Sjackie also uses her shop to display work by two artists, Dominique Goblet (Belgium) and Phillippe Hollevout (France). “I met Dominique at the Haarlem Comic Festival which is held in the city every two years. She was a guest exhibitor. I loved her work straight away because it is childish but also very serious. She prefers working on albums and books but she experiments with different materials and makes one-off samples. These become ideal to sell. As for Phillippe, I came across his work in a gallery in Lille and the minute I saw it, I thought Wow. His work is also very cartoon based.”

Sjackie has also recently started to display some of her own work, especially her series of Pim portraits (Pim is her faithful 15 year old dog). “He’s very photogenic which helps but I think I am also just registering him. I just let him move and took pictures. Sometime I placed him in positions and he very obediently stayed in them for me.”

So what does the future hold? “Well, I have found out what I want. Owning a shop was never a dream but I’ve found that I really feel good with it. I would have never thought I would like to have a shop this much. I suppose the dream now is to expand it and get more furniture and artists.” How about the photography? “I don’t know, maybe. I do sometimes think ‘that would be a nice series’ but more just for myself.”

Sjackie is also planning a store website in the next few months where selected products will be available to buy online. In the meantime, you can always give Sjackie a ring and order by phone.

Sjackie
Address: 4 Nassaulaan, 2011 Haarlem, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 23 531 3733