Phaedrus' CV:



December 16th 1963: Birth of Phaedrus as Peter Tromp in 's Hertogebosch.

1967 - 1983: Grows up in Boxtel.

1977 - 1983: Jacob Roelandslyceum Boxtel (Diploma Atheneum A).

1983 - 1984: Studies art history at the university of Leiden.

1983 - 1993: 'Opmaak Collective' organises exhibitions and performances.


1984 - 1989: Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Tilburg (Degree Bachelor of Arts).

1985 - 1993: Lives and works as an artist in the old 'Huize Goirke' monastery in Tilburg.

1991 - 1992: Consultancy Course, Hogeschool Eindhoven. (Certificate)

1990 - 1993: Studies Photography at the Fotovakschool, Apeldoorn.

1993 - 1996: Lives in The Hague and works at the secretary of the AMORC.


1996 - 1998: Moves to Amsterdam.

1996: Works as image researcher for NINT/ New Metropolis (Nemo), Amsterdam.

1998 - 1999: IMMO 7/8 Course: Multimedia -and Webdesign, Utrecht. (Certificate)

2000 - : Starts his own hermetical- pagan study group, Amsterdam.

2001 - 2002: Works as educational assistant and multimedia-design, Stichting MIXT Amsterdam.

2002 - 2010: Publication of the 'Brandhout'magazine. Works as editor, writer, journalist.

2003 - 2005: Works in a big atelier in the squatted warehouse Afrika in Amsterdam.

2006: Joins the Schijnheilig collective when the Afrika is evicted.

December 26th 2006: Becomes the father of Kaysa and decides to take up the role of housefather.

2009: Starts 'Vrij Werk' publishers.

2010: Publication of 'Crata Repoa and the Afrika', a study of hermetics and subculture.

2012: Starts to perform again as a poet.


2015: Learns the power and impact of lies and betrayal and has to reinvent himself.

2017: Starts working as volunteer at the archeological museun ´Huis van Hilde´ in castricum.






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