I am a Netherlands based multi-disciplinary artist and researcher.
I create large scale multi-media ‘happenings’ that combine figurative painting with performance. These ‘happenings’ explore, through the context of a ‘painted world’, how we emotionally process our pasts, memories, and losses. Costumes, props and sets I create are all constructed of canvas and paint, and the works sometimes become films, presented in an installation format.
I am concerned with social systems and group interactions, particularly dynamics that transgress the boundaries of the human, the object, and the representation. I use memories and my relationships with friendship circles as the backbone of my research, combined with concepts of anthropological theory, psychology, ethnography, feminist theory and literature, to explore the fine lines between harmony and friction, intimacy and violence in our group dynamics and our memories.
My work questions what it is to re-represent a memory, when a memory itself is the re-representation of an experience. How can we understand ourselves and our relationships better through our connection with things and representations? Through memories and mis-memory. What is it to forget? In the context of the ‘painted world’ I create, abstraction and 2 dimensionality, becoming 3 dimensionality, enhances the absurdity of the narratives and social relations my work is concerned with. I question what role representation and ‘psychoanalytic projection’ have in our understanding of experiences, and how a painting can ‘come alive’ to re-represent the past.
I create large scale multi-media ‘happenings’ that combine figurative painting with performance. These ‘happenings’ explore, through the context of a ‘painted world’, how we emotionally process our pasts, memories, and losses. Costumes, props and sets I create are all constructed of canvas and paint, and the works sometimes become films, presented in an installation format.
I am concerned with social systems and group interactions, particularly dynamics that transgress the boundaries of the human, the object, and the representation. I use memories and my relationships with friendship circles as the backbone of my research, combined with concepts of anthropological theory, psychology, ethnography, feminist theory and literature, to explore the fine lines between harmony and friction, intimacy and violence in our group dynamics and our memories.
My work questions what it is to re-represent a memory, when a memory itself is the re-representation of an experience. How can we understand ourselves and our relationships better through our connection with things and representations? Through memories and mis-memory. What is it to forget? In the context of the ‘painted world’ I create, abstraction and 2 dimensionality, becoming 3 dimensionality, enhances the absurdity of the narratives and social relations my work is concerned with. I question what role representation and ‘psychoanalytic projection’ have in our understanding of experiences, and how a painting can ‘come alive’ to re-represent the past.
BIOGRAPHY:
Sept. 2020 - July 2022
MA Artistic Research at The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.
Oct. 2017 - Aug. 2020
BFA Fine Art student at The Ruskin School of Art, The University of Oxford, St Catherine’s College.
Sept. 2016 - July 2017
Full time art student on a foundation course at The Royal Drawing School.
Sept. 2020 - July 2022
MA Artistic Research at The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.
Oct. 2017 - Aug. 2020
BFA Fine Art student at The Ruskin School of Art, The University of Oxford, St Catherine’s College.
Sept. 2016 - July 2017
Full time art student on a foundation course at The Royal Drawing School.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
May - Aug. 2023
‘On the windowsill overlooking the bins’. Stichting la Jetée. Amsterdam, Netherlands
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
May 2023
‘In the shelves above the bars: Artists work in Horeca’. Amare, The Hague, Netherlands
Oct. 2022
'OYO6'. Haagse Kunstkring, Den Haag. Netherlands.
April 2022
'Home: Frontiers of the domestic'. Assendelftstraat 16D, Den Haag. Netherlands.
April 2022
'A Scenic Route to Self'. Nest, Den Haag. Netherlands.
May 2021
'In Pending Waters'. De Helena, Den Haag. Netherlands.
