my spatial work is situated somewhere at the intersection between art, architecture and design with as only constant
always returning with an analytical approach to the basis
and giving it form within the constant interaction between
both the 2nd and 3rd dimension and the 3rd and 4th dimension
my analytical thinking, inherent to my training in architecture, feeds on simple concepts such as number, word, image and its mold, stacking, scaling ... but equally with drawing and photography
geometry, with a natural predilection for the square, the cube the normative number
the search for the right form and its beauty
the object in itself
seeing things differently every time
the spatial play
are additional concepts to which I always return in an unforced way
each design arises in my own little enclosed world in which I can be completely myself, freed from the chaos in the world around me
it originates in my head, with an IDEA
it is digitally DESIGNED and SIGNED
it is IMPLEMENTED according to the drawing
with a search through the right choice of material and its limitations it is PHOTOGRAPHED and relived
the confrontation with the image, the 3-dimensional image is a breeze
being able to immerse oneself in it while looking at it, experiencing it
and being able to reproduce it on a 2-dimensional image - sheet
is for me as important as the whole process of thinking and making and is part of the whole
but it goes beyond that,
the third dimension demands an extra dimension
to my own feeling objects become the plaything of the composer of the moment myself or another,
who feels like breaking through the apparent perfection - the formed image -
to discover the game
a way of meditation, becoming one with the module-s...a serial game
letting yourself be carried away, carried away....
invited by the modules to rearrange them, to make patterns as building blocks,
to reposition
as a kaleidoscopic endless story,
to be surprised again and again by a new composition that moves yourself or another, evolving over time....
1980 -1986 architecture course UAntwerp, former NHIBS-HAIR
1987 - 1990 internship and collaboration at the architectural office Jef Van Oevelen in Ekeren
1990 married to ar. Stephan Van Wassenhove, life and work partner
1990 - 2006 Together architectural practice in Machelen
2006-present MarS architects bv in Vilvoorde
2009 - present student of art history at the Portaelsacademy Vilvoorde
2014 - 2020 DKO sculpture and spatial art, Portaelsacademie Vilvoorde
[ abrupt end due to lockdown ]
≥2020 continuation of design and creation of spatial work in own studio graphic design and image reproduction
2022 1203 gallery zeitart A'pen : expo 12 Hard Edge Soft Cell 20221203_20230128
PASSION FOR architecture and art, experiencing and creating
graphic design
photography
nature and culture