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The Natural World (ongoing)

Dawn
Fern
Freedom
Placid
Gloom
Serene
Usnea
Bloom, 2026
Untitled #1, 2026
Emotional Chaos
Ephemeral
Holding the Light
Interplay of Light
Ocean Gaze
Peace and Solace
seascapes
Untitled #2

Studio Ruben van Schalm
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Works · Paradise · Essays · Press · About Grid PlatesNext seriesDon’t Stop Dreaming Next seriesChange Next seriesParadise Next seriesThe Natural World

Field and Sea, 2026 · single-channel HD video, colour, sound · 2 minView film

FreedomEnquire

PlacidEnquire

GloomEnquire

SereneEnquire

UsneaEnquire

BloomEnquire

Emotional ChaosEnquire

EphemeralEnquire

Holding the LightEnquire

Interplay of LightEnquire

Ocean GazeEnquire

Peace and SolaceEnquire

seascapesEnquire

UntitledEnquire

UntitledEnquire

Status: Ongoing
Works: 17 photographs
Medium: Archival pigment prints, limited editions
Film: Field and Sea, 2026

“In nature, time slows — and attention returns.”

The Natural World records light, water and weather, and the slow time of the natural world.

Artist statement · PDF ↓

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Desert ReverieEnquire

Parallel DreamsEnquire

A Dream BendsEnquire

Bending Not BrokenEnquire

Between Skin and StoneEnquire

Celestial DriftEnquire

Drifting Above TimeEnquire

Homage Erwin OlafEnquire

Interwoven DreamsEnquire

Into the VastEnquire

Reaching from the GroundEnquire

Rooted in StoneEnquire

Sentinel DreamsEnquire

Shadow of a DreamEnquire

Silent ChoreographyEnquire

The Shape of DreamsEnquire

The Weight of TimeEnquire

Veil of ThornsEnquire

What RemainsEnquire

Where Silence GrowsEnquire

Where the Silence RestsEnquire

Year: 2025
Works: 21 photographs
Medium: Archival pigment prints, limited editions
Place: Joshua Tree & Palm Springs
Film: Video with narration, 1:30

The body as resonance in the desert landscapes of Joshua Tree and Palm Springs.

Artist statement · PDF ↓

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Grow and DecayEnquire

Being and BecomingEnquire

Water lilies blossomEnquire

ReproductionEnquire

The young male nude seated beside the sea #1Enquire

Flying FoxEnquire

The young male nude seated beside the sea #2Enquire

Your journeyEnquire

Nature is SpeakingEnquire

Year: 2024
Works: 9 photographs
Medium: Archival pigment prints, limited editions
Place: Seychelles

Life’s constant state of movement — of bodies, environments and what remains.

Artist statement · PDF ↓

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True SelfEnquire

AlienatedEnquire

Face ForwardEnquire

IntrospectionEnquire

SmileEnquire

My ViewEnquire

The WindEnquire

The BarbadianEnquire

Rush of WaterEnquire

Marinus No.1Enquire

Marinus No.2Enquire

HidingEnquire

Dive into the deepEnquire

Hold Your BreathEnquire

Move ForwardEnquire

Merged into NatureEnquire

Don't Look BackEnquire

Run for itEnquire

Drift AshoreEnquire

Shape Your BodyEnquire

RouteEnquire

ThoughtsEnquire

Path in LifeEnquire

MovementEnquire

Facing YouEnquire

Calm WatersEnquire

Within MeEnquire

RealisationEnquire

Year: 2020
Works: 33 photographs
Places: Philippines, French Polynesia, Israel
Book: Paradise, Komma, 2020

Where the work first found its own language. Published as a monograph by Komma, with a foreword by Erwin Olaf.

Artist statement · PDF ↓

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