Artist Bio

Maaike Ronhaar is a visual artist based in Twente, in the Dutch Lowlands. Her practice moves between portraiture and documentation, working with analogue and digital photography as her artistic language

The magic of creation she witnessed while photographing artists on stage and on tour became the foundation of her work. She came to understand herself as an artist through a personal search for cultural identity, authenticity and belonging.

Taking the photograph is the least interesting part of her work. Each project begins with a conversation in which ideas, boundaries and expectations are shared. She shapes creative concepts and directs how they take form. The intention sets the stage for co-creation; her intuition guides what follows.

Analogue photography remains at the heart of her practice. Its pace and limitations slow everything down and ask for awareness.

She wants her work to be an antidote to an increasingly curated world.