Nienke Van Wijk

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Communication

  Programme

  MA Visual Communication, 2011

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  http://www.nienkevanwijk.com

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• My practice explores transformational processes and situations. 7 Minutes Apart is a chapter from the larger film,The Family and The Phoenix, and hereby I unravel ideas of ancestry to build a portrait through which I explore the nature of intangibility that connects one entity to another, as well as to themselves. I consider these connections to be a type of genetic and spiritual tapestry, thus creating a filmic fabric; highly tactile and sensitive to exposure — much like the mysterious fabric that weaves our lives together. Each film is an attempt to tread lightly at the edge of perception.


• Degrees

• BA (Hons), Editorial Photography (First class), University of Brighton, 2005

• Experience

• Founding director, Mirrorgraph™ photographic portrait studio, Brighton, 2006-9; Creative pioneer at The Creative Pioneer Academy, National Endowement of Science, Technology and Art, London, 2006-9; Artist-in-residence, National Children’s Home, Norwich, 2008; Artist-in-residence, The Royal Gloucestershire Hospital and Stroud Valley Arts, Gloucester/Stroud, 2007

• Exhibitions

• Work-in-progress Show, Royal College of Art, 2010; Reflection in Music, Film and Dance, The Working Men’s Club, London, 2010; The Surreal House, Barbican, London, 2010; The Cloud Project, The Royal Gloucestershire Hospital, Gloucester, 2007-9

• Awards

• Shortlisted, British Female Inventor and Innovator of the Year Award, 2006; Winner, National Endowement for Science, Technology and Art Award, 2006; First prize, University of Brighton Award for Innovation and Artistic Acheivement, 2006