CV (For more elaborate version, email to merelroijaards@hotmail.com)
Merel Luke van Erpers Roijaards, 1996
Visual artist and costume designer, based in The Hague
EDUCATION
2022-present
tailoring course at De Rotterdamse Snijschool (NL)
2020-2022
MA scenography, HKU, Utrecht (NL)
2018-2019
Erasmus study abroad, Sculpture/Lens and minor in gender studies at Belfast School of Art, Ulster University (UK)
2015-2020
BA Fine art, Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL)
2009-2015
School for Young Talent, The Hague (NL)
COSTUME DESIGN
2024
Costume design for drag queen and king Tante Ger and Mevreer Veer for the Cafe Theater Festival
Head costume designer for Theatergroep Pols’ Ragnarok
2023
Junior costume designer for Studio Julian Hetzel’s Spafrica
Head costume designer for Theatergroep Pols’ Uncanny
Costume design for short film Don’t Stop Washing the Dishes (in production still)
2021
Costume design for videoclip of Howufeel by Dominic J Marshall
Mask design for videoclip STONE COLD for GUYY(Dutch band)
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Couleur Locale, Quartair, Den Haag(NL)
Installation for the opening night of Boujloud Beats: Rhytms of Plurality, No Limits! Art Castle, Amsterdam (NL)
Finissage (showing result of residency), Kieken Centrale, Antwerp (BE)
Escaleren!, Pictura, Dordrecht (NL)
2023
st. = steek nld. = naald nldn. = naalen herh. = herhalen, Project space Sekreet, Leiden (NL)
Royal Arcade Academy, Arcade Studios, Belfast (UK)
Hectobar 26.0, Heejscteck, Utrecht (NL)
Jardin de Fair, campus Dr. Guislain, Gent (BE)
Feestdagen Expo 2023, Kunstuitleen Voorburg, Voorburg (NL)
Performance at Polshoogte Festival, Theater de Vaillant, The Hague (NL)
Uncanny, De Kunsthut, Den Haag (NL)
2022
Hectobar 21.0, De Ijskast, Rotterdam (NL)
Stadscollectie textiel, 38cc, Delft (NL)
Royale Arcade Academy, Arcade Studios, Belfast (UK)
Wissel 1079, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam (NL)
Make space, in the Sint-Josephkerk in Utrecht (NL)
2021
Hit The Curb Festival, Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
Stollen, De Stadstuin, Utrecht (NL)
A Tenderized Building, De Gelderlandfabriek, Culemborg (NL)
All Inn, Het Hem, Zaandam (NL)
Snackbar Altaar, Day Dream Deli, The Hague (NL)
2020
Corona-collectie Den Haag, Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague (NL)
Wissel 998, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam (NL)
Graduation Show, Royal Academy of arts, The Hague (NL)
2019
Note to self, Billytown, The Hague(NL) (pre endexam groupshow)
Eye Test, Catalyst Arts, Belfast (UK)
Performance at the Belfast Internatonal Festival of Performance Art (BIFPA), February 21st 2019, Ulster University, Belfast (UK)
2018
Bouncing off, Billytown, The Hague(NL)
Deeplfloor, Royal Academy of arts, The Hague (NL)
Overprint, Centre de la gravure et de l'image imprimee, Lalouviere (BE)
2016
The sharks pretty white teeth, de Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL)
2015
Noorder geluk festival, Rotterdam, (NL)
Graduation Exhibition School for young Talent, KABK, The Hague (NL)
COLLECTIONS
Haags Historisch Museum
Private collections
Arcade Studios
RECIDENCY
Project space Sekreet, Leiden, december 2023
Publications
Het Grote Aanschouwboek, my two exhibitions with De Aanschouw are documented in the book, 2023
Subo art Magazine, July print issue, July 2023
Divide Magazine, Issue 7, July 2023
Ut groen gele boekje kerauna eidisie by Sjaak Bral, a picture of my mouthmask on the Haagse Harry statue published, 2020
PRESS
Corona-collectie in het Haags Historisch Museum is de wereld in een notendopje maar dan in Den Haag, Algemeen Dagblad Den Haag, 26 december 2020, about work that was on show in The Hague Historical Museum
Kerstmondkapje Haagse Harry overleeft de nacht niet, Algemeen Dagblad Den Haag, 23 december 2020, about self made christmas mouth mask put on a statue in The Hague during the pandemic
Fotoreportage: corona-humor in het Haagse straatbeeld, Den Haag Centraal, 2020, about self made mouth masks put on statues in The Hague during the pandemic
Foto's: Ook Haagse standbeelden zijn beschermd tegen het virus, indebuurt Den Haag, 2020, about self made mouth masks put on statues in The Hague during the pandemic
Haagse standbeelden hebben mondkapjes gekregen, Algemeen Dagblad Den Haag, 2020, about self made mouth masks put on statues in The Hague during the pandemic
COMMISSIONS
Concept for single cover STONE COLD for GUYY(Dutch band), 2021
Mini artworks for Pakje Kunst, 2021
Ceramic meat sculpture for Day Dream Deli in The Hague, 2020
Street art in front of shop for Day Dream Deli in The Hague, 2020
CONTACT
email: merelroijaards@hotmail.com
for video works: https://vimeo.com/user79216398
for masks on statues project: https://haagsemondkapjes.tumblr.com/
https://mouthmaskletters.tumblr.com/
https://www.haagsekunstenaars.nl/cv/82114