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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Hello-Hello!
I hereby would like to invite you for an upcoming very sweet event on Sunday Late Afternoon: The presentation of: “Samurette and Lady Cab Driver, page 22”!!!!!
Date: July 5th 2026,
Time: 17:00 hrs
Place: DE JUKEBOX at DE PELS, Huidenstraat 25, 1016 ER Amsterdam.
Samurette @dejukebox
Title: Samurette and Lady Cab Driver, page 22”
✔️Limited signed edition of 22, dated and numbered.✔️Digital drawing and sticker on paper,✔️230 g Matt (white paper, 29,7 cm x 42 c (A3). ✔️€49,-.
Story of Samurette and Lady Cab Driver:
Years ago, in 2017, Samurette falls off the radar in the days before Christmas when she is on her way to the Party Of Special Things To Do with Lady Cab Driver. For a long time we hear nothing from her, we only receive an occasional postcard from her from Tarotland. All in all, Samurette has sent more than a hundred cards. Her spirit mother tries to reconstruct what happened by means of the cards she sent.
Music:
The graphic novel Book of Cards is told through drawings on which sometimes cards are pasted. On these stickers, in most cases, we see a snapshot-like collage depicting Samurette and Lady Cab Driver combined with lyrics from two songs:
* Lady Cab Driver, Prince, album 1999 of 1982
* Party Of Special Things To Do, Captain Beefheart, album Bluejeans & Moonbeans of 1974.
On page 22 of Book of Cards, both best friends begin their trip.
“Huh?! What?!
from the graphic Novel: Giletti’s Message!
“Huh?! What?!
from the graphic Novel: Giletti’s Message!
Have a nice weekend everyone🌷🌳
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Meet Samurette & Lady Cab Driver @dejukebox The first sunday of the month in JULY: Sunday July 5!!
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