MFA Katinka Simonse
Country: The Netherlands
Born: June 10 1979
Place of birth: Goes (NL)

researches the issues of contemporary populist movements, including animal rights activism, and their strategies.
Hypocrisy within these movements and discourses is the main focus point of her work.


projects (selection)
TINKEBELL.
SAVE THE MALES
SAVE THE PETS
I looove bunnies-bunnie fur coats
Baby Bunnie project (most recent: Popple)
ALMOST18+ wearables


education
2003-2005 Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam (Netherlands) : (MFA) design
1999-2003 Fontys Academie voor Beeldende Vorming Tilburg (Netherlands) :(BFA) fine arts (textile/2-dimensional)
1997-1999 st-Lucas Boxtel (Netherlands) : graphic design /advertising
1996-1997 VTS Technicum Antwerp (Belgium) : fine arts & applied arts


Since May 2007 part of artist-group EMPATHYtm
together with Jonas Staal and Vincent WJ van Gerven Oei.


upcoming/recent exhibitions/events/etc.
April 2008 EMPATHYtm recidence place, InCUBATE, Chicago (USA)
April 17-27 exhibition, VERSION 08, Chicago (USA)
May 2008 exhibition, masters gallery, amsterdam (NL)
May 2008 performance, ALMOST 18plus memoriabilia, kunstvlaai, Amsterdam (NL)
May 17th 2008 presentation The Biggest visual Power Show (NEXT NATURE), Million Dollar theatre, L.A. (USA)
May - June 2008 EMPATHYtm recidence place, Dagaocun Art District DAD, Beijing (CN)
June 20 - July 20 2008 exhibition''If you believe in me, I'll believe in you', The Embassy gallery in Edinburgh (GB).
September 2008 exhibition gogbot festival, Enschede (NL)
October 2008 solo exhibition Planet Art, Volkskrant gebouw Amsterdam, (NL)


past exhibitions (selection)
October 2007-March 2008 exhibition The Bloody Beautiful show (group with Afke Goldstein NL, Koen Hauser NL,
Cindy Wright BE, Karen Knorr UK, Wim Delvoye BE, Jan Fabre BE, Edward Lipsky UK, Ari Versluis & Ellie Uittenbroek NL and more..)
Historical museum Schielandhuis, Rotterdam (NL)
Februari 2008 Popple atArt Rotterdam, represented by Torch Gallery (NL)
January 2008: solo exhibition /supercalifragilisticexpialidocious/ SAVE THE PETS (1), masters gallery, amsterdam (NL.) (thank you: AFK)
June 2007 EMPATHYtm Intervention #1 with Jonas Staal and Vincent WJ van Gerven Oei
April 2007: exhibition ÒPOPPETÓ (group/div. Designers/artists) galerie Roodkapje, Rotterdam (NL)
December 9th 2006: exhibition/event SALE, platform 21, Amsterdam (NL)
December 2nd 2006: exhibition/event "Bright Live", Westergas Fabriek, Amsterdam (NL)
October 2006: Lift-Off loves, (during the Dutch design week) (group/young designers) "de Admirant", Eindhoven (NL)
September 2006: NEW WORK, (group/young designers from Sandberg Institute) Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam (NL)
March-April 2005: Oh Lord, where's the border? (with Afke Golstijn/Marita Kratz,/a>), NBKS, Breda (NL)
March-October 2005: stadse beesten, Museum of history,(group/div. Artist/designershistorica artefacts) Amsterdam (NL)
November 2004: about BIRD, Mediamatic (event during museum night), Amsterdam (NL)
August 2004: new generation artists Salon, (group/ with +/-20 young artists) NBKS, Breda (NL)
June 2004: Best of Sandberg, TPG Building, (group /best of 10 year Dutch design) Amsterdam (NL)


past performances (selection)
June 2007 performance/event SALE, something green platform 21, Amsterdam (NL)
June 2006: workshop "what to do with your cat?", during The Biggest Visual Power Show in the Coolwash Building, Zolverein,Essen, Germany
January 2006: workshop "create your own radio controlled guinea pig", in a Dutch tv show for children "schepperdeschep" (NL)
September 2005: workshop "create your own radio controlled guinea pig", during The Biggest Visual Power Show at the Design Week, Eindhoven (NL)
June 2005: workshop "what to do with your cat?", during The Paradise by the Laptoplight Show in theater "t Hoogt", Utrecht (NL)
January 2005: workshop "what to do with your cat?", during The Biggest Visual Power Show in Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
March 2004: "covering up" the ugliest village in The Netherlands, Dutch TV show SIX PACK (NL)
December 2003: Dutch artist of the year contest, Jaarbeurs Utrecht (NL)


Past publicity (selection)
-Article NRC Handelsblad (Ik verbaas me over naieve dierenactivist By Sandra Smallenburg January 30 2008)
-article Volkskrant ( TINKEBELL. probeert het nu weer met Hamsters, By Rutger Pontzen January 23 2008)
-article/appearance book masters of rietveld ( by coraly vogelaar October 2007)
-article Volkskrant (Onverkochte kuikentjes ontlopen versnipperaar", by Rob Gollin) /newspaper July 3rd 2007
-article AD (Rel over fotos in grote marktstraat, By herman Rosenberg) /newspaper June 12th 2007
-De provocateur (by Laura Starink, Magazine M (NRC), January 6 2007)
-Artvertising Het boek (Artvertising The Book) (by Teun Castelein, publication/book. December 2006)
-Fantasie, fun en functioneel (ÔFantasy, fun and functionalÕ) (by Renate Zoutberg, Spits free daily, 29 November 2006)
-Techlifestyle in Westergas (by Anne-Fleur Pel, Metro free daily, November 28 2006)
-In mijn werk reageer ik op hypocrisie (My work is a response to hypocrisy) (by Ivonne van Akkeren, De Humanist, June 2006)
-TINKEBELL. dol op roze (TINKEBELL. crazy about pink) (by Anneloes van Gaalen, CODE, April 2006)
-Katinka van Bruggen maakte van haar poes een tas. De kat wilde altijd dicht bij haar zijn(Katinka van Bruggen made a bag
out of her cat. The cat always wanted to be close to her) (by Hester Otter,Trouw newspaper, March 2006)
-Cavia GTI (by Anneloes van Gaalen, Bright magazine, February 2006)
-TINKEBELL. proclama di voler Ð conquistare il mondo e dipingerlo di rosa (by Enrico Fantoni, D-La republica delle donne (I), February 2006)
-Shock art: censorship required? (by Anneloes van Gaalen,Amsterdam Weekly, November 2005)
ÑIk maak geen kunst, ik maak discussies (I dont make art, I make discussions) (by by Gerrit van der Hoven, Brabants Dagblad newspaper, May 28 2005)
-Dutch art girls (by Anneloes van Gaalen, Daze & Confused (UK),November 2004)
-Pink Obsession/TINKEBELLs world (by Anneloes van Gaalen, Soma Magazine (USA), November 2004)
-Amsterdam Weekly (I see some porn and I want to paint it pink), November 3 2004 by Anneloes van Gaalen)
-Article (by Gerrit van der Hoven, Brabants Dagblad newspaper,February 2004)
-Article (PZC newspaper, December 2003)
-Article (Volkskrant newspaper, December 2003)


recently working on 'Her name is,..' performances
'Her name is Marilyn,.. ( on our way to Beverly Hills)' Los Angeles, U.S.