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AT/BE

EDU
11 workshop ‘Points of no return’, Christophe Zellweger(CH), St. Lucas Antwerp KDG(BE)
11 workshop 3D printed jewellery, Karen Wuytens(BE), i.materialise, Brussels(BE)
11 workshop 'Within', Hanna Hedman(SE), Silke & the gallery's Jewellery Sessions, St. Lucas Antwerpen(BE)
10-11 St. Lucas Antwerp KDG(BE) Open Edelsmeed-Atelier, Siegfried De Buck(BE)
10 workshop Anita Evenepoel(BE), Summer Academy 011, Dworp/Brussels(BE)
99-02 St. Lucas Antwerp KDG(BE) Jewellery / Silversmithing, workshop Hilde De Decker(BE) Cristina Filipe(ES)
95-99 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Artesis Antwerp(BE), Ceramics
93-95 De Kleine Academie, Dramatic Art, Brussels( BE)

NOMI
08 Henry van de Velde Award for Young Talent, Design Flanders(BE)

EXHI
12 Combine, Platform Gallery, RHok Academy Brussels(BE)
11 European Triënnale for Contemporary Jewellery, WCC-BF, Mons(BE)
11 PIN Anonimum, EXD'II/Lisboa(PT)
11 Art gallery 'Putti', Conceptual Jewellery, Riga(LV)
11 Ghyczy - new values, Changing Jewellery by 10, Berlin(DE)
11 I am sorry, there’s no title (Jewellery from Belgium), Munich(DE)
11-09 Garbage Pin, Riga(LV) Barcelona(ES) Lisbon(PT) Antwerp(BE) Los Angeles(US) Porto(PT)
11-10 Op voorraad, Amsterdam(NL) Tapei(TWN) Antwerp(B) Arnhem(NL)
10 Wesel Art Gallery/Design Flanders, 7th Biënnale Bijoux Sauvage, Brussels(BE)
10-08 Design Flanders, Je suis DADA …, Turin(IT) Brussels(BE) Vienna(AT) Praha(CZE) Göteborg(SWE) Budapest(HUN) Madrid(S) Eindhoven(NL) Milan(IT) Oslo(NOR)
08 European Triënnale for Contemporary Jewellery WCC-BF, Mons(BE)
08 Design Museum Ghent(BE) Tête - à - tête
07 Villa de Bondt, Ghent(B) Migration in Jewels in Migration
07 Museum Waterland, New design from Belgium / Vrije vormgeving en sieraden, Purmerend(NL)
05-03 Antwerp Diamond High Council Awards, movement(s), Diamondmuseum Antwerp(BE) Hong Kong, Shanghai(CN) La Valetta(MT) Basel(CH) Amsterdam(NL)
05 Design Museum Ghent(BE), Fantasy Design
03 Fashionmuseum Hasselt(BE), BAG AGE
03 Designcenter De Winkelhaak, Multidesign, Antwerp(BE)
02 Marzee, International final year projects, Nijmegen(NL)

SOLO
06 ARTE FACT / 10, International symposium, Sint Lucas Antwerp(BE)

PUBLI
11 Innovative Materials: Contemporary Jewellery Design, CYP International Ltd (UK)
11 body adornment, Tl.mag #11(BE)
09 Antwerp: European Force of Fashion, Cite Publishing Ltd., La Vie Magazine (TW)
09 The Jewellery Compendium, Darling Publications(DE)
09 500 Diamonds, Lark Books(US)
08 Jewellery Illustration and Design, Maomao Publications(ES)
08 500 Pendant & Lockets, Lark Books(US)
07 New Directions in Jewellery II, Black Dog Publishing(UK)
07 Jewellery Design, Maomao Publications(ES)
06 I.D. november issue, International Design Magazine(US)
05 Ad!dict inspiration book #23, FOOD(BE)
11 Ad!dict inspiration book #25, World heritage(BE)

CATALO
11 European Triënnale for Contemporary Jewellery, WCC-BF
10 7th Biënnale Bijoux Sauvage, Gallery Claude Wesel
09 Garbage Pin, Ana Cardim
08 European Triënnale for Contemporary Jewellery, WCC-BF
07 Geboren en Getooid, CC Bornem
06 Fourth Design Competition Married, CC Knokke Heist
05 Fantasy Design, Design Museum Ghent
03 Antwerp Diamond High Council Awards, movement(s)
02 International final year projects, Gallery Marzee

WORK EXP
12-05 founder Silke & THE GALLERY, Antwerp(BE)
12-05 teacher Art Jewellery, Academy of Fine Arts, Sint Niklaas(BE)
11 teacher Art Jewellery, Academy of Visual Arts, Berchem(BE)
11 title/concept group exhibition: I am sorry, there's no title, Munich(DE)
09 lecture, Confrontations 09/8, Sint Lucas Antwerp Art Jewellery departement in collaboration with Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and PHL-Dpt. Arts(BE)
09 external jury Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Artesis Antwerpen, Departement Jewellery(BE)
07 external jury Spring selection Design Flanders Brussels(BE)
07-10 Ambassador Antwerp, Ad!dict Creative Lab, Brussels(BE)
06 freelance designer for Christophe Coppens, Brussels(BE)
05 lecture, ‘ceramic design’, centrum GOED WERK, Zulte(BE)
05 workshop, ‘designeducation’, Design Museum, Gand(BE)
04-05 teacher Art Jewellery, Institute Beeldend Kunstonderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap (RhoK), Brussels(BE)
04 lecture, Fantasy Design, Design Museum, Gand(BE)
03-04 teacher ceramics, Academy of Fine Arts, Turnhout(BE)