PROGRAMME
EXHIBITION PART 3 24.04 – 05.07.2026
SELFIE OF THE SOUL – NDSM XPO XVIII
Image Allard Boterenbrood
Selfie of the Soul is art without a filter. In this exhibition, artists present work that moves beyond the polished façades of social media. Where digital platforms often display carefully constructed images shaped by expectations and ideals, these makers choose openness. They reveal doubt and vulnerability, but also strength, individuality, and a consciously self-aware gaze.
The exhibition consists of a series of solo presentations, each revealing a different facet of the soul. In a society that is increasingly polarized and inclined to place people into categories, Selfie of the Soul seeks art that uncovers the human being behind the mask. What happens when we approach one another not as a group or a role, but truly meet as individuals?
In Part III, six artists present their unfiltered inner worlds through solo exhibitions. Through installations, films, paintings, photographs, and more, you encounter both fleeting moments and the continuous movement of the soul. Themes such as balance and imbalance, shamelessness, incompleteness, and the transience of existence come together in these intimate presentations. The artists share their deepest layers and personal perspectives—everything flows, everything changes.
Selfie of the Soul III takes you into a fluid world and invites you to find your own place: who you wish to be, and who you truly are.
Artists part 3 Allard Boterenbrood; Finn Moedt; Neyde Lantyer; Rinzo; Maria Escarpenter; Aron Vellekoop Leon Curators Carlien Oudes, Jolanda Lanslots
EXHIBITION 23.04 – 31.05.2026
IT’S ABOUT EXPRESSIVE VARIETY
CINETONE
Image Sarina Reilingh
Where the model long served as the point of departure, this fifth edition broadens that starting point once again. The works move between figuration and abstraction, between observation and imagination.
The exhibition demonstrates how diverse visions can coexist without losing their autonomy. Each work speaks in its own tone, use of materials, and rhythm. Together, they form a visual composition in which difference is not a contradiction, but a reinforcing element.
Through a wide range of techniques and materials — including canvas, paper, paint, chalk, ink, plexiglass, and collage — the multiplicity of expression is made tangible.
It’s about expressive variety is a plea for artistic freedom and for trusting one’s own signature style. Come and experience the power of versatile expression.
Artists Hadewych Cels, Heleen Heintjes, Patty van Hoften, Erik Theissing, and guest artists.
Finissage on May 31 from 2:00 pm, with music and performances.
EXHIBITION 03.05 – 24.05.2026
BETWEEN BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES
KIMS.KIND.CREATIONS
SALON
image: kims.kind.creations
Amerens Hedwich, working under the name kims.kind.creations, gives discarded materials a new and distinctive life. With her motto “Nothing new but the glue,” she transforms old books and found objects into delicate, characterful bird figures.
“I build with cardboard and paper. I usually have some idea, but I still surprise myself in the process. My studio is filled with little boxes of odds and ends, all useful for the smallest details. A chess piece became a hat, and I use my mother’s pins as eyes.”
Her work develops intuitively: forms grow without a fixed plan. Each element carries a past while simultaneously gaining a new soul.
Between fragility and playfulness, between memory and renewal, her figures move in a world between birds and butterflies; light, poetic, and full of quiet stories.
MAKING INSECTS
Every Sunday Artist Talk at 2:00 PM and Insect-making Workshop take place in the studio from 3:00 PM till 4:30 PM. Participation fee €27.50.
To register, please email: kims.kind.creations@gmail.com.
EXHIBITION 09.01 - 31.05.26
HELLING X (RE)PRESENTS
WUNDERKAMMER
Image Valerie van Leersum
In this exhibition, the artists of Broedplaats Helling X present themselves together for the first time. Drawing from their personal archives, they rediscover existing works and bring them together in unexpected combinations, creating new contexts and meanings.
Helling X (1922), the oldest ship slipway of the NDSM Wharf, is a monumental concrete structure that once supported ship hulls. Over time, the building has acquired a new function and now serves as the home base of the participating artists, providing space for their studios.
In 2007, Helling X was designated a national heritage monument. Ten years later, in 2017, the city council adopted a groundbreaking motion stipulating that the X-slipway should be preserved for so-called “dirty-hands artists”. This decision paved the way for the development of the creative hub.
Thanks to extensive self-initiative and self-management, the dedicated efforts of Municipal Real Estate, and the generous policies of the Bureau Broedplaatsen, this vision has been successfully realized. The new Broedplaats Helling X was officially opened on 20 March 2025 by Alderman Touria Meliani.
The new collective consists of 23 makers: visual artists, musicians, theatre makers, photographers, designers, builders, performers, illustrators, and a shoemaker.
EXHIBITION 30 - 31.05.2026
OPEN ATELIERS AMSTERDAM-NOORD (OAN)
SALON
The 33rd edition of Open Ateliers Amsterdam-Noord (OAN) invites visitors to a weekend full of art, encounters, and discoveries throughout Amsterdam North. More than 160 artists will open their studios and, together with local partners, organize routes, exhibitions, workshops, music, and activities across the neighborhood. From the lively IJ waterfront to the quieter outskirts, OAN highlights the diversity and vibrancy of the art scene in Noord.
Visitors can explore studios, neighborhood hubs, and group exhibitions by foot or by bike, discovering painting, installations, sculpture, craftsmanship, and experimental art while meeting artists in their own working environments. Alongside exhibitions at Framer Framed, NDSM FUSE and Treehouse, there will be talks, workshops, and additional activities for all ages throughout Noord.
