Media Sails

with the kind support of Mondriaanfonds

For some time now, as an artist, I have been striving for a transitive space, an open area where potential connections are made between various disciplines, objects, units of time, and ideas.

I have studied the shifts in positions concerning abstraction and figuration, the sign and its meaning, and the idea and its visual translation. To me, these shifts and the place and moment within which they occur represent a political situation.

And somewhere in or around that, I suspect there is an idea of space or a viewpoint that might be worthwhile.

Media in the broadest sense of the word holds my interest. I try to pose questions about how our lives are historically interpreted and trapped in a predetermined web of signs and meanings.

'The extent to which a medium — be it Prozac, cocaine, the automobile, or the mobile phone — is used is seldom the result of deliberate individual choice; rather, it is shaped by situationally induced routines. This implies that the medium can, in a passive sense, present itself as an object of a certain scale, while at the same time, in an active sense, it is normative.'
(Radicale Middelmatigheid, Henk Oosterling translated from Dutch)

Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2025 duo show at R.S.O.L. with Vincent Verhoef
2023 Media Sails at Former Office, Eindhoven, solo
2021 Studio de Gruyter, Tilburg, window exhibition, solo
2020 Art Rotterdam with Sarah & Charles, CINNNAMON, NL duo
2020 Overschilderschilderij Rotterdam, NL
2019 Ook, ik, ben dood, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, NL solo
2019 ‘allo ‘allo, with Roeland Tweelinckx, Barbé Urbain, Ghent, BE duo
2019 I want you, with Clary Stolte, de Bouwput, Amsterdam, NL duo
2017 Pla Lino, did you see that lonny pie, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, NL solo
2016 0, with Giorgos Kontis, Fan, Vienna, AUT duo
2015 A Cat Under The Blankets, with Micha Patiniott, Whatspace presents,Tilburg, NL duo
2014 Rene Joffe, Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam, NL solo
2013 There is Nothing There to Save the Organisers, K.I. Beyoncé, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Galerie Arti Capelli, Den Bosch, NL duo
2013 Deschilderhetwerkhetatelier, ruimte Caesuur, Middelburg, NL solo
2012 Back and Forth, Kunst Rotterdam Noord, Rotterdam, NL solo
2012 Re:Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL solo
2011 Kunstpodium-T, Tilburg, NL solo

Group Exhibitions
2025 Imprints & Breadcrumbs at ODA Park on invitation by Sea Foundation curated by Julia Fidder
2025 The Pencil Show curated by Roeland Tweelinckx BE
2024 Trade mission of the lost goods, by At Sunset and Ma Project, Perugia IT
2021 After Daan van Golden at Parts Projects Den Haag, curated by Robbin Heyker and Niek Hendrix
2020 Superweakness curated by Machteld Rullens Superweakness Den Haag, NL
2020 STAY CAT ION Barbe Urbain Gent, B
2019 Copy Machine, Printroom Rotterdam NL
2018 Hazenstraat Biennale, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Boarding galleries, Antwerp Art Weekend, B
2017 OFF THE WALL, CAR-DRDE, Bologna, IT
2016 Thinking Sense, Witteveen Art Center, Amsterdam, NL curated by Saskia Monshouwer
2016 Neighbours vol.5, CARdrde gallery Bologna, IT curated by Manor Grunewald
2015 SURROUNDED by SAGACITY, Pictura, Dordrecht, NL
2015 Touchy Feely, Juliette Jongma galerie, Amsterdam, NL 
2015 Middenweg at Postkamer, Amsterdam, NL  curated by Mitch Thar
2015 Art Rotterdam with Juliette Jongma, Rotterdam, NL
2014 Hijacking Karma#2, Nest nestruimte, Den Haag, NL curated by Daniel van Straalen
2014 Fool Disclosure, Last Resort Gallery Copenhagen, Kopenhagen, DK curated by Mikkel Carl
2014 Art Brussels with Juliette Jongma, Brussel, BE
2013 Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL
2013 Hijacking Karma (in a positive way), Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL curated by Daniel van Straalen
2013 Zomertentoonstelling, ruimte Caesuur ‘Het Atelier’, Middelburg, NL
2013 Reason & Romance, 6b-gallery, Elingen, BE curated by Alain Biltereyst
2013 Slow is Smooth is Fast, Boetzelaer|Nispen, Amsterdam, NL
2013 De schilder, Het werk, Het atelier, Grote Kerk, Veere, NL
2012 HOT DAMN/HOT YOGA, Whatspace & Yogacentrum Tilburg, Tilburg, NL
2012 Incubate festival, Tilburg, NL
2012 Summertime, Museum Le Secet, Koudekerke, NL
2011 Incubate Festival, Tilburg, NL

Curatorial projects

2020 The Balustrade, Mitchell Thar, Tilburg NL
2020 The Balustrade, Thomas Rameckers, Tilburg NL
2019 The Balustrade, Robin Heyker, Tilburg NL
2015 The WRONG Biennale, Sliversurfer pavilion co-curated with Koen Delaere, online
2015 A Cat Under The Blankets, duo exhibition with Micha Patiniott, Whatspace presents, Tilburg, NL
2014 LET GOOOOO, Ruimte Caesuur, Middelburg, NL
2012 GRADUS, Oliver Rafferty, Tilburg, NL
2012 The Ultimate Harmony show by the HARD CORE, Upominki, with Rosa Sijben and Roos Wijma, Rotterdam, NL

