Tess Walkowski
(31) 0651045588
(313)2744418
Originally from Detroit, MI
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Focus on music, performance, and sculpture
Selected Exhibitions/Performance
2012 “transmisissions” solo exhibition, thames 14, Bushwick open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
The Small Beast, Delancy, NY, NY
Participant, Engage artists Residency, Bucharest Romania
2011 “everything which has happened” Amundsweg 1, Amsterdam
“everything which has happened” Nieuwe Anita, Amstrdam
“pathway” Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam
Performance, Supercoda, Brooklyn NY
Performance, Pop’s Packing, Detroit, MI
Future of the Lab, recording and impro session, Steim Amsterdam
“Cover Poems” Schijnheillig, Amsterdam, NL
2010 Performance Gigronds, Tillburg NL
Planet Art, Young Blood, Amsterdam, NL
Residancy/ Performance, Extrapol, Nijmegen NL
Performance, Anne Rilke Black Box Gallery, Amsterdam NL
Half Shack” Gogbot Festival, Enschede, NL
“Untitled box III” Gerrit Rietveld Academy End exhibition, Amsterdam, NL
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY
“Weerzin” Gallerie Schijnheilig, Amsterdam, NL
2009 Performance “Chairs” Rietvled Uncut at De Brakke Grund, Amsterdam, NL
2008- 2010 Developed and organized the arts group AFVBK and co, currently working in a squatted gallery performance space Ijsbaanpaad 12, curating, organizing exhibitions, musical performances, and small festivals
2009 “third year students exposed” at Ijsbaanpaad 12
2009 “Talkshow” Artist workshop and discussion, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2008 “Inside the Box” at Tekar, Amsterdam, NL self organized and curated
2006 Group exhibition, Damoag Ateliers, Munich
2005 Solo Exhibition, “This week in art” Motor City Brewery, Detroit ,MI
2005 Group Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market
Studies/Organizations
2010 Organizer and Participant “Engage 2012” artists platform
2010 Graduate of Audio Visual Department the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
2008- 2010 Developed and organized the arts group AFVBK and co, currently working in a squatted gallery performance space Ijsbaanpaad 12, curating, organizing exhibitions, musical performances, and small festivals
2005-2006 Ludwig Maximillus University, Theatre Science and Art
2002-2005 Wayne State University, Detroit MI, literature, art, and German
2001- 2002, philosophy, Bennington College, VT
Awards
2010 nominated for the young blood award
2006 DAAD scholarship for study abroad, Munich,Germany
2005 Grant for Cultural and Language study, Berlin Germany
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