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Maaike van Everdingen
Dutch designer, based in Gent, Belgium.

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Professional curriculum vitae available on request

Hi! I’m Maaike.

I have a deep-seated need to design like a mad scientist.
I have way more ideas than I could ever make.
I can talk five quarters into an hour.^[1]
I take my humour very seriously.
And I’m fully on Van Toorn’s side^[2] in saying that photography and graphic design are, and will always be, connected in the same field through their narrative qualities.

^[1]Marijke Cobbenhage, my mentor in my graduation year, called it; “Mayor work on a really small scale; The energy is almost touchable, the motivation is contagious, and the stream of ideas is almost endless.”
^[2]In the famous 1972 debate between Dutch graphic designers Wim Crouwel and Jan van Toorn, a public clash of subjectivity (Crouwel) versus objectivity (Van Toorn) at Amsterdam’s Museum Fodor. Where Van Toorn made the point that photography, together with graphic design, must constantly strive to narrate human behaviour. Read more about it in my bachelor thesis, here.

[Education]

Master of Arts — graphic design
Luca School of Arts | Campus Sint-Lucas Gent | Belgium
2026 (current)

Bachelor of Design with honours — graduated in graphic design
University of Arts Utrecht (HKU) | Netherlands
2018 — 2022

Internship
Dietwee | Utrecht, Nederland
sep — dec 2021

International seminar | Staatliche Akademie der Bildende Kunsten Karlsruhe | Germany
2020

[Employment]

Troef
Artist-run exhibition space
2022 — 2025

Roem
Educational artist collective
2021 — 2025

Wibar
Cultural centre and nightclub
2023 — 2026

Independent designer
since 2022

[Exhibitions]

Open Studio Workshops with ROEM, workshops & collaborative installation (01.03.24 - 02.03.24), with writer Sascha Luinenberg and others, Peel Slowly and See Festival | Leiden, NL

Un/Settled FUSE, group exhibition (06.10.23 - 04.11.23), with Milo Poelman, Anika Hochstenbach, Luna van der Straaten, Katherina Siegel, Jaimee Korbee, TROEF* | Leiden, NL

Midzomernacht, site-specific installation (21.07.23), Hortus Botanicus Leiden | Leiden, NL

Voor de Vorm, group exhibition & seminar (07.07.23 - 01.10.23), curated by Emma van Noort, Stadsfoyer Leiden Municipality | Leiden, NL

Artscience Week, coding & video installation (11.09.23 - 17.09.23), curated by Alexander Mourer, Hortus Botanicus Leiden | Leiden, NL

The Feeling of Getting Something Hot and Sticky Stuck Inside Your Armpit / When a Sweet Liquid Gathers in a Hard-To-Reach Place, group exhibition (04.23), with Adri Peralta, Julia July, Maarten Slof, Karl Karlas, Stadsgehoorzaal | Leiden, NL

Exposure, graduation show & publication (2022), Kapitaal (self-initiated) and Kanaal30 | Utrecht, NL

Open Days SS21, photography group exhibition (2021), Nightingale | Amsterdam, NL / Brussels, BE

Film and Coding Installation, installation (24.09.21 - 02.10.21), with Dave Haverkort and Maria Theresa Serberie, BUNK during Nederlands Film Festival | Utrecht, NL

ABRI, group exhibition & publication (01.06.21 - 07.07.21), Academiegallerie Utrecht | Utrecht, NL

Forward Festival, group exhibition & publication (18.09.21 - 15.26.21), Forward Festival | Hamburg, DE / Berlin, DE / Vienna, AT

24/7 Poster Exhibition, poster exhibition & award (20.10.19 - 27.10.19), Graphic Matters | Breda, NL

Forward Festival, group exhibition & publication (14.06.19 - 15.06.19), Forward Festival | Hamburg, DE / Munich, DE / Vienna, AT

BYOB Exhibition, group exhibition (2019), Nederlands Film Festival at Nicolaïkerk | Utrecht, NL

[Press, curation]

Artist Interview for FUSE, interview (2023), together with Jaimee Korbee, FUSE

Seeing, Saying, exhibition presentation & curation (16.09.23 - 15.10.23), Mondriaan Fonds during Kunstroute Leiden | Leiden, NL

Open Studio, open studio (2023), Kunstroute Leiden | Leiden, NL

Dit is Het Land Waar Grote Mensen Wonen, exhibition curation (01.04.23 - 07.05.23), TROEF | Leiden, NL

Guest Lecture on Collaborative Design, guest lecture (2022), HKU | Utrecht, NL

Artist Interview for Academiegallerie, interview (2020), Academiegallerie | Utrecht, NL

Colourful Japan, book presentation (2019), represented by Karin van der Heijden | Amsterdam, NL

[Websites designed]

www.troefleiden.nl (archived link)
www.casperdejong.com
www.roemleiden.nl
www.charlottedebeus.nl

[Skills]

Graphic Design
Editorial & Publication Design
Exhibition Graphics
Visual Identity Systems
Typography
Concept Development & Visual Research
Creative Coding & Generative Design
Photography
Motion & Video for Installations
Multimedia Installation Design
Cross-disciplinary Collaboration
Exhibition Curation & Public Programming
Workshop Facilitation & Participatory Design

Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Lightroom)
Web / Interactive Design
Print Production & Prepress
HTML / CSS / JavaScript / Processing

Last Updated 27 .04.26

[Copyright © 2026
maaike van everdingen]

Location
9000 Gent

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