Vera Meulendijks

17/05/1993
NS-Plein 16, 5014 DA Tilburg
vmeulendijks@gmail.com
KVK Vera Meulendijks
KvK-number 64029662
BTW-number 212673221B01

EDUCATION / MINORS
2023 – 2024  Masterclass Creative Leadership masterclass, Design to Market, Eindhoven (NL)
2024  Tufting masterclass, Tuftlokaal, Tilburg (NL)
2014  Minor ceramics + group show, AKV | St. Joost, Den Bosch
2014  Alternative minor | New York – 1/2014 – 3/2014 NY, USA
2012 – 2015  Bachelor of Fine Arts – AKV | St. Joost, Breda
2011 – 2012  Propaedeutics – AKV | St. Joost, Breda
2010 – 2011  Preparatory education – AKV | St. Joost, Den Bosch, Breda

GRANTS

2023 – now  jump! Talenthub #4, 3/2023 – 09/2024 (NL)
2021  Honored – Makersfonds Plus, 6/2021 Tilburg (NL)
2020  Honored – Mondriaan Fonds Jong Talent, 1/10 Amsterdam (NL)
2018  Honored – Makersfonds Tilburg, 1/3 Tilburg (NL)

WORK IN PUBLIC SPACE

2023  Entrance Best Kept Secret Festival 06/2023, Beekse Bergen Tilburg (NL)
2020 – now  FUTURA – photoprint on building, 15m x 15m, AKV St. Joost ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL)
2016 –  Moving Landscapes – steel construction, 9m x 2m x 3m, since 22/1 Breda (NL)

ARTIST IN RESICENCE

2024  StadsGalerij Breda, 15/5 – 30/6
2022  Arteventura – Artist in residence, 10/2022 Acacena, Spain (ES)
2020  Arteventura – Artist in residence, 10/2020 Aracena, Spain (ES)

SELECTION SHOWS

2024  013Straatjes COVER EXPO @ NS16, opening 6/9, Tilburg (NL)
2024  ‘Alles Rinkelt’ @ PARK, groupshow, opening 24/8, Tilburg (NL)

2024  Take Away, groupshow, residency @ StadsGalerij Breda, 15/5 – 29/06 – 30/06 Breda (NL)
2024  Metropolitan Museum Tilburg, 3/5 – 30/06 Tilburg (NL)
2023  Solo window expo, Studio de Gruyter, 2/11 – 30/12 Tilburg (NL)
2023  PRINT EXPO, NS16, 10/11 Tilburg (NL)
2023  ART The Hague, 4/10 – 8/10 The Hague (NL)

2022  GROEPSDRUK #2 – group show, NS16, 12/11 – 13/11 Tilburg (NL)
2022  HERE WE ARE – group show, MPV Gallery, 19/02 – 27/03 Oisterwijk (NL)
2021  DECEMBER – group show, De Blauwe Dwaas, 11/12 – 02/01 Tilburg (NL)
2021  AR(T) – group show, three locations in Tilburg, 05/11 – 05/05 Tilburg (NL)
2021  FRIED TOGETHER – group show, Kunstpodium-T, 19/11 – 28/11 Tilburg (NL)
2021  Prospects – Art Rotterdam, 1/7 – 4/7  Rotterdam (NL)
2021  Gallery opening – group show, Gallery Art-Man 18/09 – 14/11 Heelweg (NL)
2020  25 spotjes kleine grafiek – group show, Garnizoenskerkje, 23/10 – 31/10 Ravenstein (NL)
2020  Uncancel 2020? – group show, Kunstkapel, 4/9 – 6/9 Amsterdam (NL)
2020  Benefit for Brabant – group exhibition, PARK, 8/8 – 31/8 Tilburg (NL)
2020  Buitensporig – group show, NS16, 27/8 Tilburg (NL)
2019 – 2020  GGZ EXPO #4 – duo show with Saskia Meijer, GGZ Breburg Jan Wier, 17/12 – 24/8 Tilburg (NL)
2019  Grafisch in Carré – group show, Carré, 6/10 – 27/10 Tilburg (NL)
2019  GLITCH – solo show, Babygirl Movement, 10/2019 Maastricht (NL)
2019  Summer Jam Rooftop Art – group show (+ curating), Ateliers Oost 8, 22/8 – 25/8 Tilburg (NL)
2019  De Roze Sokkel #3 – group show, NS16, 1/7 – 14/7 Tilburg (NL)
2019  Wallstreet / Takes Stock – group show, Wallspace, 26/5 – 13/7 Eindhoven (NL)
2019  How to Make An Art – group show, collaboration with Dakota Havard (USA), SEA Foundation, 7/5 – 19/5 Tilburg (NL)
2018  De Schatkamer – group show, Stichting Ateliers, 15/9 – 16/9 Tilburg (NL)
2017  Huisvesting Weerspiegelt Succes – group show, Witte Rook, 23/6 – 7/7 Breda (NL)
2016  Urban Art Projects – group show, KOP, 13/5 – 22/5 Breda (NL)
2015  Ernstig geschikt – group show, Circa…Dit, 1/10 – 25/10 Arnhem (NL)
2015  Graduation Show – Bachelor of Fine Arts, group show, AKV | St. Joost, 4/7 – 8/7 Breda (NL)
2015  Zwaar Metaal/Nieuw Licht – group show, Grafisch Atelier Daglicht, 16/1 – 4/2 Eindhoven (NL)
2015  Palais Idéal – group show, De Fabriek, 16/1 – 18/1 Eindhoven (NL)
2014  TACtics – solo show, TAC, 26/9 Eindhoven (NL)
2014  Ik heb het gedaan – group exhibition, Duvelhok, 16/1 – 18/1 Tilburg (NL)

