DAPHNE BLEEKER

available works by
daphne bleeker

Left: 2025, Peek-a-Boob Nr.7
30 x 20 cm
printed on Hahnemühle German Etching paper.
Edition of 5

right: 2025, Peek-a-Boob Nr.12
30 x 20 cm
printed on Hahnemühle German Etching paper.
Edition of 5

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Movement, gesture, and chance collide to create paintings that shift before your eyes.

A living garden of evolving styles

Daphne Bleeker (NL) approaches her artistic practice as a living garden—a dynamic ecosystem in which diverse styles and themes continually grow and intertwine. Her paintings emerge from an intuitive process that is at once playful and deeply reflective, drawing the eye through bold colors and striking forms. Rooted in inspiration from the natural world as well as the complexities of the human psyche, her work often circles around themes of identity, sensuality, and the imperfect beauty of connection.

For Studio UK Editions, Daphne presents works from her provocative series Peek-a-Boob. This body of work transports viewers into the boundless fantasy realm of Hentai, Japanese ero-manga, where sexuality is imagined beyond physical limitations. Bleeker engages with this visual language to create pieces that balance between the explicit and the abstract, oscillating between suggestion and revelation.

Central to the series is the active role of the viewer. Peek-a-Boob is both playful and confrontational: a game of visibility and concealment that prompts reflection on desire, expectation, and personal boundaries. In this way, Bleeker transforms the viewing experience into a mirror—what do you see, and where do you draw the line? The series expands her broader practice of cultivating an ever-growing artistic universe, where fantasy, sensuality, and abstraction coexist in constant evolution.

DAPHNE BLEEKER IN Her own words

  • "I usually gravitate toward themes that foster connection or emerge from personal experiences. Sometimes the subject begins in something intimate, as with my series Peek-a-Boob, but the ultimate focus is the viewer’s experience. I never make work solely for myself—my work always carries a natural, human, or warm element."

  • "If my practice were a garden, different flowers and plants would grow in it. Depending on my mood, I work on projects that either grow quickly or require patience, like a sturdy tree with deep conceptual layers. I primarily work in oil paint. The pieces for Studio UK are ‘fast-growing’ works: I paint a precise image, then add movement and blur with a thick brush. This creates a visual gamble—what survives the process is what the viewer will recognize and interpret."

  • "I’m currently in a three-month artist residency in Japan, focusing on a routine-based creative life inspired by the village of Takeo. I’m exploring how routines influence my workflow and experimenting with new media, including wood and traditional Japanese washi paper."

  • "What I’m doing now is already a dream project: dedicating myself fully to my work in a beautiful environment. I’d also love to learn traditional woodworking techniques, shadowing a local artisan and understanding how tools are maintained. There’s so much knowledge and tradition here, and I want to dive deep into it."