Spaces aren’t neutral - the body reads them before you think. These works live at the border between the architectural and the abstract. Recognizable enough to trigger instinct, strange enough to refuse resolution.

As an architect I design for safety and comfort. As an artist I make dioramas that have no interest in being either.

I build temporary installations, then document them. The materials - cardboard, plastic sheeting, latex and found objects - feel both industrial and anatomical.

The resulting spaces are liminal and anonymous, recognisable yet disorienting. They challenge where desire ends and danger begins. They exist at the fringes of reality.

Currently completing my visual arts education at MK Ateliers, Amsterdam →

Jolien is also a freelance architect, find her work here →