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Lily DE BONT
Prizes/Stipendia
2024 Selected for Artist Basic Subsidy 2023-2028, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Nominated and selected to represent the art of South Holland in ‘Counterpart’, Curated by journalist/Publicist & Art Critic drs. Aart van der Kuijl, group show with 7 artists, Art Centre Provincial house Noord-Holland, Haarlem, NL
1992 Nominated by Curator Jan Hoet for ‘The Documenta IX’, Kassel, DE
1990 Selected for Subsidy, Start stipend for artist, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam, NL
1989 Winner of ‘The Lucas Award’, price destined for the most promising graduate student of the Royal Academy of Art St. Joost, Den Bosch, NL
1989 Winner of ‘The Jan Hoet Award’, launched and judged by curator Jan Hoet, Den Bosch, NL

Collections
Here's the translation:---**Kikx Development** (Rotterdam, Netherlands), **NLisUSArt** (Corporate Art Collection, New York, USA), **“Art Dollhouse”** (Corporate Art Collection, Curator Tea Slonina, Rotterdam, Netherlands), Dutch Government Art Collection (Art Center Delft, Netherlands), Private Collection: **Dietmar Konrad** (Östringen, Germany), collectors across Asia, Europe, and the USA
描述
The paintings of Lily de Bont (Ulvenhout, 1958) are both a destruction and a reconstructed alternative to the archetypical painting. De Bont attacks the painting head-on by cutting the canvas to pieces, removing it from the stretcher as an act of reversed weaving. Whereas she initially stiffened the damaged canvas with plaster or epoxy, in recent years the canvas has remained supple. Armed with a scalpel, she carefully dissects the canvas like an accomplished pathologist. The unraveled threads hang down loosely and change the overall appearance, including the dimensions when the work is tilted or draped differently. The wooden stretcher, if present, is exposed like a skeleton. In other work, the slats become independent and are further dissected by means of what she calls amputations. Finally, the canvas can also do without a frame. Here her work touches on the principles of the French Supports/Surfaces artists. It is the "preparation" of the canvas, the reduction, that further deepens the theme of "Beauty and destruction" and exposes unprecedented possibilities.

She herself says about her working method: "With the unraveling of the threads, I discovered that a fabric is actually a grid. By using the grid for precisely positioning the paint, the composition, I have infinite possibilities and more control over the result. By cutting the linen loose between the painted parts, I hand over part of it to gravity. This inevitable force becomes visible in the work. The painted parts themselves, hold the linen together and are now the constructive element of the work. That which was previously done by the stretcher bars.

In the most recent works, there is no longer a distinction between a front and a back. De Bont paints both sides of the canvas. The works are hung at right angles to the wall like flags on metal constructions. One side is the mirror image of the other. The work is both extremely flat and extremely spatial. Far away and unexpectedly close to what we usually expect from a painting.

Lily de Bont (NL) lives and works in Rotterdam. She graduated with honors from the Sint Joost Academy in Den Bosch in 1989. She received the "Lucas Prijs" and the "Jan Hoet prijs" and was nominated by Jan Hoet for Documenta IX. Recent exhibitions include NL=US Gallery, Rotterdam/ New York(NL/USA); VOLTA New York (USA); Furnace Gallery, Falls Village Ct USA; Artphy, Onstwedde (NL);Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim (DE);Transmitter New York (USA); Art Taichung (Taiwan); BUG2 Gallery, Tainan (Taiwan).

Qualifications:
Sculptor, collagist, conceptual artist, installation artist, Performance artist and painter

Education:
1986-1990 Institute of Architecture, Utrecht
1984-1989 Cum laude- and graduated with Honors by The Academy of Art St. Joost, National Commissioner Belgium curator Jan Hoet, Den Bosch, NL
1983-1984 Free Academy, The Hague

Prizes/Stipendia
2024 Selected for Artist Basic Subsidy 2023-2028, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Nominated and selected to represent the art of South Holland in ‘Counterpart’, Curated by journalist/Publicist & Art Critic drs. Aart van der Kuijl, group show with 7 artists, Art Centre Provincial house Noord-Holland, Haarlem, NL
1992 Nominated by Curator Jan Hoet for ‘The Documenta IX’, Kassel, DE
1990 Selected for Subsidy, Start stipend for artist, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam, NL
1989 Winner of ‘The Lucas Award’, price destined for the most promising graduate student of the Royal Academy of Art St. Joost, Den Bosch, NL
1989 Winner of ‘The Jan Hoet Award’, launched and judged by curator Jan Hoet, Den Bosch, NL

