“There was this fence that was open, but the fence passed another, in between there was this crack, as big as a grown tree. but no one would use it, everyone would wait for the one gate to open just to rush through before it would close again. even the flies sat patiently on the back of the others, just waiting to get through to the other side. It felt like a waiting game, but there was no winning or losing. Each body had its own heartbeat, but the longer they waited together the more they started breathing together. When you looked at it from above, all the bodies waiting together became one big body.”

Artist statement

My work has a few threads going through it. The first is the importance of narrative; how narrative can give you a new look on the things around you and create a space to exist within. And the use of narrative as a way to connect to others around us and how these narratives can expand on the normative frameworks presented to us.
The second is a state of becoming within the work, which leaves space for the viewer to give it its future and past. This state of becoming tries to create a space for others to fill in the things they need, want, see, and feel. I want to create a space you recognize, but that doesn't give you all the answers and closes the door behind you. Leave it open, bring in more, bring in other things, add to all that is already there. This creates a space where the work doesn’t exist until it is seen, this seeing gives the work its life line, the same as it does with narratives, because of its sharing nature.
Lastly, the theme of transformation. With this transformation I try to create a space where we can move in a new or different way, for us to move out of our routine and break ourselves open. To take up the space and find a way to transform ourselves into new spaces and forms.

List of publications / exhibitions / prices / concerts / shows etc.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 a.k.a MaMA, MaMA, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022 Show me what you got, Nieuw en Meer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022 Six Pane Window, MaMA, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022 Nothing is the same, Galerie Larik, Utrecht, Netherlands
2022 The Conference of the Birds, AG, Utrecht , Netherlands

PUBLICATIONS
2023 Short Stories, first self-published stories

WITH FEELINGS,

This publication gives insight into the theme's dealt with within my body of work.
“REAL LIFE DREAMING”, talks about the value of narrative within my work and in my life in general. How narrative can give you a new look on the things around you and create a space to exist within. “DOG IS GOD”, talks about the use of narrative as a way to connect to others around us and how they can expand on the normative frameworks presented to us. “TO REMEMBER WHAT NEVER HAPPENED”, talks about how our bodies react to the things we see and what this experience does to us as a viewer.

Enjoy and keep moving (: