Bird, Plane, Butterfly is a perspectivist exploration of stillness, natural connection, and contemplation within the hectic pace of contemporary urban life. The exhibition coincides with the presentation of the artist book Bird, Plane, Butterfly by Antoinette Nausikaä, now available to order.
Over the past few years, Nausikaä has wandered through major urban centers—such as Tokyo, Madrid, Paris, New York, Beijing, Xiamen—gathering images that reflect the interplay of culture and nature, the timeless and the transient, the organic and the abstract. By shifting between macro and micro perspectives, she bridges these seemingly opposing experiences.
In this exhibition, Nausikaä presents her latest work. Photography and ceramic sculpture converge into a poetic narrative of transformation and timelessness. For the first time, Nausikaä introduces large-scale, almost life-sized figurative ceramic sculptures. Next to this, her abstract ceramic plates translate urban photographs into tactile, three-dimensional surfaces, exploring the relationship between image and object, fragility and permanence.
BIO
Antoinette Nausikaä (1973, NL) is a visual artist working with photography, sculpture, drawing and installation. She received her BA in Fine Art from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam (2004) and completed a residency at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam (2010). Nausikaä has exhibited at numerous institutions internationally, including Kunstraum Düsseldorf (DE), Kunstvereniging Diepenheim (NL), AMC Amsterdam (NL), Photography Museum Huis Marseille (Amsterdam, NL), Chinese European Art Center (Xiamen, CN), and Nederlands Fotomuseum (Rotterdam, NL). Her works are included in collections such as the Photography Museum Huis Marseille, UMC, AMC, LUMC, Brokken Zijp Foundation of Modern and Contemporary Art (BFA), DNB (The Dutch Bank), Altrecht GGZ, and La Fondation Thalie.