Open: 17:00 - 20:00 hrs
Tickets: € Free
The exhibition Urban Sprawl showcases the final projects from students enrolled in the course Experimental Media and the Internet in Contemporary Art. Each piece from the 5 artists represents a culmination of a semester's worth of research, creation, and self-reflection. The exhibition serves as an open platform, inviting the public to interact with their work.
Lucy Cohen
This work explores how humans create comfort in spaces outside of their homes. Something as simple as a shared kitchen can become the space where relationships are formed and grow. During my time in Amsterdam, a place of impact has not only been the beautiful city in which we live, but also the kitchen where I cook my meals with my friends, which has, over time, become a significant part of my abroad experience. My art will depict our dinner table, the same cups and cutlery, and the plate will show a collage of photos that I have taken over the past four months.
Bio:
Lucy Cohen (b. 2005, USA) is a student studying Government at Colby College. This is her first time creating an artwork that goes beyond simple sketches and photos. She is inspired by her grandmother, a photographer who has captured relationships through her images. Her work aims to communicate how community is fostered through shared spaces and experiences.
Gus Colwell
This project explores the transformation of digital sketches into physical sculptures. Using original creature-like drawings, I create small air-dry clay sculptures that highlight how form, texture, and scale change between digital and physical mediums. Each sculpture is paired with its original sketch to show the progression from concept to object.
Bio:
Gus Colwell (b, 2004, USA) is a multidisciplinary artist and psychology student whose work explores creativity, transformation, and visual storytelling. Working across digital and sculptural media, his art focuses on the relationship between imagination and physical form, often using playful and experimental designs to examine how ideas evolve through different materials and processes.
Hugo Hall
Statement: My work explores memory and physical space. I am interested in how the changes of spatial elements that are central to someone’s memory of a space can tell a story. Using objects from second-hand stores, I arrange them in such a way that the varying shapes, sizes, and materials help exaggerate and reflect their magnitude of significance, while conveying a sense of directionality. Additional materials, colors, and details were added to balance the exaggerated nature with specificity.
Bio:
Hugo Hall (b. 2005, USA), is a student of biology and environmental science. This is his first sculptural work as his focus is on nature and landscapes. His father, an Architect specializing in scenic design, inspired him to create a piece that encourages thought about the stories told by changes in spatial memory elements.
Grace Li - 25 euros (?)
Statement: My work aims to bring childhood nostalgia and joy to life by creating art that connects beloved childhood characters and stories from around the world—stories I loved as a child and continue to cherish today. Out of a desire to share this joy with others, I work across a variety of media, including clay, wood, paint, and cardboard, to create playful scenes in which these characters come together in harmony and wonder. Through my art, I hope viewers recognize that, even across cultures and continents, children’s stories all share an important desire to inspire hope, teach kindness, and foster unity.
Bio:
Grace Li (b. 2005, USA) is a Chinese-American student of kinesiology and human anatomy and physiology. Since childhood, she has been drawn to cute characters and vibrant aesthetics, filling her life with whimsical decorations and adorning her belongings with them. She wants to remind her audiences of the childlike wonder they often forget as the years go by and life’s growing responsibilities begin to weigh them down.
Vivian Nguyen
Statement: My work represents a traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year household celebration, with a depiction of several traditional Viet materials (altar, incense holder and flower pots with traditional patterns, cards-playing mattress, traditional wooden furniture, Lunar New Year decorations, and several Vietnamese Lunar New Year food). Illustrated through a miniature model, I used mixed materials in the process of creating this art, including clay, cardboard, paper, printed media, wooden sticks, cloths, and spray paints. Lunar New Year is among one of the most important traditions for every Vietnamese, which treasures family gatherings, gratitude, and reunion. Being nearly 4 years away from home, I have not been able to stay close to my family, missing out all the memories, events and especially the sense of home, which is the main reason why I chose to work on this art. This art not only represents my origin, but also aims to introduce and promote a historical and cultural heritage that every Vietnamese is proud of.
Bio:
Van (Vivian) Nguyen (b. 2005, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese student studying Communications, Business Analytics and Media Arts in the United States. Being the first generation who has a chance to go out and explore the world, she has always been told to value every experience, moment and to take any possible opportunity. She is also the first member of the family who follows a different path in Media Arts and Visual Design, which challenges her ambitions, creativity and willingness to take risks. Her focus on Arts mainly about graphic design, photography, and videography, with a huge ambition to recapture the real world into her own perception.