16 Notable alumni of
ArtEZ Institute for the Arts
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ArtEZ Institute for the Arts is 2281st in the world, 727th in Europe, and 18th in the Netherlands by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from ArtEZ Institute for the Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Junkie XL
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- composermanufacturerdisc jockeymusicianclub DJ
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Tom Holkenborg, also known by his stage name Junkie XL or occasionally JXL, is a Dutch composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, producer, and engineer.
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Iris van Herpen
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- fashion designercostume designer
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Iris van Herpen is a Dutch fashion designer known for fusing technology with traditional haute couture craftsmanship. Van Herpen opened her own label Iris van Herpen in 2007. In 2011, the Dutch designer became a guest-member of the Parisian Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, part of the Fédération française de la couture. Since then, Van Herpen has continuously exhibited her new collections at Paris Fashion Week. Van Herpen's work has been included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
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Jeangu Macrooy
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- singersinger-songwriter
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Jeangu Macrooy is a Surinamese singer-songwriter. He was born in Paramaribo and has been living in the Netherlands in the eastern city Enschede in the region Twente since 2014. Macrooy's music is described as modern soul. His audience is in the Netherlands, Suriname, and increasingly in Belgium, France and Germany. He was due to represent host nation the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with the song "Grow", but the contest was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, he represented the country in the 2021 contest with "Birth of a New Age".
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Daan Roosegaarde
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- new media artistarchitectlight artistinventorinnovator
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Daan Roosegaarde is a Dutch artist, pioneer and founder of Studio Roosegaarde, which develops projects that merge technology and art in urban environments. Some of the studio's works have been described as "immersive" and "interactive" because they change the visitors' surroundings in reaction to the behavior of those visitors. Other works are intended to increase environmental awareness and to add an aesthetic dimension that complements the technical solutions to environmental problems.
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Marcel Wanders
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- designerjewelry designerceramics designerarchitect
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Marcel Wanders is a Dutch designer, and art director in the Marcel Wanders studio in Amsterdam, who designs architectural, interior and industrial projects.
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Lidewij Edelkoort
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- designervisual artist
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Lidewij de Gerarda Hillegonda Edelkoort, often called Li, is a Dutch trend forecaster, someone who anticipates future fashion and design trends. She has been the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Trend Union since 1986.
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Simin Tander
- Enrolled in ArtEZ Institute for the Arts
- 2002-2008 graduated with Master of Music
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- bandleadercomposeruniversity teachersinger
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Simin Tander is a German jazz musician (vocals and piano) and composer.
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Irma Boom
- Enrolled in ArtEZ Institute for the Arts
- Studied graphic design
- Occupations
- graphic designertypographerdesigner
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Irma Boom is a Dutch graphic designer who specializes in bookmaking. Boom has been described as The Queen of Books, having created over 300 books and is well reputed for her artistic autonomy within her field. Her bold experimental approach to her projects often challenges the convention of traditional books in both physical design and printed content.
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Maya Wildevuur
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- textile artistpainter
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Martje Lammigje "Maya" Wildevuur was a Dutch painter. She began making art professionally with flower arrangements and silk landscape collages. She founded art galleries in 1984 and 1992, the former becoming the subject of a long legal battle with her son. She is recognized for her use of bold, contrasting colors in her paintings.
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Simon van der Geest
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- children's writerwriterplaywright
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Simon van der Geest is a Dutch writer and poet.
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Anne-Kathrin Dern
- Enrolled in ArtEZ Institute for the Arts
- Graduated with composed musical work
- Occupations
- composerYouTuberfilm score composer
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Anne-Kathrin Dern is a German composer and CEO of e-Quality Music Productions LLC, residing in Los Angeles, California. She is mostly known for her scores to "Fearless" (Netflix, 2020), "The Claus Family" trilogy (Netflix, 2020-2022), "Help I Shrunk My Parents" (2018), "Four Enchanted Sisters" (Buena Vista International, 2020), her works for Hallmark Media, as well as her collaborations with Klaus Badelt, most notably on "Leap!" (2016).
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Martin Majoor
- Occupations
- graphic designer
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Martin Majoor is a Dutch type designer and graphic designer. As of 2006, he had worked since 1997 in both Arnhem, Netherlands, and Warsaw, Poland.
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Axel Dörner
- Enrolled in ArtEZ Institute for the Arts
- 1988-1989 studied piano
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- trumpetermusicianjazz trumpeterrecording artistcomposer
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Axel Dörner is a German trumpeter, pianist, and composer.
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Annie Abrahams
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- performance artistinstallation artistcollagistelectronic literature writervideo artist
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Annie Abrahams is a Dutch performance artist specialising in video installations and internet based performances, often deriving from collective writings and collective interaction. Born and raised in Hilvarenbeek in the Netherlands, she migrated to and settled in France in 1987. Her performance work challenges and questions the limitations and possibilities of online communication and collaboration. Abrahams describes her body of work as "an aesthetics of trust and attention." Studying biology became an inspiration for her future line of work. "When studying biology I had to observe a colony of monkeys in a zoo. I found this very interesting because I learned something about human communities by watching the apes. In a certain way I watch the internet with the same appetite and interest. I consider it to be a universe where I can observe some aspects of human attitudes and behaviour without interfering."
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A Mili
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- singer
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Milaisa Breeveld, known professionally as A Mili, is a Surinamese singer. She has had two chart hits in Suriname: "Omin lobi" (2014) and "Blindfolded" (2015). She won the first prize at the Open Podium Twente in 2018; later that year, she also received the Paul Smits Award, a public prize of the Popronde Amsterdam festival. During the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, she performed onstage as part of Jeangu Macrooy's rendition of "Birth of a New Age".
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Jason Alder
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United States - Occupations
- music teachermusicianaudio engineer
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Jason Alder is an American-born clarinetist, bass clarinetist, and saxophonist. He is best known for his work in contemporary music, free improvisation, and electro-acoustic music.
