Mixed Media, 30 x 40 cm.
Lotte Bruning Donskoi, an art director and photographer, collaborates with a range of artists to craft refined, minimal editorial layouts that merge sculptural forms with tactile elements. Her work juxtaposes geometric shapes and layered textures, achieving a balance of muted tones and sleek, modern imagery. Each composition feels both architectural and organic, exuding a quiet sophistication that elegantly fuses the physical with the abstract.
Mixed Media, 30 x 40 cm.
In addition to my great commercial clients, I enjoy working on personal projects. As a photographer and art director, I use mixed media by layering textures, art, colors, and other picture elements to create visual compositions that invite viewers to explore the depth of emotions. I intend to work on these projects together with other designers and artists. I have a big passion for people, creativity, discovering and developing others and myself.
Mixed Media, 30 x 40 cm.
Collage is a form of artistic expression that allows for endless possibilities and interpretations of how you feel at that time. It's a way to play with textures, colors, and shapes, and to explore the connections between seemingly unrelated elements. Personally, collage represents creativity, spontaneity, feeling of being in the moment and the joy (sometimes frustration) of experimentation.
Mixed Media, Dimensions Variable
Mixed Media, 900 x 1200 px.
When purchasing materials for making collages, I often look for a diverse range of textures, colors and images that match my artistic vision and thematic interests. So that is why it is so special that I have been able to work with different artists. Experimenting with different materials and images can lead to interesting discoveries and unexpected creative outcomes. So depending on the artist I am working with, we use my digital and/or analogue photographs in addition to old and/or new paper, fabrics, paint, textures, other images, and embroidery.
Mixed Media, 30 x 40 cm.
Mixed Media, 30 x 40 cm.
Digital Collage, 30 x 40 cm.
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Lotte Bruning Donskoi, a Dutch artist based in Portugal since 2021, is known for her innovative photographic work, blending textures, colors, and mixed media into emotionally resonant compositions. As a sought-after art director, she crafts compelling visual narratives for both brands and editorial projects. Now, after three years, Lotte returns to her roots in Amsterdam, where her artistic journey began.
Lotte Bruning Donskoi is opening a new show with Franka Struys, Scorched Earth, on October 4th at Galeria de Arte in Cascais, Portugal. The exhibition explores the symbolic meaning of a burnt forest, reflecting on themes of decay and renewal. After witnessing the 2023 Murches forest fires, the artists returned to document signs of regrowth amidst the devastation. Through a fusion of photography and both digitized and handmade paintings, they challenge viewers to confront destruction and embrace hope, highlighting the interplay between traditional and digital art forms.
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Collaborators
Vesna Vrdoljak | Sophie Klerk | Karl Lagerfeld | Marte Haverkamp | Franka Struys
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SARA SIESTREEM (Hanis Coos) b. 1976, is a multidisciplinary artist from the Umpqua River Valley on the South Coast of Oregon, working in painting, photography, printmaking, weaving, and large-scale installation. Siestreem combines the ceremonial traditions of her ancestors with contemporary modes and materials at the intersection of social and ecological justice, education, and Indigenous feminism.
SAMUEL LEVI JONES is an American artist, he is known for his paintings and assemblage art. Many of his works are abstract, and centered on African-American history, and identity; often using historically sourced materials.
Born in post-industrial Schenectady, New York in 1969, artist DAVID OPDYKE makes artwork that explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment. His work is held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and The Washington Convention Center in DC.
MICHAEL HENRY HAYDEN (b. 1981) is an artist based in Los Angeles. His painted reliefs and collages tease the boundaries between painting and sculpture, while exploring personal and cultural relationships to the natural world.
CATALINA ANDONIE is based in Santiago de Chile, where she conceptualizes and executes a range of projects in collaboration with expert workshops, each focused on the intricate materials and forms that define her work. Her current practice is dedicated to crafting Collectible Design pieces.
Out and About
What to watch, read, and experience, as curated by the Collé team.
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Foam x The Hmm: Photography is... online event series
Foam joins forces with digital culture platform The Hmm for a series of online talks. In Photography is..., we investigate how internet culture permeates and alters different layers of photography—extending the photographic field exponentially. How does our relationship with the photographic image shift and change to the internet's cultural and technological developments?
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Christian Marclay – Monograph
Christian Marclay, a Swiss-American artist, has explored the intersection of sound and visual art since the late 1970s. This hardcover volume, published for his Centre Pompidou retrospective, features essays and conversations offering new insights into his evolving multimedia work.
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Memory of Jane – In The Double
22-year-old producer and singer-songwriter Maïlé Doremus-Cook, aka Memory Of Jane, released his debut single How You Make Me Feel on Blue Flowers. The South East London artist blends haunting vocals with textured electronics and cascading percussion, drawing influence from Thom Yorke, James Blake, and Björk.
