering Center Court, Ministry of VWA, The Hague
Wall hangings Presidential residence, The Hague,
arch. Jo Coenen

2002 Design for spring/summer ’03 collection Christian Lacroix

2001 Applied art Stadgenoot, arch. Steven Holl
Design and effectuation for Metropolitan Opera, New York
Costumes for Les Mamelles de Tirésias, opera Trionfo

2000 Design & effectuation for Will Bruder, Boston

1999 – 2003 Designs for The Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht

1997 – 1999 Concepts for Donna Karan, New York

1999 Upholstering ‘Kasese chair’ design by Hella Jongerius
Concept for VOLVO Car Operations

1997 Felt for the STARWARS movie ‘the Phantom Menace’

1996 Felt for John Galliano, Paris


EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2009 Participation in ‘Fashioning Felt’, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, NY
Participation in ‘20 ans de tendances vues par Li Edelkoort’, Institut néerlandais, Paris

2008 Part of the Techno Threads exhibition in the Science Gallery, Dublin
Installation i.c.w. Eylem Aladogan, Kröller-Müller Museum, Arnhem
The Museum of Art, Providence, New York
‘Mapping out Paradise’ i.c.w. Marc Mulders, De Pont, Tilburg
Exhibition i.c.w. Marc Mulders, Dutch Embassy, Berlin

2007 Partisipation in Architecture Biennale Sao Paulo by order of NAI

2006 Design Conference Pasadena, California
Solo ‘feel felt felt’ at Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum
Anniversary exhibition 10 years at Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilburg
LACMA Gallery, NLA straight outta Holland, Los Angeles

2005 Participation in ‘Future Design Days’, Stockholm
Solo presentation at Moss, New York

2004 Participation in ‘LUSTHOF’ i.c.w. the Tilburgse school and Piet Hein Eek, Art Rotterdam

2003 Internationale Architectuur Biennale, Rotterdam
‘Dutch Design’ Institut Néerlandais, Paris

2002 ‘A century of design, part 4’, Metropolitan Museum NY
‘In the making’, Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco
‘Celebrating Dutch Design’, Washington/Los Angeles

2001 Participation in ‘Hitec-Lotec’, England
Participation in ‘Red Ribbon Kunstactie’ Groninger Museum
Participation in ‘Dutch Modernism, la mode en version néerlandaise’ Institut Néerlandais, Paris

2000 Participation in ‘Mutations//Mode’, Musée Galliera, Paris
‘Feel Felt Felt’, solo Fries Museum Leeuwarden
Participation in Triënnale 2000 ‘Essere ben Essere’, Milaan

1999 Participation in ‘AEX’, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Participation in ‘Bloomsbury’, EGG, London

1998 ‘No sentimental journey’, solo Nederlands Textiel Museum


RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Present  Study to set up biological dynamical dye plant culture in Friesland

2009 - present Set-up botanical garden with dye plants and herbs next to the Studio

2004 - present Set-up natural dye works

1999 - present cooperation with Orson + Bodil

1999 - present Cooperation with Marc Mulders