As a child, Dirk Hardy (born 1989, Boxtel, NL) dreamed of becoming an architect—to design places and spaces for people to live in. He studied Architecture at Eindhoven University of Technology and turned to photography in 2010 at Willem de Kooning Academy. Today, as an artist, Hardy researches, constructs, and photographs imagined worlds within his studio.
Hardy explores the complexity of life in an idiosyncratic and empathic way. His meticulously constructed and socially engaged tableaux shine light on human existence. In the creation of his worlds he fuses his imagination, personal memories and true events into ‘purposeful fiction’.
