Monique Goossens

Monique Goossens

www.moniquegoossens.com

As a conceptual artist and independent photographer, I draw my inspiration from nature, unconventional materials, and the sensory experience. I am driven by a profound fascination for the tactile, reveling in the softness, texture, and fluidity of sensations. I allow that fascination to flow into my artistic vision of alienated objects and concepts. I am continually in pursuit of contrasts and estrangement, exploring the interplay between the natural and the artificial, or the dynamic between unfreedom and freedom, along with the yearning for escape. It is a fusion of aesthetics and edginess.

I studied at Academie Artemis in Amsterdam, where I graduated with honors in 2006. I continued my studies at the Design Academy Eindhoven. After this I developed an interest in staged independent photography.

My work has been exhibited in the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum New York, Centraal Museum Utrecht The Netherlands, PLADS artspace Denmark, Pulchri Studio The Hague and others. My work has been featured in publications among others in Het Parool, NRC, Wired UK, Type Player, Huffington Post, Trendland, Bite Me Magazine, Page-online, Premiere Vision, Infringe Magazine, Trendhunter, Artwort, Parnassusmagazine,Yatzer, Visual News, Designboom, Designtaxi, Philosophie Magazin, Blend and Dezeen.

In addition, I make art typography in which I work from my fascination for tactility and unusual materials.
I also work on commission and I teach trend forecasting, material styling, visual communication, product styling, photo styling at Academy Artemis Amsterdam.

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