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Date and Place of Birth: 1948 Leiden, The Netherlands
1967-1972
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
1972-1976
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Since1976
Own studio in Haarlem
Lectureships
1979-1980
Lecturer at the Academie voor Beeldende Vorming in Amersfoort
/ The Netherlands
1984-1986
Lecturer at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Kampen
/ The Netherlands
1997
Guest lecturer at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in
Düsseldorf / Germany_Guest lecturer at the Academie voor
Beeldende Kunsten in Maastricht / The Netherlands
2005
Gueastlecturer at the Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh /
Scotland / U.K.
2007
Gueastlecturer at the Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh /
Scotland / U.K.
Workshops en Seminars
Australia : Perth, Sydney, Launceston Tasmania, Melbourne
and Darwin.
Europe: Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Denmark
and Scotland.
U.S.A.: Washington, Providence and Darmouth Massachusetts
Curator
2009
Allures et Parures, nouveau regard sur la Hollande Haut-de-Cagnes,
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. Catalogue
Juror and examiner
On different art institutes in The Netherlands
Solo Exhibitions
1977
Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague/ The Netherlands_Galerie
Ra, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
1978
Galerie Ra, Amsterdam / The Netherlands
1979
Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague / The Netherlands
1981
Galerie Ra, Amsterdam / The Netherlands _Cosa, Delft / The
Netherlands
1982
Kunstcentrum, Bergen / The Netherlands
1985
Galerie Ra, Amsterdam/ The Netherlands
Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen / The Netherlands
1989
Galerie Distelblom, Haarlem / The Netherlands
Het Oude Slot, Heemstede / The Netherlands
1990
Galerie Ra, Amsterdam (catalogue)
Galerie Trits, Delft / The Netherlands
1991
Van Reekummuseum, Apeldoorn / The Netherlands
Noblesse Oblige, Lausanne / Switzerland
The Werkstattgalerie, Berlin / Germany
1992
Jewelerswerk, Washington / USA
H.R.Galery, Dublin / Ireland
1993
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem / The Netherlands
Galerie Tactus, Kopenhagen / Denmark
Galerie Tanzer, Melbourne / Australia
1994
Schmuckforum, Zürich/ Switzerland
Arte Facto, Lisbon / Portugal
S.B.K., Zwolle / The Netherlands
1995
Galerie D 19, Chemnitz / Germany
1996
Galerie Ademloos, The Hague /The Netherlands
1999
Galerie Ramakers, The Hague/The Netherlands_Galerie Ra, Amsterdam/The
Netherlands
2003
Galerie Artwindow, Heemstede/The Netherlands
2004
Galerie Bianca in de Molen, Wassenaar/The Netherlands _Galerie
Ra,”Deeply impressed”. Amsterdam/The Netherlands
2005
Galerie Petra Spuijbroek Haarlem / The Netherlands. Petra
Spuijbroek onthult
2006
Het oude raadhuis Hoofddorp / The Netherlands
2007
The Scottish Gallery Edinburgh / Scotland UK
2008
Galerie Pilartz Köln D. ‘Summerland’
Town hall Haarlem NL 'Gasten te kijk' Netherlands. Op de huid
(catalogue)
Museum Collections
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem / The Netherlands
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem / The Netherlands
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt / Germany
Centraal Museum, Utrecht / The Netherlands
Cleveland Countymuseum, Middlesborough/ U.K.
Kunstindustriemuseum, Oslo / Norway_Kunstindustriemuseum,
Trondheim / Norway_Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim / Germany
Van Reekummuseum, Apeldoorn / The Netherlands
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam / The Netherlands
Gemeente Museum, Den Haag / The Netherlands
Musée de l’Horlogerie et d’Emaillerie,
Genève / Switzerland
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlijn / Germany
Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York / USA
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal / Canada
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas. U.S.A.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA / U.S.A.
Publications
From 1977 onwards reviews and articles in newspapers and magazines.
In 1990 own catalogue edition: Birgit Laken, metal in motion,
works in Mokumé Gane.
Lark Books, ‘500 Brooches’ 2005.
Lark Books, ‘500 Necklaces’ 2006.
Lark Books, ‘500 Earrings’ 2007.
Lark Books, '500 pendants and Lockets' 2008
Lark Books, ‘The Art of Jewelry: Plastic & Resin’,
2008.
Laurence King publisher ‘Adorn, new jewellery’,
Amanda Mansell 2008
Darling Publication, 'The Compendium Finale of Contemporary
Jewellers' 2008
Lark Books, '500 Plastic Jewelry Designs', 2009
Grants Fonds bkvb
1986
Project grant for the Mokume gane technique.
1988
Working grant for finishing the Mokume gane project.
1990
Presentation grant for the book ‘Birgit Laken, metal
in motion’, works in Mokume gane.
1992
Grant for profession costs
1995
Basic grant.
1999
Working grant for the ‘Heartwear’ project.
2000
Working grant for the ‘Heartwork’project.
2002
Basic grant.
2006
Basic grant
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