Annabelle Moison is a multidisciplinary artist whose work examines the fragile balance between visibility and erasure, questioning how identity is shaped—or dismantled—by systemic forces. Originally from the Netherlands and now based in Luxembourg, she studied in the Jewellery department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Drawing from extensive research in medical techniques and historical injustices, she uses fabric, paint, and stitching to construct layered narratives that expose the tension between individuality and anonymity.
Her recent project centers on the women of the Magdalene Laundries, whose identities were stripped away and replaced with numbers. Through the repetition of geometric shapes, particularly squares, Moison reflects on how these women were reduced to faceless entities within a system that claimed to protect them but ultimately dehumanized them. Variations in form and color highlight both the individuality of each life and the collective erasure they endured.
Moison’s practice raises essential questions: What happens when stories go untold? What does it mean when only the mask is recognized? Does self-identity require visibility, or can it exist in the shadows? Her exploration of anonymity—both physical and digital—examines how curating one’s online persona affects authentic connection and self-understanding in an increasingly interconnected world.
In the absence of identity, Moison suggests, we may rediscover the essence of being. Through her work, she sheds light on forgotten stories, urging a deeper recognition of the collective narratives that shape our shared humanity.
