Curriculum Vitae
Manon van Kouswijk
17-9-1967,Warnsveld,
the Netherlands

Education 1990-1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam.
1994 Gaststudent with professor Otto Künzli, Munich Academy.
1993 “Jewelryquake”, exchange Tokyo, Munich, Amsterdam.
1990 Work experience with Ruudt Peters, Amsterdam.
Exhibitions 2005 Gallery Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden, - solo -
Gallery ‘So’, Solothurn, Switserland, - solo -
Deux Poissons Gallery, Tokyo, - solo -
2004 Verzameld Werk, Gent, Belgium, - solo -
Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, - solo -
2003 Gallery Ra, Amsterdam, “Re:place” - solo -
“Dutch Souvenirs”, EKWC, Milan.
2002 Dis Play, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Home Made Holland, Crafts Council, London.
2001 Verzameld Werk, Gent, Belgium - solo -.
“Horizon Table”, Gallery Ra, Amsterdam, - solo -.
Deux Poissons at “SO” by Alexander van Slobbe, Tokyo.
2000 “Gallery Funaki, the 2nd floor”, Melbourne, - solo -.
Commissions etc. 2003 “Dutch Souvenirs”, design for the Dutch Textile Museum.
2002 Working Period at the European Ceramic Work Centre.
Teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam.
2000 Artist-in-Residence at RMIT University, Melbourne.
Work in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Røhsska Museet Gøteborg
collections of Dutch Textile Museum, FNAC Paris, National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne,
ABN/AMRO Arts Foundation,  a.o. Grants 2005 Working grant, Foundation BKVB, the Netherlands
2004 Basic grant, Foundation BKVB, the Netherlands
2002 Working Grant, Foundation BKVB, the Netherlands
2001 Basic Grant, Foundation BKVB, the Netherlands