My background includes an interest in art therapy, which has deeply influenced how I approach emotion, healing, and connection. Though I haven't formally trained as a therapist, the ideas and practices around relational care continue to shape how I work, how I attend to others, and the quiet ways people relate. I've long been drawn to the small gestures that pass between people: gifts, stories, and the possibilities they open. My current research explores gift-giving within educational contexts, including formal, informal, and therapeutic settings.
My practice is often collaborative and socially engaged. I am interested in how acts of care, exchange, and attentive presence can open other ways of learning and being together. Recently, I have been working with embroidery and patchwork, materials that take time, invite touch, and hold memory. These slow processes create space for intimacy and storytelling.
I am currently based at Kunstlab, where I explore these ideas through community projects and art-educational experiments. I am also studying a master's in art and design education at the Piet Zwart Institute (MEiA), where these questions continue to evolve, shaped by the people I work with and the contexts I move through.