Pride Art Route
In collaboration with Pride Art Route, discover artworks of Thomas van Dun and Devon Ress.

Pride Art Route
In Art We Trust — and this year, we’re proud to be part of the story.


This summer, art’otel amsterdam proudly joins the Pride Art Route – a city-wide celebration of queer art and expression. In our ever-iconic library & ARCA Bar, we’re spotlighting a duo exhibition that brings two singular voices into one bold conversation: painter and Rembrandt Prize-winner Thomas van Dun, and the playful, poetic world of Devon Ress.


Thomas van Dun
Thomas van Dun is a multidisciplinary artist whose creative path began in music, studying composition at the Royal Conservatoire and working with orchestras such as the Concertgebouw and the Netherlands Philharmonic. In recent years, he has shifted his focus to visual art, using painting to explore themes of sensuality, melancholy, and self-discovery — often through the lens of queer experience.
His piece Sanctuarium, featured in this exhibition, won first prize in the television program Project Rembrandt in 2024. The work is a deeply personal altarpiece that reflects his journey of self-acceptance and living with HIV — a powerful and compassionate statement on vulnerability and inner strength.


Devon Ress
With a playful yet poignant visual language, Ress creates dreamlike scenes filled with figures at rest and in motion — from anonymous lovers to imagined creatures. His drawings blur the line between fantasy and memory, inviting the viewer into a world of soft tension and quiet intimacy.