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The new exhibition year at the Haagse Kunstkring artists' association kicks off on Saturday, January 10th at 4:00 PM. Under the title ' New' an exhibition will open featuring a wide selection of recent work by 106 artists. The exhibition will be on display in all exhibition spaces of our building on the lively Denneweg in The Hague. I'm exhibiting a floral still life inspired by the work of 17th-century artist Clara Peeters. Her refined, symbolic floral arrangements inspired me to create my own still life with subtle references. The work features a grasshopper, an insect that symbolized unpredictability and the transience of life in paintings of that period. The work references the rich Baroque painting tradition, in which small details often carry deeper meanings and express the fleeting nature of beauty. Flowers in a Vase with Grasshopper is part of my ongoing project Preserved , which consists of recreations of floral still lifes from various stylistic periods. The material consists entirely of artificial flowers and props from thrift stores. The Artist Is Seen" On Sunday, January 18th at 3:00 PM Paul de Mol will lead a discussion about the exhibition with visitors and artists. Admission is free. Opening & New Year's reception: Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM Period: January 7 to February 1, 2026. Address: Denneweg 64, The Hague. Information: haagsekunstkring.nl & jaxpix.nl

© Luce Celeste, 2025, Jacqueline Louter

Pulchri Studio's hall features an ongoing exhibition featuring only small-format works. This concept allows you to take a piece home immediately after purchase, making it an ideal spontaneous art gift. I've enjoyed participating in this exhibition several times. This time, I'm exhibiting Balancing Act , a still life with an alienating touch, reminiscent of Magritte's surrealism and the geometric playfulness of the Memphis Group.  The work is part of the Preserved series, which consists of recreations of floral still lifes from various stylistic periods in art history. In this series, I use only materials, such as artificial flowers and vases, found in thrift stores. Balancing Act is also available for purchase in Pulchri Studio's webshop in an edition of 7 . Date: November 18, 2025, to February 15, 2026. Address: Lange Voorhout 15, 2514 EA The Hague. Information: pulchri.nl

The photography collective Nomads of Sehnsucht, of which I am a member, has been invited by CAMPIS, a contemporary art venue in Assen, for an exhibition curated by Regina Broersma. As a collective, we embrace our nomadic nature through exhibitions at diverse, changing locations. We are proud to present our work in the beautiful CAMPIS space, under the title 'In Search of the Untold'. Regina Broersma has selected works from two of my ongoing projects for this exhibition: seven flower still lifes from Project Preserved and the diptych 'Rêve Blue' from Project Between . Exhibiting Nomads of Sehnsucht members are: Annemarie van Buuren, Baukje Venema, Jacqueline Louter, Nicole Hagesteijn, and Olga Rook. I will be present in the afternoon, during the exhibition finissage on November 16th. I hope to see you at our exhibition then. Period: September 21st to November 16th, 2025 Address: Kerkstraat 31, 9401 GV Assen Information: campis.nl & nomadsofsehsucht.com 

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