Aoife de Klerk

Artist Statement

An Irish artist using photography, Aoife explores a deep seated interest in belief, belonging, and empathy. She has lived in Ireland (21 years), Scotland (4), South Africa (14 ) and Canada (currently). Her practice is grounded in lived experience, and her work explores the questions; Where are you? (Genesis 3:9) and Who do you say I am? (Matthew 16:15). Her work invites the viewer into a contemplative space where time slows and solace offered in the prospect of the relational.

"Deep calls out to deep, through the valleys and the mountain tops of life. Through a process of questioning, making has become a way to a knowing-for-myself, and giving expression of that encounter with the invisible, the real. A photograph becomes a shore on the ocean of my being."