My overarching theme is:
Genealogy: a quest for the right to exist of « The Same » and « The Other »
Presenting the following artworks - created in the last three years.
1. MEMORY STORES - REFLEXIONS ON THE UNDERCURRENT
The course of the ‘River Meuse/Maas’ as a metaphor for tacitly letting drift away the right to existence of ‘The Same’ and ‘The Other’
© 2026 Memory Stores_Installation Art_Alike Dalkmann_Rotterdam_Netherlands
Five perspex cubes positioned on a map, following the course of the « River Meuse/Maas » (colored pencil on wood).
Dimensions 300 cm x 100 cm
2. WALK OF BLAME
Commemorations are a farce, and so is this work of art....
....as long as ‘the herd’ tacitly grants ‘the State’ the right to exclude, deny, discipline and destroy ‘the Other’!
© 2025 Walk of Blame_Installation Art_Alike Dalkmann_Rotterdam_Netherlands
The artwork is positioned on the floor (Colored pencil and fotoprint on wood).
Dimensions 240cm x 120cm
3. OBJECT <> SUBJECT
Genealogy: the subject's quest for the right to exist in view of the objectification of subject.
"Having been stateless, my father acts as a metaphor in this work for the objectification of humanity."
© 2024 Object < >Subject_Installation Art_Alike Dalkmann_Rotterdam_Netherlands
Five wooden cubes are placed on the floor in the form of a pentagon. (colored pencil, fotoprints and woodcut)
Dimensions cubes 40x40x40cm
My history:
Graduated from the AKvSt (Academy of Fine Arts and Design) in Breda, the Netherlands.
I have a bachelor's degree in two different fields:
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Fashion Illustration and Design
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Visual Arts
After my studies, I worked freelance for book publishers, municipalities, and my work has been used for the annual reports of major companies.
I have also worked as a Senior Lecturer in Art & Design and subsequently worked as Principal Educational Manager at Artemis Academy in Amsterdam.
I currently work full-time as a conceptual visual artist, fully dedicating my time to the arts.
