Since 1996, Elke Andreas Boon (they/them) has been working on a personal oeuvre using film and photography as their starting point. Over the years, they has broadened their artistic arsenal to include drawings, sculptures, installations and music – the latter activity under the pseudonym Mati Le Dee. As an artist, Boon questions what makes people human and the tension that is created between responding to and avoiding social expectations. They often reflects on gender relations and family ties in their oeuvre; empathy for the fragility of often younger girls and adolescents is a common thread in their work. Boon translates this constant reflection on the human condition into a diverse body of work that give shape to our dreams, fears and desires. This is also true of their textile work in which the artist addresses the tense relationship between freedom and financial resources.
