Arno Massee

Statement

“I work intuitively and am attracted by the beauty of the ordinary. I seek to discover the connection and vulnerability and look for coherence without wondering why or how.”



Bio

I have been creative since i can remember, drawing, painting and photographing the world around me. I have been working as a photographer for 25 years and now, shooting commercial and editorial assignments. My studio is based in the small village of Rijnsaterwoude, near Amsterdam.

I make my art because it is a necessity, it makes me happy and meaningful, i want to share the emotions i see and feel through the images i create. I am attracted by classic themes such as vulnerability, darkness, blasphemy, passion. Looking for the symbolism in the ordinary. The ordinary is what inspires me, the simple things that can have great meaning if noticed. I am greatly inspired by the quote of David Hum : " Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them" Other artists i really admire or inspire me are painters like Marc Rothko and Gerard Richter. I also get a great deal of my inspiration from musicians like Nick Cave, Eddie Vedder and Tom Waits, lyrics and poems.

The last years i have been redirecting my focus on my own artistic...

Self educated and still learning everyday

AMC gallery, Amsterdam - Netherlands
Van Engelen gallery, Leiden - Netherlands
Doxis gallery in business
De Deijk - Netherlands
Gallery De Silverling, Leiden - Netherlands
Berden, Alphen aan den Rijn - Netherlands
Quietlands , Alphen aan den Rijn - Netherlands
Colpo di Fulmine, Gallerie Schippers The Hague - Netherlands
Sta-Art Alphen aan den Rijn - Netherlands