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Artist statement
Within the work I make right now, I generally try to find ways to influence the perception of the viewer. I strive to do so by working with techniques that involve manipulations of the underlying layer, so that it’s the motifs and scratches I apply on this layer that become visible through the painted image. In this way, the texture of the subject is often intensified, which creates a shift from the surface of the painting itself, to the surface of the subject matter. It’s particularly this conversion that intrigues me.
As of recent, the reiteration of depicting a subject became quite important; it continuously provides new perspectives. The ongoing questions about interpretation and the relation between figuration and abstraction, keep my practice dynamic.
Ambitions
Above all, I would want to have a working environment where my practice can keep evolving.
Learned during the studies
That it's important for me to have a structure in the way I work, and that I really valued the continuous conversations with students and teachers.
List of publications / exhibitions / prices / concerts / shows etc.
2021 Virtual Empathy groupshow
AG, Utrecht
2021 CURRENT CURRENT CURRENT groupshow
OMSTAND, Arnhem
2022 The NEXT: KapSalon groupshow
Herman van Veen Arts Center, Soest
2022 PEEK Pastoe groupshow
HKU Fine Art, Utrecht
2023 A Touch of Light groupshow
Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen
2023 TRAILER groupshow
AG, Utrecht
2023 PARTITIONS duo-show
Galerie Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam
2023 HKU Exposure graduation show
HKU Fine Art, Utrecht