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My art arises from the acts of painting, sculpture, world-building, and the conscious combining of collected found objects. I mainly work intuitively and start out from a material or a simple subject, like a skull or campfire. As I work, my art starts to create their own mythology. This means that my work inspires me to write stories about them. This is often where the title comes from. Archaeology, anatomy, the surrealistic, and the fantastical inspire me a lot, and through me my work and my worlds.

Lately, I’ve been noticing how many of my fascinations in life are all linked to that what sets us as human beings apart from other animals. I have been seeing this in my work as well. And so, my research has started on the beauty of the human that just is. To see and admire this through the eyes of an outsider. (June 2025)

Email: esravandenberg2k@gmail.com

Instagram: @astra2k

An open room with a high ceiling furnished for a graduation show for the fine arts bachelor.

Graduation Show

Pak Me Dan 2025

After four years, my time at the Institute of Arts in Maastricht came to an end. Our last assignment was to organize an exhibition and showcase our art pieces in a way that fit our art and helped tell the story. This page shows my result of this final assignment. I'd love to hear what story you see in this exhibition.
a picture of an altar with skulls and candles
a handmade piece of clothing for ancient workers
a photo of the work 'Ono' a frame with cloth hanging from it. In the frame there is a depiction of a fire.
three paintings that togehter represent the work 'i am having visions'.
a painting of a skull.
a photo of a dried leaf with inscriptions on it in a frame.
we see a desk and a chair with a coat. On the wall there is a map.
a photo of two paintings, one white and one black.
a picture of a handmade miniture animal known as blauwoogvlieg.
A collection of frames in various sizes hangs on a white wall with dark brown plinths.