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Artist Statement:
Apart from the inheritance of
salient features the
upbringing takes up a
considerable part in achieving
a status gained through
personal merit rather than as
a result of the circumstances
into which somebody is born.
Nonetheless, it is also
significant how the
environment presents itself to
the adolescent.
I my case an art-interested
family tree can be traced to
the 17th century; my maternal
grandfather was a wrought-iron
craftsman, and my mother
painted; the father of my
father was involved in the art
of painting; my father made
oil paintings, charcoal and
pencil drawings.
Following World War II I grew
up in a financial crisis with
only a few toys and the
neighborhood was covered with
ruins. You could hardly
appreciate a beautiful sight
when it comes to architecture.
But there was nature,
improvisation and a lot of
fantasies. Also count the
practical knowledge of
individuals in Rahnsdorf, my
neighborhood, which included
artists such as sculptors and
writers.
As a little child I learned to
paint on sand ways. My father
animated me to decipher
figures and images in the
clouds and in nature. We
painted with our mind, let it
develop our great paintings,
tried to explain ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Collective Exhibition at Agora
Gallery, Feb.2006 in Chelsea
New York City.
Collective Exhibition at Agora
Gallery, June- 2007 in Chelsea
New York City.
Collective Exhibition Jan. 4
to 29 Jan. 2008, at Amsterdam
whitney gallery in Chelsea
NYC.
UPCOMING EXHIBITION AT ICO
GALLERY IN MANHATTEN NYC. FROM
SEPT-2 ...
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Artist Galleries:
upcoming exhibition at ico
Gallery NYC. Sept 2-23
2008....
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Artist Reviews:
ArtisSpectrum Magazine -
Volume 19-May- 2008-
Ilona van Hoek ardently
engages the observable world,
re-envisioning landscapes,
figures, and the cosmos with
unrestrained energy that
catapults her paintings into a
surreal space between fact and
fiction. Her skyscapes and
landscapes have enough
descriptive detail to anchor
them in reality, but ...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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