Daphne Depassé

Daphne Depassé (1973), is a Dutch creator, writer and artist, based in Amsterdam.

"My artistic practice centres on identity, the influence of context and perspective, and the space beyond fixed frameworks.

I am curious about how we become who we are, what shapes the way we see, and what happens when we look differently at something that seems self-evident. Personal stories, experiences, observations and context often form the starting point. Health and living with a disability have sharpened my questions around identity, autonomy, vulnerability and inclusion. What happens when your body, your possibilities or your future can no longer be taken for granted, and you have to reconsider who you are and how you relate to the world around you? This experience is not a separate theme, but runs as an underlying current through part of my work.

Through my work, I try to open something up: another perspective, a question, a sense of recognition, or perhaps a feeling of unfamiliarity.

My work deliberately has no fixed style or technique. I do not start with a medium, but with an idea, story or question, and then look for the form that best fits it.

That might become a painting, drawing, object, or mixed media, digital imagery, language o...

Design Thinking. Executive Master of Information management (MSc) | University of Amsterdam

Media, Information & Communication (BSc) | Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (cum laude)

Collected in the digital collection of the Amsterdam Museum (from July 2025)

New York. One Art Space gallery | Top 25 selection Pitturiamo
29 July- 04 August 2024 (group)

Rome Art Space | ‘The Body Language’ exhibition
12 – 25 July, 2024 (group)

Amsterdam | Sarphaat Studio, The Holy Art Gallery
5 – 8 September, 2024 (group)

London. ‘Fragments Of Identity’ exhibition. Boomer Gallery.
12 – 17 July 2024 (group)