Resume

Resume of Eef Schoolmeesters (Venlo, NL) born in 1992. She currently lives and works in Tilburg, NL.

Recent occupations

2024 - now Junior Teacher at the Philosophy Department, TSHD, Tilburg University

2017 - now Organiser and Initiator project 168H

2022 - 2024 Project Coordinator for Platform and Artist in Residence Witte Rook

2017 - 2023 Part of Artist Collective YAFF

2020 - 2022 Member of the Diversity Committee at Tilburg University + Member of Minorities and Philosophy or MAP Tilburg

2018 - 2021 Producer for Gastatelier Leo XIII

Education

Tilburg University
2021 - 2022 Master Philosophy of Humanity and Culture [Cum Laude]
Thesis: The Politics of (Emergency) Art: On Aesthetics and Anti-Aesthetics in Contemporary art

2020 - 2021 Premaster Philosophy of Humanity and Culture

Contract education at Tilburg University: 2023 Brains and Bodies, 2023 Sustainability and Environmental Ethics, 2022 Crisis and Insecurity

AKV|St.Joost, Breda

2012 - 2015 Bachelor Beeldende kunst

2011 - 2012 Propedeuse Vormgeving

Activities, exhibitions, writing and projects

Upcoming:
Writing: '49m2 / jaar 9 / lente / 28-06-2025' | Commissioned article for Witte Rook's project 49m2, for architect and artist Rick Abelen
Conference: Changing Aesthetics and Society in the Digital Age | 18-19 September 2025, Antwerp University | Presentation title: ‘A Blurred Frame: Experiencing Immersive Digital Art through Everyday Aesthetics’

2025

Exhibition: Jubileum NS16 | 27-29 June 2025 | 20 years Makers + Space | NS16, Tilburg

Writing: Een beeldend onderzoek naar belichaamde ervaring en leefstructuren: een introductie tot de samenwerking van kunstenaars Fenna Koot en Emmie Liebregts | Commisioned article

Lecture + Writing: 'Esthetiek en het veranderde lichaam' | Nacht van de Filosofie at Theater de Nieuwe Vorst | organised by the Philosophy Department of Tilburg University and Studium Generale | article published as article through Thought Magicians

Documentary Photography | for Karin van den Hoogen, exhibition at 'De Verbeelderij', Tilburg

Video Screening | Presented 'DUST SEEDING' during the Film Festival by SakMez | former Club Solo, Breda

Teaching 25/26 (Fall) | Filosofie van Mens en Maatschappij (all tutorials, grading and co-coordination), Thinking about Science (LAS) (tutorials and grading), Philosophy of Science for IBA (tutorials and grading), PASS Filosofie Mentoraat 3 (full course), Philosophy of Art Media and Society (grading).

Teaching 24/25 (Spring) | Bedrijfsethiek (co-coordination, tutorials and grading), PASS Filosofie Mentoraat 2 (full course), Global Ethics (co-organizing, grading and tutorials), Phil: Perspectives for Business and Entrepreneurship (tutorials).

2024

Drawing | HUMDRUM
Writing: 'Een krul in een radiator laten leggen: wat levert samenwerking tussen kunstenaars en bedrijven op?' | Commissioned article for BUILD!

Writing: 'Eerst zitten, dan pas spelen: hoe geef je als culturele opdrachtgever vorm aan een goed samenwerkingsproces?' | Commissioned article for BUILD!

Selected Studio Visit | by SEA Foundation with Irene Coscarelli

Video-essay | 'DUST SEEDING' - we could not see and now we can not see

Studio Presentation NS16 | Video essay screening of 'DUST SEEDING' and essay reading of 'Ook Socrates poept' | presenting both works as the result of a three month working period at NS16, Tilburg

Writing: 'Ook Socrates poept: een filosofische reflectie op Prikkelbare Darm Syndroom via de existentiële, esthetische en talige impact van het veranderde lichaam' | essay published through Thought Magicians

Writing: 'Alma Alma' | Critical reflection on the workshop by YAFF on collectivity and conviviality

Writing: '49m2 / jaar 8 / herfst / 23-12-2023' | Published article for Witte Rook's project 49m2, for artist Heidi Vogels

Teaching 24/25 (Fall) | Filosofie van Mens en Maatschappij (all tutorials, grading and co-coordination), Thinking about Science (LAS) (tutorials and grading), Philosophy of Science for IBA (tutorials and grading), PASS Filosofie Mentoraat 3 (full course).
Teaching 23/24 (Spring) | PASS Filosofie Mentoraat 2 (full course), Hedendaagse Sociale en Politieke Filosofie (tutorials and grading), Phil: Perspectives for Business and Entrepreneurship (tutorials), The Morality of Commercial Life (grading).

