𓃹
Elisa Verkoelen works from the empty space in shells, the silence in conversations and the leftovers of soap we wash our hands with. Her work as a multidisciplinary artist and writer focuses on physical ways of rememberence and the relation between daily life and grief. She uses site-specific techniques and landscape-dependent materials, with a preference for bronze, soap, wood, and paper. Her work consists of installations, sculptures, poems, recitations, prints, and site-specific work.
She holds a Master of Fine Arts in In Situ at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and a Bachelor of Design in Illustration at HKU.
Portrait by Julia Waraksa
2023 - 2025
Master and pre-master
‘In Situ’
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Antwerp BE
2017 - 2021
Bachelor of Design
‘Illustration’
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
Utrecht NL
Upcoming:
Het Bos
‘Vruchtbare Grond
Antwerp BE
Upcoming:
Cas-co
‘Off the grid’
Leuven BE
Upcoming:
2026 SCHUNCK
‘Passaasj’
Heerlen NL
2026
Huidenclub
‘How things end’
Rotterdam NL
2025
Gallery The Art Project
‘Wintering’
Brunssum NL
Kunstpodium T
‘One night stand’
Tilburg NL
Kappelenbaan
‘In Vrijheid?’
Maashees NL
Tersago + Dedecker
‘To Be Antwerp Art Route 10th Edition’
Antwerp BE
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
‘Master Expo’
Antwerp BE
University of Antwerp
Campus Drie Eiken
‘Art on Campus’
Antwerp BE
2024
Bureau Europa
‘Do we belong’
Maastricht NL
Odapark
‘Limburg Biënnale’
Venray NL
Insitu House
‘shells and other shapes
your hands resemble’
Antwerp BE
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
‘Dreaming Under the Pedestal’
Antwerp BE
Gallery Marieke Severens
‘The Burnout Society’ by
The Artist and the Others
Maastricht BE
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
‘Printed Image #2’
Antwerp BE
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
‘Yes Second Chance’ by
Yuki Okumura
Antwerp BE
Kleine Goddaard 5
‘Full House’
Antwerp BE
2023
Natural Cemetery Bergerbos
‘stille gronden’
Sint Odiliënberg NL
Insitu House
‘a missing kind of orange’
Antwerp BE
Hausmuseum
‘Dependance’
Jüchen DE
2022
Odapark
‘Schaduwen kennen geen vorm’
Venray NL
Maison Florida
‘Uitgestelde dialoog:
Elisa Verkoelen 2/3’
Hasselt BE
2026
Puss’Poetry #11
De Brandweer
Maastricht NL
2025
Opening ‘Henriëtte Neterpad’ Heerlen NL
Marres Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, bookpresentation ‘Verstrengeld’ Floor Martens
Maastricht NL
The Social Hub
‘Poetry and Prosecco’
Maastricht NL
Cultura Nova
‘Talen in de Euregio’
Royal Theater
Heerlen NL
Bureau Europa
‘Do we belong’
Maastricht NL
2024
Museum de Schat van Simpelveld
‘Sisterhood’
Simpelveld NL
Cultuurfonds Inspiratieprijs Maastricht NL
Greylight Projects
‘TALK & WALK: Dichter in de leegstand’
Heerlen NL
Odapark opening
‘Limburg Biënnale’
Venray NL
Sint Christoffelkathedraal ‘Kathedraalmuze’
Roermond NL
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
‘I used to have a balcony’ by
Elise El Yousfi
Antwerp BE
SCHUNK
‘Frictions festival’
Heerlen NL
2023
Frontaal
‘Verlangen’
Maastricht NL
Cultura Nova
‘Klein Berlijn’
Heerlen NL
‘Booch?’
Heerlen NL
Nieuwe Nor
‘Sterrenlopen’ opening act for
Wende Snijders
Heerlen NL
Kunstmuseum Bochum
‘Artist talk’
Bochum DE
2025
Drie Eiken ‘Art on Campus’
‘A seed, a shell, a silhouette’
Antwerp BE
2022
Gemeente Maasbracht
‘Vergezicht’
Maasbracht NL