Where are you from?
The Netherlands, Zwolle

Your style in 3 words?
Composed sculptural narratives

Your weakness? Your strength?
Wanting to do something different in every new work is both my weakness and my strength

What makes you different?
My urge to manipulate every material into a new form and idea.  

When did you decide to become an artist?
I had a real epiphany during my first artist-in-residence at Schloss Ringenberg, Germany in 2012. At that very moment, I realized that exploring ideas, making things, and creating a new form for these, was what I would love to do the most.

Do you choose your art form, or does the form choose you?
I’ve always had the urge to work with tools and materials. Therefore it was very natural for me to become a sculptor. The form and material are something that flows naturally from the urge to explore a certain subject or reference. But this urge can also be to explore something that I’ve had an eye for since I was young. I have always had a predilection for aerials and aureoles. At first glance, these random elements seem to have no relationship with each other. However, for me, there is a natural link between them. Both make information visible that is normally invisible. They form a link to another, invisible place. They are marks of religion and technology. For me, it is not so much about religion and technology as an institution, but more about their everyday practical implementation. The friction that arises in society when it is implemented inspires me.

What do you find most fascinating about your work?
Creating a sculpture for me is like walking an unknown path. The key to this process is to be free at any time to turn and walk a different path. It is undesirable for me to make safe choices. I often start with one clear idea or a specific form. The desire to work with a certain material can also be a reason. I make many choices along the way. Sometimes very intuitive, sometimes very rational, for example, to keep an important reference from disappearing. My handwriting is partly determined by my technical skills. It is very important to me to solve (almost) all technical issues myself. As a result, I am constantly learning new skills, which makes my palette more and more extensive. It also allows me to change every moment in the process.

A few words about your favorite creation?
Unintended, well-connected, and rich in form.

A new project coming up or an idea you want to work on?
I’m at the moment realizing plants for a large outdoor sculpture exhibition. The idea is to create an aluminum sculpture that deals with transmitting, digital nomads, and temporary shelters. It’s going to be quite a large and ambitious work. I’m looking forward to starting work on it.

Finish the sentence „More important than my career is…“
It sounds cheesy but that will be my wife, family, and friends.

 Do you think about time as an artist?
I don’t want to, but the art world still has an unhealthy obsession with young artists. 

When the going gets tough…
I’ll start running. Many of the ideas or decision-making moments have happened during my running. It’s an important part of my artistic process.

What would you do if you could change the World?
Stop making art.

If the universe is everything and it’s expanding, what is it expanding into?
In a great big nothing.

Tell us about your future plans…
It looks like my projects are being developed slower than before but with more depth. That’s fine, I guess. But my future plans are to meet up with a lot of people, places, and ideas.