2023

Writing: 'Via de maan; een esthetische reflectie op klimaat, natuur, economie en kunst' | essay published through Thought Magicians

Documentary Photography | for Kunstenaarsinitiatief DeLOODS, exhibition 'Koken met QoQO'

Writing: 'Art in Times of Environmental Crisis: A Philosophical Analysis of the Relationship between Climate Change, Contemporary Art and Eco-Aesthetics' - a PhD proposal

Moderating: Kunstscene | hosting the artist talk between Nina van de Ven, Adem Gokcinar for 'de vakbroeders' | at NS16, Tilburg

Exhibition: All too Human festival | at Theater de Nieuwe Vorst | with Marinke Marcelis - project: 'Half Believing | Half Suspicious'

Writing: 'Een Tweede Huid' | Commissioned article on the residency of artist Emmie Liebregts | for Vrouw Muskens

Writing: 'Melding 1503948' | A short essay about my work presented at DeLOODS

Exhibition: Dag van de Filosofie at Theater de Nieuwe Vorst | with Marinke Marcelis - project: 'Maria als Hermafrodiet'

Workshop: Future of MAP | Designed and gave a workshop to MAP Tilburg to help rethink the future through the past of the organisation

Writing: 'What Would Badiou Do?' | Essay published through Thought Magicians

Panelist | On money and creativity at Plugin the Future | St.Joost School of Art and Design [Breda]

Lecture: 'What Would Badiou Do?' | Open Studio Presentation Event | with YAFF

Podcast Moderation: 'De Octopus' | Moderation of 2 episodes on 'proces' in art | for Witte Rook

Writing: 'Keramiek aan Tafel' | Published short article for Witte Rook about Femke van Heijningen's ceramics workshop

Guest-host: Rusteloze Jager | 'Philosophy on Monday Evening', on invitation by initiator Marinke Marcelis
on the topic of Mary Hermaphrodite; or Women's Role in Creation Stories

2022

Writing: 'Nil Utilitatis' | Short essay about my work, accompanying the presentation at Studio de Gruyter

Exhibition: Studio de Gruyter | With Renée van Oploo [Tilburg]

Solo exhibition at Kunstenaarsinitiatief DeLOODS | Prologue: a solo-presentation and reflection upon the 'multiplication' of one artwork | titled 'MELDING 1503948 RE/DE/CONSTRUCTIE' [Breda]

Art festival Kaapstad: 'Leven-de Statistiek #3: Vakantie Editie' | interactive artwork [Tilburg] | with YAFF

Documentary Photography | for Feniks Tilburg, panel at Kunstloc, 'Mans Genoeg: Gender en Klimaat'

Writing: '49m2 / jaar 6 / lente / 20-06-2022' | Published article for Witte Rook's project 49m2, for artist Axel Coumans

Documentary Photography | for MAP Tilburg, event 'What About Asian Appropriation and Appreciation'

Writing | Published short text for Nina van de Ven about her artistic practice

Guest-teaching | workshop for students: 'De Voorstelling van de Metaforisering van de Materialen;

of de Vertoning van de Materialisatie van de Metaforen' | With YAFF | St.Joost School of Art and Design ['s-Hertogenbosch]

Writing | Printed essay for the 'Our Canon and Beyond' collection | With fellow philosophy students and graduates

Exhibition: 'Tabula Rasa: Monument voor een Veranderende Stad' | At Showroom Mama [Rotterdam] | with YAFF

Workshop: 'BODYCOLLECTIVE' | During the open day of St.Joost School of Art and Design ['s-Hertogenbosch] | with YAFF

2021

Panellist | On equal opportunities in cultural education for program De Ontdekking, De Nieuwe Veste | for MAP Tilburg [Breda]

Festival co-organizer: 'All too Human' | Diversity Festival with MAP Tilburg, De Vage Bond and Sapi | Theater de Nieuwe Vorst [Tilburg]

