ABOUT MY WORK

I have an interdisciplinairy practise
based on drawing.
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, which I research in advance.

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 plays a big role.
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.
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, or small drawings as momentum and intimate conversation with the subject.

For 2025 and 2026 I work, amongst more, towards exhibitions at Missiemuseum Steyl and Museum W, for which I will create new installations. 
For contact or studio visit, welcome, you can mail me