Multidisciplinary artist · Dubai
What words
cannot hold.
Layered, tactile works exploring vulnerability, memory, identity and the quiet act of becoming.
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Layers of BecomingMixed media · 2025
About the artist
Ingrid
Op’t Hof
Ingrid Op’t Hof is a South African-born, Dubai-based self-taught multidisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in emotional expression, material exploration and intuitive process.
Her work sits between abstraction and personal narrative, inviting viewers to encounter emotion not as something explained, but as something felt, layered and held.
CEV Art Gallery · 2026
Selected works · 2025–2026
Collections
Works
Mixed Media
Layered works shaped through paint, texture, paper, fabric and intuitive mark-making.
Works
Acrylic
Works in acrylic where colour, gesture and the painted surface carry the emotional narrative.
Works
Diptych
Two-part compositions exploring tension, contrast and the relationship between opposing visual states.
Artist statement
“My work begins where words become too limited.”
I am drawn to materials because they hold what language often cannot: grief, memory, tenderness, rupture, longing, and the quiet moments of repair that follow.
I see each artwork as a record of becoming. It is not about resolution, but about presence.
The final piece remains alive with what came before it—the marks, accidents, resistance and discoveries that shaped it.
Exhibitions
Past &
Upcoming
Exhibition details will be added soon.
Upcoming exhibition details will be announced here.
A separate practice
Art
Therapy
A confidential, supported space where image-making can help give shape to experiences that may be difficult to express in words.
Ingrid holds a Master’s and Postgraduate Diploma in Art Therapy from Metàfora Barcelona. Her person-centred practice works through the creative process—without requiring artistic ability—to support reflection, expression and emotional wellbeing.