About

Pieter Bas Bouwman investigates the tension between what persists and what disappears. His work explores transience and the subtle traces left by systems of value, consumption, and daily life. Through repetition, he creates structures that shift between order and disorder, revealing how stability and chaos coexist within the same visual field.

He works with various materials and uses negative space as an active element, allowing absence to shape meaning as strongly as form. These choices create spatial and conceptual landscapes that reflect cycles of accumulation, fragility, and change.

Bouwmans installations invite viewers to slow down and look closely at the temporary, the repeated, and the overlooked. His practice opens a space where interpretation remains fluid, and where value is seen not as fixed but as continually transforming.