About

Dutch artist and landscape architect Mirte Van Laarhoven explores the subtle interactions between man and nature through creations that blend poetry and eco-responsibility. Her artistic approach is based on meticulous observation of ecosystems and a quest for a more harmonious dialogue with natural elements.

Working mainly with sustainable materials and organic forms, she strives to reveal the intrinsic beauty of landscapes while questioning their fragility and destruction. Her works, often immersive and sensory, invite viewers to slow down, listen and reconnect with different forms of life. Her works are completed by the landscape over time. Tapping into natural forces and the metamorphosis of the landscape, Mirte Van Laarhoven creates installations that celebrate biodiversity while raising awareness of the need to preserve it. An artistic vision that combines ecological commitment and aesthetic contemplation. Her approach demonstrates how art can play a pivotal role in the ecological discourse, inspiring both awareness and action towards environmental sustainability.

Mirte Van Laarhoven studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture and the Pratt Institute in New York. She won the NLDelta Challenge with Underwater Forest, she received an honorable mention at the Archiprix 2018 and was awarded a talent grant from Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industries. She is an alumnus of the Jan van Eck residency program (2022-2023), and the founder of Living Landscapes. Next to this she teaches at various institutions.

Van Laarhovens work is exhibited at The AkzoNobel Art Foundation, RADIUS Center for Contemporary Art and Ecology, Brutus Artist driven playground, The IJssel Biennial, The International Architectural Biennial Rotterdam, Odapark Venray and Droog Amsterdam.