Tijs Dragtsma (1992) - Void. Sound Before Silence
10
days
02
hours
03
minutes
10
seconds
Starting bid
€ 1
Reserve price not met
No bids placed
Catawiki Buyer Protection
Your payment’s safe with us until you receive your object.View details
Trustpilot 4.4 | 139016 reviews
Rated Excellent on Trustpilot.
Tijs Dragtsma (born 1992) presents Void. Sound Before Silence, a 51 × 51 cm mixed media artwork from the Art with Void series, originally issued in 2026, sold with a frame, directly from the artist, in excellent condition.
AI-assisted summary
Description from the seller
HOLIDAY SHIPPING*
Sound Before Silence is a minimal contemporary artwork about surrender, sound and the moment before stillness takes over.
The figure is viewed from above, head tilted back, mouth open. She surfaces from the dark as if releasing something that could no longer be held inside. There is no setting, no context, nothing to explain her. Only her presence, and the vast silence of the field that holds her.
No paint. No print. No ink. The image is formed entirely from depth and absence, from the surface drawn inward rather than built upon. What reads as light is light. What reads as shadow is controlled void, receding into the material in layers the eye cannot fully account for.
From across a room the work is monumental and still. A single form, a single gesture, arrested at the point of release. Step closer and the surface opens, shifting with the angle of light and the position of the viewer. She is not always equally visible. She appears, and she withdraws.
The gesture holds more than one meaning. It could be grief. It could be something closer to rapture. The work does not resolve it, the way raw sound and silence are never entirely separate from each other.
Sound Before Silence continues the Art with Void series by Tijs Dragtsma, in which imagery is constructed through depth and absence rather than paint or print. A visual language where absence is not emptiness, but presence.
"Before the silence, there was a sound only the body could make."
About Art with Void
Art with Void is a body of work in which the image is not built through addition. but revealed through absence.
From a distance. the image is unmistakable. Strong. clear and immediately present. Yet up close. the work transforms. The viewer discovers a surface composed of precisely carved micro voids in high quality acrylic glass. What seemed whole and still from afar becomes detailed. delicate and deeply structured.
Light is essential to the work. In daylight. reflections shift and the image changes subtly with its environment. In darkness. under a focused spotlight. the acrylic glass comes fully alive. Depth intensifies. reflections sharpen. and the image takes on an almost magical presence.
This interplay between distance and proximity. image and structure. stillness and transformation lies at the heart of Art with Void. It is a visual language built on reduction. yet rich in atmosphere. precision and presence.
About the Artist
My name is Tijs Dragtsma, founder of TD Fine Art Studio.
As an artist, I am driven by a constant desire to explore new visual languages. I do not see art as a fixed style, but as an evolving field of discovery where material, structure, light and emotion come together.
My work often begins with a simple question. How can a material speak in a new way. How can hardness become intimacy. How can precision create emotion. That search lies at the heart of everything I create.
Within TD Fine Art Studio, each body of work is approached as its own world, with its own logic, atmosphere and visual identity. Some works are built through rhythm, repetition and structure. Others emerge through absence, shadow, reflection or tension. What connects them is a shared commitment to originality, clarity and emotional presence.
I am fascinated by contrast. Between strength and fragility. Between control and feeling. Between what is visible and what is left open to interpretation. My goal is not simply to make an image, but to create a work that holds attention, invites reflection and continues to reveal itself over time.
TD Fine Art Studio is the space in which these explorations come together. It is not only a studio, but an evolving artistic universe shaped by curiosity, precision and the ambition to create work that feels distinctive, intentional and alive.
*All purchases paid for between 3 August and 16 August will not be shipped within the usual three working days due to my holiday.
These purchases will be carefully packed and shipped between 17 August and 23 August at the latest. After your purchase, I will personally keep you informed about the expected shipping date.
Thank you for your understanding.
HOLIDAY SHIPPING*
Sound Before Silence is a minimal contemporary artwork about surrender, sound and the moment before stillness takes over.
The figure is viewed from above, head tilted back, mouth open. She surfaces from the dark as if releasing something that could no longer be held inside. There is no setting, no context, nothing to explain her. Only her presence, and the vast silence of the field that holds her.
No paint. No print. No ink. The image is formed entirely from depth and absence, from the surface drawn inward rather than built upon. What reads as light is light. What reads as shadow is controlled void, receding into the material in layers the eye cannot fully account for.
From across a room the work is monumental and still. A single form, a single gesture, arrested at the point of release. Step closer and the surface opens, shifting with the angle of light and the position of the viewer. She is not always equally visible. She appears, and she withdraws.
The gesture holds more than one meaning. It could be grief. It could be something closer to rapture. The work does not resolve it, the way raw sound and silence are never entirely separate from each other.
Sound Before Silence continues the Art with Void series by Tijs Dragtsma, in which imagery is constructed through depth and absence rather than paint or print. A visual language where absence is not emptiness, but presence.
"Before the silence, there was a sound only the body could make."
About Art with Void
Art with Void is a body of work in which the image is not built through addition. but revealed through absence.
From a distance. the image is unmistakable. Strong. clear and immediately present. Yet up close. the work transforms. The viewer discovers a surface composed of precisely carved micro voids in high quality acrylic glass. What seemed whole and still from afar becomes detailed. delicate and deeply structured.
Light is essential to the work. In daylight. reflections shift and the image changes subtly with its environment. In darkness. under a focused spotlight. the acrylic glass comes fully alive. Depth intensifies. reflections sharpen. and the image takes on an almost magical presence.
This interplay between distance and proximity. image and structure. stillness and transformation lies at the heart of Art with Void. It is a visual language built on reduction. yet rich in atmosphere. precision and presence.
About the Artist
My name is Tijs Dragtsma, founder of TD Fine Art Studio.
As an artist, I am driven by a constant desire to explore new visual languages. I do not see art as a fixed style, but as an evolving field of discovery where material, structure, light and emotion come together.
My work often begins with a simple question. How can a material speak in a new way. How can hardness become intimacy. How can precision create emotion. That search lies at the heart of everything I create.
Within TD Fine Art Studio, each body of work is approached as its own world, with its own logic, atmosphere and visual identity. Some works are built through rhythm, repetition and structure. Others emerge through absence, shadow, reflection or tension. What connects them is a shared commitment to originality, clarity and emotional presence.
I am fascinated by contrast. Between strength and fragility. Between control and feeling. Between what is visible and what is left open to interpretation. My goal is not simply to make an image, but to create a work that holds attention, invites reflection and continues to reveal itself over time.
TD Fine Art Studio is the space in which these explorations come together. It is not only a studio, but an evolving artistic universe shaped by curiosity, precision and the ambition to create work that feels distinctive, intentional and alive.
*All purchases paid for between 3 August and 16 August will not be shipped within the usual three working days due to my holiday.
These purchases will be carefully packed and shipped between 17 August and 23 August at the latest. After your purchase, I will personally keep you informed about the expected shipping date.
Thank you for your understanding.
Details
Artist
Tijs Dragtsma (1992)
Sold with frame
Yes
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Void. Sound Before Silence
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Signed
Country of origin
Netherlands
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
51 cm
Width
51 cm
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
Sold by
