About Carlotta Adriaansz
Carlotta Adriaansz is a Dutch contemporary artist whose paintings explore the psychology of transformation, identity and emotional resilience.
Rather than portraying individual people, Adriaansz constructs psychological spaces in which inner change becomes visible. Anonymous female figures form the human anchor of her compositions, while expressive abstraction, layered surfaces and fragmented forms allow psychological states to emerge through colour, movement and texture.
Her work explores what happens when familiar structures begin to shift: the tension between vulnerability and strength, disintegration and emergence, letting go and becoming.
Her artistic foundation began at the age of twelve under the mentorship of Italian painter Franco Soro, whose practice was rooted in the Florentine tradition of contemporary figurative painting. His approach demonstrated how principles such as anatomical accuracy, observation of light and composition could provide a technical foundation for artistic freedom rather than determine a fixed style. This philosophy continues to underpin Adriaansz’s work today.
Alongside painting, she studied Architecture at Delft University of Technology and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her architectural background remains visible in the spatial organisation, balance and underlying structure of her compositions. She later further developed her figurative practice through advanced courses at the Dutch Atelier of Realist Art, for instance by training from Lucas Bononi of Grand Central Atelier, New York.
Adriaansz works primarily in large-scale figurative painting, combining disciplined observation with increasingly free and gestural abstraction. Her recent bodies of work investigate transformation not as a return to a former state, but as a process through which new forms of identity can emerge.
Since establishing her professional studio, her work has been presented internationally in London, Paris and Doha. In 2025 she presented the Awakening collection in a solo summer exhibition in the historic artists’ town of Brielle, The Netherlands, followed by participation in the Qatar International Art Festival in Doha. Her work is held in private collections in Europe. Carlotta Adriaansz lives and works in The Netherlands.
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Selected exhibitions
2006
- Exposition at Art Faculty Chicago, Department of Arts and Architecture, UIC; 929 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
April 2024
- Exhibition ‘Expressions of Humanity 2024’, International exhibition online, Blue Space Gallery, https://www.bluespacegallery.com
September 2024
- Physical Exhibition ‘Visions in Motion’, 13th - 21st September 2024, The Factory, Shacklewell Lane 21-32 London, UK
September 2024
- 10th Annual Figures & Faces Art Exhibition, International exhibition online Fusion Art Gallery, https://www.fusionarts.com
November 2024
- International exhibition 'Paris 2024' Exhibition, 6th - 10th November 2024, 46/48 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003, Le Marais, Paris, FR.
July- august 2025
- Solo exhibition 'Awakening', Galerie Nobelstraat 8. Brielle
December2025
- Exhibition at Qatar International Art Festival 2025, Qatara Village, Doha, Qatar
Competitions & Awards
April 2024
- Finalist Award - Expressions of Humanity 2024, International Competition, Blue Space Gallery, https://www.bluespacegallery.com
Artwork: ‘Rise’ (Acrylic on Canvas, 1.00m x 1.40m).
August 2024
- Selected in international competition for Participation in the ‘Paris 2024’ Exhibition, 6th – 10th November 2024
Holy Art Gallery, 46/48 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003, Le Marais, Paris, FR
September 2024
- Finalist Award - 10th Annual Figures & Faces Fusion Art, International Competition, Fusion Art Gallery, https://www.fusionartps.com
Artwork: ‘I just stopped believing you’, (Acrylic on Canvas, 1.00m x 1.40m).
Development
1999-2003
- Mentorship and Guidance
Mentored by Franco Soro within an artist collective, an independent artist in Enschede.
Studied composition, life drawing, and free expression.
2006
- Exchange program at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
2007
- Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Urbanism, and Building Technology
Delft University of Technology, TU Delft
2010
- Master's Degree in Architecture
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
2010-2020
- Further Artistic and Architectural Development
Self-study and practical experience in visual arts techniques.
2020-2021
- Established Personal Studio
Development of the first art series. - Registration with the Chamber of Commerce (KvK).
2024-2025
- Courses at the Dutch Atelier of Realist Art (DARA), Haarlem
- Model Drawing & Painting: Academic Expressionism. Instructor: Lucas Bononi, established artist from New York and core instructor at Grand Central Atelier.
- Alla Prima Portrait Painting: Realistic Abstraction. Instructor: Benjamin Goutard
- Understanding Brushwork: Painting Light & Form from the Live Model. Instructor: Molly Judd