SOLSTICE

21 juni 2025

zaterdag 21 juni

17:00

Galerie Intussen is proud to invite to you our midsummer celebration, where we commemorate the summer solstice coinciding with the 750 year anniversary of the city of Amsterdam. As one of Europe’s most iconic cities, Amsterdam has evolved over centuries—from its humble beginnings as a fishing village on the Amstel river to a global hub of culture and art. We take midsummer as an opportunity to reflect on our relationship with the environment, as well as broaden our understanding on the importance of sunlight. We pay tribute to the light of the summer’s sun as the beginning of life, the facilitator of energy and warmth for our ecosystems, as well as acknowledge the current environmental challenges our society faces due to climate change. This celebration also invites us to honor Mother Earth, whose balance we must preserve in the face of ecological disruption.

Our event features a multidisciplinary program that borrows from a diverse background of artists and collaborators that have been inspired by the occasion of midsummer, and choose to treat sunlight as a conceptual beacon. Our program features, dance, music, films, rituals, and closes with a set by DJ Rene Calderon, who fuses Afro-Cuban rhythms with electronic music to create a vibrant, percussion-driven style he calls "Rumba Eléctrica." In a year when we mark 750 years of Amsterdam’s spirit and resilience, we draw parallels between the endurance of this city and the natural world that sustains us.

Galerie Intussen seeks to promote an occasion where celebration meets reflection, where artists and participant can relate to each other’s cultures and embrace a stronger sense of community. Join us in welcoming the summer’s sun!

Teresa Villaseñor

MEXICO

Mexican artist based in Amsterdam. She paints using acrylics on canvas and uses ceramic tools to achieve an unique pointillist texture on her work. Due to her technique, it takes months for each piece to be completed. Teresa’s work is heavily influenced by textile art and Mexican folklore, resulting in colourful pieces that look like they’ve been embroidered or knitted. She explores social themes like feminism and inequality, as well as her life as an immigrant in the Netherlands.

Walt Klink

THE NETHERLANDS

Walt Klink is an actor, artist, and adventurer whose work explores transformation, inner truth, and the mystery of what lies beyond. His paintings are emotional landscapes abstract reflections of love, death, and the search for meaning. Raised in the countryside, Walt learned early from the stillness and cycles of nature. As he travelled the world across South America, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the American West —he absorbed lessons from landscapes, cultures, and city streets. 

Tonny Kwink

THE NETHERLANDS

Tonny Kwint is a visual artist, art historian and organic farmer. An interesting combination to say the least. Nature and art are inseparable for her. As the daughter of a biologist, she has been fascinated by nature and its beauty from an early age. The art she creates is always connected with nature, and is built with natural and recycled materials.

Gonzalo Lapp

ARGENTINA

My name is Gonzalo, I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina and I'm a street photographer based in Amsterdam. I capture quiet moments, lifestyles, emotions, and stories you only see if you’re looking. Nothing else. Just life and people leaving it as it is, through my eyes and lens.

Koki Osawa

JAPAN

Born in 1992 in Nagasaki, Japan.Currently based in Den Haag, The Netherlands. He spent his childhood in an environment where the influence of his grandfather, who was also a painter, remained strong. As he unravels historicity and figurative language hidden in the paint, he uses various techniques such as tableaus, dtawings, ceramics,as well as footage to ask the fundamental questions, "What exactly are paintings?" and "What is the act of drawing?

Kirilla Mihai

ROMANIA

Born in romania 1990 and living in the Netherlands for well over 11 years, I'm a muralist and painter, situated in Zaandam.
My artworks consist in various subjects, themes, stories and stiles, owing it to a high demand of diversity as a muralist that I acquired along the years and still looking for new ones.

Paola Enriquez Ojeda

COLUMBIA

As a Colombian engineer and artisan, I weave my roots into everything I make. My beadwork is a bridge between heritage and innovation, between Colombia and the Netherlands, between heart and hands. Every piece carries my story

Aandrea Tudela Bustamante

PERU

Peruvian artist and filmmaker whose work spans narrative cinema and a parallel practice rooted in poetic, visual, and experimental exploration. Her creative voice blends the personal with the political, focusing on themes of memory, identity, and belonging. In pieces such as Kimo, voyage sans retour and Coliflor, she tells stories of migration and estrangement through a lyrical documentary lens, crafting atmospheres that evoke inner states as much as outer realities

Loeka Grimm

THE NETHERLANDS

is an illustrator and graphic designer whose work is rooted in her love for nature flora, fauna, and her everyday surroundings. Known for her cartoon-like style with humorous touches, she typically works digitally. However, she is always open to exploring new media and enjoys challenging herself creatively. For this exhibition, she stepped outside her usual practice and created a watercolor piece inspired by Balinese wood carvings and traditional Chinese ink wash paintings. The result blends her playful visual language with the elegance of classic craftsmanship a fresh perspective with a familiar touch.

Enzy Jhang

SOUTH KOREA

Enzy Jhang is a multi-media artist from South Korea based in Amsterdam. Her work is a constant interaction and dialogue with her surroundings mainly consisting of site-specific performances, video works, and installations. A recent Rietveld graduate, she has exhibited at the Stedelijk Rietveld UNCUT, M4 gastatelier, Red Couch, and Studio Hester.

Javier Ponce Gambirazio

PERU

He is a Peruvian writer, film director, and psychologist. His work focuses on the experiences of LGBT characters, and he is one of the few Peruvian writers of his time to openly address trans themes. Among his best-Known works is the novel Cronicas Maricas (Queer Chronicles).

Mahomi Valdez Cavero

PERU

From thread and color, my essence emerges. I am a teacher and artisan, and my creation is inspired by the Eyes of God found in Caral, Peru. the oldest civilization in the Americas. I honor my roots by integrating art, healing, spirituality, and ancestral memory

Tineke Brackel

THE NETHERLANDS

Autonomous sculptor in stone and works taille direct. That requires the courage not to know, which makes her connect with the stone and remains amazed by the end result, the sculpture.

Flamoes Art

THE NETHERLANDS

(he/him) is a talented artist who specializes in creating vulva artwork using porcelain. His mission is to raise awareness and acceptance for the vulva, breaking down the stigma and shame that often surrounds it. Despite being a heterosexual man, Flamoes Art's love and appreciation for the vulva drives his passion to make a difference. “The vulva holds immense significance, serving as a symbol of birth and beauty in all its diverse forms, colours, and sizes.”

Carlitos Victimo

MEXICO

I’m Carlos Victimo, a Mexican artist and art director. Fashion led me to creation, but in Japan I found photography as my true voice. Since 2020 I’m based in Amsterdam, creating bold and unconventional images always evolving, knowing perfection will never be reached.

Roxani Devetzi

GRECIA

Roxani Devetzi is a photographer and art director whose work explores layered realities through long exposure, overlapping imagery, and photo manipulation. Blurring the line between presence and distortion, their visuals construct emotional narratives that challenge perception

Julia Woch

POLAND

My artistic practice mainly focuses on topics of identity and memory and how to create a spatial experience based on those ideas. I work with drawing, textile - primarily weaving, writing and image making. I am mostly interested in space-making, yet I call for another type of architecture - tactile, comforting and tailor- made. I wish to develop a sustainable practice at the intersection of architecture and weaving - designing textile installations.