Oogappel Gallery was designed to be the headquarters of our creativity. A place where projects can find a home, a place where creative people can meet with an audience and a place that can push our motivation to build something exciting together. Our name Oogappel references the saying “ apple of my eye” meaning something you behold as beautiful.
Oogappel Gallery is in collaboration with Studio Kessler. Studio Kessler is a cartography studio making associative cartography. This inventive way of relaying information and relationships is based on making fictional maps. A lifetime, a subject or a company’s history is made to be instantly understood with many details in a single map. Workshops can also be done with Studio Kessler to dissect communication within an organization on a map to have a tangible understanding of complex communication structures.
Find out more at studiokessler.com
Martijn de Clercq is a freelance photographer and co-creator of Oogappel Gallery. Next to his work as a photographer he works at a Leica Store, where he’s in contact with art photography, world renowned artists as well as developing a deep understanding of cameras and photography.
you can view his work on his website, his Instagram page or on our commission page
Susanne de Visser is a freelance illustrator and co-creator of Oogappel Gallery. Next to her work as an illustrator she is studying art history at UVA and has already finished her education at Willem de Kooning Academie. She’s a high school art teacher as well.
you can view her work on her Instagram page or on our commission page
Oogappel Gallery is located on Landgoed de Olmenhorst in between Haarlem and Leiden in Lisserbroek. De Olmenhorst is an apple orchard booming with nature, history and inspiration. It’s consistently been a significant factor in the area for nearly 170 years. We’re proud to now be a part of its story and to continue its creative, innovative and community serving identity. Several crafts are pursued on the estate. Among others you will find a passion driven café, a candle maker and a sculptor.