CONTACT

Kipdorp 49/ 17
2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
+32 3 232 19 86
+32 486 528 558

[email protected]
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www.donovantjon.be

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 30 June 1986 in Paramaribo, Suriname
Nationality: Dutch
EDUCATION
2010 Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts - Fashion Department Antwerp, Belgium Bachelor of Fine Arts - Fashion Design 2009 Master in Fashion
2005 - 2006 Parsons New School of Design Paris, France Bachelor of Fine Arts - Foundation Year
2004 - 2005 Technical University Delft - Architecture Delft, The Netherlands Bachelor of Science three semesters credit
2004 Secondary school St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles Voortgezet Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs graduated
EXHIBITIONS
“Lakshmi - collection autumn 2009”
Labels Inc. Boutique, Antwerpen, Belgium, July 2009.
“Ethnic Costumes”
Momu Museum, Antwerpen, Belgium. March 2009 - May 2009.
“Hofdames”
curator: Jedithja de Groot, in participation with fellow students. Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands. 6 Sept 2008 - 19 Okt 2008.
“Skirt 1, Skirt Studies, New Signs from Antwerp on the Art of Deconstruction”
curator: Jules Wright, The Wapping Project, London, U.K. Feb. 2008
WORK EXPERIENCE
Summer 2008 Internship, Roksandailincic
PUBLICATIONS
“Metal” magazine - february/march issue 2010
SHOW OFF3, Artesis Hogeschool, Antwerp 2010
LANGUAGES AND SPECIAL SKILLS
English (fluent), Dutch (fluent) and French (basic reading comprehension,
basic spoken skills)
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign, spreadsheets, Word,
Powerpoint, Autocad and Maya.
THANKS  TO
SPONSORS
Bucol - France
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Mom and Dad for everything and a half plus more, Roald, Pholoso S. and Katharina G. for late night skype complaints. Tom for some extra sense.... Angelo, Nathalie, Karolina, Anouk and Paula during the years. Lily and Seren for fittings and lastly Jan for being there.