Exhibitions (selection)
2024 ‘Behind and underneath’ , solo show, Bug2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2024 ‘Kinetic art show’, Group show with a.o. Julius Stahl, Jan van Munster, Galerie NL=US art, Rotterdam, NL
2024 ‘Cirkel in cirkel’, group show, EST ART Foundation Leiden, NL
2024 Art Taipei, Bug2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2024 Art fair Volta Basel, Gallery NL=US art, Rotterdam, NL, USA (CH)
2024 ‘Back to Berlin 10 years’, Livingstone projects Berlin, group show, Livingstone Gallery, Den Haag, NL
2024 ‘Beyond the Surface, Construction Destruction’, group show, Gallery Geranmayeh, New York, USA
2024 ‘Constructing Destruction', group show, Westbeth Gallery, group show with a.o. Daniel G. Hill, Mary Schiliro, NY, USA
2023 Art fair, Art Taipei, BUG2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2023 ‘Re-Encounter’, Nederland meets Formosa, group show with a.o. Mari Stoel, Jardin Gallery, Tapei, curated by Emerson Wang, Taiwan
2023 ‘Big Art Bajeskwartier’, group show, represented by NL=US Art, Amsterdam, NL
2023 ‘Paint/Paper’, group show, FURNACE Gallery, Falls Village, Ct (USA)
2023 ‘First Glance’, group show, Bug2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2023 Art fair, Art Taichung, Bug2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2023 Art fair, Volta New York, Gallery NL=US art, Rotterdam, NL, USA
2023 ‘#101’, group show, Galerie NL=US art, Rotterdam, NL
2022 ‘Sharing Your Pulse’, curated by- and with a.o. artist Harry Markusse, Art platform De Apotheek, Amsterdam, NL
2022 ‘Big Art’, group show, represented by NL=US Art, Hembrugterrein, Zaandam, NL
2022 Art fair, ‘Art Rotterdam’, Gallery NL=US art, Rotterdam, NL
2022 ‘Re-canvassed’, with a.o .Kirsten Hutsch, Galerie NL=US art, Rotterdam, NL
2021 ‘Counterpart’, The art of South Holland, Curated by journalist/publicist and art critic drs. Aart. van der Kuijl, group show with 7 artists a.o. Joncquil, Inge
2021 Reisberman, Art Centre Provincial house Noord-Holland, Haarlem, NL
2021 The treasury’, Gallery NL=US art, Rotterdam, NL
2021 ‘Material Mutations part I’, Gallery Transmitter, New York, USA
2021 ’Painter’s flight’, Art Centre Artphy, Onstwedde, NL
2019 ‘More and Less’, Gallery NL=US art, duo show with Jan Maarten Voskuil, Rotterdam, NL
2019 ‘RNOP’, Acec, Apeldoorn NL
2019 ‘It's a small world after all’, Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim, DE
2009 ‘Over all’, DOK, Delft, NL (solo)
2002 ‘Lessons’, Group show with a.o. Lidy Jacobs, Jan Henderikse, Art center, Delft, NL
2001 ‘Lof der zotheid’, Architectenbureau Queeste, The Hague, NL (solo)
1999 ‘Flat Emptiness I / Doodles’, 'Bij Mij', The Hague, NL (solo)
1998 ‘7 Floating statues’, River De Rotte, Rotterdam, NL
1997 ‘The Remaining OLVL’, District office, Breda, NL
1991 ‘Bontwerken’, Yvonne Scheper Gallery, Haarlem (solo)
1991 ‘Canto ostinato’, group show with a.o. Pieter Engels, Gallery Brinkman, Amsterdam, NL
1990 ‘Play the Game’, Yvonne Scheper Gallery, Haarlem, NL
1990 ‘Corner piece, installation’, duo show with Jean Paul Franssens, Gallery Brinkman, Amsterdam, NL
1990 ‘Golden golf ball’, Performance Act on ‘The Pop stage event’, Sarphatipark’, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
1990 ‘Sweet Environment’, Performance 24/7, Art Route De Pijp, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
1990 ‘Kissing Objects', library, Den Bosch, NL (solo)
1990 'Facade show', Light show and Performance 24/7, Den Bosch Centrum, NL (solo)
1989 ‘Selected Graduates NL 1989’, Centraal Beheer, Apeldoorn, NL

