Curriculum Vitae
Floris Theo Max Schönfeld
Born 8th of March 1982 in Houston, Texas, USA
Dutch/American
Solo Exhibitions:
2024. - UMWELT ARTIS, ARTIS Royal Zoo, Amsterdam
2021 - PUK* Breakdown, Beautiful Distress House, Amsterdam
2020 - PUK* Bill, #Sala10 exhibition series, MUAC, Mexico City
2018 - A Brief History of the Damagomi Group/ The Future According to NATURA*, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA.
2016 - Plays for the Strange Stranger, CAC, Vilnius (in collaboration with Jude Crilly)
2015 - The Damagomi Project, NEST, The Hague
2014 - Lost and Found, Di Rosa, Napa
2012 - The QiH Act, Kadist Foundation, San Francisco,
2011 - OneNestStand Gewichtig Wachten, NEST, The Hague,
- Gewichtig Wachten installation, Zaal 5 Filmhuis, The Hague,
2010 - Ondertussen; Floris Schönfeld, Stroom, The Hague
- KMA #5; ’u’ the Opera, Frascati, Amsterdam
- KMA #5; ’u’ the Opera, Zeebelt, The Hague
Group Exhibitions & Screenings (selection):
2024 - Collaborations & Constructions, Sally’s Fault, Amsterdam
2023 - UMWELT Artis presentation, Groote Museum Artis, Amsterdam
- UMWELT Artis presentation, PAN, Amsterdam
2022 - A tale of two chatbots, performance VSAC conference, Amsterdam
2021 - Damagomi Project installation, Deep Truth, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
- New development PUK* with Jolie Smets and Dimenco, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
- PUK* performative lecture, Iets met Dieren, Extrapool, Nijmegen
- PUK* installation, Mimicry of Hollows, The 5th Floor, Tokyo
2020 - Discours de Fou, Greniuolle du Sang, A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam
2019 - PUK* Bill, screening show/no show program, ROOTS Film Festival, Filmhuis Den Haag
- PUK* Bill, screening film program, device_art festival Zagreb, Croatia
2018 - PUK* Bill, In Your Head short film program, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam / Amsterdam Art Weekend 2018, Amsterdam
- PUK* Feedback 1.4, ROBOT LOVE, Campina Fabriek / van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
- the QiH Act / The Richest Family, Riga Photography Biennial, Riga
- the QiH Act, Today I'm a Mermaid. Tomorrow I'll be a Unicorn, Tartu Art House, Tartu
2017 - PUK* Feedback 1.2, Rijks OPEN 2017, Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
- The Future According to NATURA*, Photo Lagos, Lagos
- PUK* Feedback 1.1, CURE PARK, TAAK Amsterdamse bos, Amsterdam
- NATURA*, Poppositions 2017, met Suns and Stars, ING Art Center, Brussels
2016 - A Brief History of the Damagomi Group, Acupuncture of Society, SurvivalKit 8, Riga, Latvia
- NATURA*, Rijksakademie OPEN 2016, Rijksakademie Residency, Amsterdam
- Discours de Fou, Reiskoorts bij Nederlandse kunstenaars sinds 1850, de Hallen, Haarlem
- Strange Stranger, PREEAS CONFREESENCE, Petra Arc Space, Amsterdam
2015 - A Brief History of the Damagomi Group, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
- The Richest Family, Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2014 - Sanguine Dreams, Bay Area Now 7, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
- The Richest Family, Rencontres Internationales 2014, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- A Brief History of the Damagomi Group, Collective Disturbances, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco
- Frank Chu, the gardens, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 - Headlands Open Studios (Summer and Fall), Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco
- MFA 2013, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
- Unmenschliche Muziek, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2012 - 9th Shanghai Biennale, San Francisco Pavilion, Shanghai
- Zinkovy Arts Festival, Zinkovy Castle, Czech Republic
- Modern Identity, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow
- Open studios 2012, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2011 - 2nd International Ghetto Biennale, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival, Kassel, Germany
- KMA #5; ’u’ the Opera, Voi-Z Festival, Zwolle
- Rio Fantastic Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- ZomerNest, NEST, The Hague
- Water, Sangari Institute/OCA, São Paulo, Brazil
- Videodrone, Plateforme, Paris
- Im Walde, De Ruimtevaart, The Hague
2010 - Flux//S festival, Strijp S / van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
- ZomerNest, NEST, The Hague
- Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin,
- In the Palace Film Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria
- Jecheon International Film Festival, Jecheon, South Korea
