Master in visual and audiovisual arts at Sint Lucas in Ghent
Teacher training at Sint Lucas in Ghent
OTHER RELEVANT TRAINING:
1 year Maastricht Theater School (Hogeschool Zuid)
Video editing course (Final Cut Pro)
Voice and musical education for many years
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Filming and video editing
Directing theater production
Create voice and video performances
Writing texts as part of my work as an artist and also in function of others / projects that I am part of.
Acting in front of the camera and on stage
Inspire, lead and guide large groups in achieving individual and/or joint goals.
Write and perform my own music (solo voice and piano, as well as with Marijke Verkaart Trio, name recently changed to Miracykel).
trackrecord
Exhibition of my work as part of Arno Nollen's exhibition 'Looking through your eyes', in the Gerhard Hofland Gallery in Amsterdam
Performances with Marijke Verkaart Trio (musical trio with Nicola Scagliozzi on bass, Karel Goedhart on drums and myself on vocals and piano.
Installation performance InterAct (solo), on YouTube, developed in the Vooruit in Ghent, with the support of Cassette VZW and also performed in the Vooruit and in Amsterdam at Wilhelmina's Delicatessen
Directing amateur theater for young people in Leuven
Directing assistance at 2 theater companies (Ontroerend Goed in Ghent and 101Punt in Maastricht)
Residency in the Flacc, Belgium and presentation at various locations (Beursschouwburg in Brussels, KC NONA in Mechelen) of my performance that I developed during my residency.
Participation in Theater Aan Zee in Ostend, festival for promising young musicians and theater makers
awards
publication of a video installation in magazine 'Kunstbeeld'
Exhibitions, musical performances and performances (see under the heading 'filmography/projects)
ask me for
Filming en video-editing
Acteren voor de camera of op podium
Zingen / performing (en mezelf op piano begeleiden)
Meewerken aan conceptvorming. Tevens meedenken / meewerken aan proces van concept tot uitwerking
Teksten schrijven, van allerhande (van inhoudelijk tot functioneel, kan in verschillende tonen, van uiteenlopende genres zijn)
Groepen leiden, begeleiden, sturen, stimuleren...
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equipment
Videocamera
Camerastatief
Computer met Final Cut Pro
Draagbare stage piano
Actieve speakers
Microfoon
Flash recorder voor audio
hardware knowledge
camera
software knowledge
Final Cut Pro
remarks
I quickly realize what a situation needs.
I love drama and putting EVERYTHING into perspective.
I am serious, full of contradictions and I love adventures.
I do not force myself on people, but I am assertive and focused when I see or can create an opening, depending on what needs to be done.
Humor and absurdities put so much into perspective. I can't live without it. Precision, an eye for my environment, straightforwardness, truthfulness, no nonsense, goal-orientedness, humanity, patience, 'constantly thinking outside all the boxes', are concepts that I live and work with.