Vanda Vlašič

textiel , tekenen , sculptuur , schrijven , Objecten , natuur , keramiek , installatie , Ecologie , Design , Community , beeldhouwen , Artistiek onderzoek

Vanda Vlašič (2000) is a visual artist and researcher working at the seam where the world ends and another begins. Her practice is a form of world-building: she constructs parallel realities through sculpture, writing, and drawing, each medium a different frequency of the same signal. Her work is centered on materiality and tactility, and on the stories that objects carry. She combines reclaimed and found materials with newly fabricated forms, allowing the history embedded in each object to shape the work rather than being overwritten by it.
Her practice engages science fiction and speculative fabulation as conceptual frameworks rather than genres. Through them, she explores alternative realities and possible futures, investigating how such worlds might be experienced through material form. Her sculptures function as propositions: objects that ask what it might mean to encounter another world through touch, weight, and surface.
Writing and drawing extend the concerns of the sculpture rather than standing apart from them. Together, the three mediums form a unified practice of world-building and storytelling, one that treats material culture as a resource for imagining futures that remain connected to the present.

Nymphoides olearius (Fringed oilheart)
Nymphoides olearius (Fringed oilheart) - Metal frame, stoneware ceramic, fabric, wax, glass beads. 2026. Pictured as presented at Alle Grond: Alle Tijd Festival organised by Buitenplaats Brienenoord, August 2026.
Monotropa gradiflora (Ghost magnolia)
Monotropa gradiflora (Ghost magnolia) - Wire, wool from Slovak sheep, fabric, watercolor, ink, plaster. Variable dimensions. 2026. Pictured as presented during Alle Grond: Alle Tijd Festival organised by Buitenplaats Brienenoord, August 2026.
only ever intertwined
only ever intertwined - colour pencil on discarded plasterboard; drawing on two pieces; 59x55cm & 17x55,5.
they kiss in the middle
they kiss in the middle - coloured pencil on salvaged plaster wall. 56x59 cm. 2026.
Rafflesia itineris; Phase 4: Post-Bloom, Initial Decay
Rafflesia itineris; Phase 4: Post-Bloom, Initial Decay - glazed earthenware, resin, acrylic ink, collected insects; part of larger series. 38x37x9 cm. 2025.
Rafflesia itineris; Phase 5: Decomposition
Rafflesia itineris; Phase 5: Decomposition - glazed earthenware, resin, acrylic ink, collected insects; part of a larger series. 47x37x9,5 cm. 2025.
Rafflesia litoralis: in tranquility
Rafflesia litoralis: in tranquility - glazed earthenware, resin, acrylic ink, collected insects. 43x34x9cm. 2025.
Rafflesia litoralis: in defense
Rafflesia litoralis: in defense - glazed earthenware, resin, acrylic ink, collected insects. 36x30x7cm. 2025.
to swallow
to swallow - unfired clay vessel; made to be dissolved in a liquid within the duration of the exhibition. 2023.
to ground
to ground - unfired clay vessel; made to be dissolved in a liquid within the duration of the exhibition. 2023.
to lick
to lick - unfired clay vessel; made to be dissolved in a liquid within the duration of the exhibition. 2023.
the fountain of togetherness
the fountain of togetherness - stoneware fountain vessel pumping water with mint syrup, soil. 2024

Hybrid performance during Eilandfestival Alle Tijd: Alle Grond

Datum:
Locatie: Buitenplaats Brienenoord
In samenwerking met: Buitenplaats Brienenoord
https://www.uitagendarotterdam.nl/agenda/eilandfestival-alle-tijd-alle-grond/

Meander

Datum:
Locatie: Vaartkom Area
In samenwerking met: Curating the Young

Meander, the exhibition by Curating the Young as part of the Fringe Festival. The works of five emerging artists are spread across the Vaartkom, inviting you to wander, explore, and be surprised by art and your surroundings.

ArtEra Summer School on Planetary Health

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Locatie: ArtEra at ErasmusMC
In samenwerking met: ErasmusMC
https://www.instagram.com/artera.rotterdam/

The Queer Geobacter: an Ode to the Gut and Queer (In)digestion

Datum:
Locatie: Quartair
In samenwerking met: Queer Leiden University
https://www.quartair.nl/the-queer-geobacter/

Destilaat #25

Datum:
Locatie: Extrapool

Every year, Extrapool visits the graduation exhibitions of the Dutch art academies. What keeps these young artists busy? How do they shape their work at the end of their academic years? In November, we invite a selection of promising freshly graduated artists for a two-week working period at Extrapool. Together, they will organize an exhibition throughout our building, from kitchen to bathroom, from basement to roof, with old and new work and a smashing opening night.

https://extrapool.nl/weekend/destillaat-25/

Sny neprichádzajú /// The dreams are not coming

Datum:
Locatie: IJzerblok

Self-organized exhibition by Vanda Vlašičová and Barbora Horňáková, show-casing their joint efforts in clay-based works within the span of four months of meditatively working side by side. S҉n҉y҉ ҉n҉e҉p҉r҉i҉c҉h҉á҉d҉z҉a҉j҉ú҉. invites you for a stroll in a dreamscape and an exploration of objects emerged from the subconscious.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmLoQBOLrkR/?img_index=1
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