By applying, removing and covering over pictorial forms, Youri refers to a place forever in motion. On the one hand, he searches for solitude and nature, stemming from digging up soil in the garden as a child. On the other, he flirts with big city life, flashy streets and endless bars. These contrasting elements together

Through her fictional creatures, Tara-Eva connects human anatomy with the world of plants, microorganisms and fungi. At Art Island, she presents sculptures and drawings inspired by mycorrhiza: the underground network of fungal roots that enables communication between plants and trees. With this, Tara-Eva invites us to view the world as something that extends beyond our

Qiao Chu Guo expresses resilience through artworks about their family’s history. Their land was flooded during the construction of a reservoir, causing environmental damage and illness. The artist expresses how their family survived these conditions through stilt-walking – used to move through toxic wetlands – and by transforming calabashes (water containers) into instruments.   Website

Mélanie places stone at the center of her work. Her origins are rooted in granite on the coast of Brittany, where the sea continuously transforms the stony landscape. The stones have been here since the beginning; they have witnessed the shifting of land and the passage of time. Mélanie returns to the coast for Art

Mayra uses materials in unconventional ways, like making bricks out of coffee or turning crushed objects into ink. This results in outcomes that are unstable and continuously challenge expectations. She looks at the tension between beauty and fragility. She’s interested in what happens when materials don’t behave as expected, and how these moments can open

Khattar’s paintings and charcoal animations stem from his own experiences and the broader context of conflict. The bodies he depicts are often fragmented, compressed, or unstable, through which he expresses physical and mental tension. The palpable isolation and distance are amplified by the dark spaces of the fort on the remote island.   Website Instagram

Iskra investigates how politics and economics shape landscapes, from mass tourism on the Adriatic coast to militarisation in the Netherlands. At Art Island, she presents a series of prints, metal works, and a miniature theatre examining how military ideas and imagery are projected onto Dutch nature. Using NATO terrain symbols, camouflage patterns, plants, and older

Iris de Vries makes her work accessible by inviting you not only to look at it, but also to touch it. By bringing together much of the same, she transforms something recognisable into something alienating. She plays with the idea of efficiency and how our attempts at it inevitably fail.   Website Instagram

Hugo explores the overlooked beauty of everyday objects and scenes, such as store fronts, tools, kitchen supplies and window views. By framing and isolating these, Hugo highlights their subtle charm, and invites us to slow down and appreciate what is right in front of us. Website Instagram

Elise captures fleeting observations in paintings using oil paint, silver leaf and combinations thereof. Inspired by her daily surroundings, an analog photo archive, film stills and memories, she creates artworks that suggest stories without fully revealing them. In paint, she solidifies a moment, freezing it in time; silver, on the other hand, makes the passage