My Résumé


Isa Tenhaeff
isa@isatenhaeff.eu
www.isatenhaeff.eu

Short Bio
Isa Tenhaeff (‘74) is a Dutch sculptor, living and working in Amsterdam. She obtained degrees in Fine Art, Sociology and Art Education. Half South-African, she has lived in India, the UK and South Africa. The combination of her studies and an international background, has contributed to an open and interdisciplinary style making installations, collages and artist books. 
As of 2006 Isa also works in the field of cultural education - teaching, coordinating and developing projects expressing an interdisciplinary view with room for the arts.

Obtained degrees
2008-2009
Subject teaching certificate for the arts (BIK, 1 year Post BA)
1996-2004
Sociology of Culture (MASc), University of Amsterdam
1996-2001
Fine Art (BA), Royal Academy of Art The Hague (KABK)

Exhibitions
Solo
2012            The Invisible Girl @ Stadsdeelkantoor Oost, Amsterdam
2011            Maybe Yes /\ Maybe No @ Bijlmerdreef Studios, Amsterdam
2010            Classics in Space @ Rechtbank Amsterdam
2010            Suffer like Sushi @ Andokides Window, NL

Group
2015
2013          
Pop Oud Store - exhibiting week @ Pop Oud Store*
Kleren dragen de vrouw @ CBK Oost, Het Badhuis Theater en De Meevaart, Amsterdam
2013            Boek & Beeld @ Grafisch Atelier Den Bosch, NL
2013            Nomadica @ Beehive Oost, Amsterdam, NL
2012            Under Cover @ Artist Book Fair Glasgow (GIAB), UK
2011            Nuit Blanche @ De Brakke Grond, NL
2010            Representation @ design fair in Gent by BK Interiors, BE
2010            The Secret Life of Nature @ Andokides Window, NL
2009           Normalizing the Unthinkable @ Punt WG, NL
2009            Quantumvis V @ R.C. De Ruimte & De Service Garage, NL
2008            Group exhibition @ The Humberstone Gallery, UK
2008            Group exhibition @ The Michaelhouse Gallery, UK
2007            Time & Place @ The Humberstone Gallery, UK

* Involved as coach, curator and teacher, see projects below.

Cultural Educational Work
 
2014-2015
Pop Oud Store, a Community Art project, working with people above 55 in Almere, NL.
2013-2014
Kleren dragen de vrouw, a Community Art project, working with women in Amsterdam-Oost and Almere.
2013-2014
Artist teacher and support for Community Art projects such as Allerzielen Alom by Studio Ritual Art en De Groene Boulevard
2009-2014
Artist teacher and project coordinator for educational projects in primary schools in The Netherlands and in the UK.
2011-2012
Project coordinator and educational design for HOLY Animation, Amsterdam
2010-2011
Artist teacher / Atelierista for Stichting Pedagogiek 0-7 in child centre De Platanen, Amsterdam
2008-2009
BIK artist-teacher training including four internships in primary schools in The Netherlands
2006-2008
Founder and Event Coordinator for the Cultural Night Cambridge, UK

Collections
Isa’s work is found in private collections in The Netherlands, Germany, the U.S., Denmark, and in the UK. She has exhibited in The Netherlands, Belgium and in the UK. 

Publications
2015 Acht. Poem Board Game with book
2014Me and G., artist book with box
2012
Getting ready for the Future, artist book, presentation at GIAB Glasgow 2012
2011
“Repurposing with a Passion”, in: Public Art and Ecology written by D.Dominick Lombardi
2011
The Invisible Girl, hand-stitched artist book with photographs and parables, diverse book presentations from 2012-2014
2011
Tale of Natural Large Stages and Sound Chips, artist book, presentation in conjunction with Soil Ensemble music performances Fall 2011