Essays and studio notes by Dutch artist Bastiaan Woudt. On photography, books, editions, and the questions that don't disappear after the work is done.
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Come with me to Patagonia
For years, I said no to workshops. People asked, and I declined every time because I did not feel like the right person to tell anyone what to do. I am not a teacher. In my view, a workshop in a studio ends up being all about where you plac...
Build the list, not the following
What I learned about who actually owns your audience.
Most artists I know measure their audience by the number of followers they have. The number is visible, it increases, and it feels as though you have built it. I believed that, too, for...
The Shape of Absence
On Thursday, 10 September, my solo exhibition, The Shape of Absence, will open at MC2gallery in Milan.
This will also mark the opening of their new space. MC2 is returning to Milan with a gallery on Via Maroncelli 7, in the Design District...
Your invitation for Inspiration Day
On Sunday, 20 September 2026, I will open the doors of my Alkmaar studio for a day we are calling ‘Inspiration Day’. This will be the first time that the working studio, as well as the gallery, has been open to the public.
If you would lik...
Some work has to wait
Some work has to wait.
Portal has been sitting on my list for a long time. Every few months I would return to it, look again, and decide it was not the moment. There was never anything wrong with the work. If anything, it was one of the st...
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Bastiaan Woudt (1987). Dutch artist and founder of 1605 Collective. Interested in new technology, and when images leave screens and become objects. This is where I think about making, building, and the questions that stay after the work is done
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