NADA VAN DALEN

Nada van Dalen born in 1983 and graduated in 2007 from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. She did an internship with the Viennese duo Wendy & Jim, and her Berlin collection Immergeradeaussi was nominated for the prestigious International Fashion & Photography contest in Hyeres, Villa Noaille. My collections are a response to a world that wants and pretends to be perfect. Recurring themes in her work are death, anatomy books, fear, philosophy, psychology, music, and her collection of fellow creatures. Hip Hop, 80s pop star Nico, Frank Zappa, p**n, graffiti, work clothes, Hardcore, worn out paupers, great misery, small misery, and everything that's imperfect. Imperfections are an important subject in my work, but also in the clothes themselves. The search for a new, realistic beauty image in response to the contemporary fashion image. Wit this I mean take some distance, look at it from an outsider's perspective, and go against it. This also applies explicitly with regard to the formation of my own perception and imagery. My attraction and addiction to the dark side: the sifting of and the struggle with my own psyche. Playing with clichés and see how people respond. My last two collections are about my impressions of the cities that I lived in for a while. How inhabitants and I situate ourselves. The history, the clothes that I found there, the artists who worked and lived there, the music, philosophy, and clichés were all part of the collections. This led to raw, angry yet humorous collections, which make you think, and also confused you. Dordrecht is my home base, and it's an important place for me as well as my work. Dordrecht is a work city, there are no students, but many noble savages. I'm not distracted by trends that can drag me along. It's the city of misfortune and mullets (haircut), and the city that the frikandel (fried meat) hails from. Every year, I live in another major city for a while, because you can not stand still & rot. LIFE IS.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................NADA