Els Maasson (1967) Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Craftsmanship, careful choice of materials and a fascination for all kinds of animals go hand in hand in Maasson's work. She makes graphic images of animals, often provided with a text like in a schoolbook. She is called the administrator of Noah's Ark. Like a shaman she always searches for the essence, the essence of an animal species. For example, she does not make an image of an individual sparrow, but of The Sparrow in general. She herself says: "In my work you find animals and plants as an image and form in themselves, but also as a personification of what lives in me, what I long for, what I love and the way I associate".