In What grows unseen, the two artists investigate the hidden influences that shape objects and narratives, influences that remain invisible beneath the surface until they emerge and make themselves known.

In this exhibition, Lisette de Greeuw explores the dynamics of decay through careful material investigation. An organic object undergoes its slow, inevitable decay, becoming a vessel for exploring transformation and temporality. The once vibrant surface gradually grows dull as mold begins to spread across its skin. The surface breaks down, replaced by a textured layer of greyish white and green. Over time, the mould overtakes the organic object entirely, erasing its original form and transforming it into something wholly unrecognisable.

Aysen Kaptanoglu’s work, on the other hand, confronts the violence embedded in inherited stories and the roles they assign to women. Drawing from myth, folklore, and embodied memory, her paintings expose systems of dominance that often go unquestioned. Power plays out through surreal and symbolic scenes where the feminine is not only targeted, but also resists, reclaims, and reasserts its power. With sharp, unsettling imagery, Kaptanoglu reveals how cruelty is normalised, and how it might be reimagined, resisted, or turned back on itself.

Together, these works do not aim to explain, but to expose unseen forces at work. They invite the viewer to sit with discomfort, to recognise patterns of breakdown and resistance, and to reflect on the power of slow, invisible transformation, whether it occurs in decaying matter or in challenged narratives