ABOUT

Doina Kraal (1980, NL) is an Amsterdam based artist. She studied Fine Art at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam (BA) and at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London (MA). From 2020 - 2022 Doina was a PhD candidate at PhDArts, a practice-lead doctoral study programme at ACPA (Academy of Creative and Performing Arts) Leiden University. Through her multimedia installations and performances, she investigates how an intimate, sensory and enchanting encounter can be established between the triangle observer, performer and artistic object.

Her current projects find their origins in the installation ['In de Rarekiek'] (2011-2012), a life-size peepshow box conceived as a translation of the macrocosm in the form of a microcosm and inspired by the historical rarekiek or peepshow. In 2013, the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund and Foam, photography museum Amsterdam awarded Kraal the Foam 3h award, in relation to ['In de Rarekiek']. This resulted in the traveling installation and performance ['Touche-à-Tout'] (2014-ongoing). A collection of writings, images, and documentation was developed concurrently around this key work in the extensive artists' book ['Touche-à-Tout: some frames to the wonder of the world, featuring some of the wonders of the world'], Onomatopee (2017-2018) and on the website www.touche-a-tout.nl. These two installations form the root of a growing, ambiguous and multisensory archive. Kraal keeps adding to this archive or draws on it for new installations and performances.

Her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions including Foam, Amsterdam and Marres, Maastricht, the Netherlands; National Gallery, Mumbai, India; Flora Ars+Natura, Bogotá, Colombia; Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.


CV

Doina Alexandra Salomé Kraal
Born in 1980, Breukelen, The Netherlands

Exhibitions, projects & performances (selection)