Performative Lecture: 'Anatomie van Macht' | With Bart&Klaar&YAFF | Pubic space [Boxtel] | in addition to collectively exhibiting at Veerkracht | by Kunstenlicht99

Residency + Exhibition: 'BIJ/NA' | Workingperiod | StadsGalerij [Breda] | by Stedelijk Museum Breda, Van GoghGalerie and St.Joost School of Art and Design

Presentation: Art-Rendesvouz Kick-Off project 'BIJ/NA' | StadsGalerij [Breda]
Exhibition: 'Ringbaan Kollektor' | Exhibition and work exchange | NS16 [Tilburg] | project by Myriam Gras
Co-host and Moderator (aftertalk): 'What About Diversity? Philosophical Reflections on Media, Politics and Art' | for MAP Tilburg & T*Agency | [online]

Publication DU2020 | Contribution to an artists' book: 'Leaving My Mark' | published by Destination Unknown

Co-organiser Paneldiscussion: 'What About Diversity? Philosophical Reflections on Media, Politics and Art' | with MAP Tilburg and T*Agency | Theaters Tilburg [Tilburg]
Guest Lecturer: Project '24X24' | For Master Performing Public Space Fontys | Bootcamp | with Liza Voetman for Fontys FHK [Tilburg]

2020

Project: 'A Proposal, I Suggest' | Public space project, own initiative [Tilburg]

Publication and Exhibition: Project '24X24' | Exhibition + publication launch 30 Oct - 29 Nov | at Kunstpodium- T [Tilburg]
Interactive Artwork: 'Leven-de Statistiek!' | Political infographic | with YAFF [Boxtel]
Guest-speaker: 'Solidarity Sessions #3: onder de zaaglijn' | Online seminar by Platform BK | with YAFF [Online]
Guest-speaker: 'KomopVerhaalcafé' | Talkshow by Omroep Dommelland | with YAFF [Boxtel]
Exhibition: 'Benefit for Brabant' | Group-exhibition | PARK [Tilburg]

Workshop: 'Fileren en traditie' | Commissioned by Studio Stadslab | with YAFF [Bergen op Zoom]
Speeddates participant | by Stichting KOP and Sea Foundation | NS16 [Tilburg]

2019

Studio talks with artists | Presentation about project 168H | Destination Unknown [Weert]
Public discussion about 'kunstenaarsinitiatieven' | Club Solo Avond | with YAFF at Club Solo [Breda]
Producer Symposium: 'Intimate Proximities' | Gastatelier LeoXIII | TextielMuseum [Tilburg]
Workshops: 'Het gaat goed toch?!' | Workshops (3) | for fine art teachers at the St.Joost Academy | with YAFF at AKV|St.Joost [‘s-Hertogenbosch]
Project co-organizer: 'Harmonie in de Linie' | art route for the event | project by Witte Rook [Breda]
Lecture + workshop: 'What's yyoouurr problem' | Digital Bauhaus Summit | with YAFF at the Digital Bauhaus Summit [Weimar, DU]

2018

Producer Symposium: 'Hospitality' | Gastatelier LeoXIII | Theater De Nieuwe Vorst [Tilburg]
Peer-Critic Session: 'Do it Together' | project by ArtPart / Kunstpodium-T at TAC [Eindhoven]
Project and Exhibition: 'Invasieve exoot' | Festival Charlois Speciaal | with YAFF at Wielewaal [Rotterdam]
Curator and producer: 'In het midden' | Exhibition and workingperiod | TAC [Eindhoven]
Duo-Exhibition: 'Take Over' | With Mirron Looijmans | bkkc [Tilburg]

2017

2016

Curator Exhibition: 'Insider Out' | With Lisette van Doren and ArtenZo, Amarant | at Clossenborch [Hilvarenbeek]
Workshop: photography | Elementary school, for POST - centrum kunst en cultuur [Kerkrade]
Residency + Exhibition: Destination Unknown | [Tilburg]
Exhibition: 'De Onbestemde Reis' | With Laura Schippers, Sjuul Joosen and guest Koen Deprez - project by Laura & Atlas Initiatief [Breda]
Exhibition: Ladekastproject | At Galerie Phoebus [Rotterdam]

2015

Project: 'De Onbestemde Reis' | Travelling with Laura Schippers and Sjuul Joosen | project by Laura Schippers