Toni Brell, Lore / To also cradle a cow, 2023, performance and installation, Personeelskamer, Amsterdam. Photo credit: Lea Novi.
Toni Brell, Lore / To also cradle a cow, 2023, performance and installation, Personeelskamer, Amsterdam. Photo credit: Lea Novi.

Toni Brell

Artist / Winter 2025

Biography

Toni Brell works with narrative, sound, performance, and scenography as tools for relation-making. Using scripted and non-scripted elements, Brell is interested in performance as a form of seduction, while creating situations in which audiences can react and relate to what they see. Brell’s art practice is rooted in theatre, emphasizing non-linear, fragmented, and multimedia narratives, alongside the exploration of gender within storytelling. This investigation led them to Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, where they earned their MFA in 2021. Recent exhibitions and performances have taken place at Sonic Acts Biennial, HIAP, Garage Rotterdam, Zone2Source, and Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen. Brell lives and works in Amsterdam.