Airco Caravan
Airco Caravan is a fearless Dutch contemporary artist, known for her provocative and politically engaged work that disrupts both gallery walls and public spaces. With a background in advertising and graphic design, Caravan brings a sharp, strategic edge to her multidisciplinary practice creating artworks that challenge systems, amplify underrepresented voices, and start conversations that matter.
Born in the Netherlands and based between Amsterdam and New York, Caravan studied at HKU Academy of Arts in Utrecht, later sharpening her craft through screen printing at MK24 Amsterdam and oil painting at The Art Students League of New York. Her work is deeply rooted in social commentary, feminist critique, and cultural activism blending bold aesthetics with uncompromising substance.
At the core of Caravan’s practice is a dedication to visibility, equity, and dissent. She is not an artist who waits for permission. Her interventions into public space have become legendary, most notably the illegal installation of a 4ft bronze statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a powerful guerrilla act that speaks volumes about representation, remembrance, and who gets to occupy public platforms.
Caravan’s work has been exhibited internationally, with her pieces shown at major institutions including Every Woman Biennial in New York, Museum de Fundatie, MOTI Museum, Amsterdam Museum, MOYA Vienna, Arte Museum Korea, and the Museum of Memory and Tolerance in Mexico City. Her solo exhibitions in Amsterdam and New York showcase her ability to balance delicate visual craft with explosive political commentary.
Her art is not designed to sit quietly. It’s built to confront, connect, and catalyse. Often weaving in themes of human rights, women’s liberation, and collective memory, Caravan’s work unapologetically aligns itself with justice. This ethos is reflected in the prestigious collections that have acquired her work, including Amsterdam Museum, Museum Van Loon, Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, Westfries Museum, and internationally at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles.
In addition to her artistic practice, Airco Caravan is a respected curator and community builder. She founded and curated two editions of the Nasty Women Amsterdam fundraiser exhibitions. Radical, grassroots exhibitions aligned with the global feminist movement and has curated several other group shows in Amsterdam, offering platforms to underrepresented artists and challenging the status quo of the Dutch art scene.
Caravan’s commitment to reflection and rebellion extends to her time spent in solitude at residencies such as De Torenkamer and Boeddha in de Linie, where she explored stillness as a radical act in itself. Even in silence, her art speaks.
Airco Caravan is not here to play by the rules, she’s here to rewrite them. Whether through delicate oil painting, daring sculpture, or unmissable public interventions, her work cuts through complacency and insists on attention. It is art that remembers, resists, and reimagines a better, more inclusive world.
Creative Debuts featured Airco as part of The Anti Art Fair
