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                                                             Elke Uitentuis
                                                             21/02/1977 Sneek
                                                             Lives and works in Warns, NL

Education

                                                             1999 - 2001           
                                                             AKI Art Academy, Enschede, NL


                                                             1995 - 1999           
                                                             AHK, teachersdegree visual art and arthistory, Amsterdam, NL


Works

                                                             2010
                                                             Paraíso Ocupado-research, 29a Bienal de SP&Teatro Arena&CAPACETE, Sao Paulo, BR
                                                             Model Citizens-Continuum, Schunck, Heerlen,NL
                                                             Imagine Anything, de overslag, Eindhoven,NL

                                                             2009
                                                             Uitspraakronde, VHDG
, Leeuwarden, NL
                                                            
Model Citizens, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL
                                                             Your home is in our hands, Schindler House, Makcenter, Los Angeles, US
                                                            
Model Citizens, the Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, EG

                                                             2008
                                                             My Nation's Star,
'Nieuw cultureel burgerschap', Stichting Interart, Utrecht, NL
                                                             "Die weltmeisterschaft ist ganz vorbei", Iltisbunker, Cultural weeks, Kiel, DE
                                                             Celebrate Diversity, De Overslag, Eindh
oven, NL
                                                             Imagine Anything, YYZ, Toronto, CA
                                                             De Overslag 2006-2007, De Overslag, Eindhoven, NL

                                                             
2007                       
                                                             Iceland best place to live, presentation in Sim House, Reykjavik, IS
                                                             
Hitchhiking to Transylvania, Teatru 74, Targu Mures, RO
                                                             
Sell and Cash, Morisena, Targu Mures, RO
                                                             100 % Natural, Triangle workshop, Shatana, JO
                                                             In memory of protest, Conlang, Performancelab & Extrapool, Nijmegen, NL
                                                             Signlanguage, infocenter Noord-Zuidlijn, Amsterdam, NL
                                                             Signlanguage, Spui 1, AFK, Amsterdam, NL

                                                             2006                       
                                                             Sum of Countless Dialogues, CBK ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
                                                             Cell No.2, De Appel & Amsterdam Underground Festival, Amsterdam, NL
                                                             Sign to Eutopia, Sign, Groningen, NL
                                                             My home is your castle, neighbourhood ‘De Held’, Groningen, NL
                                                             Interfacing space, De Overslag, Eindhoven, NL
                                                             Bartstore, Rotterdam, NL

                                                             2005 
                                                             Cell No.1, de Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam, NL
                                                             De subjectiviteit van goedheid, Kunsthuis Syb, Beesterzwaag, NL
                                                             Videoskoop, Sign & P///AKT & Noorderzon Festival, NL
                                                             I'll come back as a bird, Stadsgallerij, Heerlen, NL
                                                             Basis, Artis, 's Hertogenbosch, NL

                                                             2004
                                                             Kortsluiting, Arteffects, Arnhem, NL
                                                             Hello Hero, Over het Ij festival, Amsterdam, NL
                                                             Collage, NDSM, Amsterdam, NL
                                                             She shows, Mama Cash Artprizes, Imagine IC, Amsterdam, NL

                                                             2003                       
                                                             Down Under, Grote Markt, Groningen, NL
                                                             Interface, het Gasthuis, Amsterdam, NL

Initiatives

                                                             2007                       
                                                             Wolkom yn it Heitelân, a Public Interface production, Buro Leeuwarden, NL

                                                             2006                       
                                                             Sign to Eutopia, residency project, Sign, Groningen, NL

Residencies

                                                             2010
                                                             Capacete residency program, Rio de Janeiro, BR

                                                             2009
                                                             Iaska residency program, Lake Grace, AUS
                                                             Mak Center Artists and Architects in residence program at the Mackey apartments, Los Angeles, VS

                                                             2008
                                                             The Townhouse Gallery, Fonds BKVB residency, Cairo, EG

                                                             2007                       
                                                             Sim House, Reykjavik, IS

                                                             2005                       
                                                             De subjectiviteit van Goedheid, Kunsthuis Syb, Beesterzwaag, NL
                                                             Basis, Artis, 's Hertogenbosh, NL