Mar. 2021
'Sunkissed//Fog Off'. Quarter, Den Haag. Netherlands
Jan. - Feb. 2020
‘The Ground is Easier to Walk On’. St Catherine’s College, Oxford. UK
May 2019
St Catherine's College annual art exhibition. St Catherine's College, Oxford. UK
Jan. 2019
'An Insight'.St Catherine's College, Oxford. UK
July 2018
The Art of Anatomy. The Barn Gallery, St John's College, Oxford. UK
May - Aug. 2023
‘On the windowsill overlooking the bins’. Stichting la Jetée. Amsterdam, Netherlands
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
May 2023
‘In the shelves above the bars: Artists work in Horeca’. Amare, The Hague, Netherlands
Oct. 2022
'OYO6'. Haagse Kunstkring, Den Haag. Netherlands.
April 2022
'Home: Frontiers of the domestic'. Assendelftstraat 16D, Den Haag. Netherlands.
April 2022
'A Scenic Route to Self'. Nest, Den Haag. Netherlands.
May 2021
'In Pending Waters'. De Helena, Den Haag. Netherlands.
Mar. 2021
'Sunkissed//Fog Off'. Quarter, Den Haag. Netherlands
Jan. - Feb. 2020
‘The Ground is Easier to Walk On’. St Catherine’s College, Oxford. UK
May 2019
St Catherine's College annual art exhibition. St Catherine's College, Oxford. UK
Jan. 2019
'An Insight'.St Catherine's College, Oxford. UK
July 2018
The Art of Anatomy. The Barn Gallery, St John's College, Oxford. UK
RESIDENCIES
July - Aug. 2023
Artist in Residence: Bad Penny Publications at Bibliotheek Den Haag
A residency funded by Bibliotheek Den Haag in which as Bad Penny Publications we created a newspaper titled ‘Language Love’, through research and experimental writing conducted with the libraries general public.
July - Aug. 2023
Artist in Residence: Bad Penny Publications at Bibliotheek Den Haag
A residency funded by Bibliotheek Den Haag in which as Bad Penny Publications we created a newspaper titled ‘Language Love’, through research and experimental writing conducted with the libraries general public.
CURATION AND FOUNDATIONS
Sept. 2023
Launch of ‘Language Love’, issue of Bad Penny publications created as the outcome of their residency at Bibliotheek Den Haag.
May 2023
‘In the shelves above the bars: Artists work in Horeca’
An exhibition curated together with follow artist Clara Sharell bringing to light the double sided life of young artists, often working two jobs: two lives to sustain their artistic practices. The exhibitions brings together artists who work in the Horeca team of Amare (Cultural Centre of Dance and Music in Den Haag), presenting their works behind the bars of the building. Amare, The Hague, Netherlands
Mar. 2023
Launch of ‘Handbook for the Frequently Disappointed’, the first issue of Bad Penny Publications - A publishing house I run together with Noor Remmen. De Barthkapel, The Hague, Netherlands
Jan. 2023
Founded Bad Penny Publications, a platform together with The Hague based artist Noor Remmen, publishing zines together with artists in the city, and the general public on frequently unspoken topics, with the aim to introduce ‘artistic research’ as an accessible method with which to conduct personal, emotional, collective research.
Sept. 2023
Launch of ‘Language Love’, issue of Bad Penny publications created as the outcome of their residency at Bibliotheek Den Haag.
May 2023
‘In the shelves above the bars: Artists work in Horeca’
An exhibition curated together with follow artist Clara Sharell bringing to light the double sided life of young artists, often working two jobs: two lives to sustain their artistic practices. The exhibitions brings together artists who work in the Horeca team of Amare (Cultural Centre of Dance and Music in Den Haag), presenting their works behind the bars of the building. Amare, The Hague, Netherlands
Mar. 2023
Launch of ‘Handbook for the Frequently Disappointed’, the first issue of Bad Penny Publications - A publishing house I run together with Noor Remmen. De Barthkapel, The Hague, Netherlands
Jan. 2023
Founded Bad Penny Publications, a platform together with The Hague based artist Noor Remmen, publishing zines together with artists in the city, and the general public on frequently unspoken topics, with the aim to introduce ‘artistic research’ as an accessible method with which to conduct personal, emotional, collective research.
