Mirthe van Wermeskerken (1998) is a printmaker, illustrator and ceramicist. Through her work, she creates a gateway to a world where the mystical and the everyday meet.
Her high-contrast illustrations reveal a search for the surreal in ordinary things. The characters and symbols in her work tell stories that seem to form a new folklore, in which the interaction between humans and nature plays a key role.
Mirthe's part of the screen print collective Purple Carrot Collective.
Exhibitions
2024 De Broeikas
2022 Ateliercollectie Kunstpunt
2021 Detour, Graduation Show Academy Minerva
2021 Illustratie 57, Sketchbook Exhibition
2020 Illustratie 57, Second Best
2019 Illustratie 57, Barricades
2018 The Supreme Exodus Lab
2018 Artist Book Festival
2018 Illustratie 57
2018 Arteva Exhibition
Education
2021 Bachelor Design, Illustration/Animation, Academy Minerva Groningen
2016 Minerva Fine Art and Design introduction course
Other
2024 - Now Program coordinator De Vrolijkheid Ter Apel
2022 - Now Workshop teacher for schools, festivals, company outings and other groups
2022-2024 Workshop teacher De Vrolijkheid Ter Apel
2024 Workshop teacher De Vrolijkheid Emmen
2023 Workshop teacher De Vrolijkheid Delfzijl
📷 Emma Spannenberg
Selected clients
2024 Revista Coffee & Magazines
2023 GSV Be Quick Bergen
2023 Zola Westerhof, Naar de Oost
2022 Hotel Gaia
2022 Taco's Koffie
2022 NNZ
2022 Orange Effect (concept and animations)
2022 Hit the North - ESNS
2021 Kunstpunt Groningen
2021 Jackie Burema
2021 Hanzehogeschool Minerva Groningen, Club Graduate Talkshow (curation)
2021 Tochtgatboswachterjas
2019 Marian van Os Centrum voor Ondernemerschap, Hanzehogeschool Groningen
2018 Concerthuis Customized
2018 Poëziepaleis
2017-2018 Arteva, Hanzehogeschool Minerva
2017 Medisch Beeldvormende en Radiotherapeutische Technieken, Hanzehogeschool Groningen