At the KHL Academy,

      Graduation Day

         Art Education 'Visual Arts'

about this project

This project was an end and a beginning: 

* rounding up years of education, at the KHL Academy, Haarlem, where i grew into my role of Autonomus artist.

* Looking back on my days at my mothers house, in my room, at the place where the artist in me was born. This box is quite literaly the imagination of my childhood: 

My room when i was 8 years old, at my mothers house.

It ended some things left undone or unsaid, without me even realising it.  

* But, as it goes, it's also a beginning. Because with every cycle that ends, there is also something new and fresh to look out to. I was ending my years as as student, but beïng a boardmember fortunately not ending my ties with te Art School.

And i was ending the support of the teachers and starting to walk my own path, as an artist who was now Autonomous With that freedom comes great responsebility, to honour the Artist within and also let go of what people expect me te be, and to take with me the incredible valuable advises of my former teachers and decide which ones i will apply!

Mijn kunst hoeft niet letterlijk begrepen te worden. Het mag er gewoon zijn, dat is mijn visie. Het hoeft niet te voldoen aan een standaard, een bepaald beeld.

Ik ben simpelweg ooit gaan maken vanuit het feit dat ik gevoelens en emoties doorgaf aan papier of het doek en daar rust in vond. 

Door te maken kan ik zeggen wat ik denk, zijn wie ik wil zijn, zijn wie ik ben. *

 * Shared tekst, from my Paper. If you are curious about the (rest of the) Paper: for a small amount you can request a copy, via the website. It will have to cover - by all means - the costs for sending it per post!

Fill in the entry form, on the site.