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title: "Els van Houtert • Artists"
description: "Els van Houtert (she/her) is a multidisciplinary performance artist and artistic researcher based in Vienna whose work involves embodied experience, ceramics, drawing, installation and writing. She holds a master’s degree in art and science from the Vienna University of Applied Art (2024) and has an…"
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# Els van Houtert

Last edited on 25.8.2026

![Close portrait of a person with closed eyes, resting their head in one hand. They are wearing a light long-sleeved top, a narrow dark hair tie around the wrist, a ring and a fine necklace with a pendant. Their dark, slightly wavy hair falls loosely around the face. The background is simple and almost empty, with a grey-beige wall. The grainy texture, warm light and tight framing create a calm, inward-looking atmosphere.](https://brut-wien.at/assets/artists/els-van-houtert/ElsvanHoutert_Portrait_c_Francesco-Dipierro.jpg)

Els van Houtert

© Francesco Dipierro

## artist.bio

Els van Houtert (she/her) is a multidisciplinary performance artist and artistic researcher based in Vienna whose work involves embodied experience, ceramics, drawing, installation and writing. She holds a master’s degree in art and science from the Vienna University of Applied Art (2024) and has an academic background in anthropology and religious science. Her practice focuses on physical experiences and encounters with materials of daily life. Through a micro-phenomenological lens, Els van Houtert explores the subtle sensory relationships between a person and others as well as the material world surrounding those other. She treats the body as a primary place of exploration and creates performance pieces and collaborations that are often interactive and call for collective ritualisation and reflection.

## Works at brut

- [Necessarium, 2026/27](https://brut-wien.at/en/programme/calendar/2026-27/els-van-houtert-necessarium)
- [Handle with care feat. Huggy Bears Part 1&2 – Bathroom as Stage – Stage as Bathroom (imagetanz 2026)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/2026/03/Huggy-Bears-1)

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