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I am a visual artist, working within a broad visual context to explore the present through art.

Born in Curaçao and based in the Netherlands, I began my artistic journey studying Game Design and later Filmmaking at the Netherlands Film Academy, always maintaining a deep interest in the arts and culture.

my visual work has taken shape through film, games, and digital media—merging narrative, form, and technology. My current practice is focused on art as a space for reflection, presence, and expression.

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Artist Statement

I’m drawn to the balance between structure and intuition.

The space where my work lives sits between planning and feeling, between control and letting go, between digital and traditional. I work with form, color, and composition to explore how visual choices shape what we feel and how we connect.

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My background across different creative fields exposed me to many visual vocabularies. That variety still shapes how I approach things. Always looking, questioning, adjusting.

Group Exhibitions

​2025
Expositie Cultuurdome, Almere, Netherlands

2024
Nazomersalon kunstenaars Flevoland, Gemeentehuis, Lelystad, Netherlands

De ruimte tussen vorm en betekenis, Saeckenborgh Broedplaats, Almere, Netherlands

Zomersalon K=L, Kunst=Leuk, Almere, Netherlands
 
Forever Young, Kunstcentrum De Boterhal, Hoorn, Netherlands
 
2023
Kunstroute 47, Dutch Digital Art Museum, Almere, Netherlands

Publications / press

2024
Carte Blanche Magazine Nº003 - CB003" >

Artist Interview: Charleton Mercelina – NTR Caribisch Netwerk" >

Other projects

2024 
Caribang Art Exhibition - Solo Booth, Fenix Food Factory, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2024

Natuurkunstpark 2024 - Installation, Natuurpark Lelystad, Lelystad, Netherlands

Draw Till You Drop - Collaboration, Kunst=Leuk, Almere

2023
Digitale Cultuur - Nederlands Film Festival - Collaboration, Utrecht Public Library, Utrecht, Netherlands

RADICAL SYMBIOSIS: THE SOCIAL LIFE OF MICROBES" - Commission, RADIUS CCA, Delft, Netherlands

STRP Festival - Collaboration, STRP Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Opera Forward Festival - Collaboration, Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2022 
Repairing the Present: REWILD - Commission, MAXXI Museum, Rome, Italy

Opening Title Digital Art & Animation - Commission, Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands

Socials

@Charlemerce

Education

2016 - 2020 Bachelor of Arts, Dutch Film Academy, Netherlands

Collectives

2024
Member of Corrosia Collective, Almere, Netherlands – Organizing workshops, expositions, and events focused on arts and culture, operating within the theater and film house context.

Member of Kunstenaarsvereniging Flevoland (KVF), Flevoland, Netherlands – Participating in events and expositions in the Flevoland region.

© 2025 Charleton Mercelina

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