Ankie van Kasteren
Ankie van Kasteren (1996) is a visual artist, based in the Netherlands. She is primarily focusing on the medium photography, but also shifting between collage, moving image, painting, sculpture and installation art.
Her personal experiences and memories serve as the main source of inspiration for her creations.
︎︎︎Ankie’s website
Her personal experiences and memories serve as the main source of inspiration for her creations.
︎︎︎Ankie’s website
‘’What I love about our collective is how diverse it is in composition. As a neurodivergent artist and probably the youngest member of our collective, I feel very much seen and heard. It’s not only the art works that get better, I also grow as a person and feel supported in the challenges I face along the way.’’
Sweet little baby bird
When Ankie was eleven, she met photographer Y*, a family friend who groomed and sexually abused her. The project tells her experiences in both words and images. It shows the sexualization of young girls and the secretive dynamic between groomer and victim.
Photographer Y* would start calling her 'his sweet little baby bird'.
The project confronts the audience with the tension between not wanting to know about it and being curious about it at the same time. It encourages you to recognize the ways in which we unconsciously seek out or avoid certain realities.
