BORN
2000
October 4th, Uitgeest Netherlands
STUDIO
2023 April - current
STUDIO MAX & ELLE
Nieuw en Meer: Oude Haagseweg 63 B1, Amsterdam
2000
October 4th, Uitgeest Netherlands
STUDIO
2023 April - current
STUDIO MAX & ELLE
Nieuw en Meer: Oude Haagseweg 63 B1, Amsterdam
SCRIPT
I work in the area where perception shifts and meaning starts to come apart. My past research into seeing and being seen resulted in a panoptic peepshow installation The Panopticum Show (2023), in which the viewer waits for a performance that never begins.
The Panopticum Show
2023
I build installations that I refer to as “sets,” where the boundary between prop and sculpture dissolves. I create environments in which the viewer becomes an active participant and is fully immersed.
In presentation, it is important to me that the work remains alive and does not end up in a graveyard. My question is: how do you prevent the viewer from becoming a coroner?
Alongside my individual practice, I am co-founder of STUDIO MAX & ELLE, an artist-run space I initiate together with artist Max Onink. The space functions as a self-organized, non-profit platform for artistic production, presentation, and exchange, based on horizontal collaboration and a shared sense of urgency among artists.
I work in the area where perception shifts and meaning starts to come apart. My past research into seeing and being seen resulted in a panoptic peepshow installation The Panopticum Show (2023), in which the viewer waits for a performance that never begins.
2023
I build installations that I refer to as “sets,” where the boundary between prop and sculpture dissolves. I create environments in which the viewer becomes an active participant and is fully immersed.
In presentation, it is important to me that the work remains alive and does not end up in a graveyard. My question is: how do you prevent the viewer from becoming a coroner?
Alongside my individual practice, I am co-founder of STUDIO MAX & ELLE, an artist-run space I initiate together with artist Max Onink. The space functions as a self-organized, non-profit platform for artistic production, presentation, and exchange, based on horizontal collaboration and a shared sense of urgency among artists.
FEATURED EXTRA’S
2026
Playing with Living Things Artist Talk moderated by Jules van Hulst at Link Zwolle, w/Folkert de Jong & Max Onink
the Abject & the Box October at KATE Nieuw en Meer
Playing with Dead Things until 22 November at Link Zwolle, w/Folkert de Jong & Max Onink
THE BITE June, duo show with Boris Deben,Tram11, Amsterdam
SUPERNOVA June, Interstar garage Amsterdam
DOUBLE DATE June: last edition, STUDIO MAX & ELLE, Amsterdam
Podcast over beeldende kunst: Folkert de Jong en Elle van Baaren June by Luuk Heezen for Keep an Eye Foundation Young Talents podcast
KunstRAI X Rietveld Alumni April, KunstRAI, Amsterdam
OPEN BUNKER March, soloshow at AIR GinDS Hoofdorp
Artist in residency at GinDS December - Frebruary, AIR GinDS Hoofdorp
DOUBLE DATE September 2025 - eviction (June 18th 2026), STUDIO MAX & ELLE, Amsterdam
2025
The Magician November - December, 37PK Haarlem
Spectacle of the self October - December, Kunstbar Den Haag
Picture Gallery Opening September, groupshow at Hothead Bookshop, Amsterdam
FRIDAY THE 13TH June, STUDIO MAX & ELLE, Amsterdam
The Autonomous Art Practice & The Dream April 25th-1st July, groupshow, CBK Zuidoost Amsterdam
2024
EXPO NOORD November, duo show, Skateparknoord Amsterdam
Dear John, April, group show, Art-Island w/ Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Ijmuiden
CLOSING SOON January, groupshow, Bluestmonday, The Hallen Amsterdam
2023
Arty Party September, Melkweg, Amsterdam May,
Graduation show 2023 Rietveld academy Amsterdam
2022
I <3 August, De hallen Amsterdam
Kancel Livin May, performance, Nieuw en Meer Amsterdam
2021
House on Fire April, Group show, Het Glazen Huis Amsterdam
1:1 June, group show, Light Color Atelier Amsterdam
2019
Artist in residence at Hospital Benito menni de sant Boi July, group project
2018
Artist aan Zee October, group show, Kuns10daagse, Bergen aan Zee
Press 2 play April, Stedelijk museum Amsterdam:
Awarded Kunstbende expo’s; Young Creators Prize 2018
2026
Playing with Living Things Artist Talk moderated by Jules van Hulst at Link Zwolle, w/Folkert de Jong & Max Onink
the Abject & the Box October at KATE Nieuw en Meer
Playing with Dead Things until 22 November at Link Zwolle, w/Folkert de Jong & Max Onink
THE BITE June, duo show with Boris Deben,Tram11, Amsterdam
SUPERNOVA June, Interstar garage Amsterdam
DOUBLE DATE June: last edition, STUDIO MAX & ELLE, Amsterdam
Podcast over beeldende kunst: Folkert de Jong en Elle van Baaren June by Luuk Heezen for Keep an Eye Foundation Young Talents podcast
KunstRAI X Rietveld Alumni April, KunstRAI, Amsterdam
OPEN BUNKER March, soloshow at AIR GinDS Hoofdorp
Artist in residency at GinDS December - Frebruary, AIR GinDS Hoofdorp
DOUBLE DATE September 2025 - eviction (June 18th 2026), STUDIO MAX & ELLE, Amsterdam
2025
The Magician November - December, 37PK Haarlem
Spectacle of the self October - December, Kunstbar Den Haag
Picture Gallery Opening September, groupshow at Hothead Bookshop, Amsterdam
FRIDAY THE 13TH June, STUDIO MAX & ELLE, Amsterdam
The Autonomous Art Practice & The Dream April 25th-1st July, groupshow, CBK Zuidoost Amsterdam
2024
EXPO NOORD November, duo show, Skateparknoord Amsterdam
Dear John, April, group show, Art-Island w/ Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Ijmuiden
CLOSING SOON January, groupshow, Bluestmonday, The Hallen Amsterdam
2023
Arty Party September, Melkweg, Amsterdam May,
Graduation show 2023 Rietveld academy Amsterdam
2022
I <3 August, De hallen Amsterdam
Kancel Livin May, performance, Nieuw en Meer Amsterdam
2021
House on Fire April, Group show, Het Glazen Huis Amsterdam
1:1 June, group show, Light Color Atelier Amsterdam
2019
Artist in residence at Hospital Benito menni de sant Boi July, group project
2018
Artist aan Zee October, group show, Kuns10daagse, Bergen aan Zee
Press 2 play April, Stedelijk museum Amsterdam:
Awarded Kunstbende expo’s; Young Creators Prize 2018
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