Thérèse Zoekende
Samurette is de vrouwelijke evenknie van samurai en alter ego van karateleraar en beeldend kunstenaar Thérèse Zoekende.
Samurettes geestesmoeder studeerde vrije kunsten aan de Rietveld Academie (1989-‘93), Amsterdam. Zij heeft karate geleerd bij de Japanse Karate Association, Tokyo en geeft sinds 1994 les in karateschool ki. club.cool. In 1998 debuteerde zij met tekeningen op groot formaat in Galerie The Living Room, Amsterdam (1998-2002). In 2024 exposeerde zij art-prints uit haar beeldroman getiteld Samurette in de Kasteeltuin (2021) met de Nederlandse Kring van Tekenaars bij NDSM-FUSE. In 2025 is in NDSM-FUSE Samurettes installatie getiteld Samurettes Portrettengalerij van de Vereniging van Wraakviendinnen te zien in de tentoonstelling Women House Amsterdam. Deze tentoonstelling, gecureerd door Alejandra Muñoz en Neyde Lantyer is een hommage aan de eerste feministische tentoonstelling Womanhouse in 1971, Los Angeles, gecureerd door Judy Chicago en Miriam Shapira. Onlangs richtte Samurette haar eigen karate dojo op: Samurette’s Girls-Karate Dojo (2025) speciaal en exclusief voor meisjes en vrouwen vanaf 12 jaar. Eind 2025 richtte zij met enkele mede kunstenaressen het kunstenaars collectief OldGirlsNet.work op.
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Meet Samurette & Lady Cab Driver @dejukebox The first sunday of the month in JULY: Sunday July 5!!
#art #digitaldrawing #Amsterdam #negenstraatjes #huidenstraat cafedepels
Hello Friends! I hereby would like to share with you my latest art project: oldgirlsnet.work!
💥We’ll Be Back!💥🌎🦕🦖
oldgirlsnet.work is an artist collective of female artists. The collective was founded in December 2025 by: Selma Dronkers, Sandra Mackus, and Thérèse Zoekende.
By establishing the collective, we aim to help and support each other and other female artists in their work and personal matters.
Why? Because:
Women still regularly hold a subordinate position in the art world compared to men. The trend is cautiously encouraging, but there is still a long way to go towards full equality. Consider, for example: income equality, an equal distribution of subsidies, and equal representation.
What can we women do about this inequality? How can we empower each other? How do you secure a solid position in the art world?
oldgirlsnet.work wants to reflect on these questions and find answers.
By uniting ourselves in a collective, we create a positive artistic climate for our art. We want to make the process and the (intermediate) results of our artistic collaboration visible through exhibitions and publications.
Nederlandse vertaling in comments
#art #feminism #artcollective #femaleartists #dutch
Samurette t/m 29 maart in QUARTAIR, Den Haag, met *Pas de Deux 8/18 *en Pas de Deux 5/11!!
Finissage: zondag 29 maart 14:00-16:00 uur.
HI! Hope to see you at the finissage of “Sweet Rolls” (“Zoete Broodjes”) with the Dutch Circle of Drawing Artists (Nederlandse Kring van Tekenaars), Sunday, March 29, 14:00-16:00, QUARTAIR in The Internationale City of Peace and Justice!!
🎶Cool Cat & Swing King;
Taking all my sunshine away.🎵
In this song, Cool Cat is so captivating that she absorbs all the attention and energy in the room, and leaves others in their shade. Freddie was a generous person: he is totally fine with it.
The song was co-written by Freddie Mercury and bassist John Deacon, and it was inspired by Freddie’s love for his feline companion.
#art #coolcat #swingking #freddiemercury #karate




