Bo Oskamp, born Amstelveen, The Netherlands (2000) has a background in directing opera, finished a bachelor’s degree in architecture at the TU Delft and is now graduating at the KABK in The Hague, fine arts. This mix of drama, space, material and scale has set root in the often emotionally charged works coming out of her hands. Through working in a rough, non-polished way, with materials that represent the raw fabric of life she pulls you into atmospheres which are often full of contradictions and undercurrents. In her work - Oskamp is trying to connect the great ignorant stream of existence to its moral and material consequences.

Using different mediums, I am searching for ways to express the multi-layerness of our being. While working, I try to tap into a life force which is both responsible for an everlasting creation as well as the great violent nature of existence. The bodily componant is crucial within this. All works harbour a higly physical nature, often both in their figurative expression as well as the big role of the direct gesture out of which the compositions are created. It is through the physicality that the immersion with materials can take place and the connection with an existential flow can be achieved. This often results in a bigger (human sized) scale and the use of materials which I can work directly with my hands or other body parts with. Looking at the works, one can conclude that destruction, violence, disappearance or evaporation are dominating the creating force which lies in the same line. Slowly, I am searching for a bigger harmony between them. A taking down and rising up which can be equally strong.

Yet, seeing the (seemingly) never ending violence which is dominating many lives, the rise of facism in the west and the continuation of censorship, I find it highly inappropriate to solely celebrate life. Art must be a place of concrete rebellion, while still trying to remain timeless. I am looking for a balance between the acknowledgement that destruction/pain are coming out of the same ignorant force as joy/love/creation and the concrete tragedy that this effectively sets in motion. There are many ways to do this. My way is not the only, let alone the right way. I am solely at the beginning of my journey. My work does not aim to teach anything, or to change the world. The pure, merciless expression of freedom is what I am trying to embody.

Education

2019 - 2025

BSc Architecture and the Built Environment | TU Delft

Sept 2022 - now

BA, Fine Arts | Royal Academy of Arts The Hague

2025

Erasmus Fine Arts | École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris, Atelier Bojan Sarcevic

Professional experience

2018

Director’s assistant, Aida, Opera Spanga, NL/MLT

2019

Dramaturgical research and assistant, Sola Soletta, opera by Maribeth Diggle, BE

2019

Director’s assistant, Pagliacci and Il Tabarro, Opera Spanga, NL

2021

Architectural intern, De Zwarte Hond, NL

2022

Architectural intern, Workshop Architecten, NL

Exhibitions/screenings

2022

A mouse took my homework, the pigeons took the house, I took the mouse, Brouwersgracht 25, The Hague, NL

2023

, the pigeons took the house, Brouwersgracht 25, The Hague, NL

2024

Room with a view, organiser and participant, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, NL

In condensation, Billytown, The Hague, NL

2025

saturday is, Beaux-Arts de Paris, FR

Life is good/life is not good, Beaux-Arts de Paris, FR

Warning, Beaux-Arts de Paris, FR

I forgot how I got here, KLM building, The Hague, NL

I forgot how I got here, short film screening, Flora, The Hague, NL

WINDSCHIEF Diagonale/6, Museum Kesselhaus, Berlin, GER

Weight of Air, organiser/curator/participant, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, NL

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