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On this page, you will find an overview of exhibitions, personal projects, and commissions.
For an overview of drawings and paintings, click on 'Nel Maertens' in the menu bar.
For an overview of drawings and paintings, click on 'Nel Maertens' in the menu bar.
Serving Spring
for Serax
for Serax
Serving plate in collaboration with Belgian design label Serax and Knack Weekend.
Handpainted stoneware:
L 35 W 35 H 3.7 CM2,18 KG
You can use the plate to serve food, or hang it on the wall (hanging system included).
Pictures in my studio in Antwerp by Anneke D’Hollander
︎︎︎Website Serax
︎︎︎Article in Knack Weekend
Handpainted stoneware:
L 35 W 35 H 3.7 CM2,18 KG
You can use the plate to serve food, or hang it on the wall (hanging system included).
Pictures in my studio in Antwerp by Anneke D’Hollander
︎︎︎Website Serax
︎︎︎Article in Knack Weekend
Antwerp. Fashion Festival
When Woche meets NEL
When Woche meets NEL
04.06—07.06.2026
Oever 5, Antwerp.
Discover the installation and collection during the Antwerp Fashion. Festival at the Woche shop, Oever 5. June 4 to 7 from 11:00 to 18:00.
After the festival, we’ll be open every weekend in June, saturdays and sundays from 13:00 to 18:00.
We made an edition of 40 silver screenprints on carré scarves. All deadstock fabrics in different colors and materials. The scarves can be worn with handcrafted silver Woche jewelry, round and spiral shaped pieces that move with the fabric.
Send me an email if you would like to purchase a scarf.
€130
Video stills by Femke Appeltans
︎︎︎Woche
Oever 5, Antwerp.
Discover the installation and collection during the Antwerp Fashion. Festival at the Woche shop, Oever 5. June 4 to 7 from 11:00 to 18:00.
After the festival, we’ll be open every weekend in June, saturdays and sundays from 13:00 to 18:00.
We made an edition of 40 silver screenprints on carré scarves. All deadstock fabrics in different colors and materials. The scarves can be worn with handcrafted silver Woche jewelry, round and spiral shaped pieces that move with the fabric.
Send me an email if you would like to purchase a scarf.
€130
Video stills by Femke Appeltans
︎︎︎Woche
Afterimage
Façon Jacmin
Antwerp. Fashion Festival
Façon Jacmin
Antwerp. Fashion Festival
04.06—07.06.2026
Schildersstraat 41, Antwerp.
Installation made for the FW 26/27 presentation of clothing brand Façon Jacmin for Antwerp Fashion. Festival 2026.
“An afterimage is the visual trace left behind after prolonged exposure to an image, the starting point of this collaboration.
Inspired by the first impressions of the collection, Nel Maertens developed a spatial installation built from pigment and texture.
The work reflects FAÇON JACMIN’s universe of illusion, layering, trompe-l’oeil, and transformation, where elements appear, disappear, and re-emerge in altered forms.”
On June 5, the installation also featured a live performance by Grace and Georgia Lyell.
STYLIST: Veronica Ruggeri
MUSIC: Casper Kaa
PICTURES: Gil Anselmi and Robin Joris Dullers
PR: Outset
Antwerp Fashion Festival is organised by Flanders District of Creativity and the City of Antwerp, in partnership with MoMu Antwerp and supported by EventFlanders.
︎︎︎Website Festival
︎︎︎Façon Jacmin
Schildersstraat 41, Antwerp.
Installation made for the FW 26/27 presentation of clothing brand Façon Jacmin for Antwerp Fashion. Festival 2026.
“An afterimage is the visual trace left behind after prolonged exposure to an image, the starting point of this collaboration.
Inspired by the first impressions of the collection, Nel Maertens developed a spatial installation built from pigment and texture.
The work reflects FAÇON JACMIN’s universe of illusion, layering, trompe-l’oeil, and transformation, where elements appear, disappear, and re-emerge in altered forms.”
On June 5, the installation also featured a live performance by Grace and Georgia Lyell.
STYLIST: Veronica Ruggeri
MUSIC: Casper Kaa
PICTURES: Gil Anselmi and Robin Joris Dullers
PR: Outset
Antwerp Fashion Festival is organised by Flanders District of Creativity and the City of Antwerp, in partnership with MoMu Antwerp and supported by EventFlanders.
︎︎︎Website Festival
︎︎︎Façon Jacmin
