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These projects were developed by the 2026 cohort of Master's students in the Autonomous Context programme at Sint Lucas Antwerp. It was a privilege to accompany these artists and image-makers during my final year as a lecturer.

The practices presented here range from drawing, experimental publishing, photography, installation, performative work, and camera obscura to critical explorations of contemporary visual culture. While their methods differ considerably, they share a commitment to questioning how images are made, interpreted, circulated, and remembered.

Drawing on my experience as a graphic designer, writer, and educator, my role was not to prescribe artistic positions, but to help students sharpen their observations, articulate their intentions, and critically examine the visual conventions, cultural codes, and systems of meaning that shape the images surrounding us. Through dialogue, research, and close reading of visual culture, we explored how artistic practice can become a way of thinking as much as a way of making.

These projects reveal a generation of practitioners who embrace uncertainty, experimentation, and reflection. They invite us to reconsider familiar images and narratives, opening new ways of seeing and understanding the visual world.

Disclaimer: The selected works are presented in various formats, media, and editions. All copyrights remain with the individual artists.

Master's graduates 2026