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Photography: Jeroen Noordzij
09 / 04 / 2024
Interacting with their surroundings and changing with natural light, her minimalist works of art play with strength and fragility.
Originally from the Netherlands, where she currently lives, artist Eva Hendriks creates imposing, monochrome, tangible wall pieces with raw materials such as plaster, wood, steel and sand. "Everything is in motion," says Hendriks. "That's what I want to make tangible with my work and constantly remind us of."
Following the path of art was very natural. Eva grew up with a mother who wrote poetry and painted and who integrated art as part of her children's upbringing from an early age. "When I was younger, I had two dreams: to travel the world and attend art school to become an artist or fashion designer. I've always been very creative and wanted to find a way to make a living doing that."
For more than a decade, she lived all over the world, from Antigua (in Guatemala) and Barcelona to Bangkok and Shanghai. During that time, even though art wasn't her day job, she always found courses or local artisans who guided her to learn a local craft. "It was a way of learning the language, the culture, and the power of art from a different perspective."
She continued to draw and paint throughout her life, and when she returned to the Netherlands, she focused on property conversion, which led her to want to explore working with steel, sand, wood and resin. When pregnant with her fifth child, she realised that art had become essential to her existence. It created connections, overcame barriers, and became a way of communicating and satisfying a restlessness and a constant desire to learn and explore. Choosing to leave her job in the property sector turned out to be one of the most straightforward decisions she made.
Her creative process is "a fine balance between preparation and the freedom of materials." Eva begins by making sketches and drawings to develop her ideas, followed by a phase of researching materials. "Each collection represents the balance between my initial sketch and how much I can control the material I work with," says Eva. In the end, there's a part I can't control, which often leads to the most beautiful art."
Following the path of art was very natural. Eva grew up with a mother who wrote poetry and painted and who integrated art as part of her children's upbringing from an early age. "When I was younger, I had two dreams: to travel the world and attend art school to become an artist or fashion designer. I've always been very creative and wanted to find a way to make a living doing that."
For more than a decade, she lived all over the world, from Antigua (in Guatemala) and Barcelona to Bangkok and Shanghai. During that time, even though art wasn't her day job, she always found courses or local artisans who guided her to learn a local craft. "It was a way of learning the language, the culture, and the power of art from a different perspective."
She continued to draw and paint throughout her life, and when she returned to the Netherlands, she focused on property conversion, which led her to want to explore working with steel, sand, wood and resin. When pregnant with her fifth child, she realised that art had become essential to her existence. It created connections, overcame barriers, and became a way of communicating and satisfying a restlessness and a constant desire to learn and explore. Choosing to leave her job in the property sector turned out to be one of the most straightforward decisions she made.
Her creative process is "a fine balance between preparation and the freedom of materials." Eva begins by making sketches and drawings to develop her ideas, followed by a phase of researching materials. "Each collection represents the balance between my initial sketch and how much I can control the material I work with," says Eva. In the end, there's a part I can't control, which often leads to the most beautiful art."
For more informations, visit Eva Hendriks website.
