Performative photography series across Amsterdam (NL), Marseille (FR), Chaville (FR)

For a while after graduating, I worked full-time as a barista in a vegan, organic, gluten- and sugar-free café. I purchased a silicone fake pregnant belly with my first salary. I would put it on in the morning, stop by a photography studio or photo booth on my way to work, and leave with a unique physical photo print before spending the rest of the day wearing my bump, effectively bridging my artistic practice and my daily obligations. Later, I started wearing my bump on my off days to do grocery shopping or hang out with friends. I became the one thing I thought many people become when they don’t know who they want to be or what they want to do.

Since then, I have been making my way through my twenties, and the work has taken on new layers of meaning and ambivalence as I have held various jobs, fallen in love a few times, and watched my relationships with family, purpose, work, art, and everything else change.

Categories
Collection, Ongoing, Performative, Photography, Research

Financially supported by
2026 Fonds Van Teet Luitgens, project-based grant, NL
2024 Mondriaan Fonds, Artist Start grant, NL

Exhibited

2026 Prospects, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL (Group Exhibition)
2025 The Spectacle of the Self, Kunstbar, Den Haag, NL (Group Exhibition)
2024 Limburg Biënnale 2024, Maastricht, NL (Group Exhibition)
2023 rester incertain·x·e, KRONE COURONNE, Biel/Bienne, CH (Group Exhibition)

03/10/2022

04/11/2022

17/11/2023

09/07/2024

22/01/2025

28/10/2025

10/11/2025

15/11/2025

16/11/2025

18/11/2025

02/12/2025

09/12/2025

18/12/2025

22/12/2025

26/12/2025

21/01/2026

01/02/2026

12/02/2026