Monique Sleegers

After her spatial design and teacher degrees at the Utrecht art academy, Monique Sleegers (1963) continued her arts education with a degree in Art History at Utrecht University. She combines her knowledge of art theory and her love for visual arts in workshops, projects and classes for young people and adults.
A dichotomy between body and mind is the central theme in Sleegers’ work. Characteristic for her work is showing this duality in a combination of spatial body shapes and two-dimensional ‘shadows’. The spatial sculpture represents everything that is tangible; the two-dimensional work represents a memory, or that what has been. 
Sleegers models her sculptures and works mostly with ceramics and wood.