About
Artist | Designer | Glassblower
Belgian nationality
‘Rather than being isotropic, perception of space is shaped by the body, the body’s relation to the environment, and the body’s potential for action.’
L.W. Barselou
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
| 2011 – 2013 | Research Training Sessions, LUCA School of Arts, Architecture and Design, Brussels/Ghent (B) | |
| 2008 – 2009 | Glassblowing, Kosta Glass School (SE) | |
| 2003 – 2007 | Master in the Visual Arts, Three-dimensional Design, Ceramics and Glass Institute for Higher Education in the Sciences and the Arts, Sint – Lucas Visual Arts, Ghent (B) | |
| 2006 | Erasmus study period: Ceramics and Glass, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (UK) |
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| Present | Artist, designer, glassblower | |
| 2015 | Guest lecturer, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON (CAN) Artist-in-residence, Corning Museum of Glass, NY (USA) | |
| 2010 – 2013 | Lecturer, LUCA School of Arts, Sint-Lucas Visual Arts, Department Glass, Ghent (B) | |
| 2012 | Guest lecturer, Tomas Bata University, Zlín (CZ) Invited artist and speaker, International Glass Symposium, Rona, Lednické Rovne (SK) | |
| 2011 | Teacher, Academy of Fine Arts, Mechelen (B) | |
| 2010 | Teacher, Institute for Arts and Crafts (IKA), Mechelen (B) | |
| 2007 – 2008 | Assistant at Glasturm GbR, LWL – Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim (D) |
EXHIBITIONS
| 2020 | Zomersalon 2020: Buy Local, Kunsthal Gent, Ghent (B) | |
| 2018 | Treasures, Valcke Art Gallery, Ghent (B) Rik Vandewege and Mariken Dumon, Balgerhoeke, Eeklo (B) 20 x Glas aus Gernheim, LWL – Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim (D) Group Show, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Ghent (B) | |
| 2017 | Celibataire diva’s, Herkenrode Refuge, Hasselt (B) XY, Glazen Huis, Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, Lommel (B) | |
| 2016 | Jong Bloed, Kluisbergen (B) Winter show, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Ghent (B) Colours of the Sky, Kunstgalerij De Mijlpaal, Knokke (B) ‘Sacrale Wervels’, Brabantdamkerk, Ghent (B) Summer Camp #3, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Ghent (B) Glassworks III, Kunstgalerij De Mijlpaal, Knokke (B) Glassworks II, Museum L, Roeselare – Zilverberg (B) Belgium Art and Design, Eskimofabriek, Ghent (B) | |
| 2015 | Glassworks, Kunstgalerij De Mijlpaal, Heusden – Zolder (B) Ceci n’est pas une bouteille!, MUDAC Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne (CH) België – Belgique – Belgien – Belgium, Galerie Handwerk, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern (D) Ceci n’est pas une bouteille!, Musée valaison de la Vigne et du Vin, Sierre (CH) Madame est Servie, WCC – BF, Mons (B) | |
| 2013 | European Triennale for Ceramics and Glass, Mons (B) By Design For Design – Research Training Session, White Box, Bozar, Brussels (B) | |
| 2012 | Artonivo, Brugge (B) European Glass Context, Bornholm (DK) National Glass Museum, Leerdam (NL) Glass Museum Rona, Lednické Rovne (SK) | |
| 2011 | Glass match: Belgium – The Netherlands, Bernardine de Neeve Glass Prize, Glazen Huis, Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, Lommel (B) ‘The New Harvest‘, Design Flanders Gallery, Brussels (B) Diafaan V, Ghent (B) Talente, München (D) | |
| 2010 | Lineart – Gallery Marc van Meensel – Flanders Expo Ghent (B) ‘Er was eens…‘ Transfo Zwevegem (B) ‘The taste of glass’, Glazen Huis, Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, Lommel (B) Glasroute, Lier (B) | |
| 2009 | Diafaan IV, Ghent (B) | |
| 2008 | ‘Glasplastik und Garten‘, Munster (D) | |
| 2007 | Graduation Project, Oude Veeartsenij, Ghent (B) |
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Corning Museum of Glass (USA)
Slovak Glass Museum, Lednické Rovne (SK)
LWL-Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim (D)
AWARDS, GRANTS
| 2016 | Grant, Flemish Government, Department Culture, Arts and Heritage | |
| 2012 | Grant, Design Flanders | |
| 2011 | Winner of the Bernardine de Neeve Glass Prize | |
| 2009 | Scholarship, Flemish Government, Department Culture, Arts and Heritage | |
| 2008 | Scholarship, Design Flanders |
PUBLICATIONS
Augustijn, P., “Glasinterland België – Nederland met de Bernardine De Neeve-prijs”, in: Fjoezz, 2011, no. 3, p. 7.
Braesel, M., “Talente 2011”, Exh. cat. München (Internationalen Handwerksmesse), 2011, p. 27.
“Buy Local”, Exh. cat. Gent (Kunsthal Gent vzw), 2017, p. 29.
Dumon, M., “Glasblazen in Murano”, in: Feeling, 2011, no. 10, p. 204 – 208.
Dumon, M., “Movement and motion. Research on blown glass in craft, design and the arts”, in: Reflections 17, 2013, p. 154 – 160, p. 171.
Gerards – Nelissen, I., “De Bernardine de Neeve-prijs 2011”, ‘s-Gravenhage: Vereniging van Vrienden van Modern Glas, 2011, p. 46 – 53.
Maes, J. (ed.), “De smaak van glas”, Lommel: Het Glazen Huis, 2010, p. 40.
“Mariken Dumon wint Bernardine de Neeve-prijs”, in: Fjoezz, 2011, no. 4, p. 37.
PiL, L., “Mariken Dumon zoekt eigentijds antwoord op traditie”, in: Kunsttijdschrift Vlaanderen, 2014, no. 4, p. 9 – 11.
Pil, L., “Playful, critical and intensive”, in: Kwintessens, Vlaams tijdschrift over design en mode, 2012, no. 1, p. 30 – 35.
Sato, R., “The taste of glass”, in: Neues Glass/New Glass, 2010, no. 3, p. 31.
Tschumi, B., “Wine, poetry in bottles, Robert Stevenson”, “Ceci n’est pas une bouteille!”, Exh. cat. Lausanne / Sierre (Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains / Musée valaisan de la Vigne et du Vin), 2015, p. 19-20, 51.
Valcke, J. (ed.), “Portfolio”, in: Kwintessens, Vlaams tijdschrift over vormgeving en mode, 2010, no. 3, p. 35.
Valgaeren, P. J., Maris, L., “Celibataire Divas, Hedendaagse kunst in de Herkenrode Refuge”, Exh. cat. Hasselt (Kunstgalerij De Mijlpaal), 2017.
ADDITIONAL COURSES, INTERNSHIPS AND STUDYTRIPS, several glass centres throughout Europe (selection)
Internship at Kosta Boda Glassworks (SE), assistant glassblower at Provinciaal Archeologisch Museum Velzeke (B), glassblowing workshop by Andrea Zilio at Abate Zanetti School Murano (I), glassblowing workshop by Colin Rennie and James Maskrey at Museé-Atelier du Verre Sars-Poteries (F), many studytrips.
