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Dutch artist Mirte Van Laarhoven explores the subtle interactions between man and nature through creations that blend poetry and eco-responsibility. Her artistic approach is based on meticulous observation of ecosystems and a quest for a more harmonious dialogue with natural elements.
Working mainly with sustainable materials and organic forms, she strives to reveal the intrinsic beauty of landscapes while questioning their fragility and destruction. Her works, often immersive and sensory, invite viewers to slow down, listen and reconnect with different forms of life. Her works are completed by the landscape over time. Her approach demonstrates how art can play a pivotal role in the ecological discourse, inspiring both awareness and action towards environmental sustainability.
Mirte Van Laarhoven studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture and the Pratt Institute in New York. She won the NLDelta Challenge with Underwater Forest, she received an honorable mention at the Archiprix 2018 and was awarded a talent grant from Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industries. She is an alumnus of the Jan van Eck residency program (2023-2024), and the founder of Living Landscapes. Next to this she teaches at various institutions.
Through exhibitions at venues like RADIUS Center for Contemporary Art and Ecology, Brutus Artist driven playground, The AkzoNobel Art Foundation, The IJssel Biennial and Odapark Venray she presents her work and takes part in the public debate.
Working mainly with sustainable materials and organic forms, she strives to reveal the intrinsic beauty of landscapes while questioning their fragility and destruction. Her works, often immersive and sensory, invite viewers to slow down, listen and reconnect with different forms of life. Her works are completed by the landscape over time. Her approach demonstrates how art can play a pivotal role in the ecological discourse, inspiring both awareness and action towards environmental sustainability.
Mirte Van Laarhoven studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture and the Pratt Institute in New York. She won the NLDelta Challenge with Underwater Forest, she received an honorable mention at the Archiprix 2018 and was awarded a talent grant from Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industries. She is an alumnus of the Jan van Eck residency program (2023-2024), and the founder of Living Landscapes. Next to this she teaches at various institutions.
Through exhibitions at venues like RADIUS Center for Contemporary Art and Ecology, Brutus Artist driven playground, The AkzoNobel Art Foundation, The IJssel Biennial and Odapark Venray she presents her work and takes part in the public debate.
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MIRTE VAN LAARHOVEN (NL 1986)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS:
2026. Galerie Fontana Amsterdam, Claudy Jongstra | Gerbrand Burger | Mirte van Laarhoven (group show)
2026 Bosverbond, Odapark Venray (solo show)
2025 Art et Jardins, Haut de France, landscape installation Fragile Emergence, (group show)
2025 Frail | Not Frail, Artphy Onstwedde, HiddenStories (group show)
2024 Open Studios, Jan van Eyck Academie Maastricht, Rooted (solo show)
2024 Limburg Biennial, Odapark Venray, Dunescape Forest (group show)
2024 From Raster to Vector, RADIUS Delft, Courtesy of Mud (group show)
2023 EARTH, AkzoNobel Art Foundation Amsterdam, Cake for Biodiversity (group show)
2023 Through Bone and Marrow, Brutus Rotterdam, Immersive Creatures (group show)
2023 IJsselbiënnale, Centrale Harculo Zwolle, Reflective Landscapes (group show)
RESIDENCIES:
2022 - 2023 Postdoc residency, Jan van Eyck Academy, NL
2022 Ceramic residency, EKWC, (Europees Keramisch Werk Centrum), NL
2021 Young Innovators program, board of governmental advisers
2021 Ceramic residency, EKWC, (Europees Keramisch Werk Centrum), NL
PRICES / GRANDS:
2026 Voucher development, Mondriaanfonds
2026 Development grand individual practice, Cultuurfonds
2025 Finalist, art commission Huize Padua
2023 Professionalisering en praktijkverdieping - Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
2021 Stichting Stokroos, grand development new work at Textiellab Tilburg
2020 Finalist, art installation Biesbosch National Park
TALKS:
2026 Artist talk Bosverbond Odapark
2025 Kromhout Lecture, Academy of Architecture
2025 Artist talk, Press event, Arts et Jardins, Haut de France
2025 Inauguration presentation, Cake for Biodiversity at CAN REON festival, Tiana Spain
2024 Participant presentation, Jan van Eyck Academy
2022 Urban Nature, opening event, Lochal Tilburg
2021 Lecture Living Landscapes, van Hall Larenstein
2021 Summerschool Wild Perspectives, Nature College, Wageningen University
2020 Livestream Talent Tours, Dutch Design Week
EDUCATION:
2012 - 2017: Master Landscape architecture, Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam
2010: Exchange semester, Pratt Institute, New York
2008 - 2012: Bachelor, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2007 - 2008: Preparatory Course, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2006 - 2007: Media en Culture studies, University of Amsterdam
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS:
2026. Galerie Fontana Amsterdam, Claudy Jongstra | Gerbrand Burger | Mirte van Laarhoven (group show)
2026 Bosverbond, Odapark Venray (solo show)
2025 Art et Jardins, Haut de France, landscape installation Fragile Emergence, (group show)
2025 Frail | Not Frail, Artphy Onstwedde, HiddenStories (group show)
2024 Open Studios, Jan van Eyck Academie Maastricht, Rooted (solo show)
2024 Limburg Biennial, Odapark Venray, Dunescape Forest (group show)
2024 From Raster to Vector, RADIUS Delft, Courtesy of Mud (group show)
2023 EARTH, AkzoNobel Art Foundation Amsterdam, Cake for Biodiversity (group show)
2023 Through Bone and Marrow, Brutus Rotterdam, Immersive Creatures (group show)
2023 IJsselbiënnale, Centrale Harculo Zwolle, Reflective Landscapes (group show)
RESIDENCIES:
2022 - 2023 Postdoc residency, Jan van Eyck Academy, NL
2022 Ceramic residency, EKWC, (Europees Keramisch Werk Centrum), NL
2021 Young Innovators program, board of governmental advisers
2021 Ceramic residency, EKWC, (Europees Keramisch Werk Centrum), NL
PRICES / GRANDS:
2026 Voucher development, Mondriaanfonds
2026 Development grand individual practice, Cultuurfonds
2025 Finalist, art commission Huize Padua
2023 Professionalisering en praktijkverdieping - Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
2021 Stichting Stokroos, grand development new work at Textiellab Tilburg
2020 Finalist, art installation Biesbosch National Park
TALKS:
2026 Artist talk Bosverbond Odapark
2025 Kromhout Lecture, Academy of Architecture
2025 Artist talk, Press event, Arts et Jardins, Haut de France
2025 Inauguration presentation, Cake for Biodiversity at CAN REON festival, Tiana Spain
2024 Participant presentation, Jan van Eyck Academy
2022 Urban Nature, opening event, Lochal Tilburg
2021 Lecture Living Landscapes, van Hall Larenstein
2021 Summerschool Wild Perspectives, Nature College, Wageningen University
2020 Livestream Talent Tours, Dutch Design Week
EDUCATION:
2012 - 2017: Master Landscape architecture, Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam
2010: Exchange semester, Pratt Institute, New York
2008 - 2012: Bachelor, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2007 - 2008: Preparatory Course, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2006 - 2007: Media en Culture studies, University of Amsterdam
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