About

An interdisciplinary artist, working in sculpture, drawing and installation, my interests lie in exploring dynamic material form ideas stemming from critical posthumanism. Through an active encounter with materiality, and the active encounter of materiality with me, I seek to revise the positioning and role of the Subject, and even more so, the Artist. Redefining the web of deep, intimate and complicated relationships constituting and holding up the (art)world and the (art)work, examining concepts such as process, engagement, freedom and control.

To me, materials are elements that carry both a symbolic value and a concrete use. I primarily work with malleable mediums such as cement, plaster, resin, glass, wax, and bronze, which I manipulate by the use of my hands while they are in transition from liquid to solid. This is an intimate, intuitive and exploratory process, driven by the “will” of the material, rather than a predefined outcome. This requires a certain ascension of control, an acknowledgment that I am working with, and not “on”. This lack of control is an essential part of my practice and a way of sharing moments of spontaneity, playfulness and freedom. 

While my primary focus is on the creation of process-based sculptures, additional works in mediums such as metal casting and works on paper enter the exhibition space, acting as “footnotes”. This puts my works in dialogue with each other, creating a multi-layered, nonlinear yet interconnected narrative. 

Unlike contemporary consumerist capitalistic creations – mass-produced objects which have no trace of the human hand which made them – in my works I aim to do just the opposite. Bringing forth my hand print, the process and means of creation, as part of the final form. This is a materialistic approach, which aims to put matter on the same plane as ‘human’. For years we have exploited our planet, all elements, mineral and living alike. But what if these are not ‘ours’ to exploit? Through my work I wish to suggest a different relationship of being with matter.