Artist statement
Stijn Terpstra (b. 2000) is a visual artist based in the Netherlands. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from St. Joost School of Art & Design and is currently pursuing a Master's degree (MA) in Comparative Arts and Media at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Through a research-based approach, his practice explores the entanglement of nature and technology, employing media technologies as starting points for visual storytelling. He examines how systems of visuality, both digital and material, shape our perception of ecological and political realities. Drawing from both artistic and scientific methodologies, he approaches media technologies as intermediaries that structure knowledge and shape contemporary discourse. Working with photography, found footage, and moving images, he constructs visual narratives that critically engage with the traces that reveal the infrastructures behind perception and expose the politics of visibility.
For inquiries:
︎ contact@stijnterpstra.com
︎ +31 (0) 6 25 20 13 20
︎ @stijnterpstra
Education
2024- Currently / MA, Comparative Arts and Media Studies, VU Amsterdam
2018-2022 / Photography and Film BA, St. Joost School of Art & Design
2020-2021 / KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts Ghent, 2BA Photography
2017-2018 / Preliminary Program St. Joost, Den Bosch / Breda
Exhibitions
2024 / Kunsthal Gent, Kunstwerkt: PET SHOP, Ghent
2023 / Kunstenaarsinitiatief B93, ‘From Dusk ‘till Dawn’, Enschede
2022 / Dutch Design Week, Class of ‘22, Klokgebouw Eindhoven
2022 / Graduation St. Joost School of Art & Design: Now show
2021 / Noorderlicht: The Makeable mind, Sugar Factory Groningen
2021 / Fotoasiel, St. Joost School of Art & Design (self organized)
2021 / NS16 Tilburg, ‘Nieuwe wegen, Oude sporen’
2020 / Noorderlicht: Generation Z, Groningen
2019 / RUIS. St. Joost School of Art & Design. Live interview ‘Interne Ruis’
Awards / Nominations
2022 / Finalists of Blurring the Lines 2022 Edition
Publications
2023 / The Annihilation of Space and Time, Zero Feedback
2022 / Blurring the Lines Catalog 2022
Residencies
2024 / Institute of Cartopology, ‘Mapaway’ in collaboration with Kunstmatig, Vaals
2023 / De Nieuwkomers, ‘Thundervisit’, Chaam