Camilio

Contact info: 
Camilio van Lenteren
cvanlenteren@gmail.com
+31644468793 (only whatsapp)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT / CURATOR:
SKILLS: PROJECT MANAGEMENT / PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS / COORDINATION / EXHIBITION PRODUCTION / PLANNING / BUDGETING / (ART) ADVISORY / ART SALES / ARTIST COACHING / INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION / INITIATION / EXECUTION / COLLABORATION / TEAM MANAGEMENT / CONSULTATION / ADJUSTMENT / DELEGATION / NEGOTIATION / PROCESS MONITORING

2019-2023     
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste
Provided advice to the director of Fundação Oriente (a non-commercial cultural institution headquartered in Lisbon) on art, artists, exhibition plans, and the realization of exhibitions, including art sales, where I also advised on pricing and conducted the negotiations.

2023-2024     
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste Ko’alia Funan-Funan / Maria Madeira /
Assisted as a curator for the second solo exhibition of Maria Madeira, including exhibition setup and artwork lighting design. Maria Madeira is in this years offocial Venice Bieannale selection. 

2023             
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste / Hasoru Malu 2 / art prize /
Selected the best artists and art works out of 38 artists based on submitted work for the art prize and for the exhibition / exhibition design / Jury member / advisory / assistant curator.

2023 
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste / Solo Exhibition Alfe Sanches Pereira
Curated and designed this solo exhibition for Alfe Sanches Pereira.

2022             
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste / MADE / IHA Ó (ita nia Hanoin Oinsa?)
Exhibition design and art advisory for exhibition featuring 4 photo manipulation artists (MADE Multi Art Design).

2022             
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste / Art Exhibition HASORU MALU (interwoven)
Exhibition design, art selection and art advisory for exhibition featuring the top 15 artists from Timor-Leste to celebrate the 20 years of independence of East Timor. Hanging/placing all artworks, lighting, program advising, and involved in the selection process. www.hasoru-malu.art

2022            
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Fatin Ida iha Loro-Matan (A Place under the Sun) / Maria Madeira  
Curator and exhibition design for Maria Madeira's first solo exhibition in Timor-Leste. Layout of the exhibition and illumination (lighting plan) of the artworks.

2020             
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste / Expressions Of Café
Advisor and curator for Catarino Bere's solo exhibition

2020             
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste / Memories and Encounters
Curator, exhibition designer, and executor of solo exhibition by Inu Bere

2016             
Modzi Arts / Lusaka / Zambia
In 2016, I organized two solo exhibitions for Modzi Arts (now internationally operating and a household name in Lusaka) as curator and exhibition designer. The first was the opening exhibition of Modzi, featuring artworks by Lawrence Chikwa. The second was the solo exhibition of Vincentio Phiri. Both are seniors in their careers and well-known artists in Zambia and beyond.

2015             
Insaka / Lusaka / Zambia / 7th International Insaka Artist Trust Workshop 2015
Observer and curator for the closing exhibition. Artist presentations, coaching, and reflection on the artist's process and the final presented artwork.

2015             
Lusaka / Zambia / Exhibition design for the launch of Chitukuko Humanity Fund.
Exhibition design, execution, and placement of artworks.

2015             
Ababa house (Café Restaurant Art Space) / Lusaka / Zambia / Curator 'Voices in Colour' and 'Culture on Canvas'.
Selection of artworks, coaching, advice, and exhibition curation.

2015             
Lusaka / Zambia / Concept design / project leader 'Omission / Unit 43'
Exhibition concept, design, and funding of live painting event (of his largest painting) at East Park Mall with artist Vincentio Phiri. Also exhibited this large work in a major design store and later at the art and design fair.

2007-2014 Centraal Museum / Utrecht / Project Manager/project leader projects & exhibitions
Core tasks included project management at the CMU, which involved assembling and coordinating the project team, drafting project budgets and schedules, initiating and chairing meetings and team discussions / meetings, making agreements and contracts with exhibition designers, creators, partners, and artists. Additionally, closely monitored and checked agreements, schedules, progress, deadlines, and implementation, as well as overseeing the ongoing exhibition until coordinating dismantling and follow-up.