- Rencontres Internationales, Museo Nacional Centro del Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
- Amsterdam Film Biennial, EYE Dutch Film Institute, Amsterdam
2009 - Watermill 2009, The DUMBO galleries Brooklyn, New York
- Rencontres Internationales, Centre Pompidou, Paris
- Celluloid/Digitaal, De Balie, Amsterdam
- End of the World, Bienal Del Fin Del Mundo, Ushuaia, Argentina
- Suspended Time, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Residencies & Workshops:
- ARTISt-in-Residence 2023, ARTIS Amsterdam
- Het Vijfde Seizoen, residency 2019, Den Dolder
- Feature Expanded 2018 , feature film development workshop, HOME Manchester / Lo Schermo Dell’Arte Festival Florence
- Residency 2016/17 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
- Winter Residency 2015, Rupert, Vilnius
- Graduate Fellowship 2013/14, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco
- Artist-in-residence at the Watermill Center for Performing Arts, Long Island, New York
- Berlin Talent Campus, Workshop, Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin
Awards & Grants:
- Production grants UMWLET ARTIS, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, 2024
- Kunstenaar Basis Stipendium 2021 - 2024 Mondriaan Fonds
- Ontwikkeling, Algorithmic Art Therapy, Regeling Digitale Cultuur 2023, Stimuleringfonds Creative Industrie
- Development grant De Verbeelding 2020, Mondriaan Fund / Netherlands Film Fund
- Production grants PUK* System, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, 2020
- Feature Expanded Distribution Award, Feature Expanded 2018, HOME Manchester / Lo Schermo Dell’Arte Festival Florence
- ottod’Ame film award, Feature Expanded 2018, HOME Manchester / Lo Schermo Dell’Arte Festival Florence
- Project grant Damagomi Project, Mondriaan Foundation, The Netherlands
- Impact Award, Center for Art and Public Life, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
- 2 year full merit based scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
- Starter-stipend, Mondriaan Foundation, The Netherlands
- Invest-stipend, Stroom, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Production grant from the Dutch National Film Fund for ‘u'
Education:
2011 - 2013, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, MFA Studio Practice
2008 - 2010, Royal Academy of the Arts, Royal Conservatiore, The Hague, MA ArtScience
2002 - 2006, Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, BA Timebased Arts
Teaching:
- Lecturer beeldend onderzoek, Comic Design en Animatie afdeling, ARTEZ Zwolle, 2022 - ongoing
- Guest teacher, Try Out, vooropleiding BA academie breed ARTEZ Zwolle, 2024
- Workshop, Winterlab ‘The AI made me do it...’, BA academie breed ARTEZ Zwolle, 2022
- Visiting Artist, Fine Art department BA, HKU, Utrecht, 2021
- Masterclass, Artistic Research, Riga Photography Biennial 2018, Riga
- Visiting Artist, VAV Audio Visual department BA, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, 2017
- Visiting Artist, Cure Master MFA, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, 2015
- Visiting Artist, Could_Be Project, BA Fine Arts, Royal Academy of the Arts The Hague, 2015
- Teaching Assistant to Lynn Marie Kirby, Image/Text, BA Film, California College of the Arts, 2013
Represented by:
- near/by Film, production film and moving image work starting 2018
- The Filmbank (Eye), Amsterdam, distribution film and video work since 2008
- Theater Zeebelt The Hague, theater and performance work from 2007 - 2012
Publications(selection)
- Een Schizoanalyse van PUK*, Metropolis-M, article by Nim Goede, 2019
- Damagomi, Het Werk van een Fanatieke Dromer, H_ART Magazine, exhibition review, 2015
- Mediteren in de natuur bij The Damagoni Project, cultuurbewust.nl, exhibition review, 2015
- The Damagomi Project, Metropolis-M, exhibition review, 2015
- Schijnwereld; de Conservator en de Kunstenaar, Museumtijdschrift, interview Eelco van der Lingen, 2014
- paq’batlh: The Klingon Epic, uitgeverij.cc, project book in collaboration with Vincent van Gerven Oei and Marc Okrand, 2011
- First Klingon Opera Lifts off, The Guardian, Article 2010
- It Ain’t over till the Fat Klingon sings, The New Scientist, online Article, 2010
- Klingon Opera ramps up for Earth premiere, Wired.com, online Article, 2010
- First Authentic Klingon Opera on Earth, Slashdot.org, online Article, 2010
- Opera ‘u’ debutes in the Netherlands, LA Times, Article 2010
- First Authentic Opera by Terrans, NPR music, Article, 2010
- An Otherworldly Opera That Speaks Klingon, New York Times, New York, Article 2008
- Film 3: Publication of the Filmbank 2010