During OAN, the Salon presents artists from Amsterdam North who do not have a studio space, or whose studios are not accessible to the public. The exhibition features works by Hanneke ter Horst (sculptures), Carlien Oudes (oil paintings), Tessa Joosse (collages), and Merel Schoutendorp (landscape paintings). Each artist works from a distinct visual language and uses different techniques, together creating a vibrant and multifaceted exhibition. The exhibition is curated by Janna Stieglis, a young curator in training.
CONCERT
Noordkoor on may 30 at 2 pm.
EXPOSITIE 04.06 – 05.07.2026
WAAR DE ZEE BEGINT
JANNA STIEGLIS
SALON
Image Janna Stieglis
This exhibition is about childhood memories and how they still come back to us. The artworks are inspired by the time Janna spent with her grandmother. Her grandmother passed away when she was twelve, which means all her memories of her come from that childhood period. Those memories are strongly tied to that time. Ten years later, these moments find a place in this exhibition. The sea and the beach frequently appear in her work, serving as a reference to those memories and a specific location.
"Now that I’m older, I try not to lose those memories but to bring them back again. From my current perspective, I translate these memories into a new image."
Janna uses a playful handwriting style and allows for chance and spontaneity in her work. Her grandmother lived in Zandvoort, where her love for the sea and the beach began. This theme often recurs in her art. She is studying Spatial Design at HKU and is currently in her third year. Additionally, she took a six-month Fine Art course in Dundee, Scotland, from September 2025 to January 2026. Through her work, she explores how memories keep resurfacing and how she can translate them into visual form.
Opening June 4, 5pm.
EXHIBITION 05.06. – 05.07.2026
11. DE VREDE
HESSEL PIJNAKER
Image Hessel Pijnaker
For this exhibition, Hessel Pijnaker has created an installation in which painting, textiles, and spatial elements come together. The installation forms a layered environment in which visitors can move freely and become part of the work.
Starting from a study of so-called “serving art”, art that plays a role in rituals and everyday life, Hessel develops a contemporary interpretation in which image, space, and experience are interconnected. Paintings, hanging textiles, carpets, and other elements together form a cohesive whole that invites encounter, reflection, and imagination.
The installation is the result of an ongoing artistic development.
Opening June 5, 5 pm.
EXHIBITION 18.06 – 30.08.2026
RAINBOW PRIDE
WUNDERKAMMER
Image Helena Kaori Maeda
The rainbow flag was designed in 1978 by artist Gilbert Baker and has become a symbol of diversity, pride, solidarity, hope, connection, and humanity. The original eight colors each represented a universal value: life, healing, sunlight, nature, harmony, sexuality, magic, and character. Together, they formed not a boundary, but an invitation, an image of how difference can exist within a shared foundation.
In the context of WorldPride, this iconic flag forms the point of departure for the exhibition Rainbow Pride. Both as a powerful expression of pride and as the starting point for a contemporary exploration: what do these colors and their values mean today? Are they under pressure? How are they lived, experienced, questioned, celebrated, and cherished?
The exhibition focuses on celebrating what connects us, without avoiding the complexity of acceptance. Acceptance is not an endpoint, but an ongoing process of encounter, friction, care, and making space for one another.
With this group exhibition in the Wunderkammer of NDSM FUSE, we bring the colors that connect us to life. A vibrant exhibition that honors the flag and the meaning it carries.
Artists: Kiem, Gerdavanderstok, Helena Kaori Maeda, Nadia Piet, Marjolein Annegarn, Spoko Loco, Tulika Ahuja, Finn Moedt, Mees van Zanten, Lucas Braak, Maria Escarpenter, Gabriele Bonomi, Batista Lopes, Kim’s Kind Creations
https://pride.amsterdam/event/rainbow-pride/
Opening June 18, 5 pm.
PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS
THE ONE MINUTES
THE ONE MINUTES is a global network for one-minute videos. Every two months, new series explore our current time through moving images.
Through short, accessible films, The One Minutes creates spaces for free expression, collective imagination, and global solidarity in our diverse yet deeply interconnected realities. Submit your video! http://theoneminutes.org/participate
ONE MINUTE ELECTIONS – Spring 2026
THE ONE MINUTES
Video still, One Minute Elections
For this edition of One Minute Elections, artists and filmmakers worldwide were invited to submit films that imagine, question, and re-stage what it means to vote and to come together as a community. Submissions poured in from across the globe.
From these entries, 15 videos were selected, originating from Albania, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Iran, Ireland, the Netherlands, Somalia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, they form a diverse and thought-provoking program in which personal perspectives and political imagination intersect.
Many thanks to all the participating artists for their powerful and courageous contributions.
Participating artists Chris Furby Nezhla Güliz Mutlu, Ruben Duijst, Noel Molloy, especulando, Mir Anabil, Hassan Mukhtar, Abukar, Theo Tajes, Sanie Irsay, Narokh Gulzar, Andrew Avila, Martha Colburn, Flo Ray, Amirmahdi Nematzadeh
CADAVRE EXQUIS
CADAVRE EXQUIS is a continuous artwork by Rienke Enghardt. CADAVRE EXQUIS is based on a children’s game that has been played all over the world for centuries. At the start of the last century the surrealists recognized the game as an expression of art and gave it its illustrious name. CADAVRE EXQUIS playful drawings that since developed give an impression of the zeitgeist of the turbulent years between the two world wars.
At NDSM FUSE is a permanent CADAVRE EXQUIS table with paper and pencils. The collected drawings, made by more than a thousand artists and visitors, displayed on the wall next to the table give an impression of today’s zeitgeist.
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