                                                             2004
                                                             Kortsluiting, Arteffect, arnhem, NL

Commisions and sketch
assignments

                                                             2010
                                                             Case study 'Bouwstrijd', het instituut, Zwolle
                                                             Skech assignment 'Het goede doel bij de put', Skorl, Leeuwarden

                                                             2006                       
                                                             Sum of Countless Dialogues, Provence of Brabant, NL
                                                             Signlanguage, AFK, Amsterdam, NL

Workshops and
presentations

                                                             2010
                                                             Presentation about Paraíso Ocupado for 29th Bienal de Sao-Paulo, Capacete, Sao Paulo, BR
                                                             Presentation at Terrra Escola, Mezanino da Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, BR
                                                             Presentation about our work for 29th Bienal de Sao-Paulo, Capacete, Sao Paulo, BR
                                                             Presentation at at Sergio Porto / Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, BR
                                                             Presentation at Academy of Architecture and Design, Tilburg, NL
                                                             Presentation/debate at Schunck Glaspaleis, Heerlen, NL
                                                             Presentation/debate at Frisian museum, Leeuwarden, NL
                                                             Presentation at Casa da Denise, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, BR

                                                             2009
                                                             Presentation at Lake Grace artists group, Lake Grace, AUS
                                                             Presentation at FondsBKVB, Amsterdam, NL
                                                             
Presentation at IAFF, Reimagining the city, De Balie, Amsterdam, NL
                                                             Presentation at Utrecht Manifest, Biennial for Social Design, Central Museum, Utrecht, NL
                                                             Presentation at the Farmlab Public Salon Series, Los Angeles, US
                                                             Exhibition tours, 'Cairo Residency Symposium', the Townhouse Gallery and Fonds BKVB, Cairo, EG


                                                             2008
                                                             Presentation, 'research based art' Radius Conference, Salzau, DE
                                                             Presentation at Resartis, ‘Artists in Dialogue,’ Amsterdam, NL
                                                             The Townhouse Gallery, artist talk, Cairo, EG


                                                             2007                       
                                                             Wolkom yn it Heitelân, moderating think-tank, Buro Leeuwarden, NL
                                                             Hitchhiking to Transylvania, Morisena, Taru Mures, RO
                                                             Shatana Workshop, Shatana, JO
                                                             Shatana Workshop, animation workshop, Shatana, JO

                                                             2006                       
                                                             Hello world, symposium CBK ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
                                                             Signlanguage, screening Hogeschool van Amsterdam, NL
                                                             Kunst en Complex, artist talk, Rotterdam, NL
                                                             Interfacing space, educationprogram, Eindhoven NL
                       
                                                             2005
                                                             Resonance, educationprogram, Montevideo, Amsterdam, NL

Reviews

                                                             2010
                                                             Article, 'O esqueleto sai do armário', Destak Barra da Tijuca, BR
                                                             Article, 'Torre de Memórias', Folha de São Paulo, BR
                                                             Web-Article, forum permanente, BR


                                                             2009
                                                             Web-Article, D/visible magazine, Los Angeles, NL
                                                             Article, 'Kunstenaars geschokt door racisme Vrijheidswijk', Leeuwarden Courant, NL
                                                            
Article, 'Een Egyptisch poppenhuis van armoede', NRC handelsblad, NL
                                                            
Article, 'MAK Center artists create mobile McMansion in Victorville', LAtimes, Los Angeles, US
                                                             Article, 'Mcmansion is coming', Daily press, Victorville, US
                                                             Article
, 'Negotiations with the place', Al-Shorouk, Cairo, EG
                                                             Article, 'Cittadini Modello', Incontro magazine, IT
                                                             Article, 'Antikhana residents see its past and plan its future through “Model Citizens”', Al-Badil, Cairo, EG
                                                             Article, 'Le vieux quartier Antikhana en miniature', Le Progres Egyptien, Cairo, EG
                                                             Article, 'Model Citizens', Magaz, Cairo, EG
                                                             Article, 'An alternative Cairo reality crafted by its people', Daily News Egypt, Cairo, EG
                                                             Article, 'It's a small world', Egypt today, Cairo, EG


