Artist biography 

 

Adopted from Ethiopia and brought up in the Netherlands, I’ve always felt like my existence was lived in between two different worlds. I took it on my own to educate and explore the intricacies of my own identity and relate to others through my jewelry and other art forms.

 

I speak directly to those I consider part of my own identity. It is a certain group of people I came into contact with—youth of mixed descent who fled with their families from their native lands or were adopted. I focus on this group because, despite the differences in backgrounds and upbringings, they share and agree on many topics when it comes to the complex construction of our identity. This grew particularly due to my deeper exploration of the representation of black people in imagery, and where these two worlds overlapped, a third world was created. The objects I make are an expression of how I perceive my third world to comprehend my reality and create the illusion that I know where I belong.

The empowerment of storytelling that can resonate with your audience to stand representational, educational, and symbolical and that thrives strongly through my divers mediums of work is the growing factor behind TheNEWtribe.

  • KALKIDAN HOEX

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EDUCATIONS:

2013-2014: Pedagogisch medewerker

Niveau 3 and Niveau 4

2013-2014:

Art Academy Arendonk Drawing Arts

2014–2018: MAFAD Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design BA (Object) Jewelry Design

2018-2020: MAFAD Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, MA Jewelry Design

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2016: Volunteer, Fashionclash Fashion Show Dresser/Designer Assistant

2017: Design internship, Göran Kling Jewelry Design, production assistant

Work Achievements

2018: Founded TheNEWtribe

2018: Art Fair Amsterdam, TheNEWtribe BA Collection

2018: Dutch Design Week exhibition TheNEWtribe

2018: FotoMuseum Antwerpen. Exhibitions: Foot Soul Exhibition and Lecture

2018: Findings, issue 66, London, quarterly publication

2018: Metalsmith quarterly magazine, NY Publication, TheNEWtribe

2018: Current obsession publication So Mint

2018: Art thread publication Dutch Design Week

2018: München Jewelry Week: Glazing It co-curated exhibition

2019: Social Club Lecture Current obsession with intersectionality

2019: Publication Newspaper theNEWtribe

2019: PATTA X TheNEWtribe OBSESSED Jewelry Week Current Obsession Curated the Majority is a diversity exhibition.

2019: Sieraden fair Amsterdam Lecture

2019: Sienna Pattie NYC Jewelry Galerie Pop up NYC every week.

2019: Paris Fashion Week Atelier néerlandais curated

2019: Publication by Sieraden Muze

2020: Exhibition All Decked Out Holtsman Gallery

2020: Centraal Museum Utrecht Exhibition: Voices of Fashion

2020: Munich Jewelry Week: Smiling Faces 

2020: Metal Smith Magazine publication Master graduation speaking with hair.

2020: In-school suspension exhibition NYJW Jewelry Week, 2020: Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston Lecture

2021: Task Force Fashion Project (State of Fashion, Mode, Fashion Clash)

2021: Digitally Your Exhibition, Speaking with Hair

2021: Dream Machine Exhibition, Speaking with Hair

2021: TityMagazine publication by Cathelijne Blok

2021: Lezing Antwerpen Royal College of Arts

2021: Publication klimt02. TheNEWtribe Practice

2021: Lecture at the Black Consciousness Festival

2021: Lecture Art Jewelry Forum

2021: MAsieraad master teacher

2021: Project Gear Up! Rotterdam, in collaboration with State of Fashion and Cult North

2021: Design Miami Publications TheNEWtribe rings

2021: OBSESSED! Festival 2021: Current Obsession Interview with Janice Deul and Kalkidan Hoex

2021: OBSESSED EXHIBITION FACTOR IJ. Icons.

2021: OBSESSED Current obsession with the Mother Land film

2021: NYJW (New York Weekly Week). Online promotion of the Motherland film trailer

2021: Film premiere, Lumiere Maastricht, and Fashion Clash Festival

2021: Motherland Exhibition Lumiere Maastricht cinema film screen

2021: RVNHUS Denmark Gallery. Speaking with a hair exhibit

2021: Crucible Magazine Online Exhibitions NYJW/Current Obsession

2021: Crucible Magazine is published in Metal Smith Magazine.

2021: CODA Museum/PAN Art Fair Interview with Chequita Nahar and Kalkidan Hoex

2021: Jewelry Dialog Gallery Marzee Chequita Nahar & Kalkidan Hoex

2021: Japan Tokyo Sailosaobin Design Store Speaking of hair collection,

2021: Photoshoot collaboration with Alewya Music Artist

2021: Film priemiere Iam Motherland FASHION CLASH/CINEMA Lumiere MAASTRICHT

2022: MINO ART FILM PRIEMERE IAM MOTHERLAND ANTWERPEN

THENEWTRIBE x ANTHONY

2022: OSCAM MUSEUM DIVERSITY EXPOSITIE FILM PREMIERE EXHIBITION IAM MOTHERLAND

2022: KUNSTHAL MUSEUM ROTTERDAM WOMAN FROM 1900 TO NOW I am motherland jewelry.

2022: Glamcult Magazine I am Motherland Jewelry. Trica Nganga

2022: FACTOR IJ EXHIBITION ICONS IAM MOTHERLAND EXHIBITION

2022: TITTY MAGAZINE INTERVIEW WOMAN IN DESIGN

2022: Talentfond stimuleringsfonds 2022 - 2023

2023: MUSEUM ARNHEM Exhibition Tussen Grenzen

2023: NYJW xPRATT: When Lions Learn to Swim Exhibition

2023:Bario Open Space Exhibition When lions learn to swim

2023: PARIS FASHION WEEK

2023–2024:Lecture, RCA London

2023–2024: Jury Member KORU8,The Finnish Jewelry Art Association

2024: Paris jewelry week

2024: Showroom pop up TNT. Forest Spirits