Small formats. Big presence. Printed for your walls.
Posters available in different sizes. Feet, fun, and fine art - sent to your door. Shipping worldwide.
Esrin paints feet. Not because she has a thing for them (calm down), but because they’re weird, wonderful, and most often overlooked. They carry us through life, yet they rarely get the attention they deserve - unless, of course, someone slides into your DMs asking for foot pics. That’s where this all started.
It was one of those messages you don’t expect but also can’t unsee.
"... send feet pictures to me..."
At first, she laughed. Then, she got curious. Then, she picked up her brush.
because yes, this really happened, multiple times
What began as a bizarre online encounter turned into an obsession: feet as symbols of movement, intimacy, objectification, resilience. They press into sand, curl on bathmats, balance on surfboards. Sometimes they’re elegant, sometimes absurd. Sometimes they just exist - raw, unpolished, painted with a spatula like they’re sinking into the canvas itself.
Her work toes the line (pun intended) between admiration and ownership, humor and critique. Some pieces lean into surrealism - a foot with six toes, arches reaching impossible heights -while others feel like quiet acts of care, a fresh coat of polish as a small, defiant fuck you to the idea that feet should only be admired on someone else’s terms.
Born in Germany, based in Costa da Caparica, Esrin moves between fine art and playful rebellion, translating the most grounded part of the body into something worth looking at twice. And maybe, just maybe, making you rethink where admiration ends and objectification begins.
If you are interested in one of these artworks,
please send an e-Mail to art@esrinue.com
& specify the painting you are interested in.
Exhibitions & Screenings
May 2024 group show "Phenoshade" at Prisma LX, Lisbon / Portugal
Apr 2024 group show "April Showcase" at Prisma LX, Lisbon / Portugal
Mar 2024 group show "March Showcase" at Prisma LX, Lisbon / Portugal
Sep 2023 solo exhibition "soulseeds" at Fabrik45, Bonn / Germany
Jun 2023 group show at Buinho Creative Hub, Messejana / Portugal
Mar - Apr 2023 group show at Haze Gallery, Berlin / Germany
Sep 2021 group show "Künstler aus Gebäude F" at Gebäude F during Berlin Art Week 2021, Berlin / Germany
Oct 2018 group show "Nature created by Design" at Seoul Institue of the Arts, Ansan (Seoul) / South Korea
Jul 2016 public screening "Vorfreude" (short movie) at Lumiere Cinema, Maastricht / The Netherlands
May 2016 TV screening "DABDA" (short movie) at L1 Video Power Nacht, Limburg / The Netherlands
Dec 2015 public screening "DABDA" (short movie) at Euregion Shorts, in Heerlen / The Netherlands
Artist Residencies
Mar - May 2024, artist residency at Prisma Estudio, Lisbon / Portugal
Jun 2023, artist residency at Buinho Creative Hub, Messejana / Portugal
Oct - Nov 2022 artist residency & skill exchange at Serra Vida Portugal, Marvao / Portugal
Grants received
Jun 2023, financial funding by the European Union & Goethe Institute
Publications
Oct 2024, interview for polis.Magazine Wuppertal/Germany, Issue „Lust“ (available as print)
Mar 2024, group interview at Prisma LX
Jun 2023, interview at Blood Tree Literature Issue 13
Work Experience
Jun 2021 - recent Visual Artist at esrinue, Bonn/Germany
Dec 2019 - Jun 2021 Art Director at Buddybrand, Berlin / Germany
Feb - Jun 2019 Creative Support, internship at St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza / Tanzania
Education
2019, Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design at Maastricht Academy of Fine Art and Design, Maastricht / The Netherlands
2018, B.A. semester abroad, Graphic Design at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town / South Africa
2016, Bachelor of Arts in Design at Maastricht Academy of Media Design and Technology, Maastricht / The Netherlands