SELECTION PROJECTS

2024  013Straatjes cover design no. 8, 14/06 Tilburg (NL)
2024  Graphic Art Market, 15/6, Tilburg (NL)
2024  Art Dialogue Sessions – by Shirley Welten, North Brabant (NL)
2024  Glaze/ceramics Workshop, Silex, ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL)
2023  Welding course (MAG, TIG and electrode welding), ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL)
2023  Tilt X Natte Sok, radioshow, De Nieuwe Vorst, 23/9 Tilburg (NL)
2023  Artistic director LunaLunaLuna, 26/7 – 30/7 Tilburgse Kermis (NL)
2023  LunaLunaLuna, Appeltje Eitje, 26/7 – 30/7 Tilburgse Kermis (NL)
2023  Eindeloos Eiland Festival, 24/6 – 25/6 Kortgene (NL)
2022  Uitgeverij Natte Sok, PULPBOEK #1, 15 september, KRAAKKELDER / De Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg (NL)
2022  LunaLunaLuna, Jeu D’n Èèrrepel,  27/07 – 31/07, Tilburgse Kermis (NL)
2021  Wall piece, collage in the gallery, MPV Gallery, Oisterwijk (NL)
2020  Indiecon – independent publishing book/art fair, 5/9 – 6/9 Hamburg (DE)
2020 – now  GIN FIZZ – artworks, visuals, video, decor, wallpaintings, wallpapers, graphic design, identity, 5/’20, Tilburg (NL)
2020  168H – work period with digital platform, 29/6 – 5/7 (NL)
2019  Making the Unseen Seen – book / work project with Freja Niemann Lundrup, Sea Foundation Tilburg (NL)
2019  Iedereen is dichter, maar niemand weet waarbij – Hans D’Olivat, publishing/design/printed matter, Tilburg (NL)
2019  Indiecon – independent publishing book/art fair, 6/9 – 8/9 Hamburg (DE)
2019  Dood en Spelen – graphic design, 2/11 Stroomhuis Eindhoven (NL)
2019  De Ambtelijke Molen – public space project, Luna Luna Luna Festival, 19/7 – 28/7 Tilburg (NL)
2019  Doloris – riso wallpaper (art project: surrealistic art maze), 5/2019  Tilburg (NL)
2019  How to Make An Art – collaboration with Dakota Havard, SEA Foundation, 13/5 Tilburg (NL)
2019  Wobby Wonderland – Fanzine, Art/Book fair, Lochal, 24/2 Tilburg (NL)
2018  Magical Riso – conference & art/book fair, 16/9 – 18/9 Maastricht (NL)
2018  Deadlines in Progress – riso Art Zine, visual design and printed matter, DDW 19/10 – 28/10 Eindhoven (NL)
2018 – 2019  Rendez Vous – graphic/visual design, art initiative: Fine Arts tour, Breda (NL)
2017  Videowork Shape_1 ‘Sounds That Surround Me’ – collab with Dyane Donck (in commission), Breda (NL)
2016  LP cover – ‘Sounds That Surround Me’, collaboration with Dyane Donck (in opdracht), Breda (NL)

PUBLICITY

2024  ‘Interview Vera Meulendijks’ 013Straatjes, 14/06 Tilburg (NL)
2024  ‘Vera Meulendijks experimenteert in werkplaats MAKE in Eindhoven’, 10/06 Eindhoven (NL)
2023  ‘Over de Paranoia Freak Show en aardappelsjoelen; er is nog een veel vreemdere kermis in Tilburg’, Brabants Dagblad 27/7

2022  Kunstscene ZINE – Artmagazine, Stad van Makers, 11/11 Tilburg (NL)
2022  Vera maakt het in Tilburg, Stad van Makers, 24/08 Tilburg (NL)
2022  Fanzine #3, Brabant C (Oisterwijk) X Graphic Matters (Breda) (NL)
2021  ‘Ludieke handtekeningen zijn gezet, aankoop EKP-pand van Avans is een feit’, Avans, 22/9
2021  Superhaufen / Money Issue #1 – zine, Indiecon Festival, 9/2020 Hamburg (D)
2020  Brabants Dagblad – ‘Kunstwerk keert kunstacademie binnenstebuiten, of lijkt dat maar zo?’, 17/6 (NL)
2020  ‘How to Make An Art’ – publication, Dakota Havard, Sea Foundation, 4/7  Tilburg (NL)
2019  Banner Schouwburg Cityring, ‘Stad van de Makers’, Makersfonds Tilburg, 11/2019 Tilburg  (NL)
2019  Het Stadsblad Breda, article ‘Verplaatsing kunstwerk van Vera Meulendijks’ – 11/12 Breda (NL)
2019  Tilburgse Koerier – article about LunaLunaLuna Festival – 19/7 Tilburg (NL)
2019  Tilburgse Koerier – article ‘Roze Sokkel opent derde expositie – 11/7 Tilburg (NL)
2019  Tilburgse Koerier – article ‘Portret van een maker’ – Makersfonds Tilburg, CulT – 25/1 Tilburg (NL)