Dan

Gonen





C.V.


Dan Gonen
Born 1978
Living and working in Amsterdam The Netherlands
email: gonendan@gmail.com



Education

2001-2005
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Bachelor, Fashion department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2004
University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria, Erasmus student-exchange program, Trans-medial-art department with the guidance of Prof. Brigitte Kowanz and Textile Technology department with the guidance of Prof. Ute Huber-Leirer.


Selected Exhibitions

2022
Selected work by the jury and participation at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, November 2022, London, England.

Preparations for the exhibition ‘Friendly Faces’ beginning 2023 at Q-Art Showcase AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Art Project, ’Postcards Are The New Screens’, Installation of 60 recent print and mixed media works in open studio (November 2022), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2021
AGALAB (Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier) - Online Exhibition, Gradient Colours, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

‘Ruim Baan Voor De Makers’, group exhibition, Hyatt Hotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Galerie Noord, group exhibition, selected work by the jury, exhibition titled: Kunstsalon-Ijl, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Pop-Up Gallery KunstRuim, group exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2019
Exhibition Risograph Publications at Gallery Quartair, The Other Book Fair, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Solo exhibition, titled: ‘Dionysos Draagt Kringloop’, Kunstruimte Lokaal, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

2014
CBK, group exhibition at artspace Amsterdam-east, The Netherlands.

2013
Vorarlberg Museum, sight-specific installation, group exhibition: Vom Lufthohen at Gaisbühel, Austria.

2007
Museum Voor Moderne Kunst, Mode Biennale, group exhibition ‘Happy Fashion’, Arnhem, The Netherlands.

2006
Kunstmuseum (Gemeente Museum), group exhibition, titled: ‘Fashion NL: The Next Generation’, The Hague, The Netherlands.

2005
Museum Night, group exhibition, titled: 'Never let them see you sweat’ by curator Ines Agostineli, Friedrichshafen, Germany.

2004
Kunsthaus Vorarlberg, group exhibition, titled: ‘Die grenzen meine spräche’, Vorarlberg, Austria.


Presentations

2019
OT 301 Cultural Center, book and magazine fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2019
Athenaeum Bookstore, presentation and sale of the publication, titled: ‘The language of wearable objects-outside fashion’, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2015
Men Boutique, Bahique Jewellery Shop, Roossieraad Jewellery Shop, presentations of Bodylang- Printed Organic Textiles, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2008
Marmelada, online art project.

2006
Etalage Bijenkorf, presentation of ‘Lancôme Colour Design Awards’ fashion collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2006
Frans Molenaar Awards, participation and runway, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2005
Mediamatic, presentation and lecture, Embroidery Salon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/13941/digital-embroidery-salon

2005
Amsterdam Fashion Week, Lancôme Color Design Awards, selection for the finals, prize for innovation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2005
Design Week, presentation at exhibition space- Items Magazine, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.


Prizes

2006
Lancôme Colour Design Awards, fashion collection, awarded 1st prize by the Jury- Alber Elbaz and Kenzo Takada, Ecole De Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.


Grants

2000
Halikon, publishing house for poetry, grant for young writers for a study program at Miskenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, Israel.

2004
Berlage Fonds, grant for a graduation project at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, The Netherlands.


Publications

2020
Published article- ‘Dan Gonen- Voor Wie Gedichten Wil Dragen’ at allyoucandream.nl by curator Jet Van Overeem, The Netherlands.
https://allyoucandream.nl/dan-gonen-voor-wie-gedichten-wil-dragen/

2019
Publication, title: ’The Language of Wearable Objects - Outside Fashion’ printed on Risograph in a limited and signed edition of 80 copies, an essay, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2015
Kunsthaus Bregenz, exhibition book catalogue, ‘Vom Luftholen: Gaisbühel’, Bregenz, Austria.

2006
Avantgarde Magazine, Fashion editorial and photography of the Lancôme Colour Design Awards collection, The Netherlands.

2006
Vogue Magazine Taiwan, article (Colour design awards), Taiwan.

2006
Ha’aretz, daily newspaper, Interview, ‘Clothing Can Tell A Story’ by Shira Broyar, Israel.

2005
NRC Handelsblad, daily newspaper, article, ‘Poëtisch Gelaagde Kleding by Dirk Limburg, The Netherlands.

2005

Items Magazine, article graduation project, The Netherlands.

2004
Kunsthaus Vorarlberg, exhibition book catalogue ‘Die grenzen meine spräche’, Vorarlberg, Austria.

2001
Halikon publishing house and Mishkenot-Sha'ananim, publication ‘New poetry’, Jerusalem, Israel.


Collections

Lancome, Colour Design Award collection, France.

Brigitte Kowanz, Austria.

Herbarium Risograph archive, Berlin, Germany.

Benjamin Sas

Studio De Slapende Hond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


Practice Related Activities

2022
Artist member at People Of Print- platform for print related artists, presentation at website and Instagram.

Collaboration- Risograph development and print-work for the project ‘Postcards Are The New Screens’ in collaboration with studio Mellow Yellow and Thomas Monses, Berlin, Germany.

Collaboration- Photography, concept and styling for the project ‘Friendly faces’ with photographer Jessie Mak, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

December 2021- January 2022
Residency period, Institute Fur Alle Möglich, silk-screen printing at BBK Druckwerkstatt Berlin, Germany.

2018- 2021
Amsterdam Graphic Atelier, technical assistant- textile and silk-screen printing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2008-2011
Time-Out Magazine, editor of fashion and design, Tel-Aviv, Israel.