My name is Debby van de Seijp-Warner, I am a mixed media collage artist, born and raised in San Nicolas, Aruba. I am a wife, a mother of five, and a grandmother of six (and counting 😊). My work explores emotion, resilience, identity, and memory, with a focus on the silences surrounding the history of the transatlantic slave trade and its lasting impact.
Using imagery and archival materials, I layer fragments of past and present to construct new narratives. Cutting and layering are not just the techniques I use, it’s a reflection of the fragmentation of identity and the resilience required to rebuild.
Growing up in San Nicolas, this history was rarely spoken about, yet its legacy lived on through the values of strength, patience, and endurance passed down to me.
Through my work, I seek to make the unseen visible and to honor a history that deserves its place within Aruba’s story.
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Debby van de Seijp Warner
M: +297 733 5693
Title: “She Learned to Grow in Borrowed Soil”
She was taken from her ground, but she did not stop growing.
Her roots adapted, carrying memory into new soil.
40 x 40 cm, mixed media, acrylic, collage on deep edge canvas (2025)
Title: “Your Cause Is My Cause”
Two faces, bound across time—what one endured, the other carries. A quiet inheritance of struggle, memory, and resilience.
50 x 50 cm, mixed media, acrylic, collage on deep edge canvas (2024)
Title: “Still, She Blooms”
Chains mark where she was held,
but they are not her story.
A flower blooms—soft, alive, and defiant.
Even in confinement, she remained full of possibility.
50 x 50 cm, mixed media, acrylic, collage on canvas (2025)
Title: “We Carried the Chain Until It Remembered Our Names”
Chains tried to erase identity. Memory endured. This work returns the story
to those who lived it.
40 x 40 cm, mixed media, acrylic, collage on deep edge canvas (2025
Title: “She Bloomed Where Silence Was Planted”
Silence was never empty.
It carried what could not be spoken.
A hibiscus blooms—soft, alive, and present.
Even in silence, she continued to grow.
40 x 40 cm, mixed media, acrylic, collage on deep edge canvas (2023)
