...,staat + NewWerktheater Amsterdam / Founder & creative director / Espresso & Old Fashioned / ...,™ Instagram: @jochemstaat / @staatamsterdam / @NewWerktheater

Creative Director at RAUM and founder of WeTheCity, ROEF, Boiling and BenchesCollective.

photographer in Amsterdam the Netherlands 

My works can be described as ‘post-graffiti art’. The approach, attitude and application of my designs are heavily influenced by graffiti and street art. I am fascinated by today’s zeitgeist but am also critical about it. Street art is an art movement in which many inspiring things are happening and where I feel at home. With a spray I can visually express what I cannot do with a pencil. However, I would like to go deeper than the sometimes superficial appearance of graffiti and street art and highlight those aspects that make the viewer think. I would like to express my thoughts visually, either in a clear statement or in an experiment with a still unknown outcome, which can lead to something new.

Photography. styling, gatherings, workshops; I love creating in all kinds of ways. Why choose one thing if you can create more? (IG: @verdenius). Co-Founder of The Gatherists (IG: @thegatheristst) organising small gatherings for like-minded creatives & entrepreneurs. Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands