Désirée is an enthusiastic, self-motivated and highly organised filmmaker with a keen interest in spirituality and self-awareness focussing on film projects exploring a deeper meaning in life.
She loves travelling and coming in contact with different cultures. Speaking several languages (German, English, Spanish and French), she is available for projects being filmed abroad.
BIO
EDUCATION
2020 National Film & Television School - Craft Editing (short course)
Young Screenwriters - Writing a Short (short course)
London Film Academy - Introduction to Documentary (short course)
2016 NFTS - Explore Film-making from Script to Screen (short course)
2015 The Open University - The Business of Film (short course)
2014 University of East London - BA in Fine Art
FILM SCREENINGS
2020 Distant Horizons and Down to Earth Dreams - multi-media installation,
group show at Cafe Muxima, London
2019 Finalist with What Happens When We Die? at
Model N Movie International Short Film Festival
2019 What Happens When We Die? - film screening at Theosophical Society, London
2016 Crossing the Horizon - screening of short film in Muxima, East London
2014 Crossing the Horizon - screening of short film at Theosophical Society, London
Degree Show at the University of East London
ART SHOWS
2020 The Meditative Art of Desiree Ickerodt - article on my artwork in online magazine Hermes
S/HE PERSISTED - group show at The Bandit space, New York, US
2019 Science and Silence - group show at Lumen URC
Group Show at Cafe Muxima, Roman Road, London
2017 Towards the Light - solo exhibition of paintings at Magus & The Fool, Roman Road, London
2014 Degree Show at the University of East London
2013 Q Art Annual Exhibition - APT Gallery, London
The Story of the Creative - Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York
The Secret of Colour - POSK Gallery (Polish Cultural Centre), London
Seven Heavenly Virtues - Forgiveness, Stern Mausoleum in Nunhead Cemetery, London
www.artgoingplaces.com, www.fonc.org.uk
2012 Rise - Core @ Nolia Gallery, Southwark, London
Cork Street Open Exhibition
Saluting the Chosen Few – Posk Gallery, London, http://posk.org/index.php/en/gallery
Seven Deadly Sins - Wrath, Stern Mausoleum at Nunhead Cemetery, London
2011 Woodland Wonders, Nunhead Cemetery, London
i-sho, Stoke Newington library gallery, London
Bulgaria In Our Eyes, Bulgarian Embassy, London
Cork Street Open Exhibition, shortlisted
Rest Peacefully, Nunhead Cemetery, London, www.artgoingplaces.com
Persona Art Festival, Rag Factory, London
The Texture of Lines, London, http://thetextureoflines.blogspot.com
Twenty: Twelve, London, http://twentytwelveexhibition.blogspot.com
East End Blend, group exhibition at RICH MIX, London
2010 Here Lies ART!, Nunhead Cemetery, London,
www.artgoingplaces.com/hereliesart.php#Page_3
Cork Street Open Exhibition, Cork Street, London
Café Gallery Projects, London, https://cgplondon.org/
5th Moving Exhibition, 10 GALE gallery, London
4th Moving Exhibition, Vyner Street Gallery, London
Take A Pew, St. Augustine Church, Honor Oak Park, London
EDUCATION
2020 National Film & Television School - Craft Editing (short course)
Young Screenwriters - Writing a Short (short course)
London Film Academy - Introduction to Documentary (short course)
2016 NFTS - Explore Film-making from Script to Screen (short course)
2015 The Open University - The Business of Film (short course)
2014 University of East London - BA in Fine Art
FILM SCREENINGS
2020 Distant Horizons and Down to Earth Dreams - multi-media installation,
group show at Cafe Muxima, London
2019 Finalist with What Happens When We Die? at
Model N Movie International Short Film Festival
2019 What Happens When We Die? - film screening at Theosophical Society, London
2016 Crossing the Horizon - screening of short film in Muxima, East London
2014 Crossing the Horizon - screening of short film at Theosophical Society, London
Degree Show at the University of East London
ART SHOWS
2020 The Meditative Art of Desiree Ickerodt - article on my artwork in online magazine Hermes
S/HE PERSISTED - group show at The Bandit space, New York, US
2019 Science and Silence - group show at Lumen URC
Group Show at Cafe Muxima, Roman Road, London
2017 Towards the Light - solo exhibition of paintings at Magus & The Fool, Roman Road, London
2014 Degree Show at the University of East London
2013 Q Art Annual Exhibition - APT Gallery, London
The Story of the Creative - Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York
The Secret of Colour - POSK Gallery (Polish Cultural Centre), London
Seven Heavenly Virtues - Forgiveness, Stern Mausoleum in Nunhead Cemetery, London
www.artgoingplaces.com, www.fonc.org.uk
2012 Rise - Core @ Nolia Gallery, Southwark, London
Cork Street Open Exhibition
Saluting the Chosen Few – Posk Gallery, London, http://posk.org/index.php/en/gallery
Seven Deadly Sins - Wrath, Stern Mausoleum at Nunhead Cemetery, London
2011 Woodland Wonders, Nunhead Cemetery, London
i-sho, Stoke Newington library gallery, London
Bulgaria In Our Eyes, Bulgarian Embassy, London
Cork Street Open Exhibition, shortlisted
Rest Peacefully, Nunhead Cemetery, London, www.artgoingplaces.com
Persona Art Festival, Rag Factory, London
The Texture of Lines, London, http://thetextureoflines.blogspot.com
Twenty: Twelve, London, http://twentytwelveexhibition.blogspot.com
East End Blend, group exhibition at RICH MIX, London
2010 Here Lies ART!, Nunhead Cemetery, London,
www.artgoingplaces.com/hereliesart.php#Page_3
Cork Street Open Exhibition, Cork Street, London
Café Gallery Projects, London, https://cgplondon.org/
5th Moving Exhibition, 10 GALE gallery, London
4th Moving Exhibition, Vyner Street Gallery, London
Take A Pew, St. Augustine Church, Honor Oak Park, London