JOLANDA LINSSEN (1973)
In my work, the portrait is a recurring theme. The portrait as a collection of facial features, the light falling on the bone structure or a map of a human life.
I look at faces to connect, recognition. The same wishes, desires, fears and disappointments about life. For me, a portrait is a source of inspiration in the imagination of joy, pain and the absurdity of human existence.
With my paintings and sculptures I hope to evoke connotations in the viewer. You recognize a portrait, but if you look longer, your attention is drawn to other aspects. In this way I aim to show that behind the surface, there are deeper layers; a hidden inner world.
I live and work in Rotterdam.
In 1995 I graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts in Maastricht, first grade teacher training in drawing, painting and graphics.
In 1997 I completed the Master's degree in Autonomous Visual Arts at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam.
Ackersdijkstraat 20 - atelier 036
3037 VH Rotterdam