Artist Statement

ENG
The artistic practice of Len Creutzburg departs from the body as a programmable system: a machine driven by impulses, triggers, and stored conditionings. They investigate how these invisible processes manifest within and beyond the body, translating them into interactive sculptures and installations in which technology – such as sensors, transducers (sound), and fluid systems – becomes an integral part of the work.
Like the human body, their sculptural bodies are programmed. Through their own codes, they respond to the presence of visitors and continuously adapt their behavior. The works therefore function not only as representations of human systems, but also as autonomous entities that generate new interactions and relationships.
A recurring theme within their practice is intergenerational trauma, rooted in their Indo-Dutch family history. They investigate how trauma, behavior, and conditionings are transmitted across generations, but also how they can be rewritten. Their work invites visitors to question their own patterns, impulses, and conditionings, and to explore the possibilities of rewriting and reconfiguration.


NL
De artistieke praktijk van Len Creutzburg vertrekt vanuit het lichaam als een programmeerbaar systeem: een machine gedreven door impulsen, triggers en opgeslagen conditioneringen. Creutzburg onderzoekt hoe deze onzichtbare processen zich binnen en buiten het lichaam manifesteren en vertaalt deze naar interactieve sculpturen en installaties waarin technologie – zoals sensoren, transducers (geluid) en vloeistofsystemen – een integraal onderdeel van het werk vormt.
Net als het menselijk lichaam zijn ook diens sculpturale lichamen geprogrammeerd. Via hun eigen coderingen reageren zij op de aanwezigheid van bezoekers en passen zij hun gedrag voortdurend aan. De werken functioneren daardoor niet alleen als representaties van menselijke systemen, maar ook als autonome entiteiten die nieuwe interacties en relaties genereren.
Een terugkerend thema binnen diens praktijk is intergenerationeel trauma, geworteld in diens Indo-Europese familiegeschiedenis. Creutzburg onderzoekt hoe trauma, gedrag en conditioneringen worden doorgegeven over generaties heen, maar ook hoe deze kunnen worden herschreven. Diens werk nodigt bezoekers uit om hun eigen patronen, impulsen en conditioneringen te bevragen en de mogelijkheden van herschrijving en herconfiguratie te verkennen.

Bio
Len Creutzburg (they/them, he/him) (1994, Breda, NL) is a third-generation Indo-Dutch mixed-media artist based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. In 2023, Creutzburg obtained a Master of Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts (Uniarts) in Helsinki, Finland. Their practice moves between sculpture, installation, and technology, and has been presented both nationally and internationally. In addition, Creutzburg has participated in several artist residencies and international exchange programs, including residencies in the Czech Republic and Iceland. Since 2025, Creutzburg has been part of the talent development program Jump! Talent Hub 2025/26.

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Upcoming events
2026, Residency Van Gogh AIR , Zundert, The Netherlands
2026 Galerie Nasty Alice , Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2026, De Cacoafabriek, Helmond, The Netherlands

Solo
2025, Pragovka Residency -open studio’s-, Prague, Czech Republic
2023, An-Otherworldly whim, solo, Vent Space, Tallinn, Estonia
2022, Let me back into the cave, please. , SEINÄ gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2020, Searching for Transformation, Theater de Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg, the Netherlands

Group exhibition   (selected)
2025, Expoposter, Park, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2025, The Proof is in the Pudding, Stadsgalerij Breda, The Netherlands
2024, Limburg Biennale 2024, Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2024, SIM OPen Space, Reykjavik, Iceland
2024, Bug Party, Vapataiteentila, Helsinki, Finland
2023, Kino club expanded cinema vol.2; mediations, Augusta Gallery Suomenlinna, Finland
2023, UIT ZICHT – de kunstenaar als toerist, duo-show with Thomas Swinkels, Kunstpodium-T, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2023, Nuremberg Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
2023, Kuvan Kevat, Kuva Tila, Helsinki, Finland
2022, PAU open house festival, Tanja Silvestrini’s livingroom, Helsinki, Finland
2022, Shake, Rattle, Mold, Project space, Helsinki, Finland
2022, Fondia gallery, Fondia, Helsinki, Finland
2021, Achterland, Kruisruimte, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2021, The opening of Moya, Museum of Young art, Oosterhout, the Netherlands
2021, My Mother’s Daughter, curated by Julia Fidder, SEA-Foundation, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2020, Benefit for Brabant, Park, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2020, Sham-movements | Schijnbewegingen, Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2020, Jamais-vu, Theater de Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2019, Vernissage het Atelier, Studio 68, Hoboken, Belgium
2019, TF Boulevard, Babel, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
2019, art, act, re-act, Graduation show, Rozenstraat, Tilburg, the Netherlands