2011-2012     
Galerie Kini ya Kini / Utrecht / Advisor contemporary Indonesian art
Building a network among contemporary artists in Indonesia. Selecting artists and artworks. Support in setting up website, logo, contracts, and public relations.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS / ARTIST RESIDENCIES:
SKILLS: IDEA GENERATION / CREARIVE THINKING / PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILSS / PLANNING / BUDGETING / CROWDFUNDING / INTERCULTURAL / COMMUNICATION / EXECUTION / NETWORKING / COLLABORATION / TEAM MANAGEMENT / CONSULTATION / ADJUSTMENT / DELEGATION / NEGOTIATION / PROCESS MONITORING / CONFLICT RESOLUTION ABILITY / LOYAL / INTEGER 

2023 
Familial Forestry / Bikaner / Rajasthan / India / BHAVISHY (Future) Forest Art Residency
Together with the founder/owner of Familial Forestry and the youth from Dungar College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, we planted a forest in the word BHAVISHY, meaning future. Funding through successful crowdfunding (VoorDeKunst.nl).

2023             
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste / United Colors of Timor-Leste / Prototype001
Solo exhibition of 18 tais (traditional textiles, associated with one of the 36 unique language groups of this island) along with the suit made from these tais. The suit represents the unity of East Timor with its 14 districts and 36 language groups. The suit is made for the president of East Timor, who in my opinion should wear a suit like this at official gatherings to fully represent East Timor.

2023             
Fundação Oriente / Dili / Timor-Leste / Solo exhibition ‘Patterns of a “normal” life’
15 white reliefs in the Carton Pierre technique with patterns of ordinary objects around me in my 'daily' life, executed as if they were artworks by Jan van Schoonhoven. One of my great inspirations. These reliefs, 2cm thick, are filled with tree and plant seeds, which grow out of the relief, if it is put in to the ground.

2022             
Eco Art Residence Sevan, 'Dreampark' / Sevan / Armenia / APAGA forest. 
International Art Residence organized by EU4Culture further executed by:
Regional Development and Research Center / Sevan Community Municipality / 'Sevan Youth Club' and New Art Stage (NAS). Together with the organizers and the youth of Sevan, we planted a forest in the word APAGA (future) in a abandoned Soviet park in Sevan. Funding through successful crowdfunding (VoorDeKunst.nl).

2020             
Fundação Oriente / Dili / East Timor solo exhibition ‘(IN)humane’
Solo exhibition with 3 large installations from my hand: 'Isolation survival sleep box' / A dying tree in a hospital bed attached to a heart monitor and 'ventilation' / a coffin designed for me and made for me titled 'ANTHROPOCENE PERPETRATOR VICTIM' engraved on the lid.

2020-now     
Café Fatima / Dili / Timor-Leste. Ongoing Solo exhibition: Colors of East Timor / Universal shapes / Solo exhibition
Exhibition in a café with 9 mathematical shapes (stretcher frames with canvas) treated with culturally significant food powders into monochrome colors.

2019             
Lilongwe / Malawi / Solo exhibition ‘M’mbuyo-Tsopano-Mphatso’
'Pop Up' solo exhibition featuring a selection of my own art created during my time living and working in Malawi.

2019             
Studio.225 / Lusaka / Zambia / Artist in residence Lusaka, Zambia.
16 days studio.225 artist in residence program, by artist David Daut Makala, at Chilenje Market, Lusaka, Zambia.

2018             
Tumaini Festival / Dzaleka / Malawi / Ghost Trees / TSOGOLO02
Asked to create 2 location-specific installations for the Tumaini (Hope) festival in the refugee camp Dzaleka, Malawi. Executed in collaboration with people from the camp and the organization of this inspiring festival.

EDUCATION
 

2006-2007     
Showroom Mama / Rotterdam / Mister Miyagi Curating Tomorrow program
Concluded with the exhibition: Positioning System: - 'where are you, I am here, here you are' -

2003             
Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee, Berlin
Successfully completed a semester-long course as an exchange student for 6 months.
Additional course: Bild – Blick – und Raum 1900-2000:
Practical exercise in art observation and art criticism (by guest professor Hanne Loreck).

2000-2004     
Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Video, three-dimensional, two-dimensional, and conceptual art
Art history (modernism/postmodernism) as an additional interest.

1994-2000     
Utrecht University / Biology
Master of Science in Behavioral Genetics (ethology and behavioral genetics).
Thesis: Symmetry and Beauty (and the Influence of our genes on this process).