shana de villiers.
(born, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles)
Holder of South African passport & culture.
Currently living the
bIg BaD sExY eUrOpEaN dReAm
the Hague, the Netherlands.
COMING UP
In Medias Res, Omstand, Arnhem, NL
(18 November-24 December 2023)
Photographer: Lene Marquardt
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Bachelor Thesis: Splitting Mammalian Weeds: monster for a memory
2023 Publication of Impossible Stories Symposium: Linking Colonial Collections and Climate Change through Critical Fabulation, Het Nieuwe Instituut & Maastricht University
2021 Publication of archive/text in the Studium Generale Wxtch Craft Zine, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2020 Commissioned works/interview for an article in VICE NL
EDUCATION
2019-2023 BA in Fine Art at The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2023 Bachelor Thesis: Splitting Mammalian Weeds: monster for a memory
2023 Publication of Impossible Stories Symposium: Linking Colonial Collections and Climate Change through Critical Fabulation, Het Nieuwe Instituut & Maastricht University
2021 Publication of archive/text in the Studium Generale Wxtch Craft Zine, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2020 Commissioned works/interview for an article in VICE NL
EDUCATION
2019-2023 BA in Fine Art at The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
GROUP EXHIBITIONS/
PROJECTS
2023 Royal Academy of Art The Hague Graduation Show
2023 Three Birds, No Stone, Verheeskade 321, The Hague
2022 An Evening with the Shadow (Performative Dinner) Organised & Curated by Shana de Villiers, Gabriel Kolesar, Silke Riis, Barth Kapel, The Hague
2022 To Give a Dog a Name, Billy Town, The Hague
2022 Master Artistic Research Graduation Project (Performing for Noor Johanna Remmen), Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2022 Impossible Stories Symposium: Linking Colonial Collections and Climate Change through Critical Fabulation, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
PROJECTS
2023 Royal Academy of Art The Hague Graduation Show
2023 Three Birds, No Stone, Verheeskade 321, The Hague
2022 An Evening with the Shadow (Performative Dinner) Organised & Curated by Shana de Villiers, Gabriel Kolesar, Silke Riis, Barth Kapel, The Hague
2022 To Give a Dog a Name, Billy Town, The Hague
2022 Master Artistic Research Graduation Project (Performing for Noor Johanna Remmen), Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2022 Impossible Stories Symposium: Linking Colonial Collections and Climate Change through Critical Fabulation, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
2022 Artistic Research Symposium: Body as Proxy, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2021 Performing in ‘A candle is burning’ Ep.7 ESSENZA CLUB
2021 The Tiny Art Gallery, The Hague
2021 Far Closer, Page Not Found, The Hague
2020 Essentials Shop, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam
GRANTS/
FUNDING
2023 MC de Visser Fonds (Funding for Graduation Project)
2022 Tesselschade Stichting
2022 Stichting Schuurman Schimmel Van Outeren
2020 Self-organised Live Fantasy-Fundraiser Drawing Event; a fundraiser project for tuition fees, The Hague.
2021 Performing in ‘A candle is burning’ Ep.7 ESSENZA CLUB
2021 The Tiny Art Gallery, The Hague
2021 Far Closer, Page Not Found, The Hague
2020 Essentials Shop, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam
GRANTS/
FUNDING
2023 MC de Visser Fonds (Funding for Graduation Project)
2022 Tesselschade Stichting
2022 Stichting Schuurman Schimmel Van Outeren
2020 Self-organised Live Fantasy-Fundraiser Drawing Event; a fundraiser project for tuition fees, The Hague.
WORK/
INTERNSHIP
2020 - present Part-time Cobbler, The Hague
2020-present Volunteer at Page Not Found, The Hague
2020-present Volunteer at 1646, The Hague
2020 Internship with Afra Eisma, 1646, The Hague
INTERNSHIP
2020 - present Part-time Cobbler, The Hague
2020-present Volunteer at Page Not Found, The Hague
2020-present Volunteer at 1646, The Hague
2020 Internship with Afra Eisma, 1646, The Hague