bio

Hans

Hoekstra

Groningen

,

1983

Lives and works in Groningen

From his studio in Haren, a village in the northeast of the Netherlands, Hans Hoekstra paints what he what he sees around him; interiors, views, and houseplants. Not exciting at first glance. After all, the Dutch northeast is often grey, flat and hoarse. That is exactly what Hoekstra bends to his will; the painter finds suburban image motifs and then allows the liveliness and tension to come from the painting. The canvases are full of formal contradictions; a game of positive and negative space in a succulent plant, a realistically painted kettle with a cartoonish pair of tea glaasses or a colorful shadow play on a white room table.

Featured artworks & exhibitions

All of Us

2014

solo exhibition
Drents Museum
Assen

Offspring

2009

group exhibition
De Ateliers
Amsterdam

artworks

Zelfportret met plant
2022
acrylic on canvas
110 x 90 cm
Stilleven met been
2021
acrylic on canvas
150 x 100 cm
Open raam I
2022
acrylic on canvas
100 x 75 cm
Uitzicht met busje
2021
acrylic on canvas
180 x 130 cm
Stilleven met koffiezetapparaat
2022
acrylic on canvas
160 x 120 cm
Open raam II
2022
acrylic on canvas
110 x 75 cm
Untitled
2020
Ink and crayon on paper
60 x 46.5 cm
Zelfportret met Theekop
2020
Ink and crayon on paper
65 x 50 cm
Untitled
2020
Ink and crayon on paper
62 x 47 cm

gallery exhibitions & fairs

KABINETT
KABINETT
Lee Bontecou, Hans Hoekstra, Joost Krijnen, Rob Renoult, Charlott Weise, Rebekka von Zimmermann
August 18, 2023
September 2, 2023
Recente Schilderijen
Recente Schilderijen
Hans Hoekstra
July 1, 2022
July 23, 2022
SS22
SS22
Ciro Duclos, Hans Hoekstra, Hadrien Gerenton
January 15, 2022
February 22, 2022