Joke Raes is a performer, actress, costume designer and visual artist working with hybrid forms using textiles, ceramics, silkscreen, pencil, glass, ink and watercolors. Her work includes installations, performances, theater, theater costumes and a variety of other wearables. Her work is concerned with the balance between the moving and the stationary. It was shown in S.M.A.K./ for Coming People (Ghent, 2011), in de WERF (Brugge, 2011), Museum M (Leuven, 2011), Amazon Forest, Peru (Pucallpa, Lima, 2012), in the Red Sea/ Dahab Egypt for the International underwater Art festival (2012), VanHaerents Art Collection (Brussels, 2013), Midtown Manhatten (New York, 2013), La Casa O'Higgins Lima (Peru, 2013), NVT Galerie Ghent (Belgium, 2013) … www.jokeraes.net
2011 - 2012 Ghent Hogeschool voor wetenschap en kunst Sint-Lucas, Department of Textile design, extra Bachelor of Textile designer Diploma Bachelor in Textile design obtained succeeded cum laude 2010 - 2011 Ghent Hogeschool voor wetenschap en kunst Sint-Lucas, Department of Visual Arts, Master of the Year in liberal arts Diploma Master in Visual Arts, Fine Arts obtained succeeded cum laude 2006 - 2010 Ghent University, Department of Fine Arts, Bachelor experimental atelier 2006 - 2007 Ghent University, Faculty of Arts, arts credit contract 2003 - 2006 University of Antwerp, Department of Dramatic Arts, acting class Dora van der Groen Herman Teirlinck institute 1997 - 2003 Academy of Fine Arts Diploma Secondary Art Education, Option word art drama obtained succeeded cum laude 1999 - 2003 Conservatory Bruges: expression / Lecture / Theatre Diploma Certificate word 1990 - 2003 Institute Part-time education Bruges: Visual art and free graphics option and lower secondary and higher degree. Diploma Certificate artistic secondary education Prize 2013 pre-selection prize Art Competion BNP Paribas Fortis Certificate 2003 Workshop Ultima Vez/ Wim Vandekeybus