Captured in Pixels | Schilte & Portielje

Huub Schilte (1953) and Jacqueline Portielje (1958) have been intensively exploring the rich possibilities of the computer as an artistic medium and have been doing so since 1997. The computer is both their darkroom for photography and their drawing/painting tool. Schilte & Portielje work without a preconceived plan or subject. They both select fragments of images from a digitized library they have built up over the years. With their selected image fragments they compose their own dream world in black and white, filled with creatures that fascinate endlessly.

In their work, Schilte & Portielje constantly explores the boundaries between fantasy and reality, giving it a certain surrealistic quality. Can the composed black and white figures exist in real life? Are they in pleasure or pain? These questions make the dream world of Schilte & Portielje in which you want to get lost forever.

The work of the Rotterdam artist duo Schilte & Portielje has been shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide and is included in various national and international private and corporate collections.