IN SITU by Rikkert Paauw

Madé van Krimpen presents in situ by Rikkert Paauw



22.05.2025 - 28.06.2025

Opening May 22, from 5 to 9 pm



Rikkert Paauw works in situ in more ways than one. His practice is shaped by chance encounters with locally found materials and a patient process of collecting, discovering, and transforming objects on site.

For his show at Madé van Krimpen, Paauw will create an on-site installation while residing in the gallery. Each day, he will collect overlooked objects from the city of Amsterdam, using them to build the exhibition as the time unfolds.

Paauw works as an artist, designer, and architect, composing and reshaping spaces and objects through their existing surroundings. Whether as on-site installations or creations for the home. His patient, careful selections and combinations reflect a sustainable, critical, and simple way of working.


Rikkert Paauw was born in 1982 in Soest, The Netherlands. He currently lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.



Selected exhibitions

Collages at valerie_traan gallery in Antwerp, Habitat France in Paris, Aléas at Le JAD in Sèvres, and the Tabourets du Terroir Collectible Fair in Brussels. His work has also been featured at Topsoil Stools in Milan, Forum Première Vision Denim in Berlin, Table of Contents at Society delle Api in Kastelorizzo, Greece, and Itinerance #14 during Design September Area 42 in Brussels.  Foncteur d’oubli at Le Plateau FRAC Île-de-France in Paris, the Collectible Fair at Vanderborght in Brussels, Hello Wood Project Village in Csórompuszta, Hungary, and Design Parade Toulon at Villa Noailles in Hyères, France. He has also participated at the Carte Blanche at Vienna Design Week, Public Design Festival in Esterni, Milan, Anti-Design Festival in London, and Groene Honden at City Hall in Utrecht.



Paauw’s work has been recognized with awards including the 2016 Design Parade Toulon in Hyères and a nomination for the 2014 ARC Stoel Award at Amsterdam Arena.
Previous works

His gaze