CURRICULUM
Tienke Zijlstra (Meppel, 1982) lives and works in (north of) the Netherlands.
EDUCATION
2005 – 2012 Teacher of visual arts and Design (1th degree), Windesheim, Zwolle, the Netherlands.
2002 – 2004 Cultural and social education, Hogeschool van Amsterdam
1999 – 2002 Advertising designer, CIBAP Zwolle
COURSES/ MASTERCLASSES
2021 DIA (Drawing Inventions Academy): a master’s program led by a.o. Arno Kramer, Caren van Herwaarden and Marisa Rappard.
2017 Animation techniques, Digital Art Factory, Assen
NOMINATIONS
2022 Drenthe talent prize culture
SIDE ACTIVITIES
2022 – now Guest lecturer 2D, DBKV ArtEZ, Zwolle
2023 Production team Into Nature, Time Horizons, Borger – Odoorn
2022 Jurymember exhibition Kunstbende
2013 – 2022 Visual/CKV teacher VO, Vechtdal College, Ommen
2011 – 2013 Visual teacher workshops, Scala, Meppel
2009 Visual teacher, pre-education, DBKV, Windesheim, Zwolle
2002- 2004 Cultural youth work, production house, Amsterdam
2001 – 2002 Assistant photo studio/advertising design, Theo Berends, Emmen
2000 – 2001 Advertising design, Advice Advertising consultancy, Wijhe
EXHIBITIONS
2025 (upcoming) DRAWING INVENTIONS 2025, Quartair, The Hague (group)
2024 ZOMERKABINET, Great contemporary drawing art on small format, Gallery Art Singel 100, Amsterdam
2024 TEKENKABINET XII, Great contemporary drawing on small format, Project space BMB, Amsterdam
2024 BORROWED SPACES with Patrick Mangus, Anke Land, Teodora Ionescu, Curated by Ronald de Ceuster. Studio Building Panta Rhei, Deventer (group)
2023 TEKEN GREAT, Between culture and nature, with Sigrid van Woudenberg, Bas Ketelaars, Jeanne Rombouts, Monica Aerden, Geetrui van de Craats (Curator). Pictura, Dordrecht (group)
2023 ONTMOETING / Råka ut för, with Karin Gerfen, Contrapunt, Zwolle
2022 ONDERHUIDS, Studio NA64, with Femmie Duiven and Ursula Metzler, Amsterdam (group)
2022 INGREEP & OFFER with Lee Eun Young, Kunstlokaal No8, Jubbega (duo)
2022 NORTH NOW, Drawing Inventions, Horticultural School, Frederiksoord (group)
2022 SIGNED, CBK, Emmen (group)
2021 TEKENAARS IN DRENTHE, Kunst& Cultuur Drenthe, Assen (group)
2017 Reestzin, art and nature walk, Reestdal, de Wijk (group)
2016 Meantime, Plataan, Meppel (group)
2012 Graduationshow, Broerenkerk, Zwolle
PUBLICATIONS (contributed to)
2024 PETRICHOR, 11th edition, year 6, November
2024 Catalog Drawing Cabinet XI. Pocketsize (A5), 11th edition.