I am a textile artist, researcher and writer.
My work is driven by an urge to collect — whether it’s historical records, images on my phone or physical materials. I then study, connect, and translate these gathered materials into textile objects, installations, or publications. In doing so, I’m also interested in the act of translation itself: what changes, what gets lost, and what new (mental) images might emerge?
The objects and situations that result from this process exist in the liminal zone between opposites such as art and craft, masculinity and femininity, inside and outside, present and past. They challenge established systems and hierarchies and create space for entangled views and other ways of knowing.
I am currently completing the research Master's programme in Artistic Research at the University of Amsterdam. In 2019, I graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, specialising in TXT (text & textile). My work and research projects have been presented in various national and international contexts, including the Icelandic Textile Center, Textielfestival x Leiden, Fashion Biennale Arnhem, Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
My texts on art and textiles have been published in, among others, Simulacrum, Metropolis M, and Locus—Journal for Cultural Sciences. I also work as a teacher and have previously worked at the independent art space State of Concept and De Nederlandsche Bank’s art team.
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