Dorien Dierckx (b. 1982) is a Belgian artist working in mix media.
Her work explores the twilight spaces between human and nature, night and day, consciousness and imagination. It is within these in-between states — moments of magic and dissolution — that her visual language begins to emerge.
Themes of cycles, connection, and the collective unconscious lie at the core of her practice. Guided by the rhythms of nature — the moon, the seasons, the ebb and flow of life — she translates form, colour, and texture into symbols of memory and emotion. Local plants, animals, and landscapes become visual metaphors, holding ancestral knowledge and the residue of forgotten ties.
A solitary figure recurs throughout her work: most often female, rendered with clarity and stillness. This figure seems to stand at the edge of the painted world, seeking but never fully immersed. In this quiet tension between the rational self and the intuitive landscape, she reveals her essential belief: we are nature. The disconnection we feel is an illusion. We don’t need to return to nature; we are nature.
Her compositions shift between control and surrender. Loose gestures, transparent washes, and organic rhythms intertwine with precise, detailed lines. These contrasts reflect an inner dialogue shaped by dreams, hidden memories, and a gentle melancholy. Time and space dissolve — what remains is a timeless, universal terrain where everything is connected.
Dorien’s work is an ongoing search for the inner landscape — a place where mythology, symbolism, and the wild pulse of nature converge in images that speak to something ancient, yet entirely present.
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