Bio
As part of their artistic practice, they create ultra-sensory spatial installations in which grounded tactility meets playful futurism. From sculptural mudscapes teeming with life to participatory performances, from audiovisual pieces, and experimental electronic soundscapes to vernacular sculptures, from participatory performances to drawings — each creation invites audiences into a realm of exploration and introspection. Highlights are their large solo exhibition EARTHSHRINE at MU Eindhoven (2022) and the performance OAKBaLLZ and EELSKin at Rupert Lithuania (2023).
In recent years, their artistic work has increasingly involved music production and the development of songs, spoken word pieces, poems, spells, and invocations - alongside of their deepening material practice. Be it art, writing, or education, Jasper's activities root in queer ecology, environmentalism, land-based ways of knowing, rejected wisdom, science fiction, the more-than-human, sex, gender, and identity politics. The interplay of these liminal spaces results in speculative and sensuous artistic propositions, temporary ecologies and experiences that benefit "storied" restorations of place.
Venus Jasper holds an MFA from the Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam (2013) and is trained in Permaculture Design, Reiki, Somatic Psychotherapy, Speculative Writing, and Music Production. Besides their artistic practice, they work as a freelance curator, and freelance tutor at BEAR ArtEZ Arnhem (2023), Ecology Futures MA MICV/St. Joost Den Bosch (2021-22), and Scenography AHK Amsterdam (2024-25), while mentoring at RE: Opera, Sandberg Institute (2024).
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