Eliane Geurts is an artist from The Netherlands. Born in 1998, currently working and living in Maastricht.
Cycling and walking through the surrounding landscape, she explores the lines of border areas. The rhythm of being on the move, the emptiness that accompanies it, and the sense of space it creates play a crucial role in her work.
Her works are constructed from various materials, starting with the surface itself. Using mostly found materials, she builds a foundation in which these borderlands return as fragments, lines, and repetitions. Just as in open space, her work resists a framed canvas, instead, each piece becomes a building block within a larger whole.
In her practice, painting, drawing, writing, and photography merge. She experiments intuitively with materials and layers, attentive to calm and spatiality. Oil and acrylic, which naturally repel each other, are sometimes layered on top of one another, creating a tension for dominance. This confrontation opens up space for coincidence, resistance, and struggle, inviting the viewer to continuously question what they are seeing. Is it a landscape, or perhaps an archaeological excavation? The process of making remains visible and tangible throughout her work.
She works with materials that layer over one another and partially erase each other. On the surface, these layers are often no longer visible, yet beneath the skin they form the structure of the work.
education,
2021 – 2025, Autonome Beeldende Kunst (Fine Arts), Kunstacademie Maastricht
2024, Onderzoeksatelier Kunst & Architectuur, (Art & Architecture) ARTWARE, Maastricht
2017 – 2021, Communications, Avans Hogeschool, Breda
2021, Minor Design 360, Fontys for Creative Industries, Tilburg
professional experience,
2025, Programmamaker, Bureau Europa; platform voor architectuur en design
2025, Guest tutor, Bachelor Fine Arts, Kunstacademie Maastricht
2021 – 2025, Marketing & Communications, Boekhandel Dominicanen
2024, Bureau Europa, Opbouw/Suppoost
exhibitions,
2025, 17 okt – 16 nov – Marieke Severens Gallery, OPEN CALL 30x30x30, Maastricht (NL)
2025, 7 okt – 19 okt – SAC, Maastricht (NL)
2025, OADS (Ode aan de Stad), Maastricht (NL)
2025, 3 – 7 juli – Pak me dan – graduation show – Kunstacademie Maastricht (NL), group exhibition
2025, 13 juni – Twee Weeghuisjes, Duo exhibition – ENCI Maastricht (NL)
2025, 17 maart-6 april – Harvest – Bureau Europa, Maastricht (NL), group exhibition
2024, 22-23 juni – Dirty Playground – B32 Artspace Maastricht (NL), group exhibition
2023, FAX Hasselt (BE), group exhibition
2023, Odapark, Venray (NL), group exhibition
curator,
2025, Twee Weeghuisjes, ENCI Maastricht (NL)
2024, 4-7 juli – SYZYGY kunstfestival, Kunstfront Maastricht (NL), collaboration with Jop Delheij
Artists: Chantal Le Doux, Joep Caenen, Niek Opstals, Dani Vos
2023, FAX Hasselt (BE), group exhibition
press and print,
2025, sept-okt, Metropolis M, Graduation magazine – lees artikel
2025, Lost Painters, Eindexamen expositie ‘Pak me dan’
2025, Magazine BK-informatie, Finals 2025 (deel 1/2)
