Luca Tichelman (1995, NL) works with video, sculptures, drawings.
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.
By creating staged settings in which characters play a collection of different roles, she explores the innate human longing for a sense of belonging
and the key role of identity in fulfilling this need. In a sense, Luca is rediscovering a childhood pastime playing different roles in her room.
Now turning this experience into an exploration of the fundamental human need to play.
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