Talks and teaching

2021 After Daan van Golden talk with Carel Blotkamp, Mirthe Klück, Niek Hendrix
2019 Guest tutor KABK Den Hague, painting & printmaking, NL
2019 Book presentation/ talk with Bas van den Hurk, CINNNAMON Rotterdam, NL
2018 Guest tutor, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, NL invited by Isabel Cordeiro
2018 Guest lecturer, Bcadamie, Rotterdam, NL
2017 Guest tutor, In Het Midden AKV St.Joost TAC Eindhoven, NL
2016 Artist talk, AKV St.Joost Breda, NL
2015 SAVE THE LOOM, talk with Bas van den Hurk and Just Quist, moderator: Artur d'Ansembourg at AGA Amsterdam, NL
2013 Conversation with Harmen Eijzenga and Hans Overvliet, Caesuur, Middelburg, NL

Publications

2023 Media Sails on Jegens & Tevens
2021 After Daan van Golden Contemporary Art Daily
2022 21 Biennale internationale Petit Format de Papier with R.S.O.L (Ton Kruse)
2020 Art Rotterdam - Art Tribune , Lost Painters , Trendbeheer
2019 Ook, ik, ben dood - Art Viewer, Trendbeheer, Jegens Tevens
2019 'allo 'allo - Hart Magazine
2019 In The Blink Of An Eye/ In Een Oogopslag, Book, privately published
2017 Pla Lino, did you see that lonny pie - Art Viewer,
Daily Lazy
2017 OFF THE WALL - CARdrde
2016 Whatspace 2008 - 2016 (catalogue), A Whatspace Production
2016 Thinking Sense - Monshouwer editions
2016 Save the Loom - Monshouwer editions
2016 0 Giorgos Kontis | Just Quist Wiener Art Foundation - Daily Lazy
2016 Neighbours Vol.V - Mousse Magazine
2016 The Wrong Bienale - Metropolis M
2015 A Cat Under the Blankets - Lost Painters
2014 Hijacking Karma #2 - Trendbeheer
2014 Rene Joffe - Art map
2013 Caesuur - Lost Painters
2012 ><, Gradus - Lost Painters
2012 Back and Forth - Lost Painters

Grants, funding
2018-2022 'Established artist' Mondriaan Fund
2015 Whatspace

Media Sails, 2023

Erwin Thomasse invited me to make this exhibition in het Van Abbehuis in Eindhoven.

To be able to tell a bit about the work I wrote the following text for Erwin and his compagnon.

The inclusion of a bed and the phrase ‘make yourself a home’ printed on the back of the hand-out is a response to redefine not only the concept of a house but also specifically the Van Abbehuis. The house’s primary purpose is to offer shelter and serve as a gathering place. Eventually, it may also evolve into a home. This perspective contrasts with the notion of looking towards distant horizons. The Van Abbehuis, having transitioned from a house to an office and now returning to its original purpose as a house, undergoes a recontextualization of its attributes. In this context, the concepts of 'house' and the imagery of a 'bed' function as vessels or mediums that signify the potential for reception and community.

Pulcinella, a character from the Italian theatrical tradition of commedia dell’arte, continually confronts villains and mischief. Pulcinella takes various forms, can be portrayed as male or female, and is imaginative and highly creative. A precursor to the traditional Dutch puppet character Jan Klaasen, Pulcinella engages the audience through his or her reflections and actions. The ship sailing in the fog appears as a mere shadow of its true form, uncertain of its intended path. Consequently, its role as a ‘vessel of discovery’ or medium remains stagnant, seemingly adrift and directionless. The third and final painting in the series portrays a flat sea, with the ship having made minimal headway against the relentless current.

The name Bikini inherently conveys an aura of exoticism, but what does that imply? Where does this notion of the exotic lead us, and how does it manifest itself upon arrival? Furthermore, how does it materialise within one’s context upon returning? The act of displaying and sharing (nowadays predominantly through online platforms) this consciously lived experience accentuates an incongruity: the lack of alignment between the actual experience on the one hand and the portrayal of that experience on the other.

The term ‘front-wheel drive’ distinguishes itself from variants such as ‘rear-wheel drive’ and ‘four-wheel drive’. It does so with a certain sense of expectation or presumption because it offers benefits such as enhanced handling and a more compact car design. However, drawbacks include a wide turning radius, increased weight on the front of the car, and limited power transfer to the road surface. My concern is the perceived advantages or preference for one variant over the others. The image featuring two green circles fails to immediately clarify which represents the front wheel and, consequently, the rear wheel. The vehicle, or medium, attempts to convey a message within a specific context. Beyond the title, this context aligns with contemporary art, potentially drawing parallels with abstraction or modernism. Are we looking in the right direction? When we cast our gaze to the left, are we looking forward? What messages does the medium convey, and are we willing to engage in interpretation and negotiation?

Former Office

Photos by Peter Cox