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Once Upon a Human, 2025
Tommy Smits, Shani Leseman, Zinderin Kunst

2,20 x 2,80 meter, ceramics, blued steel

Through both its form and its creation process, this wall relief expresses a longing for a shift in our understanding of the human—from a focus on individualism to a vision rooted in mutual connection with others and the environment. Ten artists from Zinderin Kunst, Tommy Smits and Shani Leseman each designed several tiles, drawing inspiration from everyday experiences, esoteric imagery, and scientific references. Together, their contributions form a hybrid human figure—a collective body that offers a reflection on our place in the world and embodies the principle of shared authorship.

Read the full text by Marijn Bril on our work here

The collaborative work from Tommy Smits and me with Zinderin Kunst, titled Once Upon a Human, is now on show in the garden of Centraal Museum Utrecht with No Limits! Art Castle.

T hanks to Vriendenloterij & Jesus Canuto 😸

220 x 260 meters, ceramics on blued steel

Thankful for the support of Stichting Stokroos through their Seed Grant, allowing me to explore the monotype technique in my future paintings

Studio shot by Shanna M. Casey

Mural for Pigeons, with GC Heemskerk
in Boijmans Zuid

Showing a new work in collaboration with Zinderin Kunst & Tommy Smits at The Castle of many Bodies!
No Limits! Art Castle at Centraal Museum Utrecht
Opening 17th of April at 15.00 ✨

Spirits #2, oilpaint monoprint on canvas
60x80 cm
2024

Our film ‘Bericht van de Duif’ will be on show during Extratonal Multispecies Festival at Varia, Rotterdam

Gravity, heat, magnetic field, energy
160x120

with ink from butterfly pea, walnut, nettle, earth pigments, oil paint and oil pastel on canvas

Royal Award for Modern Painting, Royal Palace Amsterdam
picture Jeroen van der Meyde

Rloating
160x120

with selfmade paint from reckitts blue, used to protect against evil energies like jealousy, curses, misfortune
and also oil paint, oil pastels, wax, walnut ink, charcoal, sanguine chalk, goldenrod ink on canvas