"Like filmmakers directing the light, Kroese plays with paint”

As a visual artist I investigate the combination of figurative images with abstract color fields. I am interested in how these reinforce, affect and agitate each other. By disrupting the image I want to slow down the viewer, thereby intensifying their process of visual exploration. A 'slow-watching' you might say.
 
Gabrielle Kroese (Rotterdam, 1963) has a degree in Fine Art at the Minerva Academy, Groningen, The Netherlands. As an artist she makes paintings, drawings and magazines.
 
In addition, she was a member of several art advisory committees and recently guided some masterclass students.
 
Kroese worked as artist in residence in Reykjavik, Iceland (2015) and Itoshima, Japan (2018)