Marloes Aerts
12 artworks by Marloes Aerts.
Last artwork was added this month.
Live in the present; the future will come later.
A vivid imagination and the ability to express creativity through my own hands characterised me as a young child. This strong desire to create has largely shaped my life’s journey so far and has always been a part of me.
Looking at the most intense and profound emotions I can experience. The struggle to emerge from darkness back into the light is a major source of inspiration for my work. I allow the emotion to arise through the material, an emotional struggle that is recognisable to so many, now captured in a snapshot. Work that can touch your emotions and is a literal translation of this: the struggle between the negative and the positive. Work that can also provide insight into your own thought patterns, briefly bringing time to a standstill whilst you are lost in thought, after which you may return to the present.
“It is our light, not our shadow, that frightens us most. And when we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”
Studied at Cibap, the vocational school for the visual arts, specialising in spatial presentation and communication design (2008–2012). It was there that my passion for the use of light and dark and for abstract graphic forms blossomed. Subsequently, my studies in industrial product design at Saxion University of Applied Sciences (2012–2016) introduced me to the powerful effect that form and colour have on human emotions.
