Solo exhibition Afra Eisma

Afra Eisma (1993) creates intimate worlds bursting with colour and energy. Her work consists of tufted carpets, ceramics, drawings, paintings and textiles that lead to radiant tactile installations in which connection and generosity are central. Starting 27 March, 2021, the Fries Museum will present its first solo museum exhibition.

For this exhibition, Eisma transforms the rooms into immersive installations. For each space she highlights an emotion that connects them to the stomach, heart and mouth. Guides, sometimes in the form of animals, lead the visitor from one room to another. The installations are a convergence of life and art, she literally weaves life experiences into her work. With the exhibition she reflects on her own vulnerability.

Young talent
Afra Eisma is a young talent who was recently selected for the Unfair. Eisma studied Visual Arts at the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague) and Central Saint Martin's (London). She lives and works in the Hague and was nominated for the Royal Prize for Free Painting in 2018. She has also been nominated for the Piket Art Prize. She previously exhibited in Vleeshal Middelburg, 1646 (the Hague), Stroom Den Haag and Art Rotterdam, among others.