Fleur Joesten (born 1995 in Harderwijk, the Netherlands) is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, couturier, photographer, videographer, director and inventor who lives in Rotterdam with her two cats Yara and Milly. She describes herself as an "experimentalist", using different textures, colours, materials and techniques to create and tell stories taken from life, history, cinema, video games, myths, legends and folklore. There is a sense of hyperrealism to her work, making you question if what you see before your eyes is actually real or not.
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Her art is very much a process of trial and error. She uses and repurposes secondhand materials when possible, being mindful of the environment and reducing waste. Science and scientific knowledge are used for artistic purposes, by for example using a chemical reaction in order to emulate a material or substance. For her "Amazonia" collection, her debut collection that she is currently creating and that will be launched in the spring of 2026, she is emulating molten volcanic lava by using a chemical reaction between different paints, glues and phosphoric pigments, making the lava look as realistic as possible.
Through her art she explores the relationship between light and dark, the good and the bad, the moral and the immoral. She will make you challenge your beliefs around life, death, beauty, decay, masculinity and femininity, as well as modern day society and our rituals, traditions and ideals. At the foundation of everything that she does is a love for humanity, our place in nature, our spiritual connection to the self and our surroundings, an admiration for the resilience of the human spirit, and its ability to survive in the harshest conditions. The human mind is capable of creation and destruction. Fleur explores the relationship between the two, and the grey where the two meet.
Life is an intricate web of people who make decisions every day that lead to the world being what it is and what we see when we walk out of the front door. Some things we can explain, some things we cannot. Fleur wants you to question and reflect, even just for a moment, what that means to you. From the facts, the science, to the superstitions, the supernatural, the magical and beliefs in higher powers or universal forces. She will prompt you to explore our place amongst the stars, and invite you to find a sense of belonging in being part of everything.
Nothing is as it seems, and everything is as it seems. It is up for you to decide what you see in the art that she has presented you with, and to make up your own mind.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​