Sien Custers

Sien Custers (1992, Netherlands) is an artist who lives and works in Antwerp. Her work stems from an interest in transformations between creation and decay, and in life forms that are dormant and hidden. She explores what it means to be human in relation to other living beings, and how other species such as fungi, worms, trees, snails, octopuses and moths can serve as examples for coexisting with different species.

During her time at MORPHO, Sien will develop a short film in which a world is shown where the boundaries between living and non-living, organic and technological are blurred. Building on a family of sculptures created from the remnants of our current lives clumped together, she will explore how these sculptures can be brought to life through film, sound, encounters and performance.

After obtaining her Master's degree in Psychology, Sien obtained her MFA at KASK & Conservatory in Ghent and a Bachelor's degree at Sint Lucas Antwerp. She participated in the Apprentice Master Programme at Kunstpodium T (Tilburg) and has exhibited work at Neverland (Amsterdam), DART by KOP and Stichting IDFX (Breda), Mutation Fest by Curating The Young (Ghent), TURF Festival at Nieuwe Veste (Breda) and Mycelium Connections at BLANCO (Ghent), among others.