About Bregje
Bregje Horsten
Artist | Educator | Curator
Bregje Horsten is a visual artist whose practice operates at the intersection of conceptual reflection, material presence, and social engagement. With over two decades of experience, she investigates how art can function as a site of inquiry, not to offer conclusions, but to activate questions within both individual and collective contexts.
Her work moves between autonomous making, curatorial research, and educational practice. Drawing from a background in fine art and psychology, Bregje explores themes of perception, embodiment, and systems of meaning. She graduated cum laude from the Master Fine Art & Design (MAFAD) in ’s-Hertogenbosch and studied at AKV|St. Joost in Breda and Art Academy ABV in Tilburg. These formative years have shaped a practice grounded in critical awareness and interdisciplinary dialogue.
Bregje has exhibited widely in both national and international contexts, including museums in the United States and galleries in cities such as Vienna, London, Amsterdam, and San Francisco. Her work is context-responsive, often developing through long-term engagement with place, audience, and environment.
Education forms an integral part of her practice. Since 2004, she has been active as a lecturer and mentor in both higher education and secondary schools. She has contributed to curriculum development, delivered guest lectures at institutions including V_2_ Lab for the Unstable Media (Rotterdam), and collaborated with various cultural partners on knowledge exchange.
As co-initiator and curator of RAW CASES, a series of site-specific artistic research projects supported by regional cultural funds, she facilitates collaborative spaces where urgent societal themes are addressed through contemporary art practices.
Horsten’s practice is situated within an expanded field of post-contemporary visual art, one that views the artist not as a solitary maker, but as a critical agent embedded in evolving ecological, technological, and cultural systems. Her work can be understood as a generative ecosystem: unfolding across media, rooted in reflection, and committed to co-creation within a shared, fragile world.
Artist | Educator | Curator
Bregje Horsten is a visual artist whose practice operates at the intersection of conceptual reflection, material presence, and social engagement. With over two decades of experience, she investigates how art can function as a site of inquiry, not to offer conclusions, but to activate questions within both individual and collective contexts.
Her work moves between autonomous making, curatorial research, and educational practice. Drawing from a background in fine art and psychology, Bregje explores themes of perception, embodiment, and systems of meaning. She graduated cum laude from the Master Fine Art & Design (MAFAD) in ’s-Hertogenbosch and studied at AKV|St. Joost in Breda and Art Academy ABV in Tilburg. These formative years have shaped a practice grounded in critical awareness and interdisciplinary dialogue.
Bregje has exhibited widely in both national and international contexts, including museums in the United States and galleries in cities such as Vienna, London, Amsterdam, and San Francisco. Her work is context-responsive, often developing through long-term engagement with place, audience, and environment.
Education forms an integral part of her practice. Since 2004, she has been active as a lecturer and mentor in both higher education and secondary schools. She has contributed to curriculum development, delivered guest lectures at institutions including V_2_ Lab for the Unstable Media (Rotterdam), and collaborated with various cultural partners on knowledge exchange.
As co-initiator and curator of RAW CASES, a series of site-specific artistic research projects supported by regional cultural funds, she facilitates collaborative spaces where urgent societal themes are addressed through contemporary art practices.
Horsten’s practice is situated within an expanded field of post-contemporary visual art, one that views the artist not as a solitary maker, but as a critical agent embedded in evolving ecological, technological, and cultural systems. Her work can be understood as a generative ecosystem: unfolding across media, rooted in reflection, and committed to co-creation within a shared, fragile world.