Education
From 1993 to 1997 Pel studied Urban geography at the and in 1996 at the School of Urban Planning at University of California, Los Los Angeles She finished her degree with the thesis Skateboarders exploring urban public space: Ollies, obstacles and conflicts
She went on to study art in 2001 at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, where she graduated with a Bachelor in fine arts in 2005
From 2010 to 2012 Pel studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague for a Master of Arts in Artistic Research.