Annabelle Moison

Annabelle Moison is a multidisciplinary artist whose work navigates the delicate threshold between imposed identity and inner existence—between how others perceive us and how we see ourselves. Originally from the Netherlands and now based in Luxembourg, she studied at the Jewellery department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, where she developed a profound fascination with the human body, its vulnerabilities, and the societal pressures that shape and control our understanding of it.

Her practice is deeply influenced by the methodologies and aesthetics of the medical field, exploring how structures designed to heal can also reduce individuals to anonymity. Using fabric, pigments, and stitching, she constructs works that question how identity can be erased, how anonymity shapes our sense of self-worth, and what remains of existence when personal narratives are stripped away.

Moison’s process is intuitive yet research-driven, often beginning with historical sources before transforming them into abstract forms. Through repetition, variation, and texture, she exposes the fragility of identity in systems that prioritize order over the individual. Her use of bold, elemental colors speaks to a time before identity was imposed—a state of pure existence, unshaped by external labels. Yet, as structure and form take over, this simplicity fractures, mirroring the moment when being turns into definition, and the self becomes something to be categorized.