Charlotte van Alem
17.04.1990, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Lives and works in Nijmegen
April 2022 – current
BIOMA Lab – Bio Imagineering Lab, Nijmegen
2021
Radboud UMC, guest researcher, biomedical labratory – tissue engineering, Nijmegen
2018-2020
Bachelor of Fine Arts & Education (B.ed), ArtEZ, University of the Arts, Arnhem
2018-2019
Member of Future Makers, Centre of Expertise – ArtEZ, University of the Arts, Arnhem
2017
Various jobs in Cologne
2012-2016
Bachelor of Design (B.des), HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht
Material research & ecological design
2015
Intern – guest researcher conservation & restoration, ‘Atelier für Papierrestaurierung’ Ferlmann, Cologne
Book & Paper restoration & conservation of artifacts, preparing exhibitions.
Research into artifacts; ancient techniques and recipies for restoring paper and leather materials.
Erasmus internship as part of the third year of my BA Product Design.
Project Funding
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds – Mr. Laurens Takken Fonds (2021)
Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie (2018 / 2021)
Other Activities:
2018 – 2022
Teaching activities Art secondary education: ROC Nijmegen, NSG Groenewoud, Titus Brandsmalyceum
2010
KaDeWe, internship MBO, Berlin
2008
Gap year, New Zealand
Research collaborations
Radboud UMC (2022)
ArtEZ – Research Fashion Design Future Makers (2019)
Wageningen University & Research (2019)
UNSEAM (2019)
TU-Delft (2016)
Dutch Shoe Academy (2016)
Past exhibitions and talks
Upcoming 2024/2025
OCEANISTA – Fashion & the Sea, The Maritime Museum of Finland, April – September 2024
OCEANISTA – Fashion & the Sea, The Maritime Museum of Sweden, October 2024 – September 2025
2023
NEUS Art Fair – Morphogenesis Jellyfish, January 2023, Nijmegen
2022
PechaKucha x Canadian Trade Mission, A’dam Toren, 13th May, Amsterdam
Schoenenkwartier, permanent exhibition, Waalwijk
2021
OCEANISTA – Fashion & the Sea, Maritime Museum of Denmark
2019
Dutch Design Week ’19, Embassy of Sustainable Design – ArtEZ Future Makers, Eindhoven
Dutch Design Week ’19, THE SHOEMUSEUM / A WALK ON WATER, Eindhoven, Utrecht
Dutch Design Week ’19, UNSEAM x Medusae Project, Eindhoven
”Mode is na olie de meest vervuilende grondstof ter wereld” – Kim Poldner, Circular Fashion Lab, Wageningen University, YouTube
Kunstnacht: Duurzame Mode 025 x NEUS, Nijmegen
Sustainable Fashion Green Capital at De Bastei, Nijmegen
Resources in a Changing World – From Jellyfish to Book, in collaboration with Stichting Hubert, Nijmegen
2018
PechaKucha Amsterdam
Huis van de Nijmeegse Geschiedenis, Nijmegen
Symposium, Green Capital Week, St. Stevenskerk, by Anita Waltman, Nijmegen
2017
Bio oder Kunststoff – oder Beides? Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Mediamatic – Biotalk Aquatic Harvesting, 13 April 2017, Amsterdam
Cultuur op de Campus, Radboud University Faculty of Natural Sciences, Nijmegen
Kunsthalle – Műcsarnok, curated by Liza Snook (Virtual Shoe Museum), Budapest
2016
Meaningful encounters I, Salone del Mobile Milan, by HKU – University of the Arts, Utrecht
Meaningful encounters II, Academiegalerie Utrecht, by HKU – University of the Arts, Utrecht
Graduation exposure ’16, HKU Product Design, by HKU – University of the Arts, Utrecht
Retrieved exhibition, Gdynia Design Days, by Izabela Boloz, Poland
ISLN – Internationale schoenen en lederwarenbeurs Nederland, Dutch Shoe Academy, Utrecht
Regeneration exhibition, Transnatural, Dutch Design Week, Amsterdam
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