A visual and sound artist, born and currently living in Belgium

I am a curious and engaged artist, passionate about visual arts and sound. I am fascinated by how people observe and interpret the world, which inspires me to approach projects with an open and reflective mindset. My work explores repetition, rhythm, and patterns that move through time and space, often created intuitively with analog photography and sound recordings, embracing the possibilities, imperfections and different outcomes of these media.

Nature and movement inspire my practice - the act of leaving the city and entering outdoor landscapes influences both my observation and creation.

Collaboration and co-creation with other artists are essential to my process, developing new perspectives and shaping artistic growth.

Conversations with my brother

Analogue prints, collected pictures, drawings, handcrafted objects, video on LCD-flatscreen 22-inch 47:18min, audio 15:56min 2025

A few months ago, I was looking around in my older brother Stijn's room. His room is next to mine in our parents' house. He has a unique way of seeing, thinking and doing. Stijn is 25 and lives in supported housing with his friends. Before he was born, he had a stroke that caused the left hemisphere of his brain to stop functioning and it was surgically deactivated completely. In our society, it is called a disability, but I see this as an unexplored world and stories yet to be told.

He has stacks of documents and many illustrated books on, among other things, the most beautiful cities of Belgium or the greatest natural wonders of the world. Among these many papers, I found drawings. Drawings he used to make but also recent ones. They were full, some completely full, with turbines, cranes, people, suns, clouds, cars driving by... very dynamic and colourful. I also found 5 ring binders in which he keeps a whole collection of printed photos, images from the internet.

Stijn likes routine. Every Friday night, he prints 1 or 2 images, which he carefully selects. He often asks me or others in our family to type a caption on the computer. Usually place descriptions such as turbines of Bekkevoort, cranes at Gasthuisberg, skyline of Paris, London, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, Victoria Falls, Mount Everest...

This is how he categorises his finds, according to his own and precise criteria. When I happened to come across these folders, I made my own selection to get a better overview. I was left with a “well-organised” collection in 1 blue ring binder. I sorted the images as it made sense to me. He went through this binder again and let the new creation exist. This is a spontaneous and visual way of getting into his experience and immersing myself in it. I explore the formal differences in his choices and look for common ground. Through our love for images, looking and experiencing, we find a way to communicate and understand each other better.

For me, the emphasis is on repetition, rhythm, the many patterns that move through time and space: the rotation of turbine blades, cycling, going through the binder and drawings. We both love rhythm.

I really enjoy doing sports, I like to move. Stijn also likes moving, cycling and walking. His way of looking at things appeals to me a lot because it is based on this dynamic observation and ordering.

I installed a working method where the focus is not on disabilities but on dialogue and interaction. For instance, I recorded conversations where he explains his drawings. What he says about the topics that are brought up, remains a surprise. The focus is on our interaction and shows the connection between different parts of the work.

‘In conversation with my brother’ is a reinterpretation of his world and a new way of communicating with each other. Perhaps, after all, both our worlds have much more in common than you might think.

Waarom kijk jij zo naar mij?

Performance 22:49min (due to the circumstances, only the audio could be recorded) 2025

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Together with six fellow students and four imprisoned participants, we created a performance revolving around the theme of dialogue. Through music, movement, and spoken word, we brought our voices and perspectives together into one cohersive piece.

Moments of being heard and understood opposite total chaos. Closeness and distance, silence and sound, a pause to breathe. We explore how connection emerges, what it means to be alone amidst others, and how a look or a sound can open a story. Together, we create a space where different voices and perspectives meet.

85x110cm

85x110cm

18x24cm