With his performances, TV programmes, publications, drawings, installations, tours, videos and educational projects, Maarten Bel expresses the desire to offer new perspectives on ideas and behaviour. He incorporates these into the visual aspect of his work in which he directly interacts with his audience. In all his diverse disciplines, Bel uses humour and absurdism to

“In her recent works Joyce Overheul reveals social structures and interaction behind that what sounds familiar. In January 2019 she travelled to Tehran, Iran and visited the protest sites where women protested the mandatory hijab enforced by the government. […] Pictures of their surroundings have been transferred to fabric works made from organza and velvet,

Lawrence James Bailey’s textile based sculptural work explores the divide between nature and society by reframing idealised rural areas as bleak, almost dystopian places inhabited by unseen communities (which are hinted at through their imagined banners, flags, totems and ritual clothing).  Although Bailey rarely depicts cities in his artwork he constantly hints at their presence

Momentum/full Momentum/full is an ongoing process in transparency. It questions the origin of the work itself as well as its direct influences and resonances. The work unfolds physically in a performance that aims towards an urgency of looking. In the real, during ThisArtfair, I will develop the performance in 3 stages: -on 27.12 between 18:15 and 18:30 – acrylic paint will be poured on the floor of the Keurzaal/Beurs

Anna Taratiel, previously known as Ovni, is a Spanish contemporary artist born in Barcelona (1982). She completed her study in graphic design at Vapor University, Terrassa, in 2002, as well as in painting from Escola La Llotja, in 2005, and received an MA in Art direction from Escola Elisava, Barcelona, in 2010. She has developed a

Born in Sweida, Syria (1991) Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Yara Said graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University, Syria, in 2014. Shortly after graduating, she left Syria on a journey that for almost a year led her through several countries and refugee camps before arriving in Amsterdam. In finding her

The Favela Painting project was initiated by Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn (Haas&Hahn) back in 2005 and started with a mural in a favela in Rio de Janeiro. Over the years Favela Painting has grown into a social enterprise that initiates and produces projects, creating visual interventions in unexpected places all over the world. The main

* My art is not intellectual. I am not an intellectual. My work is a waterfall of seemingly insignificant daydreams; it is meaningless to the masses but overwhelmingly relatable to the individual that takes the time to look with eyes that neglect to solely seek sense.  *All that is interesting is lost when you translate

Fahmy Shahin (1983) was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, where he studied Textile Printing at Helwan University’s Faculty of Applied Arts. Currently, he resides in Amsterdam and has lately graduated from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. His graduation project Plastic/Ocean/Desert/Sky was awarded the Interactive, Media, Design department award and received an honourable mention from

The paintings and drawings by Wouter van de Koot (1978) are filled with people who seem to perform ritual acts. Sometimes they seem ordinary but they clearly also contain a dark, more mysterious side. The images evoked by Wouter van de Koot are rooted in personal experiences, fears and dreams; through re-enactments he connects these