Daphne van de Velde

Daphne van de Velde (1973) is a Dutch artist living and working in Arnhem, NL. She has studied Modern  Dance, Architecture and Monumental Art at ArtEZ University of the Arts as well as Architecture and Construction at HAN University of Applied Sciences. In 2020 she graduated cum laude at FotoAcademie in Amsterdam. 

'Daphne van de Velde's work explores the delicate tension between longing for intimacy and fearing physical confrontation. Her deeply autobiographical practice reflects on what it means to exist as a woman within a male-dominated society. Themes such as desire and threat recur throughout her work, with vvulnerability forming a pognant dialogue between exposure and protection.'

John Devos, lecturer, critic, curator, September 2025