ABOUT
Through her art, Loutje Hoekstra (1994) asks: How can our feelings, longings, and memories find a shelter and a habitat in our environment? In this search, she explores the intimacy between shapes, the body, and her natural surroundings. The presence of nature is a central element in this dialogue.
In her most recent works, she frames the process of loss, letting go, and growth by documenting her body in motion. The body itself is used as a primary tool, leaving organic traces on the surface of the canvas. In these marks, she finds an expression of what has been, what is being lived, and what to return to.
Loutje Hoekstra (1994) is living and working in Amsterdam. Her artistic practice draws from her background in Biology and Innovation Sciences, giving her a distinctive perspective on the intricate relationship between the body, nature, and art.
“ By drawing my body, I started to accept myself. ”
EXPOSITIONS
2025 - (re)Discoveries, Amsterdam
2024 - Polyes - Group exhibition at KA32 Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2021 - Earth Family IO- Online expositions “Flower of life’
2021 - Sauvage Art Space - Amsterdam, artist collection
2021 - Galería Uno - Amsterdam, artist collection
2019 - Afura - Amsterdam, artist collection
2018 - VondelCS - Amsterdam, “Small ink nudes”
2018 - Amstel passage/ Amsterdam Centraal Station - Amsterdam, solo exposition
COLLABORATIONS
(Graphic)
2022 - Lois / Taceno, Italy, custom 50 meter drape
2022 - Humble light / packaging design
2021 -Earth Family / illustration children's book “Earth Family”
2020 - Skins Cosmetics /Packaging design “Summer box”
2020 - Flying V management / LP cover Maarten Heijmans “Ramses”
2020 -Tisja Damen lingerie / custom packaging design
2020 -A-top Packaging /portraits for interview
2019 -Wouters & Hendrix / custom packaging design
2019 - Fitzroy / brand identity design, logo and mural art for Bangkok food court “Dear Tummy”
2019 - Hutspot, Veloretti / bike pattern design
2018 - Mindspace / full pattern car wrap design
2018 - No Art / backdrop design
2017 - PostNL/ MOAM, stamp design
PERFORMANCES
2022/2019 -“Dust” in collaboration with Mayar Alexan and Hoor Malas
2021 - Museum Nacht/ Eye Museum - live painting performance, “What is missed is not gone”
2021 - Tree Fest - in collaboration with Alexandra Duvekot, “What is growing beneath the soul”
2021 - Sauvage Art Space (13-06-2021), in collaboration with Alexandra Duvekot, live music and painting
2021 - RhythemBones, in collaboration with Feaden McCall / improvisation based movement and dance performance including live painting elements and installation art.
2019 - Young Stedelijk Museum - live portraits
2018 - A Bigger Circle -3D VR live drawing performance
2018 - Silent Night Run-Het Concert Gebouw live painting on stage accompanied by choir.
ILLUSTRATION IN NEWSPAPER
One World Magazine
Z+W Magazine
2022 - Now, De Volkskrant, “Thuis in de Romantiek”
2021 - De Volkskrant, “Knopje om”
2021 - Trouw, “Pedofiel, tussen pedojagers en complot denkers”
2020 - Flow Magazine, interview “Op één lijn”
2019 - De Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2020
2019 - Libelle, interview
2019 - Fd persoonlijk, illustration and interview, “In grote lijnen”
2017 - Grazia/Elle /Metro, “10 talentvolle creatievelingen maken de Decemberzegels 2017”
OTHERS
2022 - Hermés - live single line portraits
2021 - Lois Jeans, pattern design winter collection
2020 - Peoples Place/PVH, workshop fluid drawing
2020 - Lois Jeans, custom artwork Milaan
2020 - Lina Moonshine vintage, window art
2020 - Velour Amsterdam, window art
2019 - Neuw, fashion video, performance
2019 - Wim Gerhard Design, live portrait art
2018 - Soho House Amsterdam, live portrait art
2017 - Adam Tower (28-12-2017), live painting performance
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