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My story

Life is a journey of discovery, that is how I experience the world around me, the people I encounter, and my own inner worlds. I am fascinated by how body, mind, and spirit can unfold and transform through the creation of art and the practice of working with energy. My professional life, my relationships, and my experience of motherhood are all woven into this process. Where do I adapt to others? Where do I long to break free? What is being awakened within me, and can I explore this while remaining peacefully present in my own body? Through an investigative, physical approach, I delve into this interplay. It is precisely at the intersections where boundaries meet that a "borderland" emerges, a space where action becomes necessary. These are moments of choice, in which something is revealed through the body. I am drawn to physical and sensory forms. By using the body as a starting point, my own being becomes tangible, allowing me to ground myself more firmly in the here and now. At the same time, stillness and surrender serve as responses to whatever arises. This involves immersing myself in heaviness to let go of the need for control, constricting in order to liberate; as I explored in my M2 project. This journey of discovery has led me ever deeper inward. The universe’s answer to my question, "What must I do to be happy?", was simple, yet challenging: just be. Be fully present. Sit with the restlessness and pain that arise, rather than constantly searching for something outside of myself. My body has increasingly become a site for exploration, connection, and transformation. Through energetic bodywork, shamanism, and meditation, an innate capacity for self-healing has awakened within me. 

My hands play a vital role in this; they move instinctively, as if they know exactly where tension and pain have become stored within the body. As a result, the nature of my work has also shifted. Whereas I previously focused primarily on responding to the outside world—concerned with adapting and fitting in, I now focus more on intuitively discovering my inner world and bringing it to the surface. I perceive myself as a medium for what flows through me. By engaging my body, my personal space, and the elements around me, I seek to set something in motion. I aim to undergo transformation in order to forge new connections: with my own body, with others, with the earth, and with the greater whole.

And I hope to bring others along on this journey.

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//  Publications                                                                                                            

 

12/03-2017         IndiGO - Textiel Factorij

05/12/2016         Radio 5 Opium - De Torenkamer

11/02/2016         Mr Motley – Art Rotterdam – Prospects & Concepts

02/2016               Prospects & Concepts catalogue, Mondriaanfund

15/05/2014         Caring for the Jan Eef - ‘Columbus collection’

27/09/2013         Parool - ‘Old clothes bring neighborhood alive’

18/01/2012         Parool - ‘In the Elevator’

Education

// Education                                                                                                                

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2022 - 2024       Zen Shiatsu school 

2009 - 2013       Gerrit Rietveld Academy – Textile

2004 - 2008       Hogeschool - Communication

// Courses and workshops                                                                                            

 

2025                 Stained Glass workshop - Glaslicht​

2024                 Shamanistic Healer Course - Institute of                                     Shibirian Shamanism

2019                 Reiki - Nederhof

2018                 Storytelling - HU

2017                 Badu printing - India  

2016                 Natural Dying workshop - Tictoria

2016                 Sewing course - Gildelab

2016                 Batik workshop - Pak Tjok Agung                                                 Pemayun,Bali, Indonesië

2014                 Ceramic course - Clay-academy, Amsterdam

2012                 Papermaking from rags - Paper mill ‘De                                     Schoolmeester’, West-Zaan

2010                 Ceramic workshop Jingdezhen, China

2010                 Writing for theatre, CREA, Amsterdam

Art Projects

 //  Art Projects                                                                                                            

 

2017                 Exposition Gallery Windkracht 13 – Ash After

2016                 Exhibitor This Art Fair – Beurs van Berlage

2016                 Residency Torenkamer – Radio 4 Opium

2016                 Artist Talk – Space Project

2016                 Exhibitor Dutch Design Week – Klokgebouw - M²

2016                 Artist LekART Shared Ground – No Owner

2016                 Exposition Zone2Source - M²

2016                 Exposition Gallery S1 – Solo show

2016                  Art Rotterdam -  M²

2015                  M² project realization

2014                  Exhibitor - Art in Redlight #10

2014                  Fashionshow Columbus Collection - Columbusplein

2014                  Presentation Columbus Collection – Torpedo theater

2013                  Graduationshow - Gerrit Rietveld Academie – Textile

2012                  Exposition Old Church en GRAC - “OMG” - Diversion

2011                  Exposition Intercommunion Weaving Network 

//  Funds                                                                                                   

 

2016                   Subsidy development No Owner for LekART

2015                   Mondriaanfund – Working fee Young Talent

2013                   Municipality of Amsterdam West –                                               development Columbus Collection

2012                   Municipality of Amsterdam West – Textile                                   workingspace Smockwerk

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