ArtEZ University of Arts ( nl, ArtEZ hogeschool voor de kunsten) is an art academy in

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. ArtEZ combines several art institutes and art disciplines with branches in

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...

Enschede Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...

, and

Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...

. In its name the A stands for Arnhem, the E for Enschede, and Z for Zwolle.

Academics

ArtEZ has divisions in the following subjects in the following locations: * Arnhem: fashion design, graphic design, product design, fine art, music, creative writing, dance, theatre, architecture, interior, education in art, interaction design * Enschede has two locations: the AKI Academy for Art & Design offering graphic design, fine art, and moving image, and the conservatory, offering music and education in art * Zwolle: graphic design, music, architecture, interior, education in art

Notable alumni

Alexander van Slobbe Alexander van Slobbe (born March 25, 1959, Schiedam) is a Dutch fashion designer. Background Alexander van Slobbe attended the Vrije School in Rotterdam and graduated with honors laude in 1984 from the Arnhem Academy of Art and Design. After ...

(fashion designer) *

Iris van Herpen Iris van Herpen (born June 5, 1984) is a Dutch fashion designer known for fusing technology with traditional haute couture craftsmanship. Van Herpen opened her own label ''Iris van Herpen'' in 2007. In 2011, the Dutch designer became a guest-mem ...

(fashion designer) *

Lucas Ossendrijver Lucas or LUCAS may refer to: People * Lucas (surname) * Lucas (given name) Arts and entertainment * Luca Family Singers, also known as "lucas ligner en torsk" * ''Lucas'' (album) (2007), an album by Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities * ''Luc ...

(fashion designer) *

Viktor & Rolf Viktor & Rolf is a Dutch avant-garde luxury fashion house founded in 1993 by Viktor Horsting (born 1969, Geldrop) and Rolf Snoeren (born 1969, Dongen). For more than twenty years, Viktor & Rolf have sought to challenge preconceptions of fashion an ...

(fashion designers) *

Wilbert Das Wilbert Das (born 2 December 1963) is a Dutch fashion designer. Biography Wilbert Das spent his formative years working on his parents dairy farm in the small village of Riethoven in the southern Netherlands. At age 19 he left Riethoven to stud ...

(fashion designer) *

Lidewij Edelkoort Lidewij de Gerarda Hillegonda Edelkoort, often called Li, (born 29 August 1950) is a Dutch trend forecaster, someone who anticipates future fashion and design trends.Euronews August 2008 She has been the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Trend ...

(trend forecaster) *

Marcel Wanders Marcel Wanders (2 July 1963) is a Dutch designer, and art director in the Marcel Wanders studio in Amsterdam, who designs architectural, interior and industrial projects. Life Born in Boxtel, Wanders graduated Latin honors, cum laude from the ...

(product designer) *

Ruud-Jan Kokke Ruud-Jan Kokke ( Velp, 1956) is a Dutch designer who started his career in the mid-eighties and became known for his furniture, inventive objects, interiors and designs for public space. He has received numerous nominations and awards. He is marr ...

(product designer) *

Martin Majoor Martin Majoor (born 14 October 1960) is a Dutch type designer and graphic designer. As of 2006, he had worked since 1997 in both Arnhem, Netherlands, and Warsaw, Poland. Biography Early life Majoor was born in 1960 in the town of Baarn, in th ...

(type designer) *

Tom Holkenborg Tom Holkenborg (born 8 December 1967), also known by his stage name Junkie XL or occasionally JXL, is a Dutch composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, producer, and engineer. Originally known for his trance productions, he has moved to producing ...

(DJ, componist and producer) *

Daan Roosegaarde Daan Roosegaarde (born 1979) is a Dutch artist, pioneer and founder of ''Studio Roosegaarde'', which develops projects that merge technology and art in urban environments. Some of the studio's works have been described as "immersive" and "intera ...

(innovator) *

Levi van Veluw Levi van Veluw (born 1985) is a Dutch contemporary artist. He currently lives and works in Amsterdam. Work Levi van Veluw has produced multi-disciplinary works that include photographs, videos, sculptures, installations and drawings. Exhibit ...

(fine arts)

References

External links

ArtEZ official website
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