Wumen, an artist and curator based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is the founder of Sirius Initiative, a co-creation art platform focusing on accelerating climate-conscious social change. As a Mongolian growing up in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, Wumen is a daughter of the grasslands. Everything she holds dear to her heart is a gift from this generous nature.
awards
2021
🔗 SBK Sprouts Young Talents 2021
🔗 Jan Roëde Award
exhibitions
2022
04.10.2022-20.11.2022
🔗 Solo exhibition: Somehow, we survived the night, SBK Kunstuitleen & Galerie, Amsterdam, NL.
16.07.2022-25.09.2022
🔗 We carry, On, Museum IJsselstein, IJsselstei, NL.
09.07.2022-22.07.2022
🔗 But, s/he indorsed the sheen, Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam, NL.
16.12.2021-20.02.2022
🔗 Here We Are Now #2, ARWE gallery, Gouda, NL.
2021
03.11.2020-07.11.2021
🔗 On your own #5, Haagse Kunstkring, Den Haag, NL.
06.10.2020-12.10.2021
🔗 SBK Sprouts Young Sprouts 2021, SBK Kunstuitleen & Galerie, Amsterdam, NL.
08.07.2020-11.07.2021
🔗 It is another river that I seek, KABK graduation show, Royal Academy of Art, The Haag, Den Haag, NL.
2020
07.12.2020-13.12.2020
🔗 Group Exhibition: A finger in every pie, Binckhorstlaan 151, Den Haag, NL.
28.11.2020-01.12.2020
🔗 Solo exhibition: Uma starts a new river, See Lab, Den Haag, NL.
🔗 KABK: Artist as Dog, Eye cinema, Amsterdam, NL.
2019
Group Exhibition: Deep Fried, KABK, Den Haag, NL
2018
30.11.2018-02.12.2018
🔗 Me, Myself and I, TENT, Rotterdam, NL.
education
2017–2021
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Royal Academy of Art, The Hague | Koninklijke Academie van Beelden Kunsten(KABK), NL
2010–2013
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry Polytechnic University of Milan | Politecnico di Milano, IT
2007–2009
Master of Materials Science and Engineering Polytechnic University of Milan | Politecnico di Milano, IT.
initiatives
2022–onwards
Sirius Initiative is a collaborative platform for future thinking that places art, technology, and social entrepreneurship at the core of its activities to catalyze climate-conscious social change.
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