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I am a contemporary visual artist, focusing on an in-depth exploration of space, time, and light; and the ways in which these elements interrelate.

I’m deeply fascinated by how we experience these phenomena. Space, time, and light are coordinates in our lives, anchor points that help us understand where and when we are. They carry emotion, memory, and awareness. How we relate to space, time, and light is the central question that drives my work.

At the same time, they are also fundamental principles in physics, the basis for theories about the origin and structure of the universe. These are laws that offer clarity and structure.

I bring these two approaches together: the personal and emotional experience on the one hand, and theoretical abstraction on the other. This results in photographic works and multimedia installations in which the viewer can experience these elements in a deeply personal way.

My CV

I was honored by the invitation from Atelier K84 for my first solo exhibition of AEON. Here's a short recap of the exhibition in this wonderful gallery.

AEON has been exhibited several times now, the photo’s as well as the installation. Here is an impression of a few of these events.

I was interviewed by Esther van der Voort, about my work, my artist practice and my inspiration.

Films made by Yori Ettema

Were you at UNFOLD or did you miss it? Here's a beautiful recap. It gives a great impression of our exhibition, which Leonie van der Helm, Fre Fennema, and I look back on with pride and joy.

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Upcoming Exhibitions

March 2026 By Photographers, Amsterdam March 2026 Gallery de Ploegh, Amersfoort May 2026 Lite-Haus, Berlin, Germany, solo Sept 2026 EM Studio Gallery, Amsterdam, duo with Leonie van der Helm

Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions

June 2025 De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort, solo, AEON April 2025 Pennings Foundation, Eindhoven, solo, AEON April 2025 Leiden Art Hub, AEON, with Leonie van der Helm and Frederike Fennema Nov 2024 Atelier K84, Amsterdam, solo, AEON

Group Exhibitions

Jan 2026 House of Lucie, Budapest, Hungary June 2025 Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, AEON Feb 2025 Galerie de Ploegh, Amersfoort, AEON Nov 2024 Rietveldpaviljoen Amersfoort, Photobook Festival, AEON Sept 2024 Rietveldpaviljoen Amersfoort, 'The Comfort of Beauty' June 2024 Ars Aemula Naturae, Leiden, ‘Roots’ May 2024 Loods 6, Amsterdam, 'Exposed', AEON March 2024 Gallery de Ploegh, ‘Prints & Multiples’ Jan 2024 Gallery de Ploegh, ‘Frozen Time’ June 2023 Gallery de Ploegh, ‘Without a Theme’ March 2023 Rietveldpaviljoen, ‘What are you mourning?’ March 2023 Gallery de Ploegh, Prints & Multiples Feb 2023 Gallery de Ploegh, ‘Roots’ Jan 2022 Gallery de Ploegh, ‘Multiples’ Sept 2021 De Zonnehof, ‘Mensen maken Amersfoort' August 2021 Gallery de Ploegh, 'New Members' August 2021 Rietveldpaviljoen, ‘Wondere Wereld’

Press

March 2025 Radio Cultuur 071, AEON March 2025 Pennings Foundation online, AEON Feb 2025 Pf Magazine online, A Debate about Art in turbulent Times in Leiden Art Hub Nov 2024 Pf Magazine, edition 41, number 7, 'Suggestions of Space' by Diana Bokje Nov 2024 Het Parool, 28 november 2024, by Peter van Brummelen

Grants and Residencies

2026 Artist Residency Takt Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2025 Gerbrandy Culturefund 2025 Foundation Platform ACCT 2025 Culturefund, made possible in part by the Elisabeth Vermaat Müller Fund 2025 Artist Residency Takt Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2024 Foundation Platform ACCT

Awards

2025 2nd Place, Budapest International Foto Awards, OIKOS 2025 Gold Award, Budapest International Foto Awards, OIKOS 2025 Bronze Award, 1839Awards-Photographer of the Year, OIKOS 2025 Honorable Mention, Tokyo International Foto Awards, AEON 2024 Silver Award, Budapest International Foto Awards, AEON 2024 Official Selection, International Photography Awards, AEON 2024 Finalist, Siena Creative Photo Awards, AEON 2023 Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, Remembering a Future that never was 2023 Nominee, Fine Art Photography Awards, Remembering a Future that never was 2022 Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, The Wanderer 2022 Bronze Award Moscow International Foto Awards, The Wanderer 2022 Nominee, Fine Art Photography Awards, The Wanderer 2022 Shortlisted, Siena International Photo Awards, The Wanderer 2021 Nominee, Fine Art Photography Awards, Echoes of Silence (Blue)

Education

2022-2024 Conceptual Photography, Photo Academy Amsterdam (BA), With Honours 2023 Workshop Alternative Photography Week, De Zilverbeek, Antwerp 2023 Workshop Space in Photo by Jan Theun van Rees, Amsterdam 2023 Workshop Storytelling by Marc Prust, Dutch Photo Museum Rotterdam 2022 Workshop Autonomous Photography by Fiona Whelan, Amsterdam 2022 Workshop Flash by Johan Huizing, Het Flitshuis, Amersfoort 2021 Workshop Paper and Light by Popel Coumou, Den Haag 2021-2022 Expert program Photo Academy, Autonomous Photography by Maarten van Schaik, Amsterdam

1981-1984 Cultural Anthropology, Radboud University Nijmegen 1977-1981 Social Work, Social Academy, Enschede