• IDOL_1 (2023)

    Upcycled synthetic materials, LED light, bolts, ratchet strap, 45×250x45cm.

    Idol was commissioned to be displayed during the Motel Mozaique annual festival in 2023. This ambitious piece seeks to illustrate the fluidity of contemporary identity and the culture of Rotterdam by merging traditional iconography and archetypes with advanced digital techniques. The iconographic symbolism featured in this work strives to explore the ambivalences of present-day identity; by emphasising both a reflection of the past and a search for a new form of self-realisation. Its purpose further develops the notion of modern-day liminality, providing a window into a speculative future whilst simultaneously evoking the death of the traditional deity-image.

    EXHIBITION HISTORY

    MOMO FESTIVAL (2023)
    Curation: Nikki Georgiou
    Arminius Church, Rotterdam

    Re-build (2023)
    Curation: Nart Ozel, Samyuktha “Sam” Rajagopal
    Featuring works by: Brody van Muijden, Geertje Brandenburg, Niya Tsenkova, Sakhi, Jochem Mestriner, Joseph Thabang Palframan
    De Hillevliet, Rotterdam

    IN PROGRESS; IN SITU (2023)
    Curation: Borbala Magdolna Pal
    Featuring works by: Tyler Chan, Sina Dyks, Gaetan Langlois-Meurinne, Luvtoshima, Sunhyo Mast, Marysia Swietlicka
    Baanhof, Rotterdam


  • DARK_WOOD (2023 – ONGOING)

    Multimedia series
    Funded by Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
    Musical score by Tino Theqvist

    This ongoing body of work encompasses charcoal cartographies on paper in various sizes alongside an interactive video game installation featuring a Raspberry Pi, CRT monitor, headphones, keyboard, cables, desk, chair and display case.
    The charcoal drawings map liminal psychic landscapes through procedural mark-making techniques inspired by Jungian active imagination. By employing pattern-making and cut-up methods, the works explore the tension between rigid artificial structures and organic fluidity, between conscious control and unconscious emergence. Charcoal’s granular materiality guides the process, revealing hidden figures through erasure as grids section through biomorphic patterns.
    Selected drawings transform into environments for the Dark Wood video game, created in RPG Maker, establishing a dialogue between analog and digital expressions. This interactive component extends the work’s exploration of personal cosmology through ritual engagement.
    Rooted in exercises to relinquish neurotic control, these fragmented compositions form both labyrinth and evolving mythology, where systematic approaches gradually give way to material-led discovery. The series documents this alchemical transformation from structured beginnings to emergent, unpredictable conclusions.

    EXHIBITION HISTORY

    Troubled Waters (2025)
    Werkwarenhuis, Den Bosch

  • ARCHIVIST_1.0 (2023)

    Assemblage, filing cabinet, computer, software, plastic, servo motors, CRT monitor (4:3), dot-matrix printer, 1000 pages continuous 90 grs paper, 135x45x125cm.

    Archivist 1.0 (2023) is an interactive art installation examining the relationship between time, technology, and human presence, through the exploration of the concept of ruins, metaphysics, and our evolving digital culture. It melds the physical and digital, autonomously searching for and capturing visages of everyone that appears in front of it and transforming them into binary data that’s then printed onto a 300 meter long scroll of paper.

    Questions arise such as who has the authority to govern the potential everlasting existence of our digital traces? How are these preserved or extinguished? The procedural aspect of Archivist 1.0 is a manifestation of the broader context of corporate data accumulation, where our data is stored clandestinely and indefinitely without our consent or input.

    Contrastingly, the use of paper in the installation underscores the vulnerability of digital media. It signifies the prospect of a “digital dark age”. Data degradation, platform shutdown, or simply losing access through forgotten passwords could result in parts of our digital existence becoming unavailable, misinterpreted, or erased – much like ruins that lose context over time.

    Derived from the term “post-digital”, the work advocates a shift from the traditional techno-positivist approach to digital technology. It eradicates distinctions between new and old media, reflecting technology’s pervasive role in contemporary life, changing meanings of words like ‘digital’ and ‘memory’, and the looming possibility of a ‘Digital Dark Age’ due to the lack of secure, permanent digital data solutions. The installation’s post-digital stance aims to reconcile both online and offline, material and immaterial, highlighting shared elements of the past, present, and potential futures.

    EXHIBITION HISTORY

    INCUBATOR (2024)
    Curation: Boris Gunst, Feodora Ratsiborinskaya
    Documentation: Sil Munik
    Kunstkerk, Dordtrecht

    IMPAKT Festival (2023)
    Curation: Ezgi Aktug, Merit Zimmermann
    Stadsklooster, Utrecht

  • OVATION (2022)

    Acrylic on cast fiberglass and resin sculpture.

    Heart Work Heroes is the largest open-air exhibition of healthcare in the Netherlands, featuring over 41 statues adorned by local artists, scattered throughout Rotterdam. The exhibition seeks to show appreciation for healthcare workers in a positive and colorful way. The design ‘Ovation’, which won an art competition, was placed in a guest spot for an emerging artist and was shown from the 18th of May through the 27th of June 2022 at Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam.

    Unfortunately, riots following a Feyenoord football match damaged the artwork. In September, it was readjusted during a live-paint session at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. The artwork was auctioned off in October and sold to the municipality of Rotterdam, where it now resides in the Timmerhuis building.

    EXHIBITION HISTORY

    Heart Work Heroes (2022)
    With works by: Atelier van Lieshout, Iwan Smit, Barbara Helmer, Tymon de Laat, Clemens Briels, Joni Kling, Robert Rost, Ahmed Aboutaleb & the children from Bloemhof, Pietra Ligura & Ted Langenbach, Marcel Labrie, Vera Nederlof, Kiatisak Sukantha, Assadawut, AAA Fresh, Jenn Lärche, Beverwaard, Supisara Chotika, Kinderparadijs, Julia Tomecka, Robert van der Kroft, Nuttawit Pimros, Eelke Bekkenrutte, Chanatip, Supalak Thipsing, Sutasinee, Siwach Kwankaew, Nutsara Chuasamum, Kevin Langedijk, Egon de Regt, ELLE, Luxje, Paul Ouwerkerk, Lauressa Broos, Medina Liceyna, Evi Beek, Janneke Wing, Mignon Nusteling, Melissa Moria, Linda van Zanten, Kees Kreuter
    Schouwburgplein and Erasmus MC, Rotterdam

    Gemeente Rotterdam Permanent Collection (2022)
    Timmerhuis, Rotterdam