Pippa Festjens

Pippa FESTJENS

—Artist’s life story
From shame to intensity to light-hearted exploration.

As a child, I experienced deep rooted shame and social exclusion and I was pressured to confine myself in all kinds of circumstances. Being deeply sensitive to other people's expectations and emotions, I became a high achiever and perfectionist, always impeccable. I felt dead, lonely and small in my social convenience.

Later I started seeking freedom and set out on countless adventures. Travelling the world I sought for absolute truth in many philosophies, communities, artistic practices. I would always push boundaries and never settle in an identity, choosing discovery over predictability, authority and structure. Everything I did, I pursued with absolute involvement. People started describing me as RADICAL.

Through this absolute sovereignty I
came to a deep self-knowing and an even deeper self-trust. I learned to understand my freedom as an ongoing creative exploration and still shapeshift continuously. I never settle in a definite form. I roam through creation and rebirth myself with every breath.

I also came to cherish my sensitivity and receptivity: the emotional currents of our collective (sub)conscious express through my art. I’...

Bachelor Philosophy UA
Bachelor Liberal Arts
Isha Yoga Center spiritual sciences academy
Life and being shot in the heart more then thrice