RECENT FILM PROJECTS
April 2023
Glued and Screwed Edition 8: Recollect - Poet - Tree
A collaboration with WYSIWYG, curating a program of films that in their own abstract ways focus on memories and forgotten things. Filmhuis Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
Feb. 2022
Offset/Roots: WYSIWYG
I was interviewed as part of a video portrait series of artists, designers and makers who express their work and ideas through the medium of video and film. Offset is a project by 'wysiwyg' in collaboration with Form and Labour (sound) and Thomas van Poppel (video and editing). It is presented during Roots Film Festival at Filmhuis Den Haag. The Hague, Netherlands.
April 2023
Glued and Screwed Edition 8: Recollect - Poet - Tree
A collaboration with WYSIWYG, curating a program of films that in their own abstract ways focus on memories and forgotten things. Filmhuis Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
Feb. 2022
Offset/Roots: WYSIWYG
I was interviewed as part of a video portrait series of artists, designers and makers who express their work and ideas through the medium of video and film. Offset is a project by 'wysiwyg' in collaboration with Form and Labour (sound) and Thomas van Poppel (video and editing). It is presented during Roots Film Festival at Filmhuis Den Haag. The Hague, Netherlands.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
July 2022
‘I Can Smell Your House on Your Hat’
Catalog
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag
Created together with students of the Master Artistic Research program, with Babak Affrassiabi.
June 2020
‘CANCELLED’
Catalog
Oxford University
CANCELLED is a publication of 60 postcards made in lockdown by graduating students and Visiting Tutors at The Ruskin School of Art.
July 2022
‘I Can Smell Your House on Your Hat’
Catalog
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag
Created together with students of the Master Artistic Research program, with Babak Affrassiabi.
June 2020
‘CANCELLED’
Catalog
Oxford University
CANCELLED is a publication of 60 postcards made in lockdown by graduating students and Visiting Tutors at The Ruskin School of Art.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
June 2019
Research Travel Award. Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
June 2018
John Farthing Prize (2018). Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
June 2019
Research Travel Award. Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
June 2018
John Farthing Prize (2018). Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
THEATRE WORK:
Sept. 2022 - Present
Dresser for the National Ballet in Amsterdam.
Nov. 2019 - Feb. 2020
Supervising set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘Rent’, which ran at St Catherine’s College in Oxford in February 2020.
Feb. - Nov. 2019
Set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘Spring Awakening’, which ran at ‘The Oxford Playhouse’ in Oxford in November 2019.
Feb. - May 2019
Set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ which ran at Pembroke College in Oxford in June 2019.
Feb. - Mar. 2019
Set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘The C-Bomb’, which ran at the ‘Theatro Technis’ in London in March 2019.
Oct. 2018 - Feb. 2019
Assistant set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘Made in Dagenham’, which ran at ‘The Oxford Playhouse’ in Oxford in February 2019.
Oct. 2018 - Feb. 2019
Set designer for the student led theatre production ’Numbers’, which ran at ‘The Michael Pilch Studio’ in Oxford in February 2019, and from there toured the UK as Oxford University drama society's offering for the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
Sept. 2022 - Present
Dresser for the National Ballet in Amsterdam.
Nov. 2019 - Feb. 2020
Supervising set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘Rent’, which ran at St Catherine’s College in Oxford in February 2020.
Feb. - Nov. 2019
Set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘Spring Awakening’, which ran at ‘The Oxford Playhouse’ in Oxford in November 2019.
Feb. - May 2019
Set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ which ran at Pembroke College in Oxford in June 2019.
Feb. - Mar. 2019
Set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘The C-Bomb’, which ran at the ‘Theatro Technis’ in London in March 2019.
Oct. 2018 - Feb. 2019
Assistant set designer for the student led theatre production of ‘Made in Dagenham’, which ran at ‘The Oxford Playhouse’ in Oxford in February 2019.
Oct. 2018 - Feb. 2019
Set designer for the student led theatre production ’Numbers’, which ran at ‘The Michael Pilch Studio’ in Oxford in February 2019, and from there toured the UK as Oxford University drama society's offering for the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
