Hara graduated the Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) and has been awarded the Jan Roede Prize 2024. The jury: "She combines the precision, patience and attention inherent in craftsmanship with an inquisitive attitude with which she opens up to underlying stories."

Her research into the craft of textile production penetrates the complexity of textile fabrics, but also focuses on the role women have played for centuries in designing and manufacturing these fabrics. Inspired by her grandmothers in Greece, who were the first to teach her the art of needlework, she tries to unravel the complex relationship between textile making and the significance women have had for it throughout history. Just as a fabric is built up layer by layer with angelic patience, so a drawing can be woven together stitch by stitch with great precision with a stunning visual result. With reconstructions of the textile working process, Hara not only exposes the beauty of structures and patterns, but also highlights the resilience, creativity and artistic skill with which women from generation to generation sustained themselves with this.

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Len Heiner challenges the historically determined conventions of how art should be defined and produced. Instead of working towards a single large work, he opts for an approach that deals with the seed of an idea, where the first glimpse of a subject is materialized quickly and added to his ever-growing repertoire. This way Len is mapping out a sort of subjective encyclopedia of the world, while simultaneously playing with the notion of the artwork as a sacred object.

When installed together, these groups of small works compose juxtapositions and evoke associations the spaces between, without giving comprehensive narrative.

The gentle humor and superficial, childlike visual simplicity of Len’s work invites viewers to let go of their tendencies to intellectualize art and have an experience similar to listening to music.

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Gillian  Bolton is a Dutch painter based in The Hague. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK, 2024), his work explores the intersection of structure and emotion through geometric abstraction. Drawing inspiration from the ways form and color operate in space and communicate with a viewer, Gillian investigates these elements within grid systems: composing rhythmic, layered works that reveal a subtle tension between chaos and order.

During his design process, he adopts a hands-on approach to the materials he works with. His work is shaped by repurposing existing techniques, such as in the way he designs a mould. Through constant research and experimentation with various techniques, he questions how everyday objects are approached by transforming them. At the beginning of his design process, he deliberately leaves the outcome of the design open. By embracing the qualities of the material during the process, it becomes clear in what shape and context the work will evolve.

His ambition lies in seeking a raw refinement. Within this, he considers how an object can be perceived as finished or unfinished—both from his own perspective and that of the beholder. In the final outcome of a design, he finds it important that a human touch remains visible. This imbues the object with character and makes it feel more personal.

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After earning her degree in Visual Arts at the ArtEZ University of the Arts, Isabelle turned towards her primary medium of choice: photography. She is constantly looking for a narrative, a kind of serene tension in her work. The idea behind her still lifes is to bring objects to life and let them tell a story. Her photographs have a certain aesthetic quality, yet they are composed of raw elements that would rarely be considered aesthetic in and of themselves. Viewed from afar, her photographs seem to depict abstract images, but upon closer inspection, they turn out to be everyday—sometimes even banal—objects, whose textures that are nearly tangible. The effect is a visual alienation.

Tineke Porck is a Dutch artist whose minimalist practice explores the expressive power of the line. With a background in abstract constructivism, her work balances precision with intuition. Using limited materials — from etched wood to painted surfaces and play blocks — she creates sculptural and graphic compositions that reflect on connection, structure, and transformation. Her recent series, and , invite quiet contemplation through subtle spatial rhythms. Over decades of practice, Porck has developed a visual language that is both restrained and poetic, where form and absence hold equal weight.

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Daniel Heikens (1980) is a photographer based in The Hague whose work spans both social documentary and abstract urban photography. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), he captures unseen perspectives of city life — from powerful series like De Matlas, highlighting subcultural identity, to abstract photographic compositions using analog techniques. In series like those shown in Between the Lines, he explores the formal beauty of the everyday cityscape. By isolating fragments of urban space — shadows, reflections, and architectural lines — he blurs the boundary between reality and abstraction, turning ordinary environments into visual poetry. Heikens is also active as a photography educator, vintage expert, and curator, with a broad knowledge of historical techniques and strong engagement with local communities.

The photographs of Jean-Marc Spaans have been described as "paintings with light." His work often has an ethereal, almost vanishing quality. By intentionally using long exposure times, Spaans traces paths of light through space with colored neon tubes.

Through his manipulation of these tubes, he captures the contours of non-existent objects and shapes, creating geometric patterns, swirling dancers, furniture, and architectural forms. The camera records the light trails and the precise movements of the artist, who frequently acts as both the model and the maker of his work.

Jean-Marc Spaans’ work is part of the collections of museums and collectors worldwide, including Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Stedelijk Museum, Noord-Brabants Museum, the Swedish Arts Council, Saks Fifth Avenue, the Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, the Photo Collection of Erasmus University, and numerous private collections.