Ambitions

Learned during the studies

In the coming years, I aim to explore the world with a childlike sense of wonder and share this with others. 

I am dedicated to further developing the synergy between scenography and landscape design. By creating site-responsive and site-specific works, I aim to engage diverse audiences in various locations. My ambition is to craft unique, bizarre, and large-scale artworks that transform perceptions and evoke wonder. My ambition is to center my art around wonder, presenting my performative works at art festivals, museums, theaters, public spaces, meadows, and various venues both locally and internationally.

Collaboration forms the core of my artistic practice. I find joy in collaborating with a broad spectrum of professionals, ranging from scientists and forest managers to musicians, actors, and local communities. Furthermore, I aim to establish my own collective or forge long-term partnerships, fostering creativity and innovation. In addition to creating performative art, I am eager to contribute to design processes and teaching, enhancing the experiential quality of our everyday environments.

By continually pushing the boundaries of scenography and landscape design, my aim is to inspire a profound sense of wonder and connection to our surroundings.

As an educated landscape designer, I learned to understand our environment. I learned to look through the lens of my knowledge instead of experiencing the world. My master’s degree in Scenography started with this realization. Both personally and professionally I discovered the need to experience, rather than understand. I delved into the world of (expanded) scenography, I combination with the principles of landscape design to seek out the wonder around us. Wonder in and through the environment. Thinking by doing

Overview of publications / exhibitions / prizes / concerts / performances etc

Winner De Pluijm-award for best final research document, HKU Theater, 2024

Nominated for the HKU-awards for best graduation work, 2024

Winner design contest logo and branding for Annual Introduction Days of Wageningen University, 2022

Winner provinciale profielwerkstukwedstrijd, 2016

Finalist nationwide essaywedstrijd Faculteit der Letteren, Radboud Universiteit, 2016