Lily van der Stokker
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.
Also recorded as Cornelia Leonarda Anna Maria van der Stokker
Lily van der Stokker
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- Name
- Lily van der Stokker
- Born
- 1954
- Birthplace
- Den Bosch, Netherlands
- Education
- AKV St.
- Known for
- Painting
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter · artist · photographer · muralist · graphic designer · draftsperson
- Honours
- Wolvecamp Award · Wilhelminaring · Jeanne Oosting Award
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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.
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Lily van der Stokker (born 1954) is a Dutch artist, draftsperson and graphic designer, among other activities. The artist worked in Amsterdam, Breda and New York City.
Works by Lily van der Stokker are held at Centraal Museum, Museum Arnhem and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, among others. The artist received Jeanne Oosting Award, Wilhelminaring and Wolvecamp Award.
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Biography
Biography
Places of work recorded in the authority are Breda, New York City and Amsterdam. Work by Lily van der Stokker is recorded in the collections of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Arnhem, Van Abbemuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Centraal Museum. Distinctions recorded are Wolvecamp Award, Wilhelminaring and Jeanne Oosting Award.
Lily van der Stokker, outdoor sculpture, Tea pot
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Lily van der Stokker • Born — 1954 • Birthplace — Den Bosch, Netherlands • Education — AKV St. Joost • Known for — Painting • Style — Art Installation • Illustration — Lily van der Stocker, Kalm nou maar... at the Museum Gouda
Biography
Biography
Lily van der Stokker was born in Den Bosch, Netherlands, and lives in New York City and Amsterdam. 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.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Lily van der Stokker has exhibited her work widely including one-person shows at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2018); Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (2003); Galerie Air de Paris, Paris (2014, 2005, 2000); Tate Museum St. Ives, Cornwall, England (2012); Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands (2005–7), among others. She was commissioned by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles to create an installation. Her large-scale installation, "Huh" was exhibited at Koenig and Clinton Gallery, New York in 2014.
Public art works
Public art works
• Illustration — 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).
Identity
Identity
Lily van der Stokker is recorded with the occupation graphic designer. Recorded with the occupation visual artist. Recorded as painter, artist, photographer, muralist and graphic designer.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1954
Lily van der Stokker was born on 29 March 1954.
Collections
Collections
Her work is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Twelve of her works are in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
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authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q24067661: Lily van der Stokker
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- “Lily van der Stokker”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Hammer Museum. Hammer Projects: Lily van der Stokker.
- 2.Lily van der Stokker at RKD artists website. RKD artists. 1991-12-17.
- 3.Stedelijk Museum. Lily van der Stokker: Friendly Good.
- 4.Art Press. Lily van der Stokker, MUSEUM LUDWIG, Cologne, Allemagne.
- 5.Gallerie Air de Paris. Lily van der Stokker.
- 6.Tate Museum. Lily van der Stokker: No Big Deal.
- 7.Van Abbe Museum. Lily van der Stokker: The Complaints Club.
- 8.Smith, Roberta. Lily van der Stokker: 'Huh'. The New York Times. September 11, 2014.
- 9.Wall Street Journal. Lily van der Stokker at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. 13 June 2018.
- 10.Stedelijk Museum. Lily van der Stokker.
- 11.Van Abbe Museum. Collection.
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Lily van der Stokker received Wolvecamp Award, Wilhelminaring and Jeanne Oosting Award.
Recognition and collections
Work by Lily van der Stokker is
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Arnhem, Van Abbemuseum and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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