The latest news:

01.08.2010aaI designed the cover of this month's edition of the Miniature Music Press - the definite guide to live music in Cardiff. All you Cardiffians should pick up a FREE copy (it's all over town) as it lists literally all the gigs in Cardiff, has reviews, interviews and the latest scoop on the Welsh music scene. Have a look at it here.


28.07.2010aaDutch Dolls proudly present Blanche - a Rollin' Soundsystem!
We took a rollator/walker, painted it pink and gold, kitted it out with an amplifier, a bass tube (in a leopard suit), 2 CD players, a battery and all kinds of noisy and kitchy accessories. Now we can party in the park, at the beach, in your living room or at your granny's. As true Golden Girls we stoll behind the rollator in style while playing a nice mix of sunny, tropical feelgood tunes. Read more about Blanche on our special webpage! To celebrate the birth of Blanche we made a Coconut Mix. Listen to it and download it on our site, or on Soundcloud. Let the good times roll!!


25.07.2010aaI'm very much looking forward to this short course I'm taking at
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, starting tomorrow!

28.07.2010aaDutch Dolls items will be for sale during the first Dutch Illustration Biannual, Saturday June 6th in Haarlem!


25.05.2010aa
New work has been added to the flyer and posters and drawing and sketches pages. And I've been doing some pattern design latetly, so I created a new category for it. I put the first two up, but more is soon to follow!

08.04.2010aaI recently took part in a project called Jazz Cakes 100: 100 t-shirts were handed out to 100 artists from various disciplines by Jazz Cakes, an artist collective based here in Cardiff. Each artist had to work with a designated number to create a piece from the starting point of this plain t-shirt. It took a while for the Jazz Cakes to retrieve all 100 shirts, but now the time has come to show the results! The exhibition opens this Saturday April 10 at gallery Studio B, 24 Tudor Lane (Riverside) in Cardiff. Drop by anytime from 18.00 till 23.00!

31.03.2010aaI've got a couple of drawings in the exhibition Fine Lines that runs from April 2 till May 1 in Dek22, Rotterdam. Eight women were invited by Nelleke Boerkool to show their drawings (no prints). The opening is Friday April 2 at 16.00. Geeske will be DJ'ing, there will be snacks and a little shop where you can buy clothes, booklets, zines and accesories.


28.03.2010aaDutch Dolls are returning to the Gwidhw bar tonight for some laidback tunes! Expect a fine blend of girl groups, soul, funk, ska, rocksteady, hip hop, 80's pop, Dutch and German gems. Vinyl only. Doubt there will be people dancing in their underwear like last time (Har Mar Superstar's afterparty), but please feel free... So come along tonight and put on some good looking knickers!!


26.03.2010aaToday was the last day of the Dutch Dolls workshop at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. For a week students worked on Zines: self published, DIY, low budget little magazines ('invented' in the 70s by the punks, popular with the riot grrls in the 90s and still amazingly alive and kicking today). We decided to do this the oldskool way: no computers!! We are so so pleased with the results, but even more with the students' enthusiasm and joy, and their will to experiment and work together!


14.03.2010aaThis past week I worked hard to finish the artwork for the Fields Apart EP by Cardiff based band Word Virus Essay. Its release is celebrated with a LAUNCH PARTY on March 26 at one of Cardiff best venues, Toucan. It will be a great night with the support of Skunkadelic and Dutch Dolls DJ'ing till the wee hours! Until then you can have a sneakpeek and -listen of the EP on their MySpace and Facebook page.


14.03.2010aaDrop by at the Singersweatshop in Rotterdam this afternoon for Get Wild & Restyled! Here you can trade your clothes for new ones, get your hair cut at a cheap price, and some styling advice to go with it. All this while you have a lovely cuppa and some delicious cake (provided by Augusta Wind) and Dutch Dolls tunes in the background!


18.02.2010
aaIn 2008 I participated in Grow Ups, an exhibition of eleven young Dutch artists whose work moves between mature art and childlike fantasy. It was curated by Renee Reijnders and she now managed to get the show to JAPAN!! On Saturday March 6 the exhibition will be opened at the Center for Creative Communications ' in in Shizuoka.


23.01.2010aaI am featured as ILLUSTRATOR OF THE DAY over at Saachi Online. Yay!


08.01.2010aaToday was the kick off of the workshop "Going Dutch" at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. Dutch Dolls is coaching 22 of the 150 international students to create a huge collaborate landscape, the Dutch way... We're very anxcious what the results will be!


16.12.2009
aaOn December 22 - 24 things will get cosy at the little 'beach' next to the De Machinist (former DD HQ!) in Rotterdam with an event called Geheimnis von Marcus Lansendurfer. There will be glühwein, an open fire, oliebollen, all sorts of performances and a DJ-set by Dutch Dolls on Wednesday December 23 from 21.00 till 22.00!!


10.12.2009
aaDutch Dolls will make their DJ debut in Cardiff tomorrow at Mother Mae I, an electro night of mayhem at the Cardiff Arts Institute!! They tell us to expect "everything from electro-pop to dirty beats via all manner of friendly filth with an electric undercurrent". Plus lollipops, limbo bears, riot showgrrrls and FREE PINK FIZZ..... We're on from 11.00 till 12.00!


09.12.2009
aaJust confirmed! Dutch Dolls will be DJ'ing at the Gwdiwu bar in Cardiff on Sunday 13.12.2009! It really is one of the nicest places in Cardiff, so if you happen to be in the neighborhood drop by in the evening to chill out and get over your hangover!


03.12.2009
aaYuk, Christmas shopping... But you can avoid the crowds and get in with the incrowd at these two special events, where you can buy exclusive but reasonably priced gifts made by young artists! Dutch Dolls items are for sale at gallery BLAAK10 during their Guerilla Christmas Shop (11.12.2009 till 03.01.2010) and at the Last Minute Xmas Shop in Singersweatshop on 18 and 19.12.2009, both in Rotterdam.


01.12.2009
aaI gave my website a make-over!