Gijs van Lith 1984

Lives in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Works in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

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Josilda da Conceição Gallery

Gijs van Lith, born in 1984, received his education at the art academy AKV St Joost in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL). After earning his bachelor’s degree, he obtained his master’s degree at the same academy a few years later in 2013. The works of the multifaceted Dutch artist Gijs van Lith alter the expectations and the customary understanding that a bystander generally has of what a painting can or should be. Analyzing the genesis of his creative act, van Lith is extremely close to what were the fundamental characters of action painting, also known as gestural abstraction or abstract expressionism: a style of painting in which color is spontaneously dripped, launched, or stained on canvas, rather than applied carefully. The resulting work emphasizes the physical act of painting itself as in American Abstract Expressionism and in Tachisme, a pictorial style of abstract art which began in France in the 1940s and 1950s – otherwise known as Informal Art – in which the painting is conceived exclusively in its being made of gestures and raw material.

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Artworks by Gijs van Lith

Untitled (zoro-painting) no.1

Untitled (OOOOO), No.2

2021

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Five artists in dialogue

Until 8 January 2022, Josilda da Conceição Gallery in Amsterdam has programmed a group exhibition in a new gallery space, with work by no fewer than five artists: Kaspar Dejong, Koen Dudink, O. Lala, Gijs van Lith and Ruben Raven.

Flor Linckens

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Really Real

Christian Henkel, Arthur Stokvis, Rob Bouwman, Gijs van Lith

14 jan - 18 feb 2023, Amsterdam, Nederland

Ballroom Project

Antoine Goossens, Rob Bouwman, Gijs van Lith

25 apr - 29 apr 2022, Antwerp, Belgium

Celebração

Geraldo Dos Santos, Leendert Vooijce, Dave De Leeuw, Simo Tse, Tom Kraanen, Yiyi Chen, Rob Bouwman, Patricia Werneck Ribas, Gijs van Lith, Bernardus Baldus, Kaspar Dejong, Inge Schoutsen, Ruben Raven, Maurice Nuiten, Bart Stolle

