Luca Tichelman (1995, NL) works with video, sculpture and drawing.
Interested in the ingredients that create the story of a Self and the need to repeat that story in order to affirm one's existence.
The combination of theatre, video and sculpture is an essential element of her work,
creating pieces that explore the
fundamental human desire to belong, focusing on the importance of play and the way in which reality and fantasy can blend together.
CONTACT
LUCATICHELMAN@GMAIL.COM
Education
2020 • 2022 Piet Zwart Institute, Lens Based Media (MA) | Rotterdam (NL)
2019 • 2020 Kask, Film (BA) | Gent (BE)
2013 • 2017 Toneelacademie Maastricht, Performance (BA) | Maastricht (NL)
Exhibition (selection)
2026 BRUTUS, Wild Summer of Art, Rotterdam (NL); ALL THE WONDER AND THE AHH | video installation, sculpture | group
2026 Madé van Krimpen, Amsterdam (NL); Working on my dramatic entrance | video installation, sculptures, drawings | solo
2026 Cifra (online platform); THIS IS THEM | video | group
2026 Art Rotterdam, Prospects, Rotterdam (NL); ALL THE WONDER AND THE AHH | video installation, sculptures | group
2026 Madé van Krimpen, Amsterdam (NL); MY ALL • A LOW BUDGET SPECTACLE | video installation, sculpture | group
2025 Das Leben am Haverkamp, The Hague (NL); MY ALL • A LOW BUDGET SPECTACLE | video installation, sculptures | solo
2025 NL=US, Rotterdam (NL); THIS IS US, Scene 4. Prop nr. 23, LOOK A LIKE/LUC A LIKE | video installation, sculpture | group
2024 Museum of Goa, Goa (IN); THIS IS THEM | video | group
2024 Bakery, Germany (DE); GOLDEN SUIT (S) | sculptures | group
2023 International Performance Art, Giswil (CH); MY ALL a play | video | group
2023 Foundation B.A.D., Rotterdam (NL); THIS IS THEM | video | group
2023 SIGN, Groningen (NL); THIS IS US a story of those them me and we | video installation, sculptures | group
2023 Marres, House for Contemporary Culture, Currents #10, Maastricht (NL); THIS IS video series | video installation | group
2022 De Aanschouw, Rotterdam (NL); LOOK A LIKE | video | solo
2022 GRAW, Rotterdam (NL); LOOK A LIKE/LUC A LIKE | video | group
2022 TENT, Rotterdam (NL); Graduation show | video installation, sculpture | group
2021 TENT, Rotterdam (NL); THIS IS AND THAT IS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LOT OF THAT | video | group
2021 Marres, House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht (NL); SHIRT STORIES | video | group
2021 The Other Art Fair, London (UK); THIS IS AND THAT IS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LOT OF THAT | video | group
2021 Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL); THIS IS AND THAT IS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LOT OF THAT | video | group
Screening (selection)
2023 IFFR x Offscreen, Rotterdam (NL); THIS IS US a story of those them me and we | video
2023 FFFAmsterdam, Amsterdam (NL); OFF THE TOP OF MY HAT | video
2022 Aesthetica Film Festival, York (UK); OFF THE TOP OF MY HAT | video
2022 ASVOFF14, Amsterdam (NL); OFF THE TOP OF MY HAT | video
2022 EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (NL); LOOK A LIKE/LUC A LIKE | video
2022 WORM, CBK R’DAMxOff Screen, Rotterdam (NL); PREVIEW THIS IS THEM | video
2021 LUMIERE, Maastricht (NL); OFF THE TOP OF MY HAT | video
2021 EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (NL); PREVIEW THIS IS THEM | video
2021 Lodz Young Fashion, Zieleniec przy Wojska, Łódź (PL); SHIRT STORIES | video
2021 FASHIONCLASH Fashion Film Festival, Maastricht (NL); SHIRT STORIES | video
2019 VERS, Vondelparkfestival, Amsterdam (NL); THIS IS AND THAT IS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LOT OF THAT | video
2019 Eindhoven Film Festival, Eindhoven (NL); THIS IS AND THAT IS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LOT OF THAT | video
2018 FASHIONCLASH Fashion Film Festival, Maastricht (NL); THIS IS AND THAT IS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LOT OF THAT | video
2018 Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival, Sarajevo (BA); SOLUM | video
2017 FASHIONCLASH Fashion Film Festival, Maastricht (NL); SOLUM | video
2017 ROTbeeld, Rotterdam (NL); Ohm Sonata | video
2017 Open Doek, Rotterdam (NL); Ohm Sonata | video
Theatre (selection)
2023 International Performance Art, Giswil (CH); MY ALL a play | theatre
2018 Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL); A HelLo | opening performance
2018 De Parade, The Hague (NL); DE MOLEN | theatre
2017 De Markten, Brussels (BE); The act of two | theatre
2017 ITS Festival, Amsterdam (NL); bassin | theatre
2017 Festival aan de Maas, Rotterdam (NL); this ones on us | theatre
2017 Parksessies, Haarlem (NL); The act of two | theatre
2016 Lloyd, Amsterdam (NL); Golden Joinery | opening performance
2016 Toneelacademie, Maastricht (NL); And you were wonderful | theatre
2016 Short Wood, Wetteren (BE); The act of two | theatre
2016 De Monty, Antwerp (BE); The act of two | theatre
2016 De Monty, Antwerp (BE); Mourning Monkeys | theatre
2016 Bordenhal TGM, Maastricht (NL); Mourning Monkeys | theatre
2016 Cement Festival, Den Bosch (NL); The act of two | theatre
2015 FASHIONCLASH Festival, Maastricht (NL); In a silver suit | theatre
2015 CAMPO, MaydayMayday, Gent (BE); ABT4Y (Always be there for you) | theatre
2015 Frascati, Amsterdam (NL); ABT4Y (Always be there for you) | theatre
2015 De NWE Vorst, Tilburg (NL); ABT4Y (Always be there for you) | theatre
Grant & Residencies
2024 Mondriaan Fonds - Artist start
2024 Amarte Fonds - Project Grant
2022 VEVAM - Project Grant
2022 FLAAC/JESTER, Genk, (BE) | residency | research
2018 Brand Cultuur Fonds Limburg - Project Grant
Press & Publications
2026 Het Parool; "Kunstenaar Luca Tichelman duikt in haar dromen en verleden" by Edo Dijksterhuis | Amsterdam (NL)
2025 Mister Motley; "Het optreden van mijn leven" by Anouk Harkmans | essay | co-published with Das Leben am Haverkamp (NL)
2023 Luzerner Zeitung; "Performance Art Giswil" by Edith Arnold | Lucerne (CH)
2023 International Performance Art Giswil; text documentation by Lea Dora Ilmer & Nicole Müller | Giswil (CH)
2023 POM Magazine; interview by Anke Verbeek (NL)
2017 Theaterkrant; "ITS 2017 dag 4: Cinema" by Marijn Lems | Amsterdam (NL)
Other
2022•2025 WORM, Offscreen, Rotterdam (NL); Curator and interviewer
2024 IFFR, Rotterdam (NL); Supervising the youth jury
2022 IFFR Education, Rotterdam (NL); Film coach | Lecturer
2020 EYE Film Museum / Film Education Network, Amsterdam (NL); Curation educational program
2017•2018 Cirque, France (FR); living and working with a travelling circus | research