About
Zoë Sluijs (b. Netherlands) is an artist and educator with a diverse cultural and artistic practice. Working towards alternative narratives by practicing storytelling through photography, gardening, listening, foraging, and writing. As well as creating platforms for exchange in the form of workshops, walks and other events.
For three years Zoë had co-developed an artistic research collective – De Nieuwkomers – that hosted residencies and events relating to the local ecologies of the rural Netherlands where they were situated. She now continues investigating different perspectives to the interrelations within the living world more specifically to plants, fungi and animals, also questioning the boundaries of its definition e.g. concerning soil or rocks.
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Exhibitions and events
September 2025 – Perfomance lecture; Women Who Plant, Re-Nature festival Ruigoord, Amsterdam July 2025 – Graduation show Master of Fine Arts, Basecamp for Tactile imaginaries (BAK) Utrecht May 2025 – Performance Launch for the Remote Archivist publication, De Appel Amsterdam December 2024 – Manuals and Mess (workshop+exhibition), AG, Utrecht
October 2024 – While Kitchening, Casco Art Institute ,Utrecht
October 2023 – Temporary Shock Forest Group (collaborative performance), Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven July 2023 – Thunder Visit (residency +exhibition), de Nieuwkomers Chaam
May 2022 – Expositie Binnenstebuiten, De Nieuwkomers Chaam
November 2021 – Earthlings Atelier Néerlandais, Paris
October 2020 – Graduation show, Breda
September 2020 – BredaPhoto, Breda
July 2020 – Noorderlicht, Heerenveen
February 2020 – Docfeed at Lab-1, Eindhoven
September 2019 – Unseen Bookmarket Book-launch, Amsterdam
September 2019 – Peers, Amsterdam
January 2019 – fotoasiel, Breda
January 2018 – Bring your own beamer, cultuurnacht Breda
September 2017 – Life Art Breda, Kunsthuis Breda
June 2016 – B*There Festival, s’ Hertogenbosch
April 2016 – Bosch Open Expo, Kunsthuis Boschveld s’ Hertogenbosch
September 2015 – Expo Artibosch (audience price), s’ Hertogenbosch
October 2015 – B*There Festival, s’ Hertogenbosch
Education
June 2025 – Master of Fine Art at Hogeschool van de Kunsten Utrecht
May 2022 – Kunstprofessional in de klas at HZ University of Applied Sciences Vlissingen June 2020 – Graduated bachelor Photography/Film at AKV sint-Joost
March 2019 – Finished internship at Annegien van Doorn
Augustus 2018 – Minor (BA) Photography at Leeds Art University UK
March 2016 – Pixel Palace HKU (prior education, certificate)
Relevant work experience
November 2021 to present – Art Educator: Saturday course at Sint-joost School of Art and Design
July 2023 – Thunder Visit, Organised/participated residency: in collaboration with 8 artists
March 2023 – Organised/participated residency: in collaboration with Emilia Martin
November 2022 – Organised/participated residency: in collaboration with Floris Postmes
June 2022 – Organised/participated residency: in collaboration with Lola Diaz Cantoni
June 2022 – Art Educator: “Het insectenhotel” course at primary school
May 2022 – co-Curator/producer – Exhibition ‘Binnenstebuiten’, Chaam
April 2022 – Organised/participated residency: in collaboration with Esmeé Bruins
April 2022 – Art Educator: commissioned by ‘Digital Creativity’ for primary school & secondary education March 2022 – Art Educator: “De Vlechtheg” course at primary school
January 2022 – Organised/participated residency: in collaboration with Joeri Boelhouwer
January 2022 – Organised Makers Café, Chaam
December 2021 – Organised/participated residency: in collaboration with Martha Stroo
July 2021 – photographers assistant for Kessels Kramers shoot
June 2021 – Organised/participated residency: in collaboration with Ada Popovic
November 2020 – Organised/participated residency: in collaboration with Dagmar Pouwelse