Redmer Hoekstra

Redmer Hoekstra (1982) graduated from the Art Academy in Zwolle as a visual artist and illustrator in 2009 .

I’ve always loved alienation and fantasizing, daydreaming. As a child I had all kinds of theories about how the world worked. I play with form, meaning and function, while new combinations arise.

Often surprising, strange and funny but also with a strange kind of logic, a fantastic and surreal world.

A philosophical view of the world and myself . Who am I? What is my reality and how do I get to decide how it looks and works?

They are pen drawings on paper. By shading I create light and space, which gives a drawing life. A drawing takes on average 32 to 40 hours.