                                                             2008 
                                                             Article, ‘Peinzen bij presentatie in De Overslag’, ED, Eindhoven, NL
                                                             Article, ‘Model citizens’ in Metropolis, US 
                                                             Web-Article,’When artists talk’, NOWToronto Magazine, CA 
                                                             Web-Article, ‘Gallery Guide':I_wanna_see_you’, Spacing Toronto, CA                                                            
                                                             Article, ‘Speaking through walls’, De Kantlijn, NL

                                                             2007           
                                                             Article, ‘Buro Leeuwarden Denktank voor Migratiepolitiek’, Leeuwarder Courant, NL
                                                             Radio, Interview Omrop Fryslân, NL
                                                             Radio, Interview Mercurius, Leeuwarden, NL
                                                             Article, ‘Naar zee’, Twist, Creatieve Index van Groningen, NL
                                                             Web-Article, ‘Shatana workshop’, Universes in Universe, Jordan
                                                             Radio, Interview radio Gelderland, NL
                                                             Radio, Interview radio Gelderland, NL
                                                             Television, Item about Signlanguage, AT5, Amsterdam, NL

                                                             2006                       
                                                             Article,’Ruimtelijke niveaus van witheid’, De Kantlijn,NL
                                                             Article, ‘Het Groningse alternatief’, Tubelight, NL
                                                             Article ‘Interfacing space’, Eindhovens Dagblad, NL

                                                             2005                       
                                                             Article, 'De subjectiviteit van goedheid', Leeuwarder Courant, NL
                                                             Article, 'De subjectiviteit van goedheid', Friesch Dagblad, NL
                                                             Article 'Finissage Basis', Brabants Dagblad, NL

                                                             2004                       
                                                             Television, item about Hello Hero, AT5, Amsterdam, NL
                                                             Article, 'Maandags gesloten', de Volkskrant, NL
                                                             Television, 'Polshoogte', TV-Noord Holland, NL

Publications

                                                             2010
                                                             Model Citizens - Continuum, Schunck, Heerlen, NL

                                                             2009
                                                             Artist Residences Around the World, Someone's Garden, Tokyo, JP
                                                             On Residencies, publication of Cairo Residency Symposium, Townhouse Gallery, EG

                                                             2008
                                                             I_wanna_see_you, publication of exchange project, Overslag, NL, YYZ, CA
                                                             Shatana Workshop 2007, publication of 100 % Natural, Shatana, JO
                                                             De Overslag 2006-2007, publication of Interfacing Space, Eindhoven, NL

                                                             2007                       
                                                             Hello world, Report Conference, CBK ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL

                                                             2006                       
                                                             Met stip, Catalogue Fonds BKVB

                                                             2004
                                                             Uitgelicht, Catalogue Fonds BKVB
                                                             She shows, catalogue Mama Cash Artprizes

                                                             2000
                                                             Cum Laude 2, Nieuwspoort, Den Haag, NL

Grants / Prizes

                                                             2008
                                                             Projectgrant 'Model Citizens', Netherlands Embassy of Egypt
                                                             Projectgrant 'Model Citizens', Fonds BKVB
                                                             Projectgrant 'Model Citizens', Hivos

                                                             2007
                                                             Grant Fonds BKVB (basisbeurs)

                                                             2006                       
                                                             Projectgrant 'Signlanguage', AFK, Amsterdam
                                                             Projectgrant 'Sign to Eutopia', VSB-fonds
                                                             Projectgrant 'Sign to Eutopia', Kunstraad Groningen
                                                             Projectgrant 'Sign to Eutopia', Ambassy of Austria

                                                             2003
                                                             Mama Cash Artprize for young fmale artists
                                                             Grant Fonds BKVB (startstipendium)

                                                             1999                       
                                                             SRTCA-prize (Shell), Amsterdam,NL

Other

                                                             2010
                                                             Committee work for municipality of Leeuwarden, NL