About Natasja Alers

In her work, Natasja Alers explores the boundaries of the material, playing with forms that appear both powerful and vulnerable. Alers is known for her unique approach to ceramics, in which she makes casts of human body parts and transforms them into new sculptures, vases, reliefs, seating objects and installations. Her work explores themes such as tension, vulnerability and paradoxical feelings, and reveals the inner world of the human body. Alers says: ‘For me, art is a way to express frustration, sadness, passion or obsession.’

The works Rise/Swell and Rise in this edition of ARTZUID show her refined play with glaze: colours flow into each other, the smooth surfaces seem almost liquid. Herein lies her urge to experiment, her search for the possibilities of clay.