The work of Lonneke van der Palen (NL, 1985) is a growing visual investigation in which one theme prevails: the aesthetic pleasures of everyday life. She reminds us of the fact that everything around us is shaped, by both nature and man. How all these things take shape and meaning in our lives on this planet and the actions that go with them is the breeding ground for her work.
Van der Palen wants to amaze the viewer. She looks at everything with the same interest. It makes no difference to her whether her subject is a rusty oil bottle in the dusty rocky landscapes of Croatia or a Margiela handbag in a Parisian studio, and whether she shoots with a professional camera or simply a phone. Her aim is to capture a moment and make the viewer look at the world with the same admiration and love.
In recent years, she has built up a large collection of photographs on subjects ranging from plastic chairs, tablecloths, stray shopping bags and jerry cans to stones, tent cloths, exotic fruits and boys in swimming trunks having cocktails. Instead of simply recording these everyday subjects, she literally puts them in a different light. This leads to a sometimes visible, sometimes invisible shift in reality. She enlarges subjects and reduces the image to a cleaned-up essence, which results in compositions in which shape, colour and light relate to each other in a well-considered way.
CV LONNEKE VAN DER PALEN
1985, The Netherlands
Collections
AkzoNobel Art Foundation
Normec Group
Nominations
2023 - Meijburg Art Commission, Unseen Amsterdam
2019 - Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs
Exhibitions
2024
Museum JAN, solo exhibition, Amstelveen, NL (upcoming)
Solo exhibition, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, NL (upcoming)
2023
Unseen, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, NL
2022
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Rotterdam, NL
Unfair, Amsterdam, NL
2021
Museum voor niet essentiële kunst, Droog, Amsterdam, NL
Summer of 21‘, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, NL
2020
Please Return to the Highlighted Route (solo), Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, NL
Pandemic Street View, Bellamy Kabinet, Amsterdam, NL
The Slow Rush, Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
2019
Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2018
This Art Fair, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, NL
Intervention, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, NL
The Gateway to Fashion, Schueller de Waal, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
My Feeder is a Photographer, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, NL
Selected Works, Kunstplatform De Apotheek, Amsterdam, NL
Better Known As, Salone del Mobile, Milaan, IT
Fata Morgana, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, NL
2017
Sleek Art, Berlin Art Week, Berlin, DE
Jong en Veelbelovend, Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk, NL
Dead Darlings Anonymous Auction, Foam, Amsterdam, NL
Summer of Sun #3 Paris-Arles, Ground Control, Paris, FR
Vincent op Vrijdag, Vincent Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2016
Ordinary Exhibition, KK Outlet, London, UK
The Wandering Eye, Adam&Siam, Amsterdam, NL
Le Club des Directeurs Artistiques, Arles, FR
Bal, Paleis Soestdijk, Soest, NL
Haute Photographie, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
2015
Secret, Kunsthalle, Bern, CH
Beelddragers X10, Volkshotel, Amsterdam, NL
FC DDW 2015, Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, NL
Encontros da Imagem, Braga, PT
This is It/Now, Snapchat Photography Exhibition
Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, FR
Dis, City Hall, The Hague, NL
The Fence, Fotofestival Naarden, NL
Festival Circulation(s), 104 Centquatre, Paris, FR
2014
Current Obsession, Amsterdam, NL
Kantor, De Sloot Office, Amsterdam NL
New Dutch Photography, Art’Otel, Amsterdam, NL
Unseen, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
Soiree Graphique, Komet, Bern, CH
Raw Art Fair, Cruise Terminal, Rotterdam, NL
The Old Man & The Sea, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
De Fotokopie, Galerie de Schans, Amsterdam, NL
2013
Unseen, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
Wit/White, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
Voyage, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
On the Edge, Garage, Rotterdam, NL
Blog Re-Blog, Signal Gallery, New York, US
Message in a Photo, Loenen aan de Vegt, NL
Unfair Amsterdam, Loods6, Amsterdam, NL
Now Or Never, Gem, The Hague, NL
2012
Secret Postcards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL
The Photo Academy Awards, Museum of Photography, The Hague, NL
Fashionclash, Timmerfabriek, Maastricht, NL
Openspace Talent, KunstTour 2012, Maastricht, NL
Future Travels, Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Hague, NL
A Parallel Place, State X Festival, The Hague, NL
Souvenir, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, NL
About the Gallery
The aim of Galerie Fleur & Wouter is to bring young people into contact with art, to make them feel at home in the gallery and to motivate them to start collecting. This philosophy of an accessible and inclusive gallery is reflected in all our activities. We try to communicate in an accessible way and tell clear stories.
We present artists with a strong story, who create works of art that have an immediate appeal, but then turn out to have many other layers as well. Our artists work in different art forms and we are always looking for cross-links outside of the visual arts. For example by showing fashion designers like Lieselot Elzinga and Bas Kosters. The gallery gives them the opportunity to move in the direction of fine art. Artists who have been ignored by general art history, such as Outsider artists, are also given a platform in the gallery.
The majority of our artists are young and they will grow with the gallery in the coming years. But we also work together with mid-career artists like Jan Hoek and Mai van Oers. We see the gallery, its artists and supporters as a family that, in addition to making a profit, aims to help grow the artists' careers, and increase the appreciation of art in general.
Gallery owners: Fleur Feringa & Wouter van Herwaarden
Feel free to contact us for any questions.
e-mail: info@galeriefleurenwouter.com
telephone: +31 6 57748299
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