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Capital C Gallery, opening 18 September at 17:30

With the exhibition 2%, Capital C Gallery presents the work of painter and draughtsman Mattijs Werner. For many years, his oeuvre was characterised by layered compositions: multiple images and perspectives brought together into a single whole.

In 2023, his practice changed dramatically. Werner was diagnosed with Leber’s disease, a genetic eye disorder that caused him to lose 98% of his vision in a short period of time. What remained were vague contours at the edges of his visual field, with the rest of the world shrouded in white mist.

Yet this did not mark the end of his artistic career. Thanks to an electronic screen magnifier, Werner discovered a new way of working. With 100% visual memory and 2% sight, he draws the city once more – line by line. The houses and streets, once hidden within the layers of his paintings, reappear on paper. His work is now an attempt to remap the world around him: everything he still remembers and everything he has lost.

The exhibition 2% highlights the resilience of an artist who has transformed his visual limitation into a new, intimate visual language.

Opening: Wednesday 18 September, 17:30 at Capital C Gallery, Amsterdam.