Commission work:
2000-2017 Advisor of the purchasing Art Collection Dutch Government, Art Center Delft, NL
1991-1993 Advisor of the Advisory Committee Art fund North Brabant Art Foundation, NBKS, NL
1990 Advisor Purchasing Committee and Production budgets for female artists, Amsterdam, NL

Art- and Architectural work:
2009-2012 Head of the private art lending Art Center Delft and DOK, Delft, NE
2007-2008 Employee Art lending and education Art Center Delft, Delft, NE
2006-2007 Employee Gallery Ecce, Rotterdam, NL
1988-1989 Draftsman at Architectural firm Ir. Stevens en Trimp, Den Bosch, NL
1987-1990 Draftsman Architectural firm Ir. Ger Bout, Rotterdam, NL
1978-1989 Work experience by ceramists, a.o. Gouda, Leiden, Den Bosch, NE
1978-1985 Artist-in-residence Ceramists a.o. Doissat, Belves, Tremargat, FR

Education work:
2013-2017 Advisor and executor Art Center / Cultural Institution DOK, collaborations with Primary- and Secondary schools of Delft, Museum Het Prinsenhof Delft, VAK Delft and Galleries Delft: developing and implementing exhibition- and education programs, Delft, NL
2013-2017 Educational advisor, developer and executor art programs Primary- and Secondary Schools in Delft, Cultural Art Center / Cultural Institution DOK Delft, NL
2007-2008 Art lending and education employee Art Center Delft, Delft, NL
1984-1986 Developer and executor of ceramic lessons at ‘De Cricket’, Creative and Cultural Center, Oisterwijk, NL

Artist-in-residences periods:
2024 Artist-in-residence Livingstone Projects Berlin, Berlin, DE
2020 Artist-in-residence Dormans, working period Dormans, FR
1978-1985 Artist-in-residence by ceramists a.o. Leiden, Doissat, Belves, Tremargat, NL, FR

Art Assignments:
1999 Painting assignment for the Private Art Collection Koningberger, Eindhoven, NL
1998 Sculpture assignment for the Municipality Rotterdam, ‘ Floating statues on the river De Rotte, Rotterdam, NL
1990 ‘Assignment ‘Up and down kiss 115 kilometers’, NS Dutch railways concept-sculpture for the railway Amsterdam – Utrecht, NL
1090 Sculpture assignment for the Municipality Den Bosch, ‘Liberation Festival’, ‘Filling Cabinet’, Den Bosch, NL
1989 Sculpture assignment, ‘first pile was driven’ in garden of M. Schut, Den Bosch, NL

Art in private and corporate collections:
2023 Government Collection Catherine Yen, Taiwan
2023 Privatie Art Collection Dr. Lin Jinyi Tainan, Taiwan
2023 Private Art Collection Zantman, Rotterdam, NL
2022 Kikx Development, Corporate Art Collection, Rotterdam, NL
2021 NLisUSArt, Corporate Art Collection, NY, USA
2021 Private Art Collection Zantman, Rotterdam, NL
2019 Private Art Collection Dietmar Konrad, Östringen, DE
2019 ‘Art Dollhouse’, Corporate Art Collection, Curator Tea Slonina, Rotterdam, NL
1999 Dutch government Art Collection, Art Center Delft, NE
1998 Private Art Collection Koninsberger, Breda, NL
1998 Dutch government Art Collection, Art Center Delft, NE
1997 Dutch government Art Collection, Art Center Delft, NE
1997 Private Art Collection Gescher, Den Haag, NL
1989 Private Art Collection. advisor Magriet Schut, Den Bosch, NL

Education & work in the arts NL:
2013-2017 Advisor and executor Art Center / Cultural Institution DOK, Delft, NL
2013-2017 Educational advisor, developer and executor art programs Primary- and Secondary Schools Delft, Cultural Art Center / Cultural Institution DOK Delft, NL
2009-2012 Head of the private art lending Art Center Delft and DOK, Delft, NE

Representing Gallery:
NL=US Art Gallery, Rotterdam, NL / New York, USA
Bug 2 Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
FURNACE Gallery, Falls Village, Connecticut, Ct, USA