Thea Booijink is a self-taught artist, rooted in the Netherlands and based in the Algarve, Portugal. Her work explores the intuitive language of the nature that surrounds her, emerging from a sustained engagement with the landscape of the Algarve hinterland, where she lives and works.
Her practice is an evolving dialogue with nature, where she seeks to capture the essence of her experience rather than its literal representation. Daily contact with nature generate ideas that accumulate, overlap, and transform over time. These are not translated literally; instead, they are absorbed and reconfigured into a visual language that moves between figuration and abstraction. What remains is not a specific place, but a distilled sensation of it. Her work invites viewers to look beyond the surface, connecting with the emotional narratives embedded in each brushstroke.
She approaches painting as a process of extraction. It is internalised and re-emerge as compositions that balance structure with spontaneity. Although within abstract art, her work resists fixed categorisation. Even at its most abstract, it retains a connection to the natural world, a trace of something seen, felt, and reimagined. Each painting becomes part of an ongoing investigation, where perception and memory intertwine, and where the landscape is continuously redefined from within.
Group Exhibitions
2025
Republica 14, Olhão, Algarve, Portugal. “Pausa”, 21st of February until 30th of March 2025.
Museu do Traje, São Bras de Alportel, Algarve, Portugal. “Algures”, 26th of April until 31st of May 2025.
Museum Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. “Planeta Azul”, 6th of July until 28th of September 2025.
2026
Looma Art, Amilak Espaço de Arte, Lisboa. “O Meu Imaginário”, 21 of March until 11th of April 2026
Gallery
Represented by Zephyr Art Gallery Silves, Algarve, Portugal.
Network
Member of the Algarve Artist Network: https://algarveartistsnetwork.com/
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