Lily van der Stokker

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Lily van der Stokker
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Den Bosch, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materAKV St. Joost
Known forPainting
StyleArt Installation
Lily van der Stocker, Kalm nou maar... at the Museum Gouda

Lily van der Stokker (born 1954) is a Dutch visual artist. She is known for her colorful site-specific painted installations incorporating words and decorative motifs that reference social realities and power dynamics.

Biography[edit]

Lily van der Stokker was born in Den Bosch, Netherlands, and lives in New York City and Amsterdam.[1] She received a degree from the Academy of Art and Design St. Joost in Breda in monumental design and painting, where she studied from 1975 to 1979, and a degree from the R.K. Scholengemeenschap St. Dionysus in Tilburg in drawing and textiles.[1][2]

Exhibitions[edit]

Lily van der Stokker has exhibited her work widely including one-person shows at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2018);[3] Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (2003);[4] Galerie Air de Paris, Paris (2014, 2005, 2000);[5] Tate Museum St. Ives, Cornwall, England (2012);[6] Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands (2005–7),[7] among others. She was commissioned by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles to create an installation.[1] Her large-scale installation, "Huh" was exhibited at Koenig and Clinton Gallery, New York in 2014.[8]

Public art works[edit]

Lily van der Stokker, Celestial Teapot, public art work, 2013

Van der Stokker has created several monumental public art works including the Pink Building for the World Expo, Hannover, Germany (2000), and Celestial Teapot, at the Hoog Catharijne in Utrecht (2013).[9]

Collections[edit]

Her work is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.[10] Twelve of her works are in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Hammer Projects: Lily van der Stokker". Hammer Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Lily van der Stokker at RKD artists website". RKD artists. 1991-12-17. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  3. ^ "Lily van der Stokker: Friendly Good". Stedelijk Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Lily van der Stokker, MUSEUM LUDWIG, Cologne, Allemagne". Art Press. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Lily van der Stokker". Gallerie Air de Paris. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Lily van der Stokker: No Big Deal". Tate Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Lily van der Stokker: The Complaints Club". Van Abbe Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  8. ^ Smith, Roberta (September 11, 2014). "Lily van der Stokker: 'Huh'". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Lily van der Stokker at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam". Wall Street Journal. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Lily van der Stokker". Stedelijk Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Collection". Van Abbe Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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