2023 ['Of Gaia and Ouranos’], installations and performance in collaboration with Roger Cremers, curated by Frank van der Stok and Taco Hidde Bakker, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, NL, (duo)
2023 [‘Visions. At the Edge of Heaven’], installation with Roger Cremers, curated by Hanne Hagenaars and Gijs Assmann, Museum Krona, Uden, NL
2023 [‘A Cry from the Deepest Dephts of Lost Time’], collaboration with Roger Cremers, Sealamprey Society, Amsterdam, NL
2023 [‘Emporium of the Obsolete’], collaboration with Roger Cremers, Kunsttraject-etalages, Zeeheldenbuurt, Amsterdam, NL
2023 [‘Spiritus’], performance and installation in collaboration with Roger Cremers, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, NL (duo)
2022 [‘Rolling Snowball 14, Xiamen 2022’], Powerlong Art Center, Xiamen, CN
2021 [‘Departures’], exhibition & performance, curated by Annosh Urbanke, MAMA, Rotterdam, NL
2020 [‘this storm will pass – to whom it may concern’], letter project, Bradwolff Projects, Amsterdam, NL
2019 [‘The Best Dutch Book Designs 2018’], 'Touche-à-Tout' artists' book, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2019 [‘Until the Wolf is There’], Parce Art Projects, Landgoed de Campagne, Ghent, BE
2019 [‘ITEMP Violence’], installation in collaboration with Kevin Mancera, Vandenhove Paviljoen Gent, BE
2019 [‘ITEMP Violence’], installation in collaboration with Kevin Mancera, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2018 [‘Nijmeegse Kunstnacht at Expoplu’], exhibition & performance, collaboration with Singular Art gallery, Nijmegen, NL
2017 [‘Touche-à-Tout’], installation, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL
2016 [‘Marres Tourist Office’], exhibition & performance, curated by Yvonne Grootenboer, Marres House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, NL
2016 [‘New Realism, the gaze of science’], multimedia audio-tour, curated by Marthe Zeevenhooven, Science Park, Amsterdam, NL
2015 [‘Touche-à-Tout’], traveling and growing installation & performance, presented at:
2015 Cutlog art fair, curated by Neil Atherton, Hôtel de l'Industrie, Paris, FR;
2015 KZNSA gallery (Kwa Zulu Natal Society of Arts), Durban, SA (solo);
2015 FLORA ars+natura, Bogotá, CO;
2015 Blair boarding school, hosted by artist Nina Yuen, Blairstown, US;
2015 Kalani, Lucidity Institute retreat with Stephen LaBerge, Big Island, Hawaii, US;
2015 Earthskin artist residency, Muriwai, NZ;
2015 The Edge, Brisbane, AU;
2015 CEAC, Chinese European Art Centre, Xiamen, CN (solo);
2015 National Gallery, Mumbai, IN;
2015 [‘VERBO’], exhibition & performance, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, BR
2014 ['Touche-à-Tout'], installation & performance, Foam, Photography Museum Amsterdam, NL (solo)
2014 [‘Hanging Around’], curated by Loes Diephuis & John Prop, Polderlicht, CBK Amsterdam, NL
2013 [‘Exhibición Inaugural’], Galería del Infinito Arte, in the context of the residency URRA, Buenos Aires, AR
2013 [‘Make a Move’], AGA-LAB (Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier), Loods 6, Amsterdam, NL
2013 [‘A New Spring’], curated by Aziz Bekkaoui, Corrosia, Almere, NL
2013 [‘Art at the Warehouse’], Seelevel Gallery, Rotterdam, during Rotterdam Art Week, NL
2013 [‘Lijdenswegwest’], site specific installation & performance, Creatief Initiatief, Amsterdam, NL
2013 [‘The Cloud’], de Meerse, Hoofddorp, Amsterdam, NL
2012 ['In de Rarekiek'], exhibit & performance, Stadstimmertuin, presented by Foam, Photography Museum Amsterdam & Soledad Senlle Art Foundation, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
2012 [‘Polderlicht@home’], site specific installation, curated by Loes Diephuis & John Prop, Polderlicht, Amsterdam, NL
2011 [‘KadS’] exhibition in public space, Kunst aan de Schinkel, Amsterdam, NL
2011 [‘Nieuwe Uitleenschatten’], Der Aa-kerk, Groningen, CBK Groningen and SBK Amsterdam, NL
2011 [‘Recollected’] Glazen Huis, Amsterdam, NL
2011 [‘Expo in Progress’], Galerie 32-34, Amsterdam, NL
2010 [‘Nationaal Historisch Museum & The One Minutes’], Video screening, TROS TV and Paradiso Amsterdam, NL
2010 [‘One Minutes splitscreen art cinema’], Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
2010 [‘Art Amsterdam’] with Soledad Senlle Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2010 [‘Lichtvoetige vervreemding’], RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden, NL
2010 [‘Repelsteeltje’], site-specific installation, collaboration with Mara Liem, Middenbeemster, NL
2010 [‘Marenka Gabeler & Doina Kraal’], Galerie 32-34, Amsterdam, NL (duo)
2009 [‘Calvin me’], curated by Aziz Bekkaoui, CBK Dordrecht, NL
2008 ['tussen door stop'], curated by Loes Diephuis & John Prop, Galerie Inkijk, Waterlooplein, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
2008 ['Onafzienbare Vertes'], Boundless Stretches of Land, Soledad Senlle Gallery, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
2008 [‘Latitude’], publicly sited art, 54N, Hull, UK
2008 [‘to: Night’], Hunter College Art Galleries, curated by Joachim Pissarro, New York, USA
2008 [‘Daalderregen’], video screening, Virtueel Museum Caszuidas, Station Zuid WTC, Amsterdam, NL
2008 [‘Broedplaats MLA II’], Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, NL
2007 [‘Kunstsupermarkt’], Stadsgalerij Heerlen, NL
2007 [‘Upstaging Nature’], Sydenham Hill Woods, curated by Helen Morse Palmer, London, UK
2007 [‘Stof in de Rolzaal’], site-specific installation at the Binnenhof, Prix de Rome ceremony, The Hague, NL
2006 [‘Kunstvlaai 6’], Westergasfabriekterrein, with Exhibition space Moira, Amsterdam, NL
2005 ['Sprookjesbos II'], Point Blank Gallery, Johannesburg, SA (solo)
2005 ['Sprookjesbos I'], Exhibition space Moira, Utrecht, NL (solo)
2004 [‘Nest’], Kunsthuis Secretarie, curated by Silvia Rottenberg, Meppel, NL
2004 [‘Happy Chaos: Kunst!’], Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, NL
2004 [‘The A4 exchange’], PSWAR, Amsterdam, NL
2003 ['onder tafel'], Cobden Club, London, UK (solo)

Education

2020 - 2022 PhDArts candidate, Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague
2002-2003 Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, MA Fine Art, London, UK
1998-2002 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, BA Fine Art, audio visual department (V.A.V.) Amsterdam, NL
2001 Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Erasmus exchange, BA Fine Art, London, UK
1999-2000 University of Amsterdam, Philosophy, NL

