I used to be a photographer but since a few years I started painting due to chronic illnesses. I fell in love with the medium of watercolor and found a whole new world of expression on paper.
Although you often see my face in the paintings, the works represent something bigger. They tell about the defects of the human body and about the vulnerability you feel when you find yourself outside of society. In my paintings I use self-invented symbolism to give shape to these elusive subjects. Inspired by my love for color, textile designs and nature, I create vibrant watercolors with surreal compositions that express the duality of universal themes through my own vulnerability.
I live and work in Deventer (NL)
You van contact me at hannelottevanelst@outlook.com
education
2012 - 2016 Bachelor of Arts (BA) Fine Art Media, ArtEZ Academy for Art & Design, Enschede
2011 - 2012 Pre-education, ArtEZ Academy for Art & Design, Enschede
other
2018 - 2019 Talent & Development program, Tetem, Enschede
2018 The Next Step, Kunstenlab, Deventer
exhibitions
2024 First Contact, Analoog Studio Arnhem, Arnhem, group
2024 De Staat Van, Bergkerk, Deventer, group
2024 The Sick Rose, Kunstenlab, Deventer, solo
2022 Kunsthalte, Kunstenlab, Deventer, solo
2022 Kunstenlandschap, Tetem, Enschede, solo
2022 Ogentroost, Tetem, Enschede, solo
2021 De Staat Van, Bergkerk, Deventer, group
2020 Hoe = Het Nu, ACEC, Apeldoorn, group
2019 je herinnerde me lente, Galerie de Vijf Ramen, Arnhem, solo
2018 Leitmotif, Kunstruimte N U N, Arnhem, group
2018 It's my tail and I'll chase it if I want to, Kunstenlab, Deventer, duo
2018 Salon, Bergkerk, Deventer, group
2018 Under Sweet Surveillance, Objektief, Enschede, group
2017 Vergroeid, B93, Enschede, duo
2016 New Dutch Photography Talent 2017, the Art 'Otel, Amsterdam, group
2016 Graduation Show, ArtEZ Academy for Art and Design, Enschede, group
2016 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Duitsland, group
2016 Aki Media Finals preview, Villa de Bank, Enschede, group
2015 5th World Biennial of Student Photography, Novi Sad, Serbia, Romania, Bosnia and Croatia, group
publications
2022 Ogentroost, book, self-published
2018 Mister Motley, Voorbij het lijfelijke, online publication
2016 NEW Dutch Photography Talent 2017, book, GUP
2016 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, catalog
grants
2021 Jeannette Hollaar Fonds
2021 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
2020 - 2021 Nieuwe Makers Regeling, Provincie Overijssel, Zwolle
related activities
2019 - 2021 Teacher, Pre-education programme, ArtEZ Academy for Art & Design, Enschede
2018 Catch event, Kunstenlab, Deventer