CURRICULUM VITAE

DAMIEN FREDRIKSEN RAVN
Geuzenstraat 28
BE-2000 Antwerp
+32 485325595
[email protected]

EDUCATION:
Royal Academy of Fine Arts - Fashion Department Antwerp, Belgium
Sept. 2004 – June 2008  [Currently Master Program] - Bachelor Degree
The Scandinavian Design School Randers, Denmark August 2003 – June 2004
[1-year Fashion Foundation]  - Fashion Foundation Certificate
Teie Art High School Tønsberg, Norway August 1999 – June 2002
[3-year Art Foundation High School]  - Upper Secondary Diploma

AWARDS
Tommy Hilfiger Award, Show 2007, Antwerp, Belgium ’07


PUBLICATIONS
Only You, November, Belgium ‘07
FemiStyle, November, Belgium ‘07
ELLE Norge, October, Norway ‘07
Zone03, 12th-25th September, Belgium ‘07 
ELLE België, September, Belgium ‘07 
Marie Claire, August, Belgium ‘07             
De Standaard, June, Belgium ‘07
De Nieuwe Gazet, Friday 29th of June, Belgium ‘07
Knack, Friday 15th of June, Belgium ‘07

OTHER EXPERIENCE
Dresser Raf Simons - Spring/Summer 2007, Paris ‘06
Dries van Noten – Spring/Summer 2006, Paris ‘05               
Dries van Noten - Fall/Winter 2005/06, Paris ’05                 
Installation Peau d’Anvers, Antwerp ‘08 
Design-Workshop weekend with designer Henrik Vibskov, Denmark ’04


WORK
Urban
Tønsberg, Norway
July 2002 – August 2003
[Full-time job in a high profiled fashion store; visual merchandiser,
  buyer, styling jobs and all creative responsibility]

THANKS
"I would like to thank my family for all the support throughout the years, both mentally and economically - without you it would be impossible!!
To all my friends at home - thank you for understanding and
supporting (and for the fun times we have when we are finally together:)
For my dear friends here, thank you for bearing me for 4 years - I love you a lot!

All my thanks also go to Steven de Jaeger for making beautiful
jewellries, and to Greg Martin for the amazing prints for my collection!
I also want to thank Vanners Silk Weavers and Schoeller for
sponsorship, and Print Unlimited for the prints.
Matias Verrept AKA Matsu Chita - thank you for the AMAZING song!!!
David van Oost and Jens Mollenvanger for very nice photoshoots, and all of my models - especially Amélie and Seja.
I also want to thank Fransizka for all the help she gave me! Danke schön, Kuchen!

Sindre - without you there would be no light in the tunnel. I love
you more than words can say!
Heaven - thank you, thank you, thank you for EVERYTHING! I love you."