We don’t often realise that we have created almost everything around us and continue to do so. In my work I strive to draw attention to the process-oriented nature of the world around us. I respond to constructed situations or ideas and examine if multiple/different perspectives can be applied to them. The creation process plays

“Camera Lucida” is the catch-all term for all my artistic projects that try to visualise a connection between (interior) spaces and the outside world through incoming light. First I photographed spaces that I visited where such an interaction was present. At some point I started to apply drapes to the spaces in order to emphasise

Researching contemporary life and the cross-cultural identity of her personal life results in a hybrid body of work that consists of a combination of video work, sculpture and photography. A significant part of Jovana’s research and studies revolves around themes like childhood, culture, identity, tradition, nostalgia, and melancholia. “My work stems from a longing for

Marjo Postma is inspired by nature. Her work is non-lineair and associative. It takes shape intuitively and with no deliberation or plan. For her, working is like thinking with her pencil – or other material. She works in different media: drawing, ceramics, watercolour, lino prints and textile. Characteristic to her works are the natural shapes,

Blooz Gallery is an ambitious gallery which stimulates contemporary art talent and makes art visible for the next generation. We give promising and often recently graduated talent a platform. This is a new style (web) gallery that combines online art presentation with pop-up expositions at different locations. We select ambitious artists, and artists who distinguish themselves

Henk explores the relationship between sound, space, and time. How does what we hear influence our experience of our surroundings? In a new installation he is creating especially for Art Island, Henk imagines the sounds of the island in the future, influenced by changed circumstances in the world. He also offers a glimpse behind the

Joop Stoop is the founder of RC de Ruimte, Amsterdam/IJmuiden. Joop Stoop and Peter Klashorst are also the founders of the first artists’ initiative in Haarlem in the seventies. After having managed exhibition spaces in several places within and outside Amsterdam, RC de Ruimte went mobile. After a successful tour through Northern Europe (The Red

Horizonverticaal is an artist-run space from Haarlem. Horizonverticaal is known for the artists’ studios of Erik de Bree, Geertje van de Kamp, Stefan Kasper and Vincent Uilenbroek, and an exhibition space. For eight years straight we’ve made multiple exhibitions including renowned and emerging artists from the Netherlands and abroad. During This Art Fair we will showcase works from our four studio artists.

Hugo Borst (author)  & Oscar van Gelderen (publisher) love Rotterdam, Joy Division, Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager and football, and are passionate about art, with a special knack for outsider art. We love spotting new (often young) talent, but what we love most is correcting (art) history: add lustre to overlooked or forgotten artists, or to artists that