5 feb - 12 mar 2022, Amsterdam, Nederland

Series

Gijs van Lith, Ruben Raven, Kaspar Dejong

27 nov - 8 jan 2022, Amsterdam, Nederland

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Gijs van Lith
Date of birth: 24-01-1984
Education
2011 / 2013 M.F.A. Master of fine art, St. Joost, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2004 / 2008 B.A. AKV St. Joost, Autonome Beeldende kunst, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
Email: [email protected]
Prizes / Awards / Grants
2020 Tao Hua Tan Residency, Anhui province, CN
2018 CCA Andratx Artist in Residence Program, Mallorca, ES
2018 Lepsien Silkscreen Grand, Dusseldorf, DE
2014 Buning Brongers Prijs (Nominee)
2014 Gaverprijs 2014 (4th)
2011 Royal Awards for painting (Nominee)
2011 Gasunie art prize (Nominee)
2011 Brabant Talent Lab Award 2011 (nominee)
2010 Royal Awards for painting (Nominee)
2009 Thieme Art Young Talent, Art Amsterdam 2009 (Winner)
2008 Buning Brongers Prijs (Nominee)
2008 Royal Awards for painting (Nominee)
2008 ArtOlive Jong Talent (Nominee)
2008 Hans Brinker Budget Hotel Trophy (Nominee)
Solo Exhibitions
2020 En Dehors Des Murs De Palais, Het Noord Brabants Musum, Duo Henk Visch
2020 After Nurture, MPV Gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
2018 Super Beast, MPV Gallery, Knokke, BE
2018 Thinner Spirits, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2016 Welcome To The Thunderdome, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Hardly Anything Sticks Anymore, Galerie Majke Hüsstege, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2014 Like My first love I can’t get you outta my head, New York, NY, USA
2014 Engine room, Punt WG, Art space, Amsterdam, NL
2011 Gijs van Lith, Galerie Majke Hüsstege, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL  
2011 The Last Three Years, APG headquarters, Amsterdam, NL 
2011 Paint!!! Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, NL
2010  Thieme Art Talent Award, Art Fair, Art Amsterdam, RAI, Amsterdam, NL
2009 Gijs van Lith, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, NL 
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2019 Big Art, MPV Gallery, Art Fair, Hemburgterrein De Project Fabriek, Zaandam, NL
2019 Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, DE
2019 An End With No Beginning, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2018 Interior Motive(s), MPV Gallery Den Bosch, NL (upcoming)
2018 Brother From Another Mother (part 2), MPV Gallery, Knokke, BE
2018 Mindframes, C&H Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2018 No/Time, Willem II Fabriek, Den Bosch, NL
2017 Nieuw Amsterdam, Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY, USA
2017 Browsing Chamber a salon on Steriods, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, NL (TBA)
2017 Attitudes in Painting, Hunted Projects, Lepsien Art Foundation, Dusseldorf, DE
2017 Bech Risvig Collection, House for Kunst & Design, Holstebro, DK
2017 Abstracted, Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels, BE
2017 Imago Mundi Dutch Collection, Benetton Foundation, Treviso, IT
2017 Regenerate #2, Vishal, Kunsthal, Haarlem, NL
2016 Contemporary Visions, Beers London Gallery, London, UK
2016 Regenerate #1 Horizontaalverticaal, Art Space, Haarlem, NL
2016 Impossible, Spacio Bianco, Art space, Torino, IT
2016 Got It For Cheap Vol.9, Agnes B Gallerie du Jour, Paris, FR
2016 Got It For Cheap Vol.8, Monk Space, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015 Amusing ourselves to death, Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam, NL
2015 Heavy Metal, Grafisch Atelier, WII Fabriek, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2015 Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Den Haag, NL
2015 20 Years Of Deferred Value, Nieuwe Vide, Art space, Haarlem, NL
2015 Reboot, Willem II Fabriek, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2015 HYPERHYPER, Willem II Fabriek, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2014 De Hommage: Daar komen de putters, na Fabritius, Museum Keukenhof, Lisse, NL
2014 The Gaverprijs 2014, De schakel, Waregem, BE
2014 Fast Food & Slow Art, VORTplatform, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2013 Traces, SM-'s Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, NL 
2013 Still Life, Museum de Pont, Tilburg, NL 
2013 The Static Is Also Electric, Service Garage, Art Space, Amsterdam, NL
2012 Point du Vue, 200 Avans, SM-'s Stedelijk museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL  
2012 Young Guns, Galerie Majke Hüsstege, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL 
2012 Art Pie / Kunstvlaai, MFA AKV St. Joost, Amsterdam, NL  
2012 Re: Converse, Casino van Beringen, BE 
2012 Van Alaert tot Zessen, BKKC, Tilburg, NL 
2012 1,0 fte, CBK, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2011   Klaas en Barend en Gijs en Rieneke en Carole, SM-’s Stedelijk museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL  
2011 Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam, NL  
2011 Double Dutch, Duo exhibition, Victory Gallery, Portland, Oregan, USA  
2011 Gasunie kunstprijs 2011, Group exhibition, Groningen, NL
2010  Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam, NL  
2009 Your-space, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, NL  
2009 ‘Vanaf morgen’, BKKC, Tilburg, NL  
2008   Royal Awards for painting, GEM museum, Den Haag, NL 
2008   Paraat # 4, Best graduates 2008, Veemvloer met Ronmandos, Amsterdam, NL 
2008 Hans Brinker Budget Hotel Trophy, Amsterdam, NL
2006   Porcelain Business, DBKS-ruimte, SM’s Stedelijk museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL  
Art Fairs
2020 ART Rotterdam, MPV Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2019 PAN Amsterdam, MPV Gallery, Art Fair, RAI, Amsterdam, NL
2018 CODE Art Fair, MPV Gallery, Copenhage, DK
2018 Art Rotterdam, Torch Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2018 Art Amsterdam, Torch Gallery, RAI, Amsterdam, NL
2018 PAN, MPV Gallery, RAI, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Miami Art Fair, Torch Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2016 Amsterdam Art Fair, Museum plein, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Art Rotterdam, Majke Husstege, Rotterdam, NL
2014 Texas Contemporary, Houston, Texas, USA
2012 Art Pie, MFA AKV St. Joost, Amsterdam, NL
2010 Art Fair 21, Galerie Bart, Cologne, DE
2010 Preview Berlin, Galerie Bart, Berlin, DE
2010 Art Amsterdam, Galerie Bart, Rai, Amsterdam
2009 Thieme Art Award, Art Amsterdam, Galerie Bart, Rai, Amsterdam
2009 Art Amsterdam, Galerie Bart, Rai, Amsterdam
Collections
Contemporary Art Collection of the Royal Family of the Netherlands
KPMG, NL
ISALA Kunstcollectie, NL
Luciano Benetton World Art Collection, IT
ASR, NL
Achmea Kunstcollectie, NL
APG (Former ABP), NL
PGGM Fonds, NL
Ymere, NL
Dela, NL
Private Collections
Publications / Monograhic / Catalogue
2015 Catalogue: Art Rotterdam
2015 Transparant, Peke Hofman, Den Haag, NL
2014 The Gaverprijs 2014, De schakel, Waregem, BE
2013 Traces: Elly Stegeman, Curator Stedelijk museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2012 Kunstbeeld: May edition, Schilderkunst 2.0 (A paintings womb, Diptych)
2011 Catalogue: Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace Amsterdam , NL
2011 Text: ‘Paint!’ by Maarten Bertheux
2010 Monographic: Gijs van Lith, Author: Elly Stegeman, Curator Stedelijk museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2010 Catalogue: Preview Berlin, Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2010 Catalogue: Art Amsterdam 2010
2010 Catalogue: Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace Amsterdam , NL
2009 Catalogue: Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace Amsterdam , NL
Curator
2019 ARTLABB: Artspace and the Residency and curatorial programm, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
2018 Interior Motive(s), MPV Gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
2015 Hyper Hyper, WIIFabriek, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2015 Nachtkijker, Kunstnacht, JB500, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
2014 Canon Masterclass, JB500, Boschveld Kunsthal, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
2014 De Jeroen Bosch Kunstprijs, JB500, Boschveld Kunsthal, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
2014 The Kick off, VORTplatform, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2012 Young Guns: Galerie Majke Hüsstege, Amsterdam, NL
2009 The Drive-in, DMT-loods, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL

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