Sandra Kassenaar
Curriculum Vitae
June 2011

Education
2005 – 2007 Master Graphic Design, Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem
1999 – 2003 Bachelor Graphic Design, ArtEZ Institute for the Arts, Arnhem
1997 – 1998 oriëntation course, Institute for the Arts, Utrecht

Professional Activities
2008 – present Willem De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Graphic Design department,
docent Concept Developtment
2008 – present De Groene Amsterdammer, Amsterdam, layout magazine De Groene Amsterdammer
2007 – 2008 Royal Academy of the Arts, The Hague, Graphic Design department, docent Typography
2005 Language, design studio, Dublin (IRE), graphic designer
2002 – 2003 Thomas Buxó, Amsterdam, internship

Residency
2011 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, residency progamme i.c.w. Fonds BKVB, The Netherlands

Selected Projects
2011 If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution , Amsterda, design and layout
publication Conversation Pieces, i.c.w. Maureen Mooren
2011 Aline Keller, artist, Rotterdam. design website www.alinekeller.com
2010 Holland Festival, Amsterdam, design and production pocket 2010, i.c.w. Maureen Mooren
2010 Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, exhibition design, posters, invitation Beyond
The Amateur - A collector’s perspective on the history of photography, i.c.w. Maureen Mooren
2010 Aline Keller, artist, Rotterdam, design artist portfolio
2010 Foundation Lost & Found, design invitation poster
2010 If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution , Amsterdam, design artist publications
Keren Cytter and Sarah Pierce, i.c.w. Maureen Mooren
2009 Arthema Foundation, artist Andrei Roiter, exhibition catalogue in conjunction with exhibition One,
Stedlijk Museum s’Hertogenbosch
2009 Foundation 1+, Healthcare Centre, Velp, design stone engraving ‘eerste steen’
2009 Bik Van der Pol, artists, Rotterdam, design catalogue and scarf Public Arena, i.c.w. David Bennewith
2009 Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, design website www.marres.org,
i.c.w. Maureen Mooren
2009 Holland Festival, Amsterdam, design and production pocket 2009, i.c.w. Maureen Mooren
2008 Isa Andreu, artist, Barcelona, publication as part of Isa Andreu’s exhibition The Spell of Shanghai,
i.c.w. David Bennewith
2008 Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, design publication De Muur & andere spots. Graffiti in Almere.
2008 Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, catalogue Small Talk With the Janitor, in conjunction with the
exhibition My Travels with Barry, curated by Jan Verwoert & Bernd Krauss
2008 Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, catalogue The Heroic, exhibition curated by Maxine Kopsa
2008 Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, diverse invitations and posters,
i.c.w. Maureen Mooren
2008 Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, Dropstuff.nl contribution interactive programme
2008 Amsterdamse Kunstraad, Amsterdam, publication handbook Adviezen voor het Kunstenplan
2009 t/m 2012, i.c.w. Laurenz Brunner
2008 Manon de Boer, Brussel, catalogue Manon de Boer, i.c.w. Maureen Mooren
2008 Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, identity Fine Art department, i.c.w. David Bennewith
2008 Holland Festival, Amsterdam, design and production pocket 2008, i.c.w. Maureen Mooren
2007 Bik Van der Pol, artists, Rotterdam, guidebook, Istanbul, A Format for Nightcomers part of the
Istanbul Biënnale (TR), i.c.w. David Bennewith
2007 MO Creative, Paris, FR, design website www.grandcrew.com
2007 Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem, poster, wrappuing paper, display, WT Bookshop, de Ateliers,
Amsterdam, i.c.w. David Bennewith
2007 Schloss Ringenberg, DE, artist in residence, GAP Magazine #1
2007 Dansstorm Oost, dance company, Arnhem, identity, poster, postcard, programme
2006 Julian Scaff, artist, Dutch Art Institute, Enschede, Locus Sentio, newspaper
2005 OPA (Design Platform Arnhem), Arnhem, publication Arnhem en vogue?
2003 Droog Design, Amsterdam, design newsletter Droog Now
2003 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Annual Repost 2002, i.c.w. T,C,H&M

Self-initiated projects
2011 Success and Uncertainty, poster project in Cairo, i.c.w. Bart de Baets
2010 Reader on the representation of political power, ongoing project
2008 Faugh à Ballaugh/Cowabunga, double-sided silkscreened poster series on battle-cries
2007 Here I am, keep me in mind, poster series and publication on political campagnes and colour
2006 Playback for a Daydream, reader on daydreaming i.c.w. David Bennewith, Francesca Grassi,
Kasia Korczak, Guilaume Mojon, Aya Nakata
2006 Dutch Lesson, poster series, 1-hour typographic experiments
2005 Newspaper Clippings, poster series with newspaper clippings from The Irish Times

Writing
2007 AA, Londen, Forms of Inquiry catalogue, article Year 07 on the Werkplaats Typografie,
Karel Martens and Oase Architectural magazine
2007 Truest, short essay on mediated truth
2006 Stedelijk Museum Bulletin #3, artikel 'De best verzorgde boeken van 2005', written i.c.w.
David Bennewith

Exhibitions
2011 exhibition Success and Uncertainty, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, i.c.w. Bart de Baets
2008 exhibition Faugh à Ballaugh/Cowabunga at bookshop/exhibition space split/fountain,
Auckland (NZ)
2008 'Churchward International Typefaces expo stand', Typeshed 11, Wellington (NZ), i.c.w.
Joseph Churchward, David Bennewith, Warren Olds, Alexandra Savtchenko-Belskaia
2007 Architectural Association, Londen, UK, guest-curator Reading Room, part of the design-
exhibition Forms of Inquiry, AA London

Prizes
2010 Selected ‘Beste verzorgde Boeken 2009’ (Best Books 2009), Public Arena, Bik Van der Pol,
designed i.c.w. David Bennewith
2003 First prize ‘Best Verzorgde Jaarverslag 2002’ (Best annual Report 2002), Stedelijk Museum
Annual Report 2002, designed i.c.w. T,C,H&M

Publications
2010 Natural Selection # 7, New Zealand art magazine, contribution 'Faugh à Ballaugh/Cowabunga
appendix', magazine curated by Judy Darragh, Fiona Gillmore & Louise Menzies
2010 Graphic # 13, Korean graphic design magazine, Special Issue Visual Identity, contribution
visual identity Marres
2009 Graphic # 9, Korean graphic design magazine, Special Issue Werkplaats Typografie
2008 A Kapital K for practice, ownership and ephemerality. Against symbols and exactitudes.Repeat.
publication 'Kapital K, A Classless Character', initiated and published by Onomatopee, Eindhoven/
Amsterdam, contribution, i.c.w. David Bennewith & Joseph Churchward
2008 catalogue Wonder Years, published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Werkplaats
Typografie, Arnhem
2008 Manystuff Magazine Numéro zero, contribution, magazine curated by Charlotte Cheetham
2008 REPLAY, catalogue in conjunction with exhibition REPLAY – Der Ball in der Kunst at Haus
für Kunst Uri, Zürich (CH), contribution 'Here I am, keep me in mind'
2008 Progetto grafico # 11, article and interview on year 07 at Werkplaats Typografie
2007 Page # 11, German magazine on digital design & media, contribution, article on work made at
Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem
2004 Items magazine # 6, article on Droog Now, newsletter Droog Design