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'My work reflects my intimate world. Often I construct abstract versions of rooms, buildings, and cities that mirror my dreams and fears. Some of them relate to memories I have, people in my past or people around me. Yet others deal with my needs for protection, my fear of being locked in or shut out and my fascination with visible and invisible boundaries. I am intrigued by the process in which walls simultaneously define and shut out space. My work is about finding refuge, and freedom.
I take my inspiration from the everyday rhythms in life; how we move, interact, build, love and heal. And I'm fascinated by industrial structures and things that fly. When I was six years old, I learned to sew. This love for textile techniques constitutes an important aspect of my jewellery practice. Soldering and sewing have a lot in common: I am drawn to its time-consuming, repetitive and meditative nature. It forces me to slow down and it gives me a sense of freedom: that I can use the needle or flame to build, connect and repair anything.'
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-2011 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp BE 2011 Atelier en route with Willemijn de Greef, Quesnoy le Montant FR 2007 - 2012 Curator of gallery IO contemporary jewellery & objects Middelburg NL EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS upcoming: Past Present Future Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre UK 17 feb - 18 may 2024 Munich Jewellery Week DE 28 feb - 3 mar 2024 Ferrous Festival Hereford UK 15 - 25 mar 2024 2023 What's in a name Galerie Beyond OBSESSED Antwerp BE CURTAIN Galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE The Space Between @precious collective, MAGAN Gallery London UK Romanian Jewellery Week @precious collective, Bucharest RO TASTE with WM Collective, Ulvenhout NL 2022 TASTE Galerie Gerritse with WM Collective, Middelburg NL 2021 DOMUS-DOMI duo expo with Gésine Hackenberg, galerie Beyond Antwerp BE 2019 Schmuck jewellery week @galerie Beyond, Munich Germany Finest Selection X3 galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE Milano Jewellery Week @inthependant gallery, Milan IT NOSTOS Galerie Gerritse with WM Collective, Middelburg NL 2018 Finest Selection X2 galerie Beyond Antwerp BE Inaugurações simultâneas quarteirão Miguel Bombarda Galeria Autoria, Porto PO Inthependant Gallery, Porto PO 2017 Finest Selection X galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE Galerie Gerritse duo expo with Leen Loef, Middelburg NL Summer Show galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE KunstRAI Art Fair @galerie Beyond, Amsterdam, NL CODA Apeldoorn museum shop 2016 Of things unknown but longed for still solo expo galerie Beyond Antwerp BE Kunsthuis ApArt with Sandra vd Meulen and Gerdi Zwaan, Gullegem BE Art Aurum, Domburg NL 2015 The Best Of Galerie Beyond Fashion, Antwerp BE Sieraad Art Fair Westergasfabriek Amsterdam NL 2014 Transformed VOGOZE gallery, Seoul, South-Korea The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange with Nolia Shakti Craft trend fair Seoul, South-Korea 2013 Arrhythmia solo expo galerie Beyond, Antwerp BE Galerie Gerritse Middelburg NL Shift Grunwald gallery Bloomington USA Beijing international jewelry art biennale China 2012 PATRO(O)N silver museum Sterckshof Antwerp BE Tankerekker train of thoughts, Skien Norway International Craft Residency Cove Park Scotland 2011 Synthesis & belonging duo expo with Elis Vermeulen, Revolution 100.000etc. Middelburg NL Graduation Show Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp BE Belonging solo expo Galerie IO Middelburg NL 2010 Silvermuseum Sterckshof Antwerp BE selected for the Wim Ibens prize 2009 Kloosterkapel gallery Zaltbommel NL STEENRIJK cultural centre Ter Dilft Bornem BE International Craft Biennale Cheongju South-Korea honorable mention Gallery Insularte Antwerpen BE Prentenkabinet De Drvkkery Middelburg NL Horteco Vilvoorde BE GO!Art Koninklijk Atheneum Antwerpen BE STEENRIJK cultural centre Mechelen BE 2008 De Drvkkery Middelburg NL 2006 + 2007 CBK Zeeland Middelburg NL 2005 Zeeuws Museum de Wonderkamer NL Galerie POP Domburg NL |
