Artist Statement
Jasper Zijlstra (born 1990) is a photographer and visual artist. He uses his camera to access complex and hidden worlds, ranging from sterile laboratories to personal stories. In collaborations with scientists and experts, a continuous interaction develops between research and photographic experimentation. This collaboration creates aesthetic images of complex information that serve as new interpretations for experts and arouse curiosity in laypeople.
Since 2022, he has been collaborating with scientists to explore humanity’s response to climate change. Immersed within research groups working to protect species, restore ecosystems, and build more resilient futures, he creates visual works that experiment with new ways of communicating scientific insights into ecology, climate change, and sustainability to a wider public. Through these works he seeks to evoke wonder, believing it can inspire engagement and foster a deeper connection with, and care for, the natural world.
Alongside his practice as a photographer and visual artist, he is also a hand bookbinder. Driven by a passion for craftsmanship, he taught himself the art of hand bookbinding. Today, he creates custom-made books on commission and teaches courses and workshops in bookbinding.
Contact
post@jasperzijlstra.com
+316 30 24 30 70
photo credits: Laura Cnossen