Pick me up / Ayllu / Nuqayku
When a child is put up for adoption. It’s a life-changing moment. A crucial moment, but there’s never photos of it. Here I start to wonder what those situations could be. ‘Pick me up’ is a sculptural work where the…
Paty Berendsen
23 years ago it was different, at the age of 2 years old, I was put up for adoption from Peru to the Netherlands. This impacted my life, which later became part of my art practice. This opens up a lot of questions in connection to my own identity. Through paintings, and charcoal drawings, I express myself in art and try to find my true self. I work in my art with the feeling of displacement, because of my adoption. The medium of painting is for me always a challenge. I like to give it something extra. To make it more interactive, playful and not that straight forward.