Ulrike Scholtes (she/her) is artist and researcher working with body work, performance, publishing as artistic practice, mail art, zine-making and gathering, building on her background in art, somatics and anthropology.
Current projects
connecting with Moss
Ongoing
Research about more-than-human connection, through moss as connective tissue and as a "Second Body".
Tussenhui(d)s
Starting in 2026
Artistic research in Banne Buiksloot (Amsterdam North) on mail correspondence as form of engagement and the mail box as a space between public and private.
Recently published:
Scholtes, U. (2024). Het Lichaam als Onderzoeksinstrument. Cultuur en Educatie, 23(68), 128-143.
Scholtes, U. (2023). Finding Words for Feeling Bodies: Exploring Drawing Techniques in Dutch Care Practices. Medical Anthropology, 42(8), 828-844.
Scholtes, U. (2024). Working Words: Words as tools to visualize embodied labour. Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 17(1), 33-49.