Siem Gosé de Boer (b. 1995)
Based in Groningen, NL
Bio

Siem works with audiovisual editing, installation and sculptural materials. He searches to bridge bodily sensibilities into spatial conversation. His artistic practice revolves around the concepts of collapse, showcasing deconstructed stories that interact with the surrounding environment, enabling viewers to perceive and criticize beyond the confines of dominating architectures.

While currently researching the cognitive effects of architecture on the human body, his work delves into subjects such as(dutch) colonial heritage, invasive structures and fostering a accesible dialogue with the ephemerality of modern life.

Working with digital means, Siem tries to bridge certain time based properties back into the physical space. Through mechanisms, sculptures, projections and prints a new sensibility is reached, and the once obscured histories are revealed.

CV

Shows/exhibits

2025
---- Duo shows with Caz Egelie “exploring sound” - Kabul a gogo and Stranded FM, Utrecht (NL)
---- Truncated Husk I - II, Up Worlds, Down Words - In collaboration with Caleb Witvoet and Sophia Lengle - Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn(NL)
---- Uranus Blueity Post-arrival - In collaboration with Watermaid(Lapis Lazuli Nak) - Stranded FM, Online/Utrecht(NL)

2024

---- Uranus Blueity Launch/Journey - In collaboration with Watermaid(Lapis Lazuli Nak) - Stranded FM, Online/Utrecht(NL)
---- Place of detention - Search history residency, Willow Artspace, Online/Groningen(NL)(group)
---- Escape from Magnasanti - Rumble pt. 1, AG, utrecht(NL)

2023

---- Essay Home Scene(Bylma Assembly vol 2) - Stichting ARTisBOOK, Bookshelf III,Groningen(NL)
---- Lingering Echoes - for Sjoerd van Acker, Tetem,Enschede(NL)
---- Home Scene(Bylma Assembly vol 2) - In collaboration with Michiel Teeuw, Noorderlicht Festival,Groningen(NL)
---- Radio show Leazepâd - During Christopher D’Arcangelo: A Museum for Everyone, Kunstverein, Amsterdam(NL)
---- Smii and Pharfetchd performance - ft Pharfetchd, Gogbot Festival, Warp Technopolis, Enschede(NL)
---- {Terminal} Ruin, decimate to understand - Rondom het fort, Fort Maarsseveen(NL)
---- De Geest van de Bakker v2 - In collaboration with Sjors Smit, Tussenstop, Kunstruimte de Melkfabriek, Den Bosch(NL)
---- De Geest van de Bakker v1 - In collaboration with Sjors Smit, Residency Ongekend, Den Bosch(NL)
---- Bylma Assembly vol 1, In collaboration with Michiel Teeuw, Bierumer School, Bierum(NL)

2022

---- Scheepsklanken set - Midseason 22’, Het resort, Groningen(NL)
---- Oerjefte pt 1 - Dihan #2 - Berger & de Vries, Groningen(NL)
----Tracing the body chapter 2 Performance - for Jeltje Schuurmans - AG, Utrecht(NL)
---- Savoury collection part 1 - Ecotone, Studio Total @Nijverheid, Utrecht(NL)
---- I am a thousand kilometers wide - Exposure HKU FA, Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht(NL)
---- It is the mantis show - PEEK, Utrecht(NL)(group)

2021

---- Tidbit humid Lukewarmish - Huisvrede/House peace, Hotel Mokum, Amsterdam(NL)
---- Dog Like, Like Dog - Arena group show – AG, Utrecht(NL)

2020

---- Misty Realms - In collaboration with Michiel Teeuw, Gallery Nowhere, Internet
---- The fifth season - In collaboration with Lobke Roenhorst, IMPAKT Festival: Turning torrents – AG, Utrecht(NL)
---- BYOB Festival - Nicolaïkerk, Utrecht(NL)
Shows/

Publications/features

---- Bylma assembly, Home Scene vol 2 - Essay in process - Finished 2023
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---- The last sound yet - Art thesis - Self-published 2022
---- Reading Edda, hearing I ask: untangling the Voluspa – group-publication 2022
---- Onima - Graphic Novel - Self-published 2019

Awards

---- Travis Geertruida Research prize - Won 2022
---- HKU Awards - Nominated 2022
---- Fort Maarsseveen Residency prize - Nominated 2022

Lecturing/Work

---- Teacher at HKU, Intermedia and Artistic researchpractice 2025
---- Researcher/collaborator for monsterarchief.net 2022/present
---- HKU Lecture Dogmilk - With Dogmilk collective, HKU 2023
---- HKU Lecture Artist-talk - HKU Fine Arts 2023
---- Seminar DOI, Resolume class - HKU 2022
---- Archivist - Tools for the times library Pastoe - 2019/23
---- Intern for Emiel Zeno, De Ateliers, Amsterdam - 2020
---- Intern at Nationale Opera en Ballet, Amsterdam - 2018
---- Webdesigner - We are Designerz - 2013/2015

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