Bio
For Dutch artist Ilona Plaum (b. 1970), our subconscious is an infinite treasure trove. In her meticulously staged photographic illusions, where scale models, drawing, and painting fuse into a hybrid reality, she seeks to free us from the familiar Western way of seeing and open us to a different dimension.
She calls this dimension the universal limbo land: a space within our consciousness where inside and outside dissolve, where time and distance no longer exist, where the notion of identity loses its hold, and where solid forms melt into fluid realities. For Plaum, it is a realm in which we are fundamentally connected with all matter surrounding us, experiencing the profound unity of life itself.
Plaum lives and works in Amsterdam. She studied Goldsmithing at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. She then developed further as an autonomous artist. Her work is included in private, museum and corporate collections in the Netherlands and abroad.
She calls this dimension the universal limbo land: a space within our consciousness where inside and outside dissolve, where time and distance no longer exist, where the notion of identity loses its hold, and where solid forms melt into fluid realities. For Plaum, it is a realm in which we are fundamentally connected with all matter surrounding us, experiencing the profound unity of life itself.
Plaum lives and works in Amsterdam. She studied Goldsmithing at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. She then developed further as an autonomous artist. Her work is included in private, museum and corporate collections in the Netherlands and abroad.
Exhibitions
UPCOMMING
Art Fair ‘Antwerp 5th’
11-14 december 2025, Antwerpen, (BE)presented by gallery dudokdegroot, booth B43
PAST
2025 ‘Memento, photography interrupted’
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam (NL)
2025 ‘Energi di Amsterdam’
During artmanifestation ‘Oscillazioni 2025’ , Pontremoli, (IT). With works from Irene de boer, Peer Veneman, Thijs Rhijnsburger, en Riëtte Wanders.
2025 ‘Upclose’ (solo)
Amsterdam Art Week 2025, Gallerie dudokdegroot, A’dam (NL).
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2025 ‘Presence’ (solo)
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam (NL).
2025 ‘Presence’ Booklaunch
First Monography published by Jap Sam books, designed by Janna Meeus, text by Ilona Plaum and writer-art critic Hans Den hartog jager.
Supported by Mondriaan fund, Jaapharten fund, stichting Niemijer fund.
2025 ‘Summer’
Studio Ertskade 19, Amsterdam (NL). Contributions by: Ilona Plaum, Lily van der Stokker, Tjebbe Beekman, Jos van Merendonk, Mariska Koolen, Andrei Roiter, Bettie van Haaster, Joost Krijnen, Harry Markusse, Irene de Boer, Benjamin Roth, Stan Klamer, Tim Mathijsen, Suzan Drummen, Piet Dieleman, Jochem van den Wijngaard, Peer Veneman, Marjolein de Wit, Berend Strik, Thijs Rijnsburger, Babs Bleeker.
2025 ‘Art Island’
Art Fair with artist from gallery dudokdegroot, Fort IJmuiden, IJmuiden(NL).
2025 ‘Well, How did I get here?’
37 PK platform for contemporary art, Haarlem, (NL). With contrabutions of Fransje Killaars, Marijn van Kreij, Roy Villevoye en Lucas Hoeben.
Complete CV
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Contact
Ilonaplaum@icloud.com
Studio
Wilhemina pakhuis
Veemkade 576
1019 BL Amsterdam
Represented by gallery
dudokdegroot
Tweede Laurierdwarsstraat 1-3
1019 RA Amsterdam
info@dudokdegroot.nl
06 15475473
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Studio
Wilhemina pakhuis
Veemkade 576
1019 BL Amsterdam
Represented by gallery
dudokdegroot
Tweede Laurierdwarsstraat 1-3
1019 RA Amsterdam
info@dudokdegroot.nl
06 15475473
