Artist: Lucy Bink, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten. Organized in collaboration with Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA) and the Art in Health Science @Amsterdam UMC (AHSA) platform: a multidisciplinary platform using art to promote health and well-being, focusing on stimulating creativity in healthcare, education, and science.

Lucy Bink is a research-driven artist who explores the relationship between gender and power. She combines painting, performance, poetry, textiles, and archival research to highlight feminist themes such as menstruation, menopause, and body politics. Her work challenges patriarchal narratives and invites an open dialogue on how identities and experiences are constructed and remembered.

Menopause is gaining increasing attention in society. For instance, Amsterdam UMC is leading a large-scale study to help women navigate the transition to menopause in a healthier way, with a focus on sleep and mental health, physical health, and work.

Where: In the central entrance of the Psychiatry Building (P1), AMC location, from January 30 to February 28, 2025.

This work is created from two embroidered silkscreen textiles. The piece critiques patriarchal views on menopause, specifically referencing the harmful 1966 book Feminine Forever by Robert A. Wilson. By reworking the text through embroidery, a historically undervalued technique in women's art, Bink transforms archival materials into symbols of self-determination. Combining photography and silkscreen, the work emphasizes resilience and the urgent need to rewrite menopause narratives. Bink, a research-driven artist, explores gender, power, and feminist themes through media like painting, performance, poetry, textiles, and archival research, challenging patriarchal representations of women.