What makes humans human?
Regardless of when or where we have lived, what common feelings, knowledge, archetypes do we all share? 
What are our basic needs and our dark sides? 
And what is the relationship of ‘human nature’ to ‘humans in nature’?

In our current divisive culture, where environmental consciousness is critical, three artists come together in the exhibition HUMAN(/)NATURE to explore these questions: Sigrid Sandker (Austria), Andrea Rees (Canada), Stefan Becker (Liechtenstein).

Inspired by Carl Jung’s concept of the ‘collective unconscious’, and the importance of the natural world to our existence, these artists use ceramics, painting, ink, willow, and/or other media, to create a dialogue, each in their own distinctive way.

Unlike the personal unconscious, which contains individual experiences and memories, the collective unconscious is a shared layer of the human psyche, containing archetypes and images common to all individuals. The collective unconscious is biologically inherited from our ancestors.

About the artists:

Sigrid Sandker is a multidisciplinary artist and art therapist based in Brussels, Belgium. Exploring both ‘human nature’ and ‘humans in nature’ is at the core of her work. Her artistic work is also inextricably linked to her life in the South American countries of Guyana and Chile, where she artistically collaborated with indigenous women and discovered the wisdom and spirituality of their cultures.

Originally from Canada, Andrea Rees is a writer and artist currently living in Brussels, Belgium. Inspired by the fields of conceptual and collaborative art, she is primarily focused on exploring social concerns such as aging, isolation, and division, and how words, photography and ceramic projects can help nurture understanding and connection - with others, nature, and our true selves.

Stefan Becker has always taken an unspecific approach to his visual forms of expression. Educated and working as a lawyer, without any artistic ambitions, his focus is on intuitive experimentation and the element of chance. Each time, he looks forward to the immediate pleasure of the creative process and the satisfaction of creating a small drawing in black ink on a white sheet of paper. The more unexpected the result, the better.