Diversity is not a departure from the pattern of life, but the pattern itself.
My practice emerges from a lifelong search to understand my place within the world, taking shape through drawing, painting, assemblage, photography and writing, in a process that moves between the digital and the tactile. I explore the connections between different forms of existence, looking to the natural landscape as a way of navigating human experience. I am fascinated by the dynamics through which life exists, interacts, adapts, and transforms, and by how these fundamental principles of nature manifest within us.
My neurodivergence influences the way I perceive and read the world, drawing my attention to details, patterns and associations that might otherwise remain unnoticed. Different impressions can arise simultaneously, making the experience both overwhelming and evocative. Looking closely at the natural world offers me a way to make sense of this complexity. For me, nature is another form of intelligence—one that reveals countless ways of belonging and becoming, continually reshaping my awareness of who I am and my relationship to my surroundings.
My creative process unfolds through the interplay of intuition, emotion, and rational inquiry. I bring together diverse sources of understanding—scientific discoveries, mythology, symbolism, music, phrases, photographic fragments from my life—and allow them to influence one another. This organic process of gathering works like an inner ecosystem: elements coexist, unexpected relationships emerge and seemingly disparate forms of meaning reveal the same underlying reality. I transform this larger whole into a single composition that captures the intricacy of life and opens up new ways of seeing.
This same principle finds expression in my visual language. I bring contrasting forms and ways of making into dialogue—the geometric and the organic, the figurative and the abstract, the digital and the tactile, the contemporary and the ancient. These contrasting languages come together through tensions and harmonies, creating a visual space that intuitively settles into balance.
Through my art, the many facets of existence may converge and inform one another, inviting us to consider how deeply interconnected they are. It encourages us to look more closely at the relationships that unite us—to recognise the intelligence, beauty, and resilience at the heart of it all. Diversity is not a departure from the pattern of life, but the pattern itself.
Background
In 2009, I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute. During my studies, my passion for patterns, prints, and textiles was born, and my collections consequently focused primarily on the development of these surface designs. Upon graduating, I started my own practice, working on diverse projects in fashion and gaining valuable experience through my work as a freelance editor and stylist for WeAr Global Magazine.
From 2014 to 2016, I worked at Marcel Wanders Studio, specializing in surface pattern and graphic design for bespoke product and interior projects. Thereafter, I continued working independently on projects for several companies, where I developed a broad range of design skills. You can find a selection of these projects in my archive.
During this period, I traveled extensively while collaborating with clients remotely and, at times, working with local interior firms in South Africa and Angola. When COVID arrived, I was forced to stop traveling and returned to my roots in Fryslân. This gradually shifted my focus and reignited the spark for creating my own works.
In 2022, I presented my first fiber series, The Art of Living Together, in the Netherlands, which was subsequently presented internationally at Rossana Orlandi in Milan. For two years, my woven and tufted works were represented by Todd Merrill Studio in New York.
Currently, I am moving in a new direction, focusing on acrylic painting, which I will present at BIG ART 2026. I remain open to gallery representation and custom art projects.
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Thanks to Studio Uppix for all the beautiful product photos, and Rachel Schraven for my portrait picture.
