In Museum Insular, you will find not only local art but also contemporary art that makes you think. The mixed media painting ‘Snellandschap Disco’ (2020) by a Dutch artist with a career spanning more than 30 years and exhibitions at home and abroad is now on display. The work hangs beautifully in the room featuring landscapes by older masters.
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In May, I am going to my favorite island, La Palma, and this time also a bit for work. Because the painting Fast Landscape Disco is going to hang in the Museo Insular in Santa Cruz. This work is inspired by my drive past the oil refinery on the boulevard in Santa Cruz.

So, the painting is traveling to its source of inspiration.

The museum is housed in the beautiful 16th-century Franciscan monastery and offers a rich art collection, including Flemish artworks and Spanish-American art.

I’m thrilled to be invited again to the group exhibition 'Hoe = Het Nu 2026' at the Apeldoorn Centre for Contemporary Culture (ACEC)! This exhibition, featuring exclusively new art from Gelderland and Overijssel, will be on display from June 27 to August 30, 2026. The opening takes place on Saturday, July 4, starting at 4:00 PM.

My piece, "Fast Landscape Golden Gate", is a mixed media work that visualizes my ambivalent relationship with the online world. I began preparations for this piece in 2022—so it’s anything but fast work!

From July 20th to September 14th, my work "My Future, Pixelating?" will be on display in the group exhibition "NEVENGEUL" at the Bergkerk in Deventer – part of the IJssel Biennale 2025.
The exhibition features work by fifty artists and is curated as a cohesive whole.

In this jacquard-woven tapestry, I explore the impact of the digital world on our lives. Covered in painted passwords, I seem protected, but parts of my body disappear into digital noise, pixels slowly taking control.

Bergkerk, Bergkerkplein 1, Deventer
Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

My personal story, where I shared my first steps collaborating with ChatGPT and spoke about my artistic research into the impact of technology on the body and society. This theme is central to projects such as:

• Fast Landscape – In this series, I depict landscapes distorted by acceleration. Using labor-intensive techniques like hand embroidery and acrylic, I slow down the creative process as a counterbalance to a fast-paced world.
• Fast Work; Time Consuming Landscape – A parody on the performance-driven society. I paint the same landscape four times in increasingly less time (100%, 85%, 70%, 55%). A critical experiment on acceleration and performance pressure.
• Hand@Work – A comparison between machine and hand embroidery, exploring the value of time, labor, and craftsmanship.
• Project Password – About digital identity, vulnerability, and privacy, exhibited in 2024 at @DatBolwerck.

A valuable evening with a responsive audience. Thanks to everyone who joined!