Peter Vink was born in Bilt (Netherlands) in 1974 and is a graduate of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He is known for his temporary and permanent installations in public or private spaces and regularly receives commissions from public institutions, such as the building department of the Dutch government. Peter Vink has an extraordinary ability to understand space, manipulate it and transform it into something new and previously unseen. His temporary studio is the place where he works, and his interventions highlight and draw attention (literally and metaphorically) to elements of this particular space that the viewer's eye has not seen before and that his mind often takes for granted and blocks out. The artist's work is site-specific, and his visual manipulation of the site emphasises its architectural elements, enhancing its appearance through a play of scale, sometimes diminished and muted, sometimes enlarged and oversized in relation to the dimensions of the surroundings. Architectural, minimalist and innovative, Peter Vink and his luminaires understand the spirit of a place and bring it to new life, reinvented and rediscovered.
