Bio
Venus Jasper (Griepink) is a queer visual artist, singer-priestess, educator, writer and curator - currently based between Amsterdam and Antwerp. In their counter-cultural and ritualistic work they envision spirited and sensuous post-capitalisms that spell the decolonization of the anthropocene, rekindle more-than-human kinship, and forward (neuro-)queer perspectives on ecology, community, spirituality and the self.
In their multi-disciplinary artistic practice, Venus create ultra-sensory spatial installations where 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 about personal and global concerns. Recent highlights are their large solo exhibition EARTHSHRINE at MU Eindhoven (2022) and the performance OAKBaLLZ and EELSKin at Rupert Lithuania (2023).
In recent years, Venus Jasper's artistic work has increasingly involved music production and the development of songs, spoken word, spells, and invocations - alongside of their deepening sculptural practice that is currently exploring the artists relation to sacred swamps, (white) ancestry, neurodiversity and trauma.
Be it through art making, writing, or education, Jasper's activities root in the interplay between queer ecology, environmentalism, land-based ways of knowing, rejected wisdom, activism, science fiction, the more-than-human, sex, gender, and search of identity.
Credentials
Venus Jasper holds an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) from the Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam (2013) and is trained in Permaculture Design, Reiki, Somatic Psychotherapy, Speculative Writing, Music Production, and is currently part of the Before We Where White course. Their work was presented at MU Hybrid Art House Eindhoven (NL), LungA Festival (IS), Rupert (LT), AIRIE Florida (US), TENT Rotterdam (NL), Garage Rotterdam (NL), Zone2Source (NL), 1646 (NL), Tidens Krav (NO), Museum IJsselstein (NL), Lustwarande Tilburg (NL), IMPAKT Festival (NL), Odapark (NL), Melkweg Expo (NL), Onomatopee Eindhoven (NL), and MuHKA Antwerpen (BE), amongst other.
Besides their artistic work, they are a freelance curator for RE_NATURE (2021-2022) and are/were a course tutor at BEAR ArtEZ Arnhem (2023), Ecology Futures MA MICV/St. Joost Den Bosch (2021-22), Scenography AHK Amsterdam (2024-25), and mentor at RE: Opera, Sandberg Institute (2024).
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