Christina de Korte (1997) – The Netherlands
Visual artist and researcher focused on the intersection between textiles, art, and religion
Artist statement
Christina de Korte is a passionate collector, a tendency she developed as the child of a father who was always travelling and bringing home objects, souvenirs and stories of faraway places and cultures. The collections that amassed at her parent’s home have been a starting point for her own practice. De Korte began by photographing the cabinets, drawers and boxes stuffed full of curiosities and everyday objects, which she made into a book entitled Thuis, the Dutch word for “home”. The artist then translated this fullness to her studio, which resembles something of a stall at a textile market. The many paintings in her installation zoom in on details from scenes all around her, for instance pieces of Vlisco textile or a photograph taken at a crowded market in Zagreb. The installations of De Korte submerge you into a visual explosion of colors and visual motives as if everything is in motion and restlessly finding its way towards you, vying for your attention.
Yoeri Guépin
Besides her art practice, she is learning Arabic and is delving into “non-Western” art forms, religions, textile and history. The combination of working in her studio and doing research reinforce each other.
Photo by Nancy Tarek, 2026.
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Education
2023 – 2025 Research Master Religious Studies, Universiteit Utrecht (UU), Utrecht (cum laude).
2023 – 2025 Junior Member of the Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion (NOSTER).
Jan – Apr 2025 Anthropological fieldwork and guest researcher at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), Cairo, Egypt. With the financial support of Jo Kolk Studiefonds, Hendrik Muller Fonds and Lutfia Rabbani Foundation.
Sept – Dec 2024 Internship, Textile Research Centre (TRC), Leiden. With the financial support of Scholten Cordes Fonds.
Sept – Dec 2022 Minor Middle East Studies, Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), Cairo, Egypt.
2019 – 2022 B.A. Language- and Culture studies, Universiteit Utrecht (UU), Utrecht.
2019 – 2020 Apprentice Master, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg under the leadership of Marc Mulders.
2015 – 2019 B.A. Fine Art, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (HKU), Utrecht (with honours).
2017 Exchange in Glass department, Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA), Kaunas, Lithuania.
2009-2015 Pre-university education, Christelijke Scholengemeenschap Walcheren (CSW), Middelburg.
Exhibitions (selection)
2025 Cairo Design Week in collaboration with the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), Cairo, Egypt.
2025 Group exhibition New Lines | Between Friendship and Association, Museum Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk.
2024 Group exhibition Painters Alive, Rademakers Gallery, Weesp.
2024 Group exhibition Dubbelfocus – Verwey en Maskers, Verwey Museum, Haarlem.
2024 Art on Paper with Rademakers Gallery, Gashouder Westergas, Amsterdam.
2024 Group exhibition She Knows, Rademakers Gallery, Weesp.
2023 Affordable Art Fair with Rademakers Gallery, Kromhouthal, Amsterdam.
2023 Springboard Art Fair, Werkspoorkathedraal, Utrecht.
2023 Group exhibition Proud to be soft, Museum of Young Art (MOYA), Oosterhout.
2022 Solo exhibition Verweven culturen – ثقافات متشابكة, Het Eemhuis, Amersfoort.
2021 Group exhibition PAPIER HIER, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag.
2021 This Art Fair, Kromhouthal, Amsterdam.
2021 Group exhibition Toevlucht, Havenloods, Utrecht.
2021 Group exhibition in collaboration with De Zeeuwse Kunstkring, Vleeshal, Middelburg.
2020 Group exhibition GENEREUS, Piet Hein Eek Gallery, Eindhoven.
2020 Group exhibition Apprentice Master Returns from the Web, TAC, Eindhoven.
2020 Group exhibition Verborgen Verwantschappen, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg.
2020 Group exhibition Ruimte – Zeeuwse Lichting 2019, CBK Zeeland, Middelburg.
2019 Group exhibition Safe Space, Willem Twee, ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
2019 Graduation exhibition Exposure 2019, HKU Fine art, Utrecht.
Artist residencies
2023 ARD Contemporary Art Institution, Cairo, Egypt.
2023 Fayoum Art Center, Tunis Village, Egypt.
2021 – 2024 TOONZAAL 15, De Spot i.s.m. CBK Zeeland, Middelburg.
Nominations and awards
2026 Second prize Cornelis Tiele MA Thesis Award, Dutch Association of the Study of Religion (NGG).
2019 Nomination WHENPAPERMEETSFASHION award, Neenah Coldenhove Designers Award.
Academic Output
2025 (under review) Chapter ‘Egyptian Khayamiya: Ancient and Living Egyptian Heritage,’ Ancient Textiles from the Nile Valley. Bloomsbury.
2025 ‘Khayamiya textiles from Egypt,’ Textile Research Centre.
In the Media (selection)
2025 TV Interview with my khayamiya teacher Ahmed and me at the Egyptian TV-channel HYA.
2024 ‘Studio Visit Christina de Korte.’ Rademakers Gallery.
2023 ‘Springboard Art Fair.’, Lost Painters.
2023 ,سياحة مصر – أجواء رمضانية من القاهرة interview during Khayamiya lesson, Waqafat Amer.
2021 ‘Nieuwe ontmoetingen op This Art Fair.’, Jegens & Tevens.
2021 ‘This Art Fair 2021.’, Lost Painters.
2019 ‘EYE I I I EI I I I – Graduation Shows 2019 HKU.’, Metropolis M.
Other
2026 Co-curator exhibition ‘Khayamiya: Egyptian appliqués from the Street of the Tentmakers,’ Textile Research Centre (TRC), Leiden.
2026 Organized a five-day workshop on khayamiya, including a mural, during a children’s winter camp in the Mamluk Desert, Cairo, Egypt. In collaboration with MASQ, Archinos, and DUCO Egypt. With the financial support of K.F. Hein Fonds.
2025 – now Volunteer, Textile Research Centre (TRC), Leiden.
2024 Attended The Five-Day Intensive Course, Textile Research Centre (TRC), Leiden.
Feb – Mar 2023 Two days a week course on khayamiya, Street of the Tentmakers/Sharia Khayamiya, Cairo, Egypt.
Nov 2022 – Feb 2023 Weekly calligraphy course on the Naskh script, Al Qalam, Cairo, Egypt.
Nov 2022 Course on glazing tiles, Al Qalam, Cairo, Egypt.
2020 Design wrapping paper Museumshop Voorlinden, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar.
2020 Design flag for outside exhibition Laat Waaien – Laat Zien, #Loods32, Goes.
2020 – 2021 Kunstbezorgd.nl webshop in times of corona for local artists, CBK Zeeland.