Artist Biography
Statement
My work revolves around capturing the complexity of natural landscapes and how evolution shapes them. I explore the relationships within evolutionary processes and their potential influence on my work. To maintain objectivity, I distance myself from the human perspective by observing the world as a whole. The world then becomes an integrated system where diverse elements coexist, constantly evolving yet always finding balance—a complexity I aim to reflect in my work.
Exploration of rocky terrains is a significant part of my fieldwork, as these landscapes hold visible traces of evolutionary changes. I document everything I perceive within a specific area, translating these observations into performance-based works or interventions. For instance, I might introduce a contrasting element into the landscape to observe its alteration through natural processes or immerse myself in a performance that changes my perception of the environment. The lather could take the shape of a body shell, altering the movements of my body. Although the interventions fade away, I capture them through documentation such as photos, videos, and notes, using these records as a basis for creating new works that highlight my process and the landscape’s formation.
Another facet of my artistic exploration involves interpreting satellite imagery through three-dimensional mixed-media paintings. Laden with concealed symbolism, these artworks gradually form a composite map of interpreted and distorted landscape structures, transcending conventional borders.
Where conventional maps trace their origins to colonialism, economics, faith, and power, the reshaped map I craft is rooted in landscape patterns. This reimagined cartography invites rediscovery of the world. Employing materials like wood, acrylics, oils, clay, animal bones, metals, beeswax, and stones, each piece symbolizes various elements. Audience interpretations evolve, and my own perspective shifts as I observe these artworks over time.
Each project builds upon the previous one, focusing on themes of landscapes, evolutionary processes, and interconnections between elements. My approach to art remains practical, and my artworks often embody impermanence and change.
Exhibitions
2025
2025
2024
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2022
2022
2021
2020
2019
2019
2018
2017
2016
Working periods abroad and residencies
2022
2021
2016
Education
2022 – 2023
2019
2016 – 2020
2012 -2016
Ruins & Renewal
Het Archief Artspace Rotterdam
Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Connected
Frank Taal Rotterdam
Curator
The Netherlands
IAMAIR
Depot Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam
Participant and Organisation
The Netherlands
Something Sticky Under Your Feet
Landmarks
Brutus Rotterdam
Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Dämmerung
Frank Taal Rotterdam
Curator
The Netherlands
Supermarket Independent Art Fair 2023
One Time View
Supermarket Stockholm
Exhibitor
Sweden
The Big A5 Show
One Time View
Bcademie Rotterdam
Exhibitor and Curator
The Netherlands
Art Central Rotterdam XL
A Conversation with the Landscape
Supernova Hotel Rotterdam
Exhibitor
The Netherlands
The New Current
A Conversation with the Landscape
Video Installatie
Brutus Rotterdam
Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Wild Summer of Art Part II
A Conversation with the Landscape
Brutus Rotterdam
Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Finissage Experimentele Projectweken
Site Specific Interactive Sound Installation
Pictura Dordrecht
Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Solo show by Thomas Meijerman
Human-Landscape Interaction
Galleryviewer
RAM Rotterdam
Exhibitor
Online
Here We Are Now
Island Discovery, Human Nature and Positioning in the Chain of Creation
ARWE Gallery Gouda
Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Minor Inconvenience
Human Nature
Worm/Ubik/Slash Gallery, Rotterdam
Curator, Organisation and Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Electronic Ecosystem – art // sound //performance
Island Discovery
The Crypt, St Pauls Church, Bristol
Exhibitor
United Kingdom
Symposium
Presenting and Perceiving the Photographic Image
Transformation of Reality
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
Organisation and Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Public and Private
Armoede
Koemarkt 1, Schiedam
Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Bridge in Ice
Documentary Bridge in Ice
Tulikivi Museum, Juuka
Exhibitor
Finland
Residency
Experimentele Project Weken
Pictura
2 weeks
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Working period abroad
A Conversation with the Landscape
3 months
Biskaya, Spain
Working period abroad
Bridge in Ice
TU Eindhoven
Photo documentary
7 weeks
Juuka, Finland
Bcademie
Bridge between art academy and art world
Rotterdam
Exchange
University of the West of England, Bristol
Photography
Art Academy
Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Fine Art, Photography
Art Academy
Graduated
SintLucas, Eindhoven
Photography
Middle vocational education
Graduated with excellence
THOMAS MEIJERMAN 