Artist Biography
Statement
My work investigates 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 in which diverse elements coexist, constantly evolving and always finding balance. It forms a complexity I aim to reflect in my work.
The exploration of rocky terrains is an important part of my work, 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 practise a performance that changes my perception of the environment. The latter could take the shape of a body shell to 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 the creation new works that highlight my process and the formation of the landscape.
Another part of my practice involves the interpretation satellite imagery through three-dimensional mixed-media paintings. These works are filled with concealed symbolism and gradually form a composite map of interpreted and distorted landscape structures, transcending conventional borders.
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 change.
Exhibitions
2026
2026
2025
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
Employee of the Month
Frank Taal Rotterdam
Exhibitor
The Netherlands
Grondsteen / Foundation Stone
Pictura Dordrecht
Curator and exhibitor
The Netherlands
Below Control
Mushroom Rotterdam
Exhibitor and organisation
The Netherlands
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 