1972
Born in Purmerend, The Netherlands Lives and works in Amsterdam

Education

1993
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
Amsterdams Instituut v.d. Schilderkunst, Masterclass Kathe Burkhart, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Membership

2024
Nederlandse Kring van Tekenaars, Netherlands

Solo exhibition

1998
The Living Room Gallery, Het Verzaken, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993
Projectruimte de Vetterstraat, The Fourth Dimension, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Group exhibitions

2025
Women House Amsterdam, NDSM FUSE, curated by Neyde Lantyer & Alejandra Muñoz, Amsterdam, Nertherlands
2024
NDSM FUSE, GEN-T, Nederlandse Kring van Tekenaars, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018
CBK Zuidoost, Ode aan de Bijlmer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013-present
St. Teresa’s Visioenen (edition of 10), Boekie Woekie; artist-run bookstore for books by artists, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
ChezPatrickEtTherese, duo-exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002
The Living Room Gallery, duo-exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000
First Micro-biennale, Miami (USA-Florida), New Zealand, Hawaii
KunstRai 2000 / Art Amsterdam , The Living Room Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Stadt München en Winston Hotel, Stadt München Photo-biennale, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Center for Contemporary Drawings, The Unplugged Drawings, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999
The Living Room Gallery, Accrochage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prix Ars Electronica, Computer Animation / Net-Art, Linz
KunstRai 99 / Art Amsterdam, The Living Room Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
KunstRai 99 / Art Amsterdam, ArtKitchen Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Frankfurt, Aschenbach Gallery, Frankfurt
De Appel Arts Centre, ‘Unlimited.nl – 2’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Living Room Gallery, In Blij Bedrijf,  Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999-present
Blindekuh (edition of 50), Boekie Woekie/ ArtKitchen Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Das Veilchen (edition of 50), Boekie Woekie/ ArtKitchen Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Boldies (F), Boldies (M) (edition of 50), Boekie Woekie/ Aschenbach/ Art-Kitchen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
De Boterhal Arts Centre, Cool it & Cool Too, Hoorn, Netherlands
KunstRai 98 / Art Amsterdam, The Living Room Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
KunstRai 98, ArtKitchen Gallery, Cool Too, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arena, Video Jockey, performance, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Saluki Gallery, duo exhibition, Female Warriors, Amsterdam, Netherlands
AIS Gallery, All Hands to Dance, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Donkersloot Gallery, Een dagje live schilderen in het Vondelpark, Amsterdam, Netherlands
AIS Gallery, Vondelpark Foundation, A day of live painting II, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
AIS Gallery, Resultaten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993
Tegenover, Projectspace (Sweelink Conservatory), De Archieven (The Files), Amsterdam, NetherlandsArtists Limited Edition Books

2023
Giletti’s Message
Graphic novel. A paperback edition of 65 pages wherein the main character Giletti muses out loud about his latest performance as ‘Giletti’ in Stendhal’s 19^th century book The Charterhouse of Parma. Scenario and digital artwork by the artist. Cover and graphic design: ChezPatrickEtTherese
2021
Samurette in de Kasteeltuin
Graphic novel. Samurette is the female counterpart of Samurai. A female martial artist and the alter ego of her creator: a karate teacher herself. In Samurette’s first novel she wanders around in the Castle Garden, a place where fiction and reality seem to blur into one another. Scenario and digital artwork by the artist. Cover and graphic design: ChezPatrickEtTherese
1999
Blindekuh
17 photographs showing the artist in combination with a poem by J.W.v.Goethe, numbered/50, signed
Das Veilchen
9 photographs showing the artist in combination with a poem by J.W.v.Goethe, numbered/50, signed
St. Teresa’s Visioenen
a text by Teresa van Avila (1515-1582) accompanied by 20 photographs by the artist showing the artist, numbered/10, signed
Boldies (M) + Boldies (F)
Set of 2 books belonging together, one by Therese Zoekende, the other by Patrick Koster: computer printouts of photographs of their faces, each with a poem by Lord Byron, numbered/85, signed, the smaller version: 18 x 15 cm, (Amsterdam) 1999

Projects & Performances

2012-2016 Holland Festival Amsterdam, Operadagen Rotterdam, Lilith, music theatre performance of soprano Claron McFadden, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Belgium, Edinburgh, Bulgaria
2015 SBKM/De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Boezen & Co, De stad als podium, Marinus Boezem, Porsche Academie, Irene Fortuyn, Middelburg
2012 Amsterdam Cello Bienale, Cello Coupé, Crouching Toger, Hidden Dragon, [Martial arts and Dance]. Choreography: Modern Dance Company LeineRoebana, Music: Tan Dun, Opening Ceremony

Cable- & Webcasting

1999 Prix Ars Electronica, Webcasting ‘Inside-Outside Subjective-Objective’ Paradiso, Next 5 Minutes 3, Webcasting ‘Inside-Outside Subjective-Objective’ Salto Television, Cablecasting, ‘Inside-Outside Subjective-Objective’
1998 Loket II, Amsterdam Television, Coverage of Cool Too fashion show. Opening KunstRai 98
1997 Avro Television, Vondelpark Foundation, A day of live painting

Teachings

2012 Modern Dance Company LeineRoebana , Martial Arts and Dance, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999 Next 5 Minutes 3, De Balie, Low End Technology Workshop, video presentation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996 AIS Gallery, Karate voor Kunstenaars (Karate for Artists), Amsterdam, Netherlands

Grants & Awards

2018 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), Project Subsidy Professional Arts, Bijlmer Years 1989-1997, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2001 Fonds voor beeldende kunsten, vormgeving en bouwkunst, Basisstipendium
1998 Prix de Rome tekenen (drawing), Tweede selectie (second round)

Publications

2018 Het Parool (newspaper), review, Ode to the Bijlmer, CBK-Zuidoost, Amsterdam
2016 SBKM/De Vleeshal, Middelburg. Boezem & CO, De stad als podium, Marinus Boezem Porsche Academie
2013 Lilith-opera.com, Cast, Art Work
2012 Modern Dance Company LeineRoebana.com, Martial Art and Dance, a filmed backstage video portrait by dancer Reut Gez Modern Dance Company LeineRoebana.com, ‘Dansers‘ Amsterdam Cello Biennale, Cello Coupé, website, Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
2011 Chezpatrickettherese.nl, Drawings
2002 Quote Magazine, Businessclass as usual, Artikel: ‘Een vechtsportinstructeur over de ongemakken van het vliegen’
2000-present Boekie Woekie website, Blindekuh / Das Veilchen / Boldies (F), Boldies (M) / St. Teresa’s Visioenen
1999 KunstRai 1999 / Art Amsterdam, Catalogue, The Living Room Gallery Prix Ars Electronica, Cyberarts 99 / International Compendium, Prix Ars Electronica; book, video and CD Next 5 Minutes 3, Website N5M3, ‘Inside-Outside Subjective-Objective‘ Next 5 Minutes 3, Catalogue De Hoeksteen Net , “Works by Thérèse Zoekende”
1998 Prix de Rome tekenen (drawing), Catalogue 0|25 tijdschrift over jeugd Artikel: Danielle Pinedo, foto: Erik Christenhusz Avenue Magazine, foto: Jasper Wiedeman, ‘Amen; Acht visies op de reli mode’