see how space works and how I can manipulate it. A work can change a walking direction; you can direct the view upwards; you can double the space of a room with mirrors; you can refine a
monumental
space
with
painted
details and give it back its human scale. By stressing some architectural elements and making sensually stimulating combinations, I can intervene in the urban space. Commissions
offer
opportunities,
which I lack in the studio, because of the scale or the available budgets, and because they form a permanent part of our surroundings.
Q
Where do you live and work now? I live and work in Amsterdam, as a full-time artist. One day a week I am a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, MINERVA Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen. We have an international programme there with students from all over the world. It’s a great and inspiring place to be.
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