Online
2021, PUNCH!, Punch online art-space, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2020, International art exhibition part 2, Curated by Ashok Kumar, India
2020, Rizoom take-over, Rizoom instagram, The Netherlands

Curating
2025, The day it rains jellyfish, part I: On what we know – Light Harvesting Complex, Vantaa, Finland, Co-curation with Text My sister
2025, The day it rains jellyfish, part II: On becoming Hybrid -Industra, Brno, Czech Republic, Co-curation with Text My sister

Residency
2026, working Period at T56 , Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2024, SIM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland
2023, UIT ZICHT, Kunstpodium-T, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2021, Achterland, Kruisruimte, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2020, De Kluis, Theater de Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2018, The Darling Collection, The Darling collection festival, Darling, South-Africa

Grants, awards, nominations
2023, Uniarts Scholarship
2023, Artsthread, global design graduate show
2023, The Greta ja Alfred Runeberg Foundation
2022, Uniarts materialgrant
2022, Het Cultuur Fonds, NL
2021, Makersfonds Tilburg

Collective
2024, Association of Finnish Sculptors, Finland
2022, PAU [Performance Artists Unite]
2022, Muu Association, Finland
2019, Vrouw muskens
2019/21, Vrouw Muskens residency , One of the Founders

Education
2022, Mfa, Uniarts (University of the arts Helsinki)  Master Fine art; sculpture, Helsinki, Finland
2019, Ba / BE, Fontys (School of Fine and performing arts) Fine arts and education, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2015, MBO, Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam (Post-secondary vocational education) Spatial design and presentation, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Employment
2024/26, Art handler in collection, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2022/24, Design Museum, Exhibition builder/ art Handler, Helsinki, Finland
2019 / 21, Curio, (ISK) International connection class (Mbo) Art Teacher and cultural coordinator, Breda, the Netherlands
2019, Snens Freelance Art teacher, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2019, Museum Jan Cunen, Volunteir for Art-based learning guide, Oss, the Netherlands

Internships
2019, Museum Jan Cunen, Art-based learning guide and the creation of educational material, Oss, the Netherlands
2017, Michael College (Secondary education) Art teacher, Prinsenbeek, the Netherlands
2017, Villa Zebra(Primary museum education) Exhibition and workshop guide, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2016, Radius College, (Post-secondary vocational education) Art teacher, Breda, the Netherlands

Interview
2023, UIT ZICHT by Julia Fidder and Myriam Gras together with, Thomas Swinkels at Kunstpodium-T, Tilburg, NL
2021, SEA Foundation, By Julia Fidder for my participation for the exhibition; My Mother’s Daughter, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2019, Rizoom by Anisa Demirci and Cheyenne Pattiwaël; about my takeover of the Rizoom online platform, The Netherlands
2018, The Darling Collection, By Izak de Vries for my artwork; Die Lewenslyne van Darling, Darling, South-Africa
2018, The Darling Collection, By Izak de Vries for my artwork; Mother Obscura, Darling, South-Africa
2018, The Darling Collection, By Sydney Marte for my participation in the Darling Collection, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Publication
2023, UIT ZICHT publication, written by Julia Fidder and Myriam Gras during the residency at Kunstpodium-T, Tilburg, NL
2023, HBL [Swedish paper in Finland] 
2019, De geconditioneerde kunstenaar, Research combined with a fictional story
2018, Binnen het kader van een vader, Photographic serie published in the form of a book