About
Sander Hagelaar (based in Amsterdam) is an artist fascinated by human perception and the shift that occurs when the familiar turns unfamiliar. In his installations and objects he creates frameworks in which natural processes such as light, water, air, gravity and chemical reactions can act freely and unpredictably.
His work explores two related states of mind: estrangement, when a familiar material shows unexpected properties, and stilling, when movement holds attention and brings the viewer into focus.
He embraces chance and the poetry of the unexpected. In doing so, his work interrupts our habitual seeing and opens space for wonder and inner dialogue. What happens when you do not quite know what you are looking at? That is when you are fully present.
contact: hagelaar.sander@gmail.com
instagram: @sanderhagelaar
Interested in thoughtful collaborations and process driven work.
CV
2025
- Uncertain, Draaimolen, Tilburg
- Lucien, Into The Great Wide Open, Vlieland
- Light Rift, Wildenberg Art Projects, Naarden
- Performance Installatie (in)finity LantarenVenster, Rotterdam
- Performance Installatie (in)finity PLT, Heerlen
- Performance Installatie (in)finity Bimhuis, Amsterdam
- Performance Installatie (in)finity Stadsschouwburg, Nijmegen
2024
- Sculpture, Untitled, private collection, Wageningen
- Brushes of Light, Window of opportunity, museum Singer Laren, Laren
2023
- Arid, ChaXartXams, Amsterdam
- Motion design commissioned by Tanja Smeets, Textielmuseum, Tilburg
- Dochter x Kika Sprangers, September Me Festival, Amersfoort
- Dochter x Kika Sprangers, Kleine Willem, Enschede
- Dochter x Kika Sprangers, Apeldoorn
- Dochter x Kika Sprangers, Grachtenfestival - Door open space, Amsterdam
- Guidance, Cyfest, Yerevan (Armenia)
- Kika Sprangers Large Ensemble x Sander Hagelaar, Light installation, Tivoli, Utrecht
2022
- Last Fall, Dutch Design Week, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven
- So It Goes, Certosa Initiative, Milan design week (Italy)
- I'm Trying, Light installation for Sansouni, De Havenloods, Utrecht
- I'm Trying, Light installation for Sansouni, Ekko, Utrecht
- Motion design commissioned by Tanja Smeets, Schurend Paradijs, KAdE, Amersfoort
- A moment of saturation, Dutch Invertuals, MAKK Museum of Applied Art Cologne (Germany)
2021
- When timeless arrived, I moved by Dansan, in collaboration with Danika van Kaathoven, Yamanashi short movie festival, Kofu (Japan)
- 2009, Dutch Invertuals, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
- When They Fall, Lynfabrikken, Aarhus (Denmark)
- Fluid Current, Isola, Milan design week (Italy)
- Puff, Isola, Milan design week (Italy)
- Winner Innovation in Design Award - Isola 🏆
2020
- Toch komt een keer de tocht, in collaboration with Danika van Kaathoven, Uitgeverij Komma 📖
- Motion design commissioned by Tanja Smeets, Chapter Three, Het Hem, Zaandam
2019
- When They Fall, Dutch Design Week, Kazerne, Eindhoven
- Let's Dance, multiple moving objects, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- All Falls Down, Design is Human, Atlanta (US)
- SAMSARA, Dance Performance, Utrecht
2018
- GLOW, Kazerne, Eindhoven
- 180 places, Licht, Galerie Pouloeuff, Naarden
- All Falls Down 3.0, Ongoing Dialogue, Dutch Design Week, Kazerne, Eindhoven
- Art of Losing, De Nieuwe Bibliotheek, Almere
- Arty Party, Melkweg, Amsterdam
- Artez Finals, Arnhem
- Graduated: ArtEZ Institute of the Arts 🙌
2017
- Seeing Space / Andrea Bos & Sander Hagelaar, Cinetol, Amsterdam
2016
- Internship: Pieke Bergmans
- Scent(-ing), CASA, Arnhem
- Resourcefulness, CASA, Arnhem
2015
- Please Obese, Artez Finals, Arnhem
2014
- Canal Collection, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
- Geur, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam
- Tulp, top finalists in the Royal Netherlands Embassy’s Dutch Design Competition, MAD Museum, New York City (US)
2013
- Lamp, Sint Nicolaas kerk, Amsterdam
