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BIO

 

 


 

Everybody, everything and every moment has a unique reason for being

 

‘You have many talents’ a palm reader once told me. ‘And that can make it very difficult for you.’

It is only after years of exploring my many talents in the outside world, that I understand the advantage and challenges that come with this gift.

My journey of self-exploration, finding my unique reason to be, took me around the world and kept me busy in mind and matter for a long time.

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It all started in Art School, which I, however, didn’t finish.  Instead I chose to work in the ‘real’ world of applied arts and design.

First for third parties, soon followed by the creation of my own clothing labels and even a concept store.

What I had learned on my journey in the world of design I could pass on to others through teaching.

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My passion to go where no one has gone before brought me to faraway places, which I have captured in millions of pictures. 

Pictures of my travels were featured in magazines.

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But it was only when I stopped looking outside myself, and when I tapped into the field of not-knowing,

that I realized that the reason for being and change does not come from the outside, but from within myself.

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In 2017 my book OUT OF FASHION | THE NEW FASHION came out in a limited edition. A true matter of soul.

While my work starts from the not-knowing, every book has its own unique reason to be.

My art pieces, one-of-kind props, come into being while creating my books.

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There are no borders between work and home. That is why even the creation/renovation of our houseboat is a piece of art. A Gesamtkunstwerk.

Today, living in a world of too much, I feel the urge to create space rather than stuff.

Transforming waste into beauty. Embracing the ageing of things. With nature as my partner.

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Whereas place and time are limited human constructs, creativity is a field of unlimited possibilities.

I create from what is, from wherever I am. Imagination is unlimited. This is why I prefer to work in situ.

You don’t have to go anywhere to be everywhere.

 

From unique reasons to be … to just be…

 

TRAVEL

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TEACHING

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