Annabelle Binnerts

Annabelle Binnerts is a visual artist and writer. In her murals, works in textile and publications, she explores the material and poetic possibilities offered by language. In her work, words function not only as carriers of meaning, but also as a malleable material that can open up new associations, perspectives and worlds. By positioning text in space, she creates works that question the relationship between reading, looking and imagining, and that allow scope for personal interpretation.

Binnerts studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (2013–2017) and obtained her master’s degree at the Piet Zwart Institute (2018–2020). From 2021 to 2023, she was a resident at De Ateliers in Amsterdam. Her work has been presented at institutions including BOZAR, Kunsthal KAdE, the Fries Museum, Museum Rijswijk and Galerie Martin van Zomeren, and is held in collections such as those of Amsterdam UMC and ABN AMRO, as well as in the Dutch State Collection.

Part of The Space Between Breaths

Annabelle Binnerts, Vapour (hot air), 2025. Hand-stitched appliqué (cotton) 124,5 cm x 166,5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Martin van Zomeren Gallery & Annabelle Binnerts, Almost a word (sigh), 2025. Hand-stitched appliqué (cotton) 70 cm x 125 cm. Courtesy of Aveline de Bruin. Photo: Pauline Assathiany

About Almost a word, 2025-2026

Annabelle Binnerts uses language as both a subject and a medium. Her work includes murals, drawings, books and textiles. In the series Almost a word (2025–2026), Binnerts explores the physical aspects of language, in which the mouth, voice, lips and tongue become vehicles of meaning. The works focus on the fleeting, physical elements of speech, such as inhaling and exhaling, sighs and gasping for breath: expressions that can convey meaning without being words themselves. Based on the idea that the body, just like a book, is a vehicle for language, Binnerts seeks to make the transience of the spoken word visible and tangible. Distorted and fading words seem trapped between the moment they are spoken and the moment when, together with the breath, they dissolve back into the air.

Works by Annabelle Binnerts in The Space Between Breaths:

Almost a word (sigh), 2025
Hand-stitched appliqué (cotton)
70 cm x 125 cm
Courtesy of Aveline de Bruin

Almost a word (gasp), 2025
Hand-stitched appliqué (cotton)
70 cm x 125 cm
Courtesy of ABN AMRO Collection

Almost a word (murmur), 2026
Hand-stitched appliqué (cotton)
180 cm x 125 cm
Courtesy of the artist and
Martin van Zomeren Gallery

Vapour (hot air), 2025
Hand-stitched appliqué (cotton)
124,5 cm x 166,5 cm
Courtesy of the artist and
Martin van Zomeren Gallery

Website: https://annabellebinnerts.com/ Instagram: @annabellebinnerts