Rotterdam-based artist duo Huub Schilte and Jacqueline Portielje seamlessly merge photography, drawing, and digital manipulation into their striking black-and-white compositions. Working intuitively from an archive of self-created fragments and textures, they construct a world where figuration and abstraction coexist, evoking both vulnerability and strength.

Their figures appear suspended between grace and unease, reality and reverie embodying a quiet yet potent tension. The stark contrasts of light and shadow amplify this emotional charge, lending the image a sculptural and dreamlike presence.

Celebrated internationally and loved among collectors, Schilte & Portielje’s work resonates for its haunting beauty and poetic ambiguity, inviting viewers to linger in the delicate space between desire and restraint.