Dinie Besems was born in Oosterhout in 1966 and works as a jewellery designer in Amsterdam. She studied at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Arnhem and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Prizes: Amstelveen Art Incentive Prize, 1995; Emmy van Leersum Incentive Prize 1999.

Visiting lectureships and workshops: Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam; Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem; Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht; Royal College of Art, London; Fachhochschule D?sseldorf.

Commissions include a promotional gift for the Municipality of Amstelveen (1996), medal designs for the Gay Games in collaboration with Gonnissen and Widdershoven (1998) and a chain of office for the Municipality of Leerdam (1999/2000).

Solo exhibitions: Everything Should Fit, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, 1995; Kordaat Ferm Nobel Schoon, Museum Aemstelle, Amstelveen, 1996; Connie en Gerda, Galerie Ademloos, The Hague, 1998; Hang een steen om je nek, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, 2001; Epifyt, Chapel of St Sebastian, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 2002. ?Hier?, Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam, 2004

Recent publication: Dinie Besems with Maurice Boyer and Studio Thonik, Een vervroegd tienjarig bestaan, Amsterdam, 2001

See: CHP23, DINIE BESEMS - LITTLE MAT