Geertje Geertsma
“Mushrooms have enchanted me. There is an incredible amount to say about mushrooms and the role they play in nature, such as their delicate cooperation with trees. When I wander through nature, I am aware of the richness beneath my feet with every step I take, and above all, I am fascinated by the wondrous forms that come and go.”
Geertje Geertsma
“It is especially the shapes that evoke doubts and associations that capture my gaze. Mushrooms often look very masculine, although some cup fungi and puffballs also have something feminine about them. Corals grow in the sea, but there are also mushrooms that look just like them. This takes me to a world that is omnimorphic, where hierarchy and separation are foreign elements.
My observations, combined with a magical experience, find their way into my visual work, which exists somewhere between reality and the fairytale world. Here, doubts and mysteries are allowed to exist.”
Geertje Geertsma graduated from Minerva Academy in 2015 and has been working from her studio in the creative incubator "De Biotoop" in Haren ever since.