Felix de Rooy is a poet, writer, dramatist, film-maker, director, artist, and curator. He studied painting and graphic design at the Vrije Academie Psychopolis in The Hague and film directing at New York University. His work challenges the ongoing legacy of colonialism and the meaning of Afro-Caribbean gender identities in art, by mixing various visual languages and cultural influences and blending stories and symbols from across time and cultures. His works have been shown at the 24th Biennale of Sydney in 2024 and in the exhibition Felix de Rooy. Apocalypse, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2023. De Rooy lives and works in Amsterdam.

As of September 2024