Lonneke van der Palen 1985

Lives in Amsterdam. Works in Amsterdam.

Represented by:

Galerie Fleur & Wouter

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.

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Amsterdam Art Week 2024

Amsterdam Art Week is about to begin. From 29 May to 2 June 2024, Amsterdam will be bustling with contemporary art, with more than 300 artists showcasing their work at over 70 locations throughout the city, ranging from galleries, museums and project spaces to residencies and private collections. Below is a brief overview of the participating galleries also featured on Gallery Viewer.

Wouter van den Eijkel

The studio of... Lonneke van der Palen

Photographer Lonneke van der Palen has a studio in the centre of Amsterdam, but as soon as she walks out the door, it is the few square metres that surround her that matter most. Van der Palen is fascinated by the objects around us. “Everything we observe around us has been shaped by both man and nature, but we do not give this much thought.” To make us take a second look at everyday objects – and with amazement – Van der Palen focuses her lens mainly on objects that have been displaced from their original context, such as a floating plastic bag above a rock pool, a jerry can with windshield wiper fluid stuck in the mud or a plastic bag stuck in a plant. In that new context, they take on more sculptural and decorative significance. At Unseen, Galerie Fleur & Wouter is showing new work by Van der Palen, whose work has also been nominated for the Meijburg Art Commission.

Wouter van den Eijkel

Art Rotterdam 2022: New galleries, new opportunities

Now that we can visit art fairs again the way we used to do, I want to update you on galleries exhibiting at Art Rotterdam for the first or second time. Visitors often tend to visit the 'usual suspects', but I heartily recommend you to get out of your ‘comfort zone’ and to visit galleries you may never have heard of before. This fair is the ultimate opportunity to discover new galleries as well as new artists. I have already selected some (almost) newcomers for you.

Manuela Klerkx

Summer of love postponed

Expectations were high: this would be the summer that would make everything right, we had a lot of catching up to do. A summer that would go down in history as a summer of love.

Flor Linckens

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Lonneke van der Palen, Mayor of Amsterdam receives artwork Lonneke van der Palen on behalf of Museum for Non-essential Art initiated by We Are Public

Mayor of Amsterdam receives artwork Lonneke van der Palen on behalf of Museum for Non-essential Art initiated by We Are Public

Shows

Van Ostade Biennale 2024

Lonneke van der Palen

25 may - 2 jun 2024, Amsterdam, Nederland

Unseen 2023 | Lonneke van der Palen

Lonneke van der Palen

21 sep - 24 sep 2023, Amsterdam, Nederland

Art Rotterdam 2022

Mirjam Vreeswijk, Lonneke van der Palen

18 may - 22 may 2022, Amsterdam, Nederland

Summer of '21

Floor van het Nederend, Lonneke van der Palen, Johan Kleinjan

30 jul - 26 sep 2021, Amsterdam, Nederland

Please Return to the Highlighted Route

Lonneke van der Palen

31 jan - 1 mar 2020, Amsterdam, Nederland

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1985, The Netherlands, Lives and works in Amsterdam

Education

2007-2011 Bachelor - Photography, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL)
2003-2007 Bachelor - Fine Art & Design in Education, Maastricht Institute of Arts (NL)

Awards

2023 - Meijburg Art Commission 2023 (nomination)
2019 - Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs (nomination)
2013 - Wallpaper X Le Book Award
2012 - The Photo Academy Awards (nomination)
2011 - Hollands Diep Fotoprijs (nomination)

Exhibitions

2024
Lonneke van der Palen, Museum Jan, Amstelveen, solo
Amsterdam Art Week, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, solo

2023
Unseen, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Gashouder, Amsterdam, NL - solo

2022 
Art Rotterdam, with 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

Teaching
2022-2024 Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL
2022 Academie Artemis, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam, NL
2016 l’Ecole Cantonale d’Art Lausanne, CH

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