For Vintage +art #05, we brought together artists from our BoTu community and beyond, including international voices, artists line-up see below:
Elizabeta Dimitria (studio bimbushka):
Elizabeta Dimitria was born in Belarus and moved to Spain at the age of six, where she is currently based. She started Bimbushka from her lifelong love of making things by hand. When she discovered that she could create her own adornments, she naturally began making pieces for herself and soon, for others too.
Her inner world is nourished by magical elements: the sea, the forests of her hometown, and the cosmos. These inspirations find their way into her work using real crystals and natural materials, creating pieces that feel organic, personal, and connected to the natural world.
Lena Rainy is a professional artist living and working in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Coming from a family of artists, Lena developed a deep and lasting connection to painting from an early age. Working primarily in oil, she explores atmospheric phenomena such as rain, snow, wind, and fog, capturing the subtle moods and emotions they evoke. Her works also draw from the rhythms of everyday life, finding beauty and poetry in the seemingly ordinary moments of daily routines.
Lena’s paintings are held in private collections around the world, where they are appreciated for their quiet atmosphere and sense of peace and tranquility.
Meinke ten Have is a photographer and collector of objects and images, living and working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Her practice explores the visual traces people leave behind through everyday objects and images, with a particular interest in photographs found on online second-hand marketplaces. What begins as practical documentation of objects for sale becomes, in her eyes, a collection of intimate portraits, which offering glimpses into private lives, memories, and the ways we express ourselves through what we keep, collect, or hide.
After more than a decade working in fashion and advertising photography, Meinke now focuses on autonomous, archive-based projects. Through collecting and collage, she transforms these fleeting images into new compositions, giving ordinary and forgotten objects another kind of presence.
Romy Wesdorp explores how photography can contribute to a more conscious and attentive way of looking at our surroundings. She is drawn to slow processes such as analogue photography, inspired by a fascination with traditional crafts and a desire to slow down in an increasingly fast-paced world. Through this slower way of working and looking, she aims to highlight how nature reflects the rhythms of life: its cycles and changes.
Having grown up along the Dutch coast, the coastal landscape remains an important source of inspiration for her work. This is reflected in photographs taken in Rockanje, The Netherlands, and Bosa, Italy, each with their own unique characteristics.
Willemijn Hoogland considers herself an urban architect, exploring the ambiguous relationship between form, space, interpretation, and human behavior. She is particularly interested in how the built environment creates opportunities for individuals and communities to express themselves in the public realm.
Working across different mediums, Willemijn seeks to observe and reveal the layers of urban life, with street photography playing an important role in her practice. In this series, she turns her attention to Tussendijken, exploring how the neighborhood’s spatial characteristics shape everyday life and how residents interact with and make use of the spaces around them.
Curated by exes.collection, this edition brings fashion, local design, jewelry, and various art forms together in one space, allowing different practices and perspectives to meet.
The opening drinks felt like a lovely way to start. Artists, friends and local residents gathered on the terrace to enjoy the last days of summer, meet each other in person, and share a little of what they do. It was lovely to see new connections taking shape around the work and the space, and we can't wait for the next edition!