Art Island
Madé van Krimpen presents new paintings by Ahmad Mallah and a video work by Hsu Che-Yu & Wan-Yin Chen at Art Island, taking place June 6–8 at Forteiland IJmuiden.
Two distinct voices, connected by shared questions, about memory, resilience, and the spaces we carry with us.
Location Forteiland, Ijmuiden
Take the ferry: Sluisplein 80, IJmuiden
Opening hours:
Friday, June 6, 15:00 – 21:00
Saturday, June 7, 11:00 – 18:00
Sunday, June 8, 11:00 – 18:00
I am still here, Acrylics on linen, 50x40 cm, 2025
Ahmad Mallah
We will present Ahmad Mallah’s newest works from his painting series I Wish Everything Was Different. These works are a deeply personal exploration of his homelands, memory, and resistance in the face of violence. Mallah imagines a future where beauty and love continue to grow. This body of work is a tribute to resilience, creating space for healing while envisioning a world where softness blooms even in the harshest conditions. The flowers, symbols of hope and liberation, honor the Palestinian people and stand as a quiet yet powerful reminder that freedom will come.
Ahmad Mallah (born 1990) is a Palestinian artist born and raised in Syria. He graduated from the St. Joost Academy in Breda and currently lives and works in Amsterdam. His art revolves around themes of war, diaspora, identity, gender, and the body. Mallah uses various art forms to document his personal and political experiences.
Until We Find Each Other in the Debris, video, 12 minutes
Hsu Che-Yu & Chen Wan-Yin
We will also present a new video work by Hsu Che-Yu and Wan-Yin Chen, titled Until We Find Each Other in the Debris. In this piece, the artists use 3D scanning techniques to digitally reconstruct disaster scenes, exploring the fragile border between memory and media. Three children attempt to rescue another child buried under rubble, while elsewhere a group performs illusions, levitations, and dangerous games. A surreal choreography unfolding in a virtual, reconstructed world.
Hsu and Chen’s work deals with the tension between personal trauma and collective history. By blending real testimonies, scan data, and digital avatars, they question how memories survive, are distorted, or disappear within media archives. Their practice is an ongoing investigation into how contemporary technology can reshape remembrance and narrative.
Hsu Che-Yu (born 1985) is a Taiwanese artist based in Taipei and Amsterdam. His work centers on animations, videos, and installations examining the relationship between media, history, and memory. Wan-Yin Chen is a writer, researcher, and Hsu’s long-term collaborator. She explores themes of colonial entanglement and media aesthetics, and is currently a PhD candidate in modern and contemporary art history at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.