About me
I am an artist with a practice rooted in the exploration of natural processes and the transformative power of materials. Like an alchemist, I transform, extract, or fuse this chemistry. I extract pigment from plants, melt sand into glass, and transform rust into dripping red forms in glass. I inspire a sense of wonder in my audience for the non-human nature.
I am interested in the boundary where science meets magic, the place where we know too little to fully understand, but where we can still observe. Sometimes, a sensual nature emerges in my work, as I explore natural pigments and their biochemical relationship with the human body. I create pigments from materials collected during walks and experiment with oxides from old metals, ground rocks, and plant-based dyes. I am also fascinated by the queerness of nature, which I see as something boundless and fluid. Think of the dripping of glass, the leaking of rust, and the delicious, almost sensual colors of flowers and plants. Through my alchemy, I try to blur the colonial structure of science, which divides the world into different groups such as genders, atomic particles, and chemical processes.
I am interested in the boundary where science meets magic, the place where we know too little to fully understand, but where we can still observe. Sometimes, a sensual nature emerges in my work, as I explore natural pigments and their biochemical relationship with the human body. I create pigments from materials collected during walks and experiment with oxides from old metals, ground rocks, and plant-based dyes. I am also fascinated by the queerness of nature, which I see as something boundless and fluid. Think of the dripping of glass, the leaking of rust, and the delicious, almost sensual colors of flowers and plants. Through my alchemy, I try to blur the colonial structure of science, which divides the world into different groups such as genders, atomic particles, and chemical processes.
Exhibitions and CV
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Sleeping Beauty – Milan Design Week – Simone van Es, with 4 other artists including Claudy Jongstra and Diana Scherer.
2026 Light on Labs, Glaslab, Den Bosch
2026 Solo expositie, Het Oude Raadhuis, Aalsmeer
2026 De magie van glas, Piet Augustijn, Kunstgarage Franx
2025 Plant Based – Dutch Design Week – Simone van Es, Eindhoven, with 4 other artists including Claudy Jongstra and Herman de Vries.
2025 ‘Biotopes of the Inorganic’, Kunstenlab, Deventer, met Jonas Staal
2025 This Art Fair, Amsterdam
2025 Nicole Beutler, Now We Are Earth, expo on tour
2025 ROOTS – Salone del Mobile – Simone van Es, Milan, with 6 other artists including Claudy Jongstra and Diana Scherer.
2024 Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Microlab
2024 Galleri Korpúlfsstaðir, IJsland
2024 Trails of Terra, Cas-co Leuven, BE
2024 ‘The proof of the pudding is in the eating’
artistiek diner, Drawing Centre
Diepenheim, Artist Residencies Enschede
(ARE) and De Perifeer
2023 Hoeders van het land, Kunstenlab, Deventer
2024 Het Resort, Groningen
2024 Boox Space – Solo Expositie, Haarlem
2024 Big Art, Amsterdam
2023 Dat Bolwerck, Zutphen
2023 Arty Party, De Melkweg, Amsterdam
2023 ArtEZ Graduation show, BEAR, Arnhem
Upcoming Exhibitions
2026 Solo expositie, Kunsthuis Waterland, Purmerend
2026 Solo expositie, ACEC, Apeldoorn
2026 VHDG Expositie, Leeuwarden
2026 Broodnodig, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
2027 Prospects, Mondriaan Fonds, Art Rotterdam
2027 EKWC, Oisterwijk
