Exhibitions
2024
ONCE
Borgerhub - Antwerpen
Group exhibtion
Prominent in the background
Arttelex - Antwerpen
Group exhibition
I’m not a painter
IN SITU HOUSE - Antwerpen
Solo exhibition
2023
Nu zijn de rapen gaar
Raapstraat 14 - Antwerpen
Group exhibtion
2022
Joosensgang 16 - Antwerpen
Group exhibtion
2021
A-Space - Antwerpen
Group exhibtion
2019
Graduate Show Comes South
Baptist Church - Haywards Heath
Group exhibition
Configuration
Newington Library - London
Group exhibition
2018
Repetition & polystyrene crumbs
Newington Library - London
Duo exhibtion
2017
Unframed - paper as a medium
RK Burt Gallery - London
Group exhibtion
Published
2023
Project Re-Collect
Kunstletters 022
Juli/September 2023 2024
Studies
2020 - ongoing
Project Atelier
KASKA DKO - Antwerpen
2015 - 2019
Graduated Fine Arts Diploma
Art Academy - London
2005 - 2010
Graduated Graphic Design
ROC van Twente - Enschede
My practice is rooted in curiosity and unfolds itself through process. Rather than starting with research or a fixed narrative, my work emerges from a brewing mind questioning things that can be very mundane or deeply idiosyncratic. I explore these questions through repetitive and somewhat obsessive actions, pushing myself in uncomfortable ways to confront it in a painfully humorous manner. Repetition creates a space for thought without the necessity for answers.
Throughout my practice I am less interested in producing a united aesthetic outcome, than in discovering what a process can reveal. The concept of a piece determines the materials used which in turn dictate the actions performed and its final physical form. What is consistent throughout all projects is that they are shaped by rigorous systems of accumulation, deconstruction and iteration over an extended period. The work functions as an exploration and a record of that which escapes the grasp of my worded thoughts: a moment in time, my state of mind, my emotions and responses.
My projects are for this reason highly personal, though not explicitly autobiographical. A central concern in my life that seeps through frequently in my work is the tension between yearning to be seen and noticed and the urge to hide in the background. My mannerisms can be perceived as subtle, sometimes even hidden, whilst so screamy and obvious to me. In my practice I am interested in this gap between what is understood by me as the creator and what is accessible to the viewer.
Ultimately, this tension of sharing or not sharing is where I try to find a balance in which the viewer can be taken into the depth of the work, without its meaning being spoon-fed to them. Context can add depth, but I am equally interested in that a work can be encountered purely on its own terms, experienced visually or intuitively.