Femmy Otten

Femmy Otten (1981) is the recipient of the 2026 Per Abramsen Sculpture Prize, awarded by the Abramsen-Koedam Foundation in collaboration with the museum. The exhibition brings together a personal selection of sculptures and drawings in which Otten explores themes such as spirituality, motherhood, and sexuality in a compelling way.

Otten gave the exhibition the title Birthland: ‘My work shows that pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare are subjects that also belong in the public sphere. My aim is not to judge, nor to make the world smaller, but rather to open it up and expand it. I want to create space for the images we are missing, and in doing so make the world – and our view of it – broader and more expansive. My work shows us what it means to be human in a world in which we seem to be drifting ever further away from our humanity.’

Cover image: Works by Femmy Otten | foto: G.J. van Rooij