About
I'm a photographer based in Amsterdam. I research how we construct our relationship with the natural world. Believing it reflects our humanity, I’m particularly interested in the systems that shape how we value, control and coexist with animals and landscapes.

Growing up in an unpredictable environment, I found stability and belonging in the presence of animals. From an early age, I regarded them as sentient beings, with their own emotions, intelligence and individuality. This formed the foundation of my critical view on human behaviour towards the more-than-human world.

My long-term research-based projects develop through artistic and archival research, fieldwork, text, photography, moving image and sound. I seek dialogue and collaboration with scientists, specialists and fellow artists to broaden my perspective, valuing the knowledge and perspectives they bring to my practice. 

Through a multidisciplinary approach, my work questions how we relate to the natural world and aims to encourage reconsideration of the values we choose to live by. I strongly feel that compassion towards the world beyond our own begins with deep reflection on ourselves. 

I am a founding member of Split Collective.
Photo by Simone Wenth

Education 2018-2023
2002-2006              
Photo Academy, Amsterdam, NL
International Business, University of Applied Sciences, Arnhem, NL

Workshops and Programs 2026
2026
2026
2025
2024
2023-2024 
Selected for Portfolio Reviews | Split Collective - Broken Paths,  Encontros da Imagem, Braga, PT (upcoming)
Selected for Round Table Reviews  | Split Collective - Broken Paths,  Landskrona Foto Festival, SE  (upcoming)
Selected for PHOTO-MATCH | Split Collective - Broken Paths, Fotofestiwal, Łódź, PL
Artists Book Workshop by Claudia de la Torre - Backbone Books, Berlin, DE
Interviewing, Groenteman met Veeninga, Amsterdam, NL
Lighthouse Specials Program, FOTODOK, Utrecht, NL

Grants 2026
2025
2025
2024 
2024
Deloitte Photo Grant, nominated by Arianna Rinaldo, awaiting jury decision | Split Collective - Broken Paths, IT
Cultuurfonds | Split Collective - Broken Paths, NL
Oog op de Natuur | Split Collective - Broken Paths, NL
European Union & Goethe Institut | Culture Moves Europe | Split Collective - Broken Paths, EU/DE
Amarte Development Grant | Cloning Joshi, NL

Group Exhibitions 2026
2026
2024 
2023
2023 
2023 
2023    
Summer Salon, Atelier Ferron | The Hague, NL
Lustrum Salon, Atelier K84 | Amsterdam, NL
Limburg Biënnale, Odapark | Venray, NL
Entangled Worlds, Atelier K84 | Duo Exhibition, Amsterdam, NL    
Noorderlicht Photo Festival | Groningen, NL 
Student Collective, Atelier Ferron | The Hague, NL
Emergo, Loods 6 | Graduation Exhibition, Amsterdam, NL

Publications 2024 
2024 
Zone Magazine, IT   
Now. and Again Magazine by Workhorse Collective, UK

Research Unlimited Editions
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