about
‘Appreciate what is already there.’
Hi, I am Pearl Sijmons and I am a textile artist and photographer. I call myself a contemporary impressionist. I want to depict my impression of the real, volatile and moving world with the right light and emotion.
Nature and re-use are central to my work. I believe we humans take (too) much from nature, so we have to give something back. I want to show how beautiful art can be, without new sources.
I want to encourage people to appreciate the world around them instead of always longing for more and further away. There is so much beauty in our immediate environment – go out, see what you have and admire what is close by.
In a world that constantly strives for more there is a quiet wisdom in the ability to pause and appreciate what already is.
Pearl Sijmons
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2025: Group Exhibition ‘A Rooms of Our Own’ at Loods6 – Amsterdam
2025: Window Exhibition at SWSWS69 – Arnhem
2025: Textile Residency ‘Weaving Past into Future’, Sopra Sotto – Tuscany
2025: Exhibition Salon Charlie Charlie Lima – The Hague
2024: Pop-Up event at studio Nue Memoirs – Amsterdam
2024: Lens&Canvas Artfair – The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague
2023: Open Atelier Route – IJmuiden
2022: Dutch Design Week – Design Perron, Eindhoven
2021: Glue Amsterdam – The School, Amsterdam
WORK EXPERIENCE
January 2025 – present: Freelance Surface Designer, Photographer – Joana Schneider, Amsterdam
January 2022 – December 2024: Studio Manager, Surface Designer, Photographer – Joana Schneider, Amsterdam
December 2021 – March 2024: Freelance Costume Coordinator, Photographer – Laura Dols, Amsterdam
2020 – 2022: Freelance Creative Concept Developer, Fashion Show Coordinator Backstage, Photographer – Tess van Zalinge, Amsterdam
2020 – 2021: Casestudy Research and Development – Thriftshop Wawollie, Utrecht
2019 – 2020: Fashion Design & Creative Branding Intern – Tess van Zalinge, Amsterdam
2019: Expert Fair Fashion Project – Het Nieuwe Lyceum, Bilthoven
EDUCATION
2023: Basisopleiding Fotografie – Nederlandse Academie voor Beeldcreatie, Amsterdam
2017 – 2021: Bachelor of Arts – HBO Academie Artemis, Amsterdam
2014 – 2017: Technische Commerciële Confectiekunde – HBO Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), Amsterdam
2008 – 2014: VWO – Werkplaats Kindergemeenschap, Bilthoven