Vanity Wezer, a self-taught painter from Paramaribo brings the beauty, tranquility, and unhurried pace of Suriname to Amsterdam Zuidoost, asking what it truly means to arrive somewhere and call it home.

Where We Land, the first solo exhibition by Vanity Wezer opens on 11 June 2026 at OSCAM, as part of the Young OSCAM Art Kitchen (YOAK) programme. The exhibition follows scenes from everyday life in Suriname and how they relate to ideas of home and the distance from it.

Working in acrylic on canvas, Wezer documents scenes from her everyday life and the natural realm around her, of a place she has chosen to fully inhabit. “Landing”, as Wezer herself explains, is when a place ceases to be something you simply recognise, and grows into something you live in. That idea is also a thread throughout her work. Suriname is not just a backdrop, but is present in the everyday details like light, climate, and movement through spaces. Growing up between Suriname and the Netherlands is part of this approach. At the heart of the work is a question of belonging. Not the kind that is granted by birthplace or passport, but the kind that gradually builds over time.

Wezer, who is part of the interdisciplinary creative collective LMFC (Lowrey Foley McClane), grew up between two words, and her paintings illustrate that perfectly. Her paintings carry that heritage materially: in the timber of a Surinamese home, the worn soles of sandals by a door, the way a man holds fruit in his hands. Where We Land invites us to slow down enough to see. “In Suriname I learn the difference between knowing a place and truly landing in it”, Wezer says. “My work is the result of that landing: an attempt to capture moments when everything feels exactly right.”

The show is also personally significant for OSCAM, which recently settled into its new location at Bijlmerplein 97 in Amsterdam Zuidoost, a neighbourhood shaped in large part by Surinamese migration to the Netherlands. Produced by Young OSCAM trainees under the YOAK programme, the exhibition represents exactly the kind of work YOAK was built for: giving a debut platform to voices that have something urgent to say.

Where We Land opens Thursday 11 June, at OSCAM, Amsterdam Zuidoost. More information can be found through OSCAM’s website.