Fellowships & stipends

2022 Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten, project subsidy, collaboration with Roger Cremers, NL
2022 Mondriaan Fonds, project subsidy, NL
2021 Mondriaan Fonds, Corona overbrugging, NL
2015 Royal Embassy of the Netherlands in Bogotá, Travel stipend, CO
2014 Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Project Subsidy, NL
2013 Mondriaan Fonds, Project Subsidy, NL
2012 Stadsdeel Amsterdam Centrum, Project Subsidy, NL
2011 Stichting Stokroos, Project Subsidy, NL
2011 Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Project Subsidy, NL
2010 Josine de Bruyn Kopsfonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Project Subsidy, NL
2008 Royal Netherlands Consulate in New York, Travel stipend, USA
2007 Fonds BKVB, Stipend Startstipendium, NL
2005 Royal Embassy of the Netherlands in Pretoria, Travel stipend, SA
2004 Fonds BKVB, Stipend Startstipendium, NL
2002 Nuffic (Ministerie OCW), Talenten Programma, MA Fine Art scholarship, NL

Awards

2019 ['Touche-à-Tout'] selected for 'Best Verzorgde Boeken 2018' (Best Dutch Book Designs 2018), NL
2013 Foam and Gieskes Strijbis Fonds, 3H Award, NL

Residencies

2022 Public research Residency, collaboration with Roger Cremers, [‘Spiritus – Archiving the (Un)imaginable’], Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Residency Earthskin, as part of the Touche-à-Tout worldtour, Muriwai, NZ
2015 Residency The Edge, as part of the Touche-à-Tout worldtour, Brisbane, AU
2015 Residency CEAC, as part of the Touche-à-Tout worldtour, Chinese European art Institute, Xiamen, CN
2013 Residency URRA, Buenos Aires, AR
2008 Residency at Mondriaan Stichting Loft in New York, USA

Artists’ books, texts, publications, editing

2023 [‘Missen is als een ronde vorm’], artbook by Hanne Hagenaars. Editor and featured work, NL
2021 [‘Whole City, Whole Earth’], Whole Commons Catalog, a project by Natascha Hagenbeek and Gemeente Amsterdam, editor and author of article ‘Team Human’, Dutch and English version, NL
2019 [‘The Best Dutch Book Designs 2018’], Stichting de Best Verzorgde Boeken, features Touche-à-Tout, NL
2018   [‘Gids voor de zintuigen in Maastricht’], Hanne Hagenaars, Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, author of article ‘Verloren onder de grond’, NL
2018 [‘KadS’], Kunst aan de Schinkel, catalogue, editor, NL
2018 ['Touche-à-Tout'] Doina Kraal, artists' book, published by Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL
2016 ['VERBO 2005 - 2015'], catalogue performance festival, features Touche-à-Tout, Galeria Vermelho, BR
2015 [‘KadS’], Kunst aan de Schinkel, catalogue, editor, NL
2013 [‘KadS’], Kunst aan de Schinkel, catalogue, editor, NL
2012 [‘Foam Album12’], catalogue, overview Foam exhibitions, 2012, NL
2011 [‘KadS’], Kunst aan de Schinkel, catalogue, features Gemist and Victoria Bioscoop, editor, NL
2010 [‘Extras’], artists' book, Doina Kraal, NL
2010 [‘Met stip 2010’], catalogue Fonds BKVB, NL
2009 Freelance art journalist, 7days newspaper, NL
2008 [‘to: Night Contemporary representations of the night’], catalogue, features Sprookjesbos II, Hunter College Art Galleries, New York, US
2006 [‘Met Stip’], catalogue Fonds BKVB, NL
2004 [‘Happy Chaos Kunst’], catalogue, Ixopusada, NL

