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by Ivna Esajas
Personal Reflection
I saw her work at the Stedelijk and had to stay longer than I usually do. At first it looks unfinished. Just lines, fragments, bodies that don’t fully settle. But the longer you look, the more it feels intentional. Like she’s refusing to give you a single, stable version of anything. It made me think about how used I am to clarity. To labels. To things making immediate sense. Her work resists that. It asks you to sit in something more fluid. There’s a moment where the figures almost come together into something recognizable, and then they slip away again. Not disappearing. Just refusing to be fixed. I left thinking this might be closer to how we actually exist. Not as one thing, but as many versions, slightly overlapping, never fully resolved.
About This Artwork
Ivna Esajas is currently exhibiting Wayward Lines. Consent Not To Be a Single Being at the Stedelijk Museum, following her win of the ABN AMRO Art Award 2025. The show opened in March 2026 and presents a body of work that sits between drawing and painting, where figures emerge through layered, fluid lines rather than fixed forms. Her work is often described as poetic and quiet, yet structurally complex. Instead of clear narratives, she builds compositions where multiple perspectives and identities coexist. Figures overlap, dissolve, and reappear, suggesting that identity is not singular but constantly shifting. In a world full of visual noise, her work deliberately slows things down, inviting a more reflective way of looking.
- Artist
- Ivna Esajas
- Location
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- Date experienced
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