The paintings portray a romantic longing for connection with nature and the contemporary inability to do so. This does not come from a nostalgic desire for nature or romanticism, but as a response to the technological revolution and urbanization that have increased our distance from the natural world. What happens when we become detached from nature, community, and the body? The emptiness that emerges from this fragmentation, and the paradox between longing and failure, is what I seek to express in my work.
The landscapes are places of refuge, but also spaces of friction. I let people from my immediate surroundings appear among trees, mountains, and the edges of a city. On the one hand, they merge with their environment, yet something feels off. Through my paintings, I investigate how a landscape can speak of longing, vulnerability, and the question: what is our place in it?
The landscapes are places of refuge, but also spaces of friction. I let people from my immediate surroundings appear among trees, mountains, and the edges of a city. On the one hand, they merge with their environment, yet something feels off. Through my paintings, I investigate how a landscape can speak of longing, vulnerability, and the question: what is our place in it?
©Luuk Sterk Painter based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Instagram/doriskolpa
doriskolpa@hotmail.com
+31 621 593 448
Solo exhibitions
Strangled Mermaids, The Crooked Studio, Rotterdam (2025)
Yearning for the Great Bear, Time is the New Space Rotterdam (2025)
Where the Pavement Ends, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects Naarden (2023)
When the Curtain Falls, Culturehub Rotterdam (2021)
Group exhibitions
The Other, Westerkadekunst Rotterdam (2026)
Boxxx Art Collective Amsterdam (2025)
Dutch Design Week, Make Eindhoven (2025)
Mythic Manifest Love Waxes Cold London (2025)
Zomersalon Westerkadekunst Rotterdam(2025)
Wild Summer of Art Brutus Rotterdam (2025)
This Art Fair Door Amsterdam (2025)
Zomersalon Westerkade kunst Rotterdam (2024)
Klassiek meets Kunst, Tivoli Vredeburg Utrecht (2024)
Pijnlijk Mooi, Zamen Amsterdam (2024)
Luxe Benen, Marian Cramer Amsterdam (2024)
Festival exhibition, Palet Amsterdam (2023)
Ubuntu, de Zolder & Mono Rotterdam (2023)
Zomersalon Westerkade kunst Rotterdam (2023)
When Grey turns Purple, performance, Skek Amsterdam (2023)
Salon de Cultrue, performance, kunstkerk Dordrecht (2023)
Crisiskunst, groupshow, Gallery Niffo Rotterdam (2022)
Figure it out, curating Pictura Dordrecht (2022)
Kersvers, spoken word, vurige tongen, Ruigoord Amsterdam (2022)
Mother(land), groupshow, Z33 Hasselt (2022)
Kersvers, performance night, Door Dordecht (2021)
When the curtain falls, solo show, Culturehub Rotterdam (2021)
Kersvers, groupshow, Pictura Dordrecht (2021)
The Nowshow, groupshow, St. Joost academy Breda (2021)
Window exhibition, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam (2021
Moment of trust, groupshow, Club Solo Breda (2020)
Education
Bachelor Art & Research, St Joost school for Arts and Design Breda (2017-2021)
Minor Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Instagram/doriskolpa
doriskolpa@hotmail.com
+31 621 593 448
Solo exhibitions
Strangled Mermaids, The Crooked Studio, Rotterdam (2025)
Yearning for the Great Bear, Time is the New Space Rotterdam (2025)
Where the Pavement Ends, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects Naarden (2023)
When the Curtain Falls, Culturehub Rotterdam (2021)
Group exhibitions
The Other, Westerkadekunst Rotterdam (2026)
Boxxx Art Collective Amsterdam (2025)
Dutch Design Week, Make Eindhoven (2025)
Mythic Manifest Love Waxes Cold London (2025)
Zomersalon Westerkadekunst Rotterdam(2025)
Wild Summer of Art Brutus Rotterdam (2025)
This Art Fair Door Amsterdam (2025)
Zomersalon Westerkade kunst Rotterdam (2024)
Klassiek meets Kunst, Tivoli Vredeburg Utrecht (2024)
Pijnlijk Mooi, Zamen Amsterdam (2024)
Luxe Benen, Marian Cramer Amsterdam (2024)
Festival exhibition, Palet Amsterdam (2023)
Ubuntu, de Zolder & Mono Rotterdam (2023)
Zomersalon Westerkade kunst Rotterdam (2023)
When Grey turns Purple, performance, Skek Amsterdam (2023)
Salon de Cultrue, performance, kunstkerk Dordrecht (2023)
Crisiskunst, groupshow, Gallery Niffo Rotterdam (2022)
Figure it out, curating Pictura Dordrecht (2022)
Kersvers, spoken word, vurige tongen, Ruigoord Amsterdam (2022)
Mother(land), groupshow, Z33 Hasselt (2022)
Kersvers, performance night, Door Dordecht (2021)
When the curtain falls, solo show, Culturehub Rotterdam (2021)
Kersvers, groupshow, Pictura Dordrecht (2021)
The Nowshow, groupshow, St. Joost academy Breda (2021)
Window exhibition, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam (2021
Moment of trust, groupshow, Club Solo Breda (2020)
Education
Bachelor Art & Research, St Joost school for Arts and Design Breda (2017-2021)
Minor Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht