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Fay Buurman is a Dutch         Multidisciplinary Designer
 currently studying Graphic Design at ArtEZ Arnhem.

    With an interest in textiles, craft, and the             intersection of      
  analog and digital processes.

Rooted in an admiration
for hands-on practices,
Fay’s work explores the unpredictable beauty of materiality,light, and sound, often integrating performative and experimental elements.


Fay’s projects question what is human, mundane,
or divine in the creative process.
Collaboration plays a central role, engaging
with other creatives and materials as equal partners.
    Curatorial/ production work ContactCV


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         * Ik vlecht je haren wel
                         2025 (work in progress)
                 In collaboration with Isis van Bolderen 




        A current research project on human hair as a material
       within craft and fibre arts. This project intertwines research
       into the structural, cultural, ecological and material properties
       of human hair. 

      Therefore it aims to challenge preconceived notions
       of hair and instead admire the dissection of its many perspectives. 
      Crafts such as weaving and knitting are at the forefront 
      of this project as wel as traditional hair jewlery braiding. 
      Aided by historical reseacrh collaboration and a lot of curiosity. 



















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        • 5 minutes
        • 20 cassettes,
          •   two walkman, and 
          one stereotower








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                        * Spilling Guts
                                     2024 









          Spilling Guts questions one 
          of the most intimate
           and overlooked phenomena: 
          the sounds of the human body.


          Through a choreography of cassette tapes,
           mixers, and  rhythms of organs harmonizing. 
          Are these echoes still human? 
          The interplay of body and machine
           seeks to unearth a duality: 
          the organic and the artificial, 
          the autonomous and the programmed.


          Spilling Guts invites the listener to reconsider 
          what it means to inhabit a body, 
          to be human, 
                    and to create.






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            A5, printed on recycled paper. 
            Sewing machine bound  



















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             * Een Ode aan het Lege Bordje
            2023




                 A visual collection of media, 
                sourced from the Rijksmuseum archive,
                                                                          featuring plates. 
                    Food is appriacted and aestheticized in it’s complete state, 
              but where does this appriciation go when the plates are empty? 

                    Through zooming in on food scraps and 
                              cutlery placement
            and manually cutting out and reframing plates,
            this collection shifts the focus from abundance to aftermath.

               It challenges our aestheticized view of dining,
                highlighting what is usually overlooked:
                    remnants, traces, and quiet gestures of use.












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            •    presented on two ladders
              2 crt 20 cm screens
               and a raspberry pi 










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            * Op Treden
            2024


             Op Treden is a roughly 5-minute short film about the staircase.
             It is written as an introspective essay and a love letter 
            about the structure of the staircase. 

            Raising the question why we feel the need to 
                                                                  constantly move up, 
                                   as humankind is designed for the ground. 
                       Alongside historical, cultural and personal anecdotes 
            this video dissects and disombodies the fimiliar structure 
            of the staircase.











                snippets from a 3D scan of 
                the ‘vliertrap’ presented 
                on a small raspbarry pi 
                on the ladder.






              {Commision work and exhibitions}








              2026 (Current)
              Urning & Urningin. Language and Desire since 1864Co-production
              design by Bart de Baets 







              Urning & Urningin. Language and Desire since 1864



               photos by Justine Ellul




              Curation
               Eva Burgering  
              Philipp Gufler (guest curator)


              Production
              Amy Mansveld
              Fay Buurman


              Artists
              Sharan Bala
              CAConrad
              Philipp Gufler
              Eli Hill
              KRIWET
              Cosy Pièro
              Rory Pilgrim
              Sophie Serber
              Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
              Louwrien Wijers

















              Co-production of Urning & Urningin.

              In this exhibition, guest curator Philipp Gufler explores the limitations of language–then and now–in expressing desire, and calls for intersectional solidarity. 

              Alongside original documents and letters by Ulrichs, which offer a glimpse into his era and the influence of his thinking, nine contemporary artists have been invited. Through their work, they reflect on themes of (gender)identity, language, and queer desire. Marking the 200th anniversary of Ulrichs’ birth, this exhibition connects past and present, showing how exchange across generations can be both hopeful and transformative.
              More information can be found on the website of Nest.












              2025
              One Nest Stand: Leave Your Body at the DoorProduction

                             
                 Image by Kyle Tryhorn

                  




                                                       

                  

              Production ONS2025

                                                                   
                 One Nest Stand (ONS) is an initiative by the exhibition     
               space Nestruimte Den Haag. 


                                   Every year, selected students of the Art Academy (KABK)
               get the opportunity to create and exhibit work related to an overarching theme. 

               This year, the students were inspired by artist Ariadne Randall. During multiple workshops by Randall 
              The students were guided in bringing their ideas to fruition. The exhibition ran for a weekend with various performances 
              by the artists. Leave Your Body at the Door was curated by Maia Kenney and produced by Fay Buurman. 

                                          More information can be found here.











                  
                  




              All images by Kyle Tryhorn


              One Nest Stand: Leave Your Body at the Door
              Curation
              Maia Kenney

              Production
              Fay Buurman

              Artists
              Koen Fuller
              Patricija Gonsalesa-Ortisa
              Vera Morge
              Liane Paldi
              Nolan Razban
              Eden Roding
              Moa Vrijman
              Adrianna Wojtyłowicz




















              2024
              Kunstmanifestatie: de Wonderen Zijn de Wereld Niet UitCuration, production and graphic design











              exhibition poster 
              riso printed





              Images from the opening, exhibited work and productional additions.














              Commision work for Stichting LingeW’ART.
               For their exhibition ‘De wonderen zijn de wereld niet uit’ (the miracles haven't left the world yet). The exhibition was held in the monastery in Huissen and lasted two weekends. For the exhibition 18 local artist and performers participated. 

              The design consisted of 300 riso printed flyers as well as big scale posters and a map of the exhibition.  Besides the design I have contributed with the organisation as well as spacial design of this exhibition.
















              2023


              Exhibition Climate Affordance held at Rozet Arnhem







              A canopy with sewn drawings inspired by Brazilian indigenous perspectives on the natural world, and their drawings in particular.