Vincent Ruijters .PhD. Born 1988 in The Hague, The Netherlands. Ruijters is an artist who focusses on the phenomenology of intimacy and (ethnic) identity. His work explores how contemporaneity shifts and morphs these phenomena. Through his art he intends to establish new levels of understanding—and perhaps some form of ‘peacemaking’—with these morphed bonds. The context of his work is rooted in his research on ‘Aesthetics of Intimacy’. By crossing boundaries of inner space and outer public space, his goal is also to challenge notions of intimacy. In the form of his work, he aims for a synthesis between the poetic, conceptual and technological. Ruijters is also active as a curator. Ruijters obtained a PhD in Inte rmedia Art at Tokyo University of the Arts.