Kalkidan Hoex
Artist biography
Adopted from Ethiopia and brought up in the Netherlands, I’ve always felt like my existence was lived in between two different worlds. I took it on my own to educate and explore the intricacies of my own identity and relate to others through my jewelry and other art forms.
I speak directly to those I consider part of my own identity. It is a certain group of people I came into contact with—youth of mixed descent who fled with their families from their native lands or were adopted. I focus on this group because, despite the differences in backgrounds and upbringings, they share and agree on many topics when it comes to the complex construction of our identity. This grew particularly due to my deeper exploration of the representation of black people in imagery, and where these two worlds overlapped, a third world was created. The objects I make are an expression of how I perceive my third world to comprehend my reality and create the illusion that I know where I belong.
The empowerment of storytelling that can resonate with your audience to stand representational, educational, and symbolical and that thrives strongly through my divers mediums of work is the growing factor behind TheNEWtribe.
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EDUCATIONS:
2013-2014: Pedagogisch medewerker
Niveau 3 and Niveau 4
2013-2014:
Art Academy Arendonk Drawing Arts
2014–2018: MAFAD Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design BA (Object) Jewelry Design
2018-2020: MAFAD Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, MA Jewelry Design
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2014: Kinderopvang Meijel Pedagogisch Medewerker.
2016: Volunteer, Fashionclash Fashion Show Dresser/Designer Assistant
2017: Design internship, Göran Kling Jewelry Design, production assistant
Work Achievements
2018: Founded TheNEWtribe
2018: Art Fair Amsterdam, TheNEWtribe BA Collection
2018: Dutch Design Week exhibition TheNEWtribe
2018: FotoMuseum Antwerpen. Exhibitions: Foot Soul Exhibition and Lecture
2018: Findings, issue 66, London, quarterly publication
2018: Metalsmith quarterly magazine, NY Publication, TheNEWtribe
2018: Current obsession publication So Mint
2018: Art thread publication Dutch Design Week
2018: München Jewelry Week: Glazing It co-curated exhibition
2019: Social Club Lecture Current obsession with intersectionality
2019: Publication Newspaper theNEWtribe
2019: PATTA X TheNEWtribe OBSESSED Jewelry Week Current Obsession Curated the Majority is a diversity exhibition.
2019: Sieraden fair Amsterdam Lecture
2019: Sienna Pattie NYC Jewelry Galerie Pop up NYC every week.
2019: Paris Fashion Week Atelier néerlandais curated
2019: Publication by Sieraden Muze
2020: Exhibition All Decked Out Holtsman Gallery
2020: Centraal Museum Utrecht Exhibition: Voices of Fashion
2020: Munich Jewelry Week: Smiling Faces
2020: Metal Smith Magazine publication Master graduation speaking with hair.
2020: In-school suspension exhibition NYJW Jewelry Week, 2020: Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston Lecture
2021: Task Force Fashion Project (State of Fashion, Mode, Fashion Clash)
2021: Digitally Your Exhibition, Speaking with Hair
2021: Dream Machine Exhibition, Speaking with Hair
2021: TityMagazine publication by Cathelijne Blok
2021: Lezing Antwerpen Royal College of Arts
2021: Publication klimt02. TheNEWtribe Practice
2021: Lecture at the Black Consciousness Festival
2021: Lecture Art Jewelry Forum
2021: MAsieraad master teacher
2021: Project Gear Up! Rotterdam, in collaboration with State of Fashion and Cult North
2021: Design Miami Publications TheNEWtribe rings
2021: OBSESSED! Festival 2021: Current Obsession Interview with Janice Deul and Kalkidan Hoex
2021: OBSESSED EXHIBITION FACTOR IJ. Icons.
2021: OBSESSED Current obsession with the Mother Land film
2021: NYJW (New York Weekly Week). Online promotion of the Motherland film trailer
2021: Film premiere, Lumiere Maastricht, and Fashion Clash Festival
2021: Motherland Exhibition Lumiere Maastricht cinema film screen
2021: RVNHUS Denmark Gallery. Speaking with a hair exhibit
2021: Crucible Magazine Online Exhibitions NYJW/Current Obsession
2021: Crucible Magazine is published in Metal Smith Magazine.
2021: CODA Museum/PAN Art Fair Interview with Chequita Nahar and Kalkidan Hoex
2021: Jewelry Dialog Gallery Marzee Chequita Nahar & Kalkidan Hoex
2021: Japan Tokyo Sailosaobin Design Store Speaking of hair collection,
2021: Photoshoot collaboration with Alewya Music Artist
2021: Film priemiere Iam Motherland FASHION CLASH/CINEMA Lumiere MAASTRICHT
2022: MINO ART FILM PRIEMERE IAM MOTHERLAND ANTWERPEN
THENEWTRIBE x ANTHONY
2022: OSCAM MUSEUM DIVERSITY EXPOSITIE FILM PREMIERE EXHIBITION IAM MOTHERLAND
2022: KUNSTHAL MUSEUM ROTTERDAM WOMAN FROM 1900 TO NOW I am motherland jewelry.
2022: Glamcult Magazine I am Motherland Jewelry. Trica Nganga
2022: FACTOR IJ EXHIBITION ICONS IAM MOTHERLAND EXHIBITION
2022: TITTY MAGAZINE INTERVIEW WOMAN IN DESIGN
2022: Talentfond stimuleringsfonds 2022 - 2023
2023: MUSEUM ARNHEM Exhibition Tussen Grenzen
2023: NYJW xPRATT: When Lions Learn to Swim Exhibition
2023:Bario Open Space Exhibition When lions learn to swim
2023: PARIS FASHION WEEK
2023–2024:Lecture, RCA London
2023–2024: Jury Member KORU8,The Finnish Jewelry Art Association