Press, reviews, radio & television

2024 [‘Makersgeheimen in het TextielLab’], about Perpetual Light, Sjouk Hoitsma, Kunstschrift, NL
2023 [‘Door nieuwe en oude spirituelen…’], about We are in the Universe, Marsha Bruinen, De Volkskrant, NL
2023 [‘Visioenen van vrouwen zijn emotioneler...’], about We are in the Universe, Joke de Wolf, Trouw, NL
2023 [‘Hanne Hagenaars schreef een boek over herdenken’], about Survival of the Faintest, Karolien Knols, De Volkskrant, NL
2021 [Welkom, Bienvenue, Wilkommen! Over Departures in galerie MAMA’], Gijs de Vries, Mister Motley, NL
2019 [‘Backstage bij de Best Verzorgde Boeken 2018: Touche-à-Tout’], Monsterkamer, NL
2017 ['Nieuwe Nederlandse fotoboeken van Xiao Xiao Xu, Martine Stig, Jaya Pelupessy, Anouk Kruithof, Doina Kraal en Bob Siers'], Zoë Dankert, Metropolis M, NL
2016 ['Menselijke petieterigheid, botergeel gestoofd'] article about Touche-à-Tout, Joyce Roodnat, NRC, NL
2016 ['Tegen verveling'] article about Marres Tourist Office and Touche-à-Tout, Riki Simons, Elsevier, NL
2016 [‘Cultuur voor Vakantiegevoel’], article about Marres Tourist Office and Touche-à-Tout, Peter Janssen, de Limburger, NL
2016 ['De esthetiek van de bètawetenschap'] article about Particle Hunt, New Realism, Martin Boeckhout en Miriam van Ommeren, Tubelight, NL
2016 ['Een glimp van het onzichtbare'], article about Particle Hunt, New Realism, Hanneloes Pen, Het Parool, NL
2015 [‘Touche-à-Tout’], various articles about Touche-à-Tout, Sascia Vos, Mister Motley, NL
2013 [‘De Andere Wereld’], Lijdensweg West, IKON Radio 5, NL
2013 [‘Van Zuks Dus’], Lijdensweg West, Rob Cerneus, RTV Noord Holland, television, NL
2012 [‘Art Men’], In de Rarekiek, David Bade &Jasper Krabbe, Avro, television, NL
2012 [‘020 live’], In de Rarekiek, AT5, television, NL
2012 [‘Rariteitenkijkdoos’], article about In de Rarekiek, Anna van Leeuwen, Kunstbeeld, NL
2012 [‘Droomwerelden’], article about In de Rarekiek, Adformatie, NL
2008 [‘Onafzienbare vertes’], article, Bieneke van der Does, Blend magazine, NL

Lectures, workshops, teaching & symposia

Upcoming 2023 Lecture, Arts and Media Archaeology, academic Summer School, Antwerp Summer University, BE
2022/23   Tutor at Minerva Art Academy, Off Courses, Groningen, NL
2022 Lecture, Research Master, Art and Performance Research Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL
2022 Four public events at Looiersgracht 60 in relation to [‘Spiritus – Archiving the (Un)imaginable’], NL
2022 Guest tutor and lecture, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, (KABK, BA graphic design), NL
2021 Q&A, This Works, art publications, moderated by Annosh Urbanke, NL
2021 Guest tutor and lecture, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, (KABK, BA graphic design), NL
2021 Q&A, Estonian Academy of Art in Tallinn, (MA graphic design), EE
2019 Creative producer art workshops for team events, Amsterdam, NL & BE
2019 University Ghent as part of ITEMP violence, 2-day doctorate symposium/workshop, BE
2015 Lecture, Griffith University, Gold Coast, AU
2015 Workshop at National Gallery Mumbai, IN
2013 Lecture, Yungas, San Miguel de Tucumán, AR
2013 Lecture, Escuela Motivarte, Buenos Aires, AR
2013 Lecture, Malba – Fundación Constantini, Buenos Aires, AR
2012 Educational programme, Foam, Photography Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Video workshop, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2005 Lecture, University of Stellenbosch, SA
2005 Lecture, Design and Photography Academy, Stellenbosch, SA
2005 Guest tutor, Design and Photography Academy, Stellenbosch, SA
2005 Guest tutor, University of Capetown, Michaelis, Cape Town, SA
2005 Lecture, University of Capetown, Michaelis, Cape Town, SA
04 - 14 Art & video workshops, Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam and Stichting Dynamo, NL
98 - 05 Piano and music classes, Amsterdam, NL

Other activities, curating, music

2021-2022 Studying classical singing with Amand Hekkers at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, NL
2007 - 2018 (Assistant) Curator Soledad Senlle Art Foundation and KadS, Kunst aan de Schinkel, NL
2009 Assistant curator, Aziz Bekkaoui, NL
2007 Book reviewer, Artemis publishers, NL
2005-present First soprano in Choir de Stemming, with conductor Joost Schouten
2004 - 2009 Assistant coordinator Prix de Rome, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Curator ‘Happy Chaos Kunst’, with Kai van Hasselt, Silvia Rottenberg and Vrij Nederland magazine, Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, NL