Art
My art work
Photographic image is the starting point in my work. I often create staged images that find their form in prints, installations and 3D objects. I am interested in the search for tranquility and mysticism and regularly base myself on historical references.
Freedom to take new paths and try new techniques and combinations is important to me. I like to work with a concept that I have a picture of in advance, but during the performance work is also created through improvisation.
I grew up in The Hague, in a childhood surrounded by art and antiques. After having followed a fairly exact path in ICT and management, I opted for a course at the Photo Academy in 2007. I successfully graduated in 2011. At the end of 2012 I started my own photo studio and studio in Delft. Since then I have been working as a visual artist, exhibiting several times a year and organizing exhibition and art projects.
Education: Photo Academy (diploma June 2011)
Member of photographer collective Nomads of Sehnsucht and participant Rotterdam Photo
Artist member of Pulchri Studio, The Hague Art Circle, KunstWerkt Schiedam and participant Kadmium Delft.
Recent exhibitions
The annual Autumn Salon at Pulchri Studio in The Hague, a vibrant exhibition featuring contemporary visual art, opens this year on September 13, 2025. The exhibition will feature my work, Art Deco. This still life exudes the atmosphere of the art movement of the same name that emerged at the beginning of the last century. Geometric figures and sleek, somewhat industrial forms were the innovative elements of this style. With its stylized and sculptural shape, the arum lily seamlessly aligns with the visual language of this period. Art Deco is part of my Preserved series, in which I recreate floral still lifes from various art historical periods using found artificial flowers and thrift store props. The work is also available for purchase in an edition of seven in the Pulchri Studio webshop . You are welcome to attend the opening on Saturday, September 13, at 5:00 PM. Opening: September 13, 5:00 PM Period: September 13 to October 5, 2025 Address: Lange Voorhout 15, 2514 EA The Hague Information: pulchri.nl
Exhibition Small Format at Pulchri Studio - fall 2025
Mayor of Delft, Marja van Bijsterveldt, will step down from office in September 2025. As a farewell, Kunstencentrum Kadmium has invited her to curate an exhibition entitled Blauwdruk.
Exhibition Time, Timeless, Movement at Pulchri Studio. I exhibit 2 flower still lifes from the Preserved project. Theme is time in all its facets. Celebration of 350 years of Huygens' invention of the balance spring.
With a new exhibition concept, called Duo’s, the Hague Art Circle inspires mutual collaboration. Artists and makers from the Hague Art Circle work in teams and place their work in a new perspective. For this exhibition I participate in a team with visual artist Inez Ligtenberg and poet Hans Franse. In 2016 we already worked together in the exhibition project Op Drift. Our current collaboration arose from the poem Na een regenbui by Hans, in which a red light plays a key role. Together we develop an installation in which our individual contributions are interwoven with shared elements, resulting in a spatial elaboration in which poetry and image come together. I cordially invite you to the festive opening event on Saturday 5 July at 4:00 PM. Anita Poolman, chair of the Hague Art Circle, will then recite the poem Na een regenbui live. You are welcome! Opening: July 5, 2025, 4:00 PM Period: July 2 to August 24, 2025 Address: Denneweg 64, 2514 CJ The Hague Information: haagsekunstkring.nl
Just like last year, I took the initiative on behalf of the photographers’ collective Nomads of Sehnsucht for a new exhibition at Pulchri Studio in The Hague – a project that I enjoyed organizing, thanks to the pleasant collaboration with Pulchri and my fellow Nomads. I cordially invite you to this exhibition with the theme Morphogenesis , the magical process of morphogenesis, in which complex forms and structures arise from a simple starting form. For the Nomads, the spark for a search for hidden metaphorical meanings. Within my ongoing series Between , I created new work for this exhibition. For Echoes of Eden , a diptych with organic forms that seem to float between reality and dream, the work of Odilon Redon with his Darwinian affinity is a silent guide. Darwin wrote: “From so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” This sense of connectedness is woven through the work – as something we know intuitively, something elementary and universal. Wonderful Creatures, another new work, is formed from wooden frames covered with semi-transparent voile. This delicate fabric shows orchids – moving freely in space between visibility and concealment. The work carries Darwin’s admiration: “They are wonderful creatures, these Orchids…” – not to explain, but to suggest the unspeakable. Meet the Artist opening: Saturday June 7 at 4:00 PM Period: June 7 to July 1 2025 Adress: Lange Voorhout 15, 2514 EA Den Haag Information: pulchri.nl & nomadsofsehnsucht.com
A small vase in Neoclassical style is the starting point of this new flower still life: Souffle du Midi . It exudes an atmosphere of elegant, fresh green gardens and shady, classical park landscapes in the bright light of an early Mediterranean summer. The flower still life measures only 24 x 29 cm and is part of my ongoing project Preserved. From May 20th, my latest flower still life will be on display and for sale at Pulchri Studio in the exhibition 'Small Format'. My work is also available in a limited edition of 7 in the Pulchri Studio webshop . Period: May 20 to August 24, 2025 Address: Lange Voorhout 15, 2514 EA The Hague Information: pulchri.nl
The annual Spring Salon will start on May 17 at Pulchri Studio on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague. An exhibition full of new and surprising visual art. The participants compete for the Van Ommeren - De Voogt Prize, awarded by a professional jury consisting of Arie van Geest, Jeroen Spijker, Eric de Vries, Isa Roelink and Ed van der Kooy. I cordially invite you to the festive opening on Saturday 17 May at 5:00 PM, where my work Sluijters Hommage will be on display.
In the showcase at the entrance of the Hague Art Circle, there is a continuous collection of small works available for purchase at accessible prices. The selection changes every six weeks. There are no reservations or waiting lists: if you see something you like, you can take it home immediately after purchase. In the showcase, I am displaying the mini flower still life "The Queen of the Modern" (30 x 27 cm). A work by Tamara de Lempicka served as the model for my still life. De Lempicka's style features an exciting blend of modernism and classical elements. Period: April 12 to June 30, 2025 Address: Denneweg 64, 2514 CJ The Hague Information: haagsekunstkring.nl
Pulchri Studio Small Format exhibition Spring 2025 Inspiration for a new flower still life titled Bonbonnière Botero came from the work of Colombian artist Fernando Botero. His style, known as 'Boterismo', is characterized by the exaggeration of shapes, often depicted in round contours. The objects in Botero's work have a playful, almost cartoonish touch. This style can also be found in his flower still lifes, which are characterized by eye-catching convex shapes that are placed on top of each other. 'Bonbonnière Botero' can be seen and purchased this winter at Pulchri Studio in the exhibition Klein Formaat. All works in this exhibition are small in size and can be taken home immediately after purchase! My work is also for sale in the Pulchri Studio webshop . The flower still life is part of my Project Preserved , consisting of recreations of flower still lifes from different style periods in art. Flowers, vases and props in these works come from the thrift store. Period: February 18 to May 18, 2025 Address: Lange Voorhout 15, 2514 EA The Hague Information: pulchri.nl