Martine’s art is a manifestation of her imagination and curiosity, influenced by her background in Arts & Science. Reality is recorded in a documented and repetitive way, or shown as somewhat transformed and distorted. Ordinary banal objects connect us with certainty and familiarities that we know.

Her work also invites us to re.connect  with our inner-child through playful & magical  elements, such as childhood toys and games (e.g. shadow play, tangram puzzle, or spirograph). She creates colourful  and vibrant work to uplift  people’s mood.  The world needs more warmth and softness.

Through her art, Martine seeks to unfold, reveal, and discover a little glimpse into the real world, believing that art with a heart and soul is an instrument for an ambitious and infinite quest.

Art is a tool for scratching the surface, and peeling off layers to reveal the | truth |  bit by bit. Art piece by art piece.

The primal brain, aka ‘the Brain’, generates a high amount of fears & anxieties. The Cartesian emphasis on the intellect has left us dis.connected, dis.engaged, dis.associated, but mostly dis.embodied. Martine emphasises the importance of connecting with our inner world and the outer world to understand who we truly are.

By practicing mindfulness or insight meditation, we can observe and process our thoughts, and even tap into the universal and collective consciousness.

By embracing a growth mindset and being fully present in the moment, we can move from Fight > Flight > Freeze, to Freedom. To find, again, a connection & a sense of meaning and  belonging. Present with an open heart. Be. Here. Now.

There is much wisdom in our DNA and our bodies, not only on the cellular level, but also a deep-seated inner-knowing, i.e. intuition and gut-feelings.

She is captivated by unravelling the complexities of human DNA as seen in e.g. her Moksha series where her MRI scans are turned into digital artwork, and a poem book.

Her series Ways of Unfolding presents a journey through four architectural series that explore different philosophical themes and aim to unravel life’s mysteries with optical illusions. 

In Distortion – photographic stories, imaginary worlds are created by turning the environment 90 degrees, challenging how our surroundings affect our mind and body.

In the project Metatron’s Cube, Martine explores the cosmos with an installation of sacred geometry and Platonic solids, creating an experience of wonder & magic for the viewer. 

These solids represent the entire cosmos, i.e. earth, water, fire, air and the aether.

Martine’s videos often use simple set-ups with ordinary banal objects (such as a plastic water bottle, an audio cassette, , …) or experimental magnifiers like an abstracting lens (like reflections in a window, mirror, glass ball, kaleidoscope, projector, or a iMac screen, …). Through these techniques, she magnifies or abstracts the familiar into something new.