ABOUT MY WORK

I have an interdisciplinary/interplanetary practise based on drawing and research.
My drawings should generate energy and consciousness in a world of decay. Provide space for contemplation, melancholy, spiritual comfort and confrontation. 

My drawings in (multimedia) installations often tell about a specific history of a special place, historical person or community.

Symbolic figures in my works refer to universal and spiritual undertones. They refer to a shared (inner) knowledge.
I have a great interest in animism and the land where my father was born, Indonesia (then ‘The Dutch Indies’).
Nature gives direction to my work and the voices of my ancestors whisper in my ear.

My drawings are always part of a greater whole and can coexist seamlessly with other media and collaborations with others.

My drawings are created in a sensitive and organic way, in which time investment is a substantial part.
This also goes for my audio en video works, paintings, installations.
It takes a lot of scrolling with elements before a work gets concrete form. And at the same time I keep on learning techniques.
I look for inexplicable ‘throbbing’ moments in the studio, when all the examined and layered elements come together magically in their own final form.
Complexity produces clarity.

Shadows of human life become tangible in universal and timeless situations in large drawings that coincide with the architecture they are presented in, or small drawings as momentum and intimate conversation with their subject.

For contact or studio visit, welcome, you can mail me