"Using only a pencil, Robbie Cornelissen has filled three enormous sheets of paper with drawings, creating a work 13.2 metres long and 2.4 metres high. For six months, he challenged his physical stamina to complete this huge, virtuoso drawing, which draws the viewer into a world of illusion. Like most of Cornelissen’s work, it depicts an architectonic space consisting of cabinets, buildings and transitions between different levels. (...) Cornelissen, who initially trained as a biologist, did not start drawing until later in life, attending the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in the 1980s. He believes his background in biology has benefited his art. His work depicts "inner worlds," taking the viewer on a journey through the artist’s memories and thoughts. Thanks to his knowledge of the human body, Cornelissen knows exactly how the complex cellular system inside us fits together. Though he uses this knowledge, his drawings do not refer to the human body. The spaces he depicts are mental spaces, metaphors for the human mind. (...) The fact that Cornelissen expresses his thoughts directly on paper gives his work a certain authenticity. Indeed, his body of work can be seen as one long story, an entire inner world in itself." - Amira