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 shelters and things that fly. 
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When I was six years old, I learned to sew. This love for textile techniques constitutes an important aspect of my jewellery practice. 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 to build, connect and repair anything.

e d u c a t i o n  &  p r o f e s s i o n a l  e x p e r i e n c e

2006 - 2011   royal academy of fine arts antwerp
2012 & 2015   artist-in-residency cove park scotland
august 2011   workshop with willemijn de greef atelier en route quesnoy le montant france
2007 - 2012   owner of gallery io contemporary jewellery & objects middelburg the netherlands




e x h i b i t i o n s  &  s h o w s

​HEROES, Munich jewellery week, munich germany march 8-10 2018
​Kunsthuis Apart, gullegem belgium march 2018
Galeria Autoria, porto portugal jan 2018
Galerie Beyond's Finest Selection, antwerp belgium dec 10th 2017 - feb 15th 2018
galerie Gerritse, middelburg netherlands july - august 2017
KunstRai - gallery beyond, amsterdam netherlands may 31st - june 5th 2017
galerie Art Aurum, domburg netherlands april 2017
solo exhibion gallery beyond, antwerp belgium september 2016
fifteen years of jewelry, gallery beyond fashion, antwerp belgium dec 3rd '15 - jan 23rd '16
​sieraad art fair, amsterdam netherlands nov 5-8 2015
THE BEST OF, gallery beyond fashion, antwerp belgium march 12 - april 25 2015
Craft Trend Fair seoul 2014, south-korea  18 - 21 dec 2014
TRANSFORMED, Vogoze, seoul, south-korea  may - june 2014
galerie Gerritse, middelburg netherlands dec - jan 2013 - 2014
Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennale, china sep - oct 2013
SHIFT Grunwald Gallery, bloomington, IN USA oct - nov 2013
solo expo: ARRHYTHMIA  gallery beyond fashion, antwerp belgium march - april 2013
TANKEREKKER train of thoughts, skien norway dec 2012
PATRO(O)N zilvermuseum Sterckshof, antwerp belgium june - oct 2012
SYNTHESIS & BELONGING, with elis vermeulen, Revolution 100.000etc. Gallery, middelburg netherlands dec 2011
solo expo: BELONGING, gallery io, middelburg aug -sept 2011
graduation show Academie, antwerp belgium june 2011
zilvermuseum Sterckshof, antwerp belgium 2010
galerie Kloosterkapel, zalbommel netherlands 2009
STEENRIJK, cultureel centrum Ter Dilft bornem belgium 2009
International Craft Biennale, cheongju south-korea 2009
galerie Insularte, antwerp belgium 2009
prentenkabinet De Drvkkery, middelburg netherlands 2009
Horteco, vilvoorde belgium 2009
GO!Art, Koninklijk Atheneum, antwerp belgium 2009
STEENRIJK, cultureel centrum mechelen belgium 2009
De Drvkkery, middelburg netherlands 2008
CBK Zeeland, middelburg netherlands 2007
CBK Zeeland, middelburg netherlands 2006
galerie POP, domburg netherlands 2005
de Wonderkamer van het Zeeuws Museum, middelburg netherlands 2005


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​p r o j e c t s

​2013 - 2014  --- ' so far - so near ',  with Begona Prats

summer 2012 --- international craft residency Cove Park, Scotland    www.covepark.org

2012 - 2013 --- cap vii; lighting-objects, with eva baum

july 2011 --- workshop by willemijn de greef & marij bekkers, quesnoy le montant, france   www.atelierenroute.nl

2010 - 2011 --- belonging: six choreographies. graduation collection royal academy of fine arts antwerp

2010 --- overvloed: kant en basalt, with ada de voogt

2008 - 2013 --- atelier io : i r r e p l a c e a b l e   o b j e c t s: studio/gallery for contemporary jewellery and objects

2007 --- CBK zeeland; nieuw zeeuws product

2006 --- nieuw tij, with ada de voogt

2005 --- redesigning the clog, with ada de voogt




a w a r d s  &  h o n o r s

2012   honorable mention arts and crafts biennale seoul south-korea
2010   selected for the wim ibens price belgium