SCULPTURES

Sculptures and sculptural light art installations

Camp-Fire – Campus Uilenstede

The more progress we make in the 21st century and the more we allow technology and algorithms to mediate human interactions, the harder it becomes to truly connect with others, weakening the social fabric of our society. While genuine connection is still possible with friends and family, it is increasingly difficult to establish meaningful relationships...
on 2025-02-04

Prepping for Burning Man

Prepping Camp-Fire for Burning Man, one of the video's for our fundraiser campaign to raise funds to be able to build a new version of Camp-Fire at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert.
on 2025-02-03

the Human Tadpole

I was working on an other project when I suddenly ended up with this strange armless and headless human creature which looked like it walked straight out of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.
on 2025-02-03

Camp-Fire – Burning Man

The more progress we make in the 21st century and the more we allow technology and algorithms to mediate human interactions, the harder it becomes to truly connect with others, weakening the social fabric of our society. While genuine connection is still possible with friends and family, it is increasingly difficult to establish meaningful relationships...
on 2025-02-01

De Hand van Van Gogh – Schoenmakerspark, Etten-Leur

(Van Gogh's Hand) During the period when Van Gogh lived in Etten and first emerged as an artist, he captured the surrounding landscape in a series of drawings, with pollarded willows and their distinctive bark textures playing a prominent role. He would later develop these irregular, striped bark patterns into his iconic painting style. Inspired...
on 2025-01-25

Touch

Sketch design commissioned by the municipality of Stompetoren for their new village square. Just as lily pads in a narrow canal touch each other while still finding their own space, the lives of residents in a small community intertwine while allowing each other room to exist. I found these leaves to be a beautiful symbol...
on 2023-06-19

Huisje, boompje, beestje

A seat in front of your own house can be seen as the ultimate place to safely observe the world around you. For this reason I choose the shape of a house as central feature for this public resting place. At daytime sunlight plays with the lace structure of the house and several figurative elements...
on 2023-06-13

Troy II

Troy is a sculpture inspired by the myth of the Trojan Horse. There was a time that people thought that education and having access to knowledge would free the world. Via social media people are using the written word to spread disinformation and fake news, transforming language into the new Troyan horse. Not a battle...
on 2023-04-23

Cube – TU Noord, Delft

I created Cube as a landmark and eye-catcher for the new developed student campus of the Technical University in Delft in commission of the student housing corporation Duwo, tenants association Vulcanus, and the city of Delft. The heart of the installation consists of a luminous blue house which refers to the 100 year jubilee of...
on 2023-04-18

the Upward Bow II

The Upward Bow is a contemporary version of the Colossus, the legendary statue of Helios / Apollo the god of light who stood towering over the entrance of the harbor and was considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world. With his light he was welcoming sailors from all over the world,...
on 2023-04-18

Poorten van Nijkerk

In the 15th century city rights came with a lot of privileges but to be granted the right to call yourself a city also ment you had the obligation to surround the city with a city wall and to build city gates. Because Nijkerk wasn't rich enough to build walls and gates of stone they...
on 2023-04-15

Home Sweet Home?

In these modern times where most people live in an urban environment surrounded with technology it’s very easy to forget that life is not about numbers, graphs, excel sheets and gouvernement laws, but all about people, living creatures and nature. Not so long ago you could simple use some building materials to build yourself a...
on 2023-04-14

De Waterdrager – Hofvijver, Den Haag

The Netherlands is the country of water, no country in the world whose history is so intertwined with water as the Netherlands. Trade over water, protection against water, living below sea level. Water has shaped the Netherlands in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Due to the influence of Global...
on 2023-04-13

EA

Economics Anonymous is a multimedia installation according to the formula of an AA meeting. In the last 200 years, under the influence of industrialization, people have increasingly become more dependent on growth and innovation in a way that it has taken the form of a serious addiction. As with the majority of addictions also addicts…

on 2021-12-02

Stompetoren

This stainless steel sculpture for the central square of the small village of Stompetoren is inspired by the water lily's which you can find everywhere in the brooks and ditches in this part of the Netherlands. The way the leaves of lily's overlap and intertwine are symbolic for the way people in small communities connect...
on 2020-07-06

Two Imaginary Boys

Multimedia installation – Station Lelylaan, Amsterdam   The dark public space right under the train and metro tracks of Lelylaan station is a classic example of a public space which isn’t designed but is a left over space of a combination of other designs from an era when space wasn’t scarce in Amsterdam. Eventually the…

on 2020-02-26

The Zen Machine

    The Zen Machine is a modern version of the early 19th century invention Deadaleum or wheel of the devil, later renamed Zoetrope, wheel of life. Traveling on this magical wheel of life, juggling mind and heart, one experiences that movement and time are just beautiful optical illusions. A hypnotic flickering light draws people to a large...
on 2018-07-10

Manos Blancas – Cambio Constante V

multimedia installation in collaboration with Lieve Prins, Zaragoza Spain     When Lieve Prins was asked by Paco Simon to participate in Cambio Constante V she wanted to do something with the terrorist bombing which happened the previous time when she was working in Spain. After the bombing large crowds of people filled the streets of…

on 2018-07-05