Lectures in Art and Culture

• 2004 – 2009: Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam
  • ‘Culture history, politics, economics and social codes in the United Arab Emirates’.
  • Series of lectures from a cultural-historical perspective.
• 2002: The Hague University of Applied Sciences / International Business School, The Hague

  • ‘Globalization from an art and cultural-historical perspective’.

• 2002: University of the Arts, Utrecht

  • Arab and Islamic influences in the modern European visual arts. ‘Etude comparée’. Methodology with study example.

• 2001: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam
  • Crea – Studium Generale in de kunstbeoefening
  • The relationship between Islam, art and culture
• 2001: University of the Arts, Utrecht

  • Series of three lectures on Arab and Islamic influences in modern European visual art.

  • “Whose perspective?” Comparison of Arab / Islamic tradition in the visual arts.

  • ‘The Sources of the Artist’. ‘Etude comparée’. Methodology with study example.

  • ‘Visual art and theater’, space suggestion and the portrayal of paradise in western and eastern visual arts.

• 2000: DasArts, Amsterdam
  • Suggestion of spaces in visual art in relation to theater. 
• 1999 – 2000: Kunstcentrum Whereland, Purmerend
  • Internal lecture to the staff
  • Presentation / summary of the six-part lecture:
    • ‘Looking differently’ about the influences of non-European cultures on the development of visual arts in Europe.
    • ‘Japan / Impressionism’.
    • ‘Japan / Second Parisian School’.
    • ‘Africa / Cubism’.
    • ‘African art, Pre-Columbian art / Surrealism’.
    • ‘North Africa, Islam / From Orientalism to Matisse’.
  • ‘Conclusion and evaluation’.

Art Projects for Youth and Young Generation

• R & B jongeren Amsterdam
• Basisschool De Punt Amsterdam

Art Exhibition and Audio Visual Production

• Participation in and coordination of exhibitions in Europe and the Middle East.
• Over 45 documentaries covering company executive promotions, culture and biography.