We are living through a period of instability, marked by gradual yet profound shifts in landscape, climate, and collective structures. Margaret Lansink works from a deep-seated care for the world and its quiet transformations.
In times of upheaval, clarity does not come from reacting faster, but from stepping back into stillness. Silence sharpens perception. It slows our sense of urgency and allows what is unfolding to become visible - in the world around us and within ourselves. From this attentive quiet, understanding begins to take shape.
Lansink’s work emerges from this position of sustained and silent observation. Her images attend to what shifts gradually: landscapes in transition, weathered surfaces, climates evolving, societies subtly redefining themselves. What once appeared stable becomes uncertain over time. Change accumulates quietly, layer upon layer, through minimal differences that reshape what we thought we knew.
Layering is central to Lansink’s practice. Using her own photographic imagery as a foundation, Lansink builds and reworks images of landscapes and material surfaces through slow, process-based methods. Earlier states are not erased but remain embedded beneath the surface, allowing each work to hold traces of its own formation. Her practice engages with memory, perception, and transformation over time. It draws inspiration from artists such as Gerhard Richter and Lorna Simpson, as well as from philosophical and literary inquiry. Working across photography and mixed media, Lansink emphasises material presence and the quiet intensity of the passing of time.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in Europe and the United States, including at art fairs such as Art Rotterdam and in institutional contexts in France and Switzerland. She is the recipient of the Hariban Award (2019), the Best Designed Book Award (2019), and the Fedrigoni Award (2025). Lansink lives and works in the Netherlands.