CV

Since 2024 Julia van Emmerik has built an autonomous, interdisciplinary art practice. Working with installation, film, photography and participatory formats, she researches atmosphere, space and memory. Her approach builds on a background in production design and interior architecture.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS

2027
Hersenschimmen, final exhibition (February), Kunstruimte De Melkfabriek, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Anywhere, travelling exhibition, Kunstcentrum JBZ Ziekenhuis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Onder de Oppervlakte, 's-Hertogenbosch, Summer 2027

2026
What's on your plate?, participatory and performative dinner on generational trauma (December), Het Nest, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
What’s on my Mind, video installation, Festival UNLABLD (November), Theater Schouwburg, Tilburg, Netherlands
[titel], overview exhibition, opening of Het Nest, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
La Folie, video installation for Winkelverhalen, with seven other artists, Museum Erfgoed ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Onder de Oppervlakte, documentary and gathering project (April - present), ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

2025
Overbruggen, site-specific installation, Paleisbrug, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (Winner Open Call, Overbruggen)
Anywhere, travelling exhibition, Buurtbazaar, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

2024
Anywhere, solo photography exhibition, Artipop Gallery, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

GROUP SHOWS
2026
La Folie, Winkelverhalen, Museum Erfgoed ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

SCREENINGS
2026
Tea as a Bridge Between Worlds, premiere (November), with Namo and Pu’Er Tea, ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Maastricht, Netherlands, and Lincang, China

AWARDS
2025
Winner Open Call, Overbruggen, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

GRANTS
2026
Cultuurfonds and Tijl Fonds, development grant for Hersenschimmen
Amarte Fonds, development grant for Op mijn eiland regent het niet
2024
Bossche Makers regeling, Gemeente ‘s-Hertogenbosch. 

RESIDENCIES
2026
Het Nest, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Open Call, artist residency

LISTENING SESSIONS
2026 Oktober - present
Jazz kissa listening sessions, Het Nest, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (every two weeks) Published in November Music. 

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
2027
Op mijn eiland regent het niet, documentary, film or VR

Onder de Oppervlakte'

WRITING
Studio Sanko Substack, essays in English

DESIGN & FILM

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE & SPATIAL DESIGN (SELECTED)
2024-2025
Junior Interior Architect, Bureau van Faassen, Amsterdam. Led research into a spatial intervention for Save the Children, to support concentration and well-being during TeamUp sessions (light, sound, form, material, texture)

2024
Art gallery, Poptraders Store, Maastricht, concept and preliminary design
Private residence, Crete, Greece, junior interior architect

2023
Restaurant Vivian Sauvage, Arnhem, concept and preliminary design

2021
Internship, Bureau Baba, Amsterdam

2019
Restaurant IJver, Amsterdam, bar design, junior interior architect
Garden House, Herengracht, Amsterdam, junior interior architect
Isabella Film Productions and N279, interior design
Schoonschip ecological houseboat project, interior design
Personal assistant to interior designers Adam Marshall and Teske Clijsen, Amsterdam

2017-2019
Koelhuis Frigo, IJmuiden, internship and junior interior architect

FILM: PRODUCTION DESIGN & ART DEPARTMENT (SELECTED)
2019
Safe Haven, short, Stichting Safe Haven, production art department

2018
At Midnight Plays a Dance-Tune, short documentary, production design (graduation project). Selected for IDFA, winner of the Wildcard, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Pure Lucht, art direction (graduation project)
Maskepade, set dressing (graduation project)

Dante vs. Mohammed Ali, short, special props
Keep an Eye, group exhibition, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2017
To Catch a Fly, short, dir. Sanne Kortooms, additional art direction

2016
De beste rijschool and Spoedrijbewijs, ANWB, Flickmotion, art direction
Webcommercial, Unnilux, Flickmotion, art direction
Wij zijn 17 and AIDS, SIRE TV, Cake Film B.V., stylist
Masaryk, dir. Rudolf Biermann, 

WORK
2024 - present
Interdisciplinary artist, Studio Sanko

2024-2025
Junior Interior Architect, Bureau van Faassen, Amsterdam
2019 - 2024
Founder, Studio Sanko, studio for spatial design, interior architecture, photography and film
2017-2019
Internship and Junior Interior Architect, Koelhuis Frigo, IJmuiden
2014-2019
Photographer, art director, assistant director on documentary, stylist and set dresser

EDUCATION
2020-2023
MA Interior Architecture, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Maastricht, Netherlands. Thesis: Cinematic Architecture, Where cinema and architecture meet, published and sold at Limestone Bookstore, Maastricht.
2014-2019
BA Production Design, Dutch Film Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016
Minor, Finnish history, University of Helsinki, Finland

COURSES & WORKSHOPS
2026
Wood printmaking, Grafisch Atelier ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Toyobo printmaking, Grafisch Atelier ‘s-Hertogenbosch

2025
Basic course in building construction, NIA Academie, Nieuwegein
SketchUp, NIA Academie, Nieuwegein
Creative writing and essay writing, Dutch Writers’ Academy, Amsterdam

SKILLS
SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Microsoft Office, Toyobo printmaking
Languages: Dutch (native), Finnish (B2), English (C1, Cambridge certified), French (A1)