CV
Education and work
2012-2017 Bachelor Teacher of Art and Design, Willem the Kooning Academy Rotterdam 2014-2015 Propedeuse, International Bachelor of Arts and Culture, Erasmus University Rotterdam 2009-2010 Propedeuse, Game Design and Development, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
2016 - 2017 Gallery Assistent, Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam
2017 - 2020 Teacher in Art History, adult courses at Cultural Organization Moerdijk, Zevenbergen
Art fairs
2024
(upcoming) KunstRAI, Root Gallery - Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April - group
2023
(upcoming) MOORDN Art Fair 2023, ATTN Gallery, Guangzhou, P.R. China, 8-12 December – group Art The Hague, Fokker Terminal - the Hague, the Netherlands, October - group KunstRAI, Root Gallery - Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May - group
2022
KunstRAI, Root Gallery - Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April - group
2021
The Others Art Fair, Root Gallery - Turin, Italy, November - group
KunstRAI, Amsterdam RAI - Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September - group
2020
Big Art, Root Gallery - Amsterdam, October - solo
2019
The Others Art Fair, Root Gallery - Turin, Italy, November - group
KunstRAI, Amterdam RAI, Root Gallery - Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April - group
2018
This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage - Amsterdam, the Netherlands, December - group Art The Hague, Fokker Terminal - the Hague, the Netherlands, September - group QADE Art Fair, Cruise Terminal - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, February - solo
2017
Art The Hague (Masters of Rotterdam), Fokker Terminal - the Hague, the Netherlands, September - group KunstRAI, Amterdam RAI, Root Gallery - Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June - group Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, WTC Rotterdam - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, February - group
(Selected) exhibitions
2023
THERESI_ART 08, ART[S] Gallery Simone Jansen, the Netherlands, November – group
2022
THERESI_ART 05, ART[S] Gallery Simone Jansen, the Netherlands, November - group
Wild Summer of Art Part I – Brutus, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July - group
THERESI_ART 02, ART[S] Gallery Simone Jansen, the Netherlands, January - group
2021
THERESI_ART 01 – ART[s] Gallery – Noordwijk, the Netherlands, September - group
Multiples Of One, Root Gallery - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, September - solo
Meditations on colour, Art23 Contemporary Art Gallery – Guangzhou, P.R. China, September - solo The Calm, Art23 Contemporary Art Gallery – Guangzhou, P.R. China - group
2020
Elusive Thought, Root Gallery - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, october - duo with Quinda Verheul In Suspense, Artspace Crooswijk (With PPR Grand CBK Rotterdam) - Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June - duo Show Box #9, Foundation Mesh - Rotterdam, January - duo
2019
The white mirror, Root Gallery - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, october - solo
Orange Wave, Galerie95 - Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, September - solo
The Assemblage No.2, Root Gallery - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, juni - group
CO/LAB 4, Torrance Art Museum - Torrance, the Netherlands, March - group
Behaviour Of Colours, Art23 Contemporary Art Gallery - Guangzhou, China, March - solo The New Current, Cruise Terminal Rotterdam - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, February - group Colour Composition No. 1, Gortemaker Algra Feenstra - Rotterdam, January - solo
2018
Rolling Snowball, AMNUA - Nanjing, China, December - group
FORM, Roodkapje Projectspace - Rotterdam, The Netherland, August - group
The Assemblage, Root Gallery - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July - group
Summer Show, Club Gem - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May - group
Beyond And Below, Root Gallery - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May - duo with Saïd Kinos The Mattering Of Colour, St. Job Building - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May - group Night/Shift, Gallery de Kromme Elleboog - Rotterdam, the Netherlands, March - group KickstART II, In4Art Projectspace - Amsterdam, January - group
2017
Intangible Materials, Root Gallery - Rotterdam, October - duo with Jochem Esser
De Aanschouw wissel #832 - Rotterdam, August - solo
Masters of Rotterdam at North Sea Jazz – Rotterdam, July - group
The New Current – Rotterdam, April - group
Tension Transitory: Non-Word – Stroop Rotterdam, April - duo with Patricia Qi
Colour, ACE exhibition, S/ash Ga\\ery - Rotterdam, March - group
Masters of Rotterdam, Bob Smit Gallery - Rotterdam, March - group
2016
Winterwolven V by Roodkapje Arminius, Chruch - Rotterdam, November - group
The Faraway comes near, Root Gallery - Rotterdam, September - solo
NO WALLS at North Sea Jazz - Rotterdam, July - group
Route du Nord (curated by CBK Rotterdam) – Rotterdam, June - group
In This Moment, Root Gallery - Rotterdam, April - group
OBJECT Rotterdam, Root Gallery- Rotterdam, February - duo with Philine van den Hul Root vindt Thuis, Root Gallery- Rotterdam, January - group
2015
Damage Playground - Rotterdam, October, January - group
Inside | Outside at Kreaz - Makkum, July/September - group
Keilefest - Rotterdam, July - group
Root Expositions #2 - Rotterdam, January - group
2014
Dutch Design Week - Eindhoven, October - group
Passkey Festival - Montepulciano (Italy) September/October - group
Root Expositions #1 - Rotterdam, September- group
Projects
Lecture Life As A Young Artist - Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, 2019
Masterclass Time To Perform - Root Gallery, 2018
Presentation artworks American Chamber Of Commerce of South China - Guangzhou, China, 2018 Curator art exhibitions, Millten Rotterdam - Rotterdam 2018 - now
Lecture City Pedagogy - Master Institute Hogeschool Rotterdam
Route du Nord, debates on the art world - Rotterdam 2015-16
Member Of New School Collective - Rotterdam 2015 - 2019
Peercoaching at Willem the Kooning Academy - Rotterdam, 2014-15
Publications (selected)
05-2023 - Mooi Werk - Interview VT wonen (No. 5)
05-02-2019 - De Volkskrant - Article and interview
“Vijftien jonge kunstenaars presenteren hun werk in de Cruise Terminal tijdens de Art Rotterdam Week” 06 - 03 -2019 - My Guangdong Radio - 15 minute interview
12 - 03 - 2019 - Dutch Artist Donald Schenkel on Adopting a Chinese State of Mind, Thats Mags Guangzhou: https://www.thatsmags.com/guangzhou/post/27191/dutch-artist-donald-schenkel-on-adopting-achinese-state-of-mind?f rom=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0
12-03-2019 - Thats Mags Guangzhou - Article and interview
“Dutch Artist Donald Schenkel on Adopting a Chinese State of Mind”
01-04-2019 - Collection Auction Magazine, April - Article and review
“唐纳德·山克尔,因“入色”而出色”
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SeNUy-Srt4kxvwj5tnRTZQ
Collections
Part of the In4Art collection, Deloitte Rotterdam and several private collections in Europe and China.