Renée van Oploo
Fine artist & researcher



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I am a visual artist, lecturer and researcher. I teach in the Art & Research programme (since 2021) and Photography, Film & the Digital (since 2023) at St. Joost School of Art & Design, and conduct research at the Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology (CARADT). I am also a member of the art collective YAFF and the art alliance The Long Tail of Art.

My artistic practice centres on the relationship between art, shared experience and ethical reflection. Through installations, essays, workshops and collaborative projects, I develop situations in which artistic practice creates space for collective inquiry into current dilemmas in art, education and society, and the assumptions and reflexes that shape them. I hold a background in Fine Arts (cum laude, St. Joost School of Art & Design) and Applied Ethics (MA, Utrecht University).
Overview




Pan Colon(s)
Bottles
Thinking Landscape #2
A Moral Anatomy of an Artichoke
Living Statistic #7 - Fixed Fiction
Border of Europe
The Blame Game
Fundament & Thinking Landscape #1
I am Water
Song for the Earth
Salt of the Earth
Art is Our Only Hope


Animation overview

Little Flake, Little Hair, Little Booger
None of this was my choice (I)
None of this was my choice (II) 
What makes falling so appealing
Deep blue 
My heart is a forest
A State of Nature
A Cosmic Anxiety



Installations & artworks



Border of Europe
1:5000, 864 grams

(2021)


The border is embroidered on 12 metres of fabric. At a scale of 1:5000, the outline of Europe measures roughly 53,000 kilometres. While embroidering the border I reflected on what this line represents. It marks two sides, but does it truly divide a person? In this work all countries are joined together.

Once embroidered on fabric, the border becomes a tangible object. It rests heavily in the hands, yet the contours of the land are no longer visible unless a section is unrolled. In this way I can carry it under my arm and take it with me. The border is no longer a boundary, but an object I can hold.



 
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