About Jacqueline Louter-Hoos

Inspiration & education

Photography plays an essential role in my work. In my studio I create staged photographic images that find their form in prints, installations and spatial objects. My visual language is tranquil and layered, with a fascination for mystical and historical references.

Flowers and botanical shapes regularly return as a motif. They carry a layered symbolism within them – interwoven with art historical meanings and an intuitive, personal fascination. I build the images with carefully chosen objects, with an emphasis on second-hand materials from thrift shops, which carry their own history and thus reinforce the layering and atmosphere that resonates in my work.

Growing up in an environment surrounded by art and antiques, I decided in 2007 to leave my career in ICT and management behind to delve into the visual arts, specializing in photography. This step felt like a return to a world that had always been part of my life. I attended the Photo Academy and graduated in 2011.

Since then I have been working as an independent visual artist from my studio in Delft. My work is regularly exhibited and I initiate and organize art exhibitions and projects.

Education: Photo Academy (diploma June 2011)

Member of the photographers' collective Nomads of Sehnsucht and participant of Rotterdam Photo

Artist member of Pulchri Studio, Haagse Kunstkring and participant of Kadmium Delft.