1994, Willemstad, Curaçao
Living in Schiedam, The Netherlands

Contact

Email: mgpombo@icloud.com
Instagram: @gorettipombo

Education

2016 - 2020: Bachelor of Fine Art, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

2014 - 2016: Preparatory Art Course, Instituto Buena Bista, Curaçao

Exhibitions

2024
Salon der Rotterdamse Kunstenaars 1966/2024, De Doelen, Rotterdam

2023
Politics of Polishing, Wunderbar (Kollection Kitsch / WORM), Rotterdam

2022
Het Creatieve Huis, De Bijenkorf, Rotterdam

2021
Human, De Beeldentuin, Zwammerdam

Destillaat #22, Extrapool, Nijmegen

ALL INN, Het HEM, Zaandam

2020
De Wereld van Morgen (Kunstroute Leiden), Scheltema, Leiden

All You Can Art 5, Kunsthal, Rotterdam

WALK BY Billboard Exhibition (Graduation Show), Heer Bokelweg, Rotterdam

Ocular, MAMA, Rotterdam

2019
Tongues, Pink Pank, Rotterdam

2018
Bo’i Palu, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam

2017
Badgasten x Willem de Kooning Academy, Oostelijk Zwembad, Rotterdam

Rietvelds Meesterwerk: Leve de Stijl!, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

Projects, Residencies & Participatory Practice

2025 – 2026
Lapi Aki Aya (Oplappen hier en daar) — participatory project with Elvis Chen and Roxette Capriles, Bosch Parade, ’s-Hertogenbosch

Upcycle Club (Oppimp Atelier), Kamer Rade, Den Haag

Oppimp Atelier (open atelier Het Zicht 60), Stichting Cultuurgebaar, Den Haag

Hamburger Community Residency, Roodkapje, Rotterdam

2025
Faux-Pas, earring-making workshop, Squish / Kollection Kitsch, Rotterdam

Zielswezens (Kunstness Project), Reakt Rozenbottel / Instituto Buena Bista / Kunsthal Rotterdam, Den Haag

2024
Start of Goretti Earrings, Den Haag & Rotterdam

Donpèrèrè (Rah Naqvi IBB artist talk), Kueba Sesenta, Curaçao

Manager, Instituto Buena Bista, Curaçao

2023
Music to Make Art To, guest on Heather Beveridge’s radio show, Rotterdam

All You Can Art #8, Kunsthal, Rotterdam

ZITTEN, ZAT, GEZETEN. NU GA IK STAAN., Kunstparade Binnenhofrenovatie – Tirzo Martha, Eerste Kamer-editie, Den Haag

Werkplaats Nieuwe Makers #2, Flevolab, Almere

2022
Safe Space (All You Can Art open atelier), Pauluskerk, Rotterdam

Studio Calder Now, Kunsthal, Rotterdam

2021
Design and direction of sand-mapping performance, Brionplein, Curaçao

Composition workshop, Römer Elementary School, Curaçao

Temporary staff, Instituto Buena Bista, Curaçao

Look At Me Now, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Residency, Extrapool, Nijmegen

2020
Guest lecture/artist talk, All You Can Art, Kunsthal Rotterdam

I am a visual artist whose studio practice is driven by experimentation and the use of absurd, playful imagery to reflect on everyday life and social situations. Through humor, exaggeration, and distortion, I use absurdity as a lens to access uncomfortable, hidden, or contradictory truths.

Alongside this autonomous practice, I have developed extensive experience contributing to participatory and community-engaged processes. Many of the projects I'm involved in unfold through workshops, open studios, and collaborative making, in which participants take an active role in shaping both the process and the outcome. Rather than positioning people as subjects or audience, I work with them — using co-creation, shared authorship, and collective experimentation as core artistic methods.

Practice

I use absurdity, play, and collaboration to make sense of social reality.