Birthday photograph
The starting point of the exhibition is a photograph taken by Griffioen's father in Enschede on the day she was born. Based on the thousands of photos her father has taken, she revisits and photographs all the places her family once lived.
Transience
Griffioen places her photographs alongside those from the past and processes the changes in virtuoso charcoal drawings of monumental size. These surround you or are presented as a triptych, like condensed memories. It's still here today, for as long as it lasts.
‘The exhibition tells a story about survival and memory. I secretly hid him [my father] in one of the drawings. The search also took me to the Veluwe, where I'm creating a large work that functions as a window to the outside world.’
Source: Gallery viewer, Het atelier van... Anouk Griffioen, 14 November 2025
Images: Anouk Griffioen