Visual artist & Researcher
Bio & Info
Installation views
Line of Sight coming soon
contact@stijnterpstra.com
@stijnterpstra
Bio & Info
Installation views
Line of Sight coming soon
contact@stijnterpstra.com
@stijnterpstra
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 (Breda, The Netherlands) and is currently pursuing a Master's degree (MA) in Comparative Arts and Media at Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
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.
2025 / Noorderlicht Biënnale: Machine Entanglements, Museum Belvédère, Friesland
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 / Fotoasiel, St. Joost School of Art & Design (self-organized)
2021 / NS16 Tilburg, Nieuwe wegen, Oude sporen
2021 / Noorderlicht: The Makeable mind, Sugar Factory Groningen (Student open call)
2019 / RUIS. St. Joost School of Art & Design, Online exhibition & Live interview ‘Interne Ruis’
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 / Fotoasiel, St. Joost School of Art & Design (self-organized)
2021 / NS16 Tilburg, Nieuwe wegen, Oude sporen
2021 / Noorderlicht: The Makeable mind, Sugar Factory Groningen (Student open call)
2019 / RUIS. St. Joost School of Art & Design, Online exhibition & Live interview ‘Interne Ruis’
2025 / Geologies of Violence, AESTHETICS OF NON-ALIGNMENT, Kunstlicht Vol. 45, no. 3-4, (expected)
2025 / Through the Opera Glass, Noorderlicht Biënnale: Machine Entanglements (Catalog)
2023 / The Annihilation of Space and Time, Zero Feedback
2022 / Blurring the Lines (Catalog)
2025 / Through the Opera Glass, Noorderlicht Biënnale: Machine Entanglements (Catalog)
2023 / The Annihilation of Space and Time, Zero Feedback
2022 / Blurring the Lines (Catalog)
2024-2025 / MA, Comparative Arts and Media Studies, VU Amsterdam
2023-2024 / PMA, Comparative Arts and Media Studies, VU Amsterdam
2018-2022 / BA, Photography and Film, St. Joost School of Art & Design, Breda
2020-2021 / 2BA Photography (Erasmus exchange), KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts, Ghent
2017-2018 / Preliminary Program St. Joost, Den Bosch / Breda
2023-2024 / PMA, Comparative Arts and Media Studies, VU Amsterdam
2018-2022 / BA, Photography and Film, St. Joost School of Art & Design, Breda
2020-2021 / 2BA Photography (Erasmus exchange), KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts, Ghent
2017-2018 / Preliminary Program St. Joost, Den Bosch / Breda
Bio
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 (Breda, The Netherlands) and is currently pursuing a Master's degree (MA) in Comparative Arts and Media at Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
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
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 (Breda, The Netherlands) and is currently pursuing a Master's degree (MA) in Comparative Arts and Media at Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
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
Info
The project Through the Opera Glass has been selected for inclusion in the upcoming edition of Noorderlicht Biënnale 2025: Machine Entanglements. The work will be on view at Museum Belvédère from July 12 to September 7, 2025.