CV – Alya Hessy Art

Exhibitions and Performances

2020, October – group exhibition UNFINISHED, a show and celebration of the graduation from the Master of Arts Practice Held in Common @ArtEZ. Location: Melkfabriek, Arnhem
2019, April-October – group exhibition @Ærø Kunsthal, Denmark
2017, September 23&24 – Handreiking, participatory performance @Ambacht In Beeld festival
2017, June-September – Over and Under, performance, video and installation in Eigentijds Vervlochten met MIJ, van Gispen tot Hutten en van Abramović tot Blaisse, @Museum IJsselstein
2017, May 18 – Thread, performance for Textielsymposium, De Rijswijkse Schouwburg
2017, March-September – Neither Nor Both, installation for the Sits exhibition @Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (commissioned by Textiel Factorij)
2016, 5/11 – performance @Amsterdam Museum Night, Heesterveld Creative Community, Amsterdam
2016, 24,25/09 – performance and installation @Ambacht in Beeld festival, Amsterdam
2016, 1,2/06 – performance @Fashionclash festival, Maastricht
2016, 5/06 – performance in My Gracious Gardens, hosted by Pavlos Marios Ktoridis, Frascati theater, Amsterdam
2016, 16/04 – installation and performance @Young Art Night #8, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2016, 14/04 – performance W3, collaboration with Son of Mom, @Uferstudios, Berlin
2016, 31/03-2/04 – performance W3, collaboration with Son of Mom, @Veem House of Performance, Amsterdam
2015, November 17-22 – Open Atelier @Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2015, November 14-15 – installation and performances @Warm Nest Hoornhuizen
2015, 27/10-22/11 – exhibition of the graduation work @Open Atelier space Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2015, July – Graduation exhibition RED AND EMPTY @ Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2014, November-December – Noren Social Fabric @ Japanese Cultural Centre, Amsterdam
2014, March – Constant Companion @ Oude Kerk (The Old Church), Amsterdam
2014, March – The Voice, Creature of Transition @Flemmish Arts Centre De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam

Selected public presentations, teaching

2022, March – Into Shape: physical, mental an creative practices workshop, developer and facilitator, as part of the Atelier Week of iNDiViDUALS, Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Amsterdam
2022, February – Mindful Self-Care workshop, developer and facilitator, for MA Critical Fashion Practices, ArtEZ
2022, February – Embodied Resilience workshop, developer and facilitator, as a part of the introduction week for Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Minor Textile
2021, February – Embodiment workshop, developer and facilitator, as a part of Body – Becoming – Landscape working week for MA Fashion Strategy, ArtEZ
2020, april – Body Awareness and Creativity, developer and facilitator of a workshop for iNDiViDUALS, Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Amsterdam
2019, November – Body Awareness and Creativity, developer and facilitator of a workshop for iNDiViDUALS, Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Amsterdam
2019, October – Lijnenspel, a lecture at the Weefkring Nijmegen (NL)
2019, August – co-developer and facilitator of the Introduction Workshop for the MA Fashion Held in Common (1st year) at ArtEZ, Arnhem. In collaboration with Pascale Gatzen and Niki Milioni.
2019, May – Lijnenspel, a lecture at Weefcollectief Fryslân, Oosterwolde, Friesland (NL)
2019, April – Body, Textile and Movement, developer and facilitator of a workshop for iNDiViDUALS, Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Amsterdam
2018, October – Yoga, Textile and Fashion, developer and facilitator of a workshop for iNDiViDUALS, Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Amsterdam
2018, January – co-developer and facilitator @Learning Communities, a workshop in collaboration with Pascale Gatzen (ArtEZ Master of Fashion Design Arnhem) and others, supported by Lidewij Edelkoort, Master des Métiers de la Mode et du Textile Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
2017, November – Artist Talk for the Orientation Year, Gerrit Rietveld Academy
2014, November 29 – Noren – Space in Between. Exhibition Noren Social Fabric, Japanese Cultural Centre, Amsterdam
2014, October 20 – Background and Philosophy of Noren. YURA-YURA, the NOREN exhibition. Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Tokyo
2014, March 3 – presentation of the prize design for the Vereniging van Letterkundigen, De Balie, Amsterdam

Education

2018-2020 Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, Fashion Design (Practice held in Common), ArtEZ, Arnhem
2015 received Bachelor of Arts in Art and Design, CUM LAUDE, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2014, autumn – exchange programme at Tama Art University, Textile Design department, Tokyo
2012-2015 TXT department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2010-2012 DOGTIME department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1996-97 University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics
1994-98 diploma in Economics, Ukraine

Residences

2017, January-February – Syamala Arts and Crafts, Pedana, India. Commissioned by Textiel Factorij.
2016, September-December – Social Textile Studio, a group project @Heesterveld Broedplaats, Amsterdam
2014, May – Artist in Residence in Tsarino, Bulgaria

Publications and Social Media

2019 – Studies in Textiel #7, Kunst en textiel, Textielcommissie (Hilversum: Verloren, 2019). Read pdf
2019 – Knitting after Making: what we do with what we make, by Jessica Hemmings
read a chapter by Jessica Hemmings from the book by Jools & Nicola Moffat (eds.)
Textiles, Community & Controversy: The Knitting Map. (London & New York: Bloomsbury, 2019)
2017, October – performance Over and Under as a part of Mijn Stad IJsselstein on RTL4
2017, August –performance Thread as a part of the Symposium Kunst en Textiel, Textielcommissie
2016, June – Q&A for Fashionclash festival
2015, July – Mister Motley, selected graduation work

Other Activities

2012-present – Yoga practitioner and teacher
Design commissions
Body-movement research through belly-dancing, indoor climbing, daily life
Fluent in English, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian
Learning 日本語 (Japanese)
Family and holistic life