PAOLA DE BRUIJN
Vanuit een grote liefde voor fotografie en grafische technieken maak ik samengestelde werken die je in hun gelaagdheid willen meenemen naar een plek naast het alledaagse. Vanuit een database van eigen foto’s wordt de basis van de werken per project geselecteerd, waarna bewerkingen en/of aanvullingen in andere technieken worden toegepast. Hierbij worden combinaties van fotografie, grafiek en borduursel in variaties gemaakt. Het gevolg zijn natuurlijk groeiende kunstwerken. Mijn werken zijn modern, lieflijk, poëtisch, stil, melancholiek en soms uitbundig. Altijd is er de zoektocht naar evenwicht tussen techniek en zeggingskracht en tussen eigenheid en traditie.
From a great love for photography and graphic techniques, I create works that, in their layeredness, want to take you to a place beyond the everyday. The basis of each work is selected per project from my database of photos, after which I apply and edit other techniques. It involves combinations of photography, graphics and embroidery in variations. The results are naturally growing works of art. My work is modern, lovely, poetic, quiet, melancholic and sometimes exuberant. I always try to balance technique, articulation, essence, and tradition.
Portret: Claudia Kamergorodski
PUBLICATIONS
Using Art for Social Transformation January 2023
Co-author – Chapter 9: Jamming through life: Social complexity and the arts
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, on behalf of Prof. dr. Ephrat Huss, Dept. of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Prof. dr. Eltje Bos, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Research Institute for Social Innovation
Social Work Research Using Arts-Based Methods January 2022
First author – Chapter 1: Using arts-based methods to explore existential issues around ageing
Policy Bristol University Press, on behalf of Prof. dr. Ephrat Huss, Dept. of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Prof. dr. Eltje Bos, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Research Institute for Social Innovation
Art Based Research in the Social Domain June 2019
Co-author – Chapter 6: Well-being imagined: working with visual arts in art-based research
Publisher Coutinho, on behalf of Pim van Heijst, Sabrina Keinemans and Nico de Vos, Research Centre for Social Innovation, HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht
Art in Social Work Practice, Theory and Practice: International Perspectives November 2018
First author – Chapter 3: Enhancing capabilities for social change with the arts
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, on behalf of Prof. dr. Ephrat Huss, Dept. of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Prof. dr. Eltje Bos, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Research Institute for Social Innovation
WORK EXPERIENCE
HAN University of Applied Sciences Nijmegen – International Social Work, School of Social Studies, since March 2008
Saxion Next University of Applied Sciences Deventer – Interior Design and Styling, Jan des Bouvrie Academy, August 2001 – August 2008
Agnieten College Meander Zwolle – Secondary Education, August 2002 – August 2005
Muzerie Center for the Arts Zwolle – Teaching Practice Senior Teacher in Fine Art, projects for Secondary Education, 2000 – 2002
EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS
Maynooth University Ireland, PhD Candidate, since 2019
Doctoral supervision is by prof. Gert Biesta and prof. Sharon Todd – Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University, Ireland and by dr. Erik Jansen – HAN Research Center for Social Support and Community Care at HAN Faculty of Health and Social Studies, in Nijmegen in the Netherlands
Brunel University London, UK, postgraduate research student in Education, 2017 – 2019
College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Supervisor Professor Gert Biesta
ArtEZ University of the Arts Zwolle
Master of Education in Arts – master’s degree, cum laude, 2012 – 2014
Fine Art – bachelor’s, 2001 – 2002
Art Teacher, Fine Art in Education – bachelor’s degree, 1999 – 2001
Windesheim University of Applies Sciences Zwolle – Art Teacher, bachelor’s degree, 1995 – 1999
ACTIVITIES and INTERESTS
ArtEZ University of the Arts International Research School of Arts and Cultural Education – Participant Research School AIR, 2014 – 2016
ArtEZ University of the Arts Fine Art and Design in Education – Member professional field committee, 2006 – 2016
Special Arts Art en Disabilities Foundation – Volunteer, Member art committee, since 2007
EXPOSITIONS
https://www.paoladebruijn.nl/project/exposities/
Personal qualifications Critical and loyal, social and ambitious, engaged and professional, cultural sensitive and empathetic
Personal attributes Perception and structure, image and imagination, form and emotion, technique and expression, identity and tradition
Skills Fine Art, Printing and Photography
Visual Thinking Strategies – Advanced Facilitator and Coach
Microsoft Office and Apple Macintosh OS Adobe Photoshop and InDesign
Languages English – Cambridge CEP level C1