Maureen Mooren lives and works in Amsterdam after graduating from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam in 1996. From then on until 2007 she collaborated with Daniel van der Velden on a variety of projects for cultural clients, such as the bi-monthly architectural magazine Archis (from 2001 - 2004), the catalogue “For Real” for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, several books for artists e.g. Haegue Yang, Jonathan Monk, Manon de Boer, and Job Koelewijn, ‘passport’ for the Salone del Mobile commissioned by Droog Design, stamps for the dutch postal services (TNT) and the graphic identity and poster campaigns for Holland Festival, an international performing arts festival; for which the duo was granted various awards, including First Prize at the Chaumont Poster Festival 2006. Their work has been exhibited among others at Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Dutch Architecture Institute in Rotterdam. Their collaboration has been documented in the recently published book “These Words / Graphic”. Since 2007 she runs her own studio to continue the work for the Holland Festival, she does posters and books for cultural institutions such as Marres in Maastricht, and ‘If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution’. In 2007, she won the Dutch Theater Poster prize. She has been teaching at ArtEZ Academy of Arts, in Arnhem from 2001 to 2004.