Petra de Jong
Sculptural Landscape
In Sculptural Landscape, Petra de Jong presents a series of ceramic sculptures that explore balance, movement and inner tension. Her forms are organic and grounded, shaped from within rather than imposed from without. Each sculpture carries a sense of contained energy — solid, yet subtly fluid.
The making process remains visible in the surface of the work. Irregularities, textures and traces of touch are embraced as part of the sculpture’s presence, allowing the material to speak openly. Rather than representing landscapes, the works evoke them as sensations — of weight, rhythm, openness and stillness.
Within the virtual exhibition, De Jong’s sculptures function as spatial anchors. As the viewer moves around them, shifting viewpoints reveal new relationships between form and space. Sculptural Landscape invites an embodied way of looking, where movement and attention shape the experience of the work.
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About Petra de Jong
Petra de Jong works with clay as a material that carries both strength and vulnerability. Her sculptural practice explores balance, movement and inner tension through organic forms that seem to grow from within themselves. Rather than imposing shape, Petra allows form to emerge gradually, guided by touch, intuition and resistance of the material.
The making process remains visible in her sculptures. Traces of hands, subtle irregularities and surface textures are embraced as integral elements of the work. Cracks, folds and shifts in volume are not corrected, but acknowledged — giving each sculpture a sense of presence and quiet resilience.
Within the context of the virtual exhibition, De Jong’s sculptures invite an embodied way of looking. As the viewer moves around them, relationships between form, space and weight continuously change. Sculptural Landscape does not depict nature, but evokes it as a sensation — a dialogue between stillness and movement, grounding and openness.
