About
About Me
Painting is my passion. I believe emotions is what connects us to each other.
I have been painting for more than 15 years. My work has a graffiti influence yet, I am experienced with other mediums such as oil and acyrilic as well, I believe in freedom of the process and therefore work with multimedia.
Every face is unique but also the same. I try to capture the emotional process and the human psyche through my drawings and paintings.
Artist Statement
Between mischievous individual and collective understanding of life, I create figures and faces of human emotions.
The faces are evolving with me as I experienced different stages in my life. I began to experience more positive notions in life which opened up a new world of perspectives and expressions.
I dedicated myself to studying these sentimental reflections and creating expressions that capture the essence of human emotion.
The faces eventually began to interact with each other and with their surroundings. They became a part of a mutual experience and tried to give birth to new narratives while creating a narrative on being.
My work is personal yet strongly related to the collective struggle to identify and place feelings in the human psyche. For that reason, my work can be confrontational. Confronting myself, my process, and my perception while the viewer confronts themselves.
Even though these confrontations are individualistic they belong to a collective pool of emotions. It is the journey of life that everyone experiences, I just happen to give it a face.
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Who is ‘Onkruyd’? (First Cut), Jun 4, 2016, Interview by Mark Mc Intyre
ONKRUYD | OBSERVATIONAL FILM, Sep 24 2020 Documentary by Igor de Boer
De gezichtenkunstenaar van Groningen, Dec 5 2018 Interview in Dagblad van het Noorden
Club Bavarois live radioshow #13 – Mar 2018 The Screening Room – SALTO www.salto.nl, March 2021
De Gezicten van Onkruyd, Hanze Applied Sciences, 2021, Documentary
Exhibitions
Groningen, graffiti in groningen (walking and music tour) by Groninger museum
Istanbul, graffiti fair 2020
Groningen vinkhuizen mural “zee aquarium”
Groningen, vinkhuisen coffee container, gemeente groningen 2018
Groningen, rebel rebel hotel mural project
Groningen, dot container
Groningen, mural party
Onkruyd workspace opening
Art away, art fair 2020
Lust, solo exhibiton 2019
Kult, solo exhibition 2018
Steen comic museum, exhibition 2017-
Academy Minaerva final show, exhibition
Gallery simplon, solo exhibiton
Metamorphose, solo exhibition