Loutje Hoekstra (1994) is an Amsterdam based autodidact artist. Her style was born during her studies in biology where she used to make quick sketches of her fellow students and the animals and plants that were subjected to her eye. This practice developed into a method to get a hold of the emotional living core of things and has ever since been extending from portraits to gestures, embodiment and deeper feelings. Herein, the continuous flowing and meandering character of her handwriting expresses connectedness and intimacy.
Expositions
Sauvage Art Space (1-05-2021)
Galeria Uno (1-08-2021)
Afura (11-06-2019)
VondelCS (16-06-2018), “Small ink nudes”
Amstel passage/ Amsterdam Centraal Station (04-04-2018)
(Graphic) Collaborations
Lois (2022), Taceno, Italy, custom 50 meter drape
Humble light (2022), packaging design
Earth Family (2021), illustration children's book “Earth Family”
Skins Cosmetics, (2020), Packaging design “Summer box”
Flying V management (2020), LP cover Maarten Heijmans “Ramses”
Wouters & Hendrix, (12-12-2019), custom packaging design
Tisja Damen lingerie, (20-12-2020), custom packaging design
Fitzroy (2019), brand identity design, logo and mural art for Bangkok food court “Dear Tummy”
A-top Packaging (2020), portraits for interview
Hutspot/ Veloretti (13-09-2019), bike pattern design
Mindspace (11-07-2018), full pattern car wrap design
No Art (2018), backdrop design
PostNL/ MOAM, (10-12-2017), stamp design
Performances
Hermés (2022), live single line portraits
Museum Nacht/ Eye Museum (06-11-2021), live painting performance, “What is missed is not gone”
Tree Fest, (07-11-2021), in collaboration with Alexandra Duvekot, “What is growing beneath the soul”
Sauvage Art Space (13-06-2021), in collaboration with Alexandra Duvekot, live music and painting
“Dust”, (2019-2022) in collaboration with Mayar Alexan and Hoor Malas
RhythemBones, in collaboration with Feaden McCall, (13-08-2021), improvisation based movement and dance performance including live painting elements and installation art.
Het Stedelijk Museum (9-09-2019), live portraits
A Bigger Circle (2-10-2018), 3D VR live drawing performance
Silent Night Run/Het Concert Gebouw (25-09-2018), live painting on stage accompanied by choir.
No Art (2018), live painting performance
Others
Peoples Place/PVH (2020), workshop fluid drawing
Lois Jeans (2020), custom artwork Milaan
Lois Jeans (2021), pattern design winter collection
Lina Moonshine vintage, (07-09-2020), window art
Velour Amsterdam, (15-12-2020), window art
Neuw (22-03-2019), fashion video, performance
Wim Gerhard Design (2019), live portrait art
Soho House Amsterdam (31-10-2018), live portrait art
Adam Tower (28-12-2017), live painting performance
Publications
De Volkskrant (6-09-2022), “Thuis in de Romantiek”
De Volkskrant (20-01-2021), “Knopje om”
Trouw, (01-04-2021), “Pedofiel, tussen pedojagers en complot denkers”
Flow Magazine (2020), interview “Op één lijn”
De Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2020, (28-12-2019)
Libelle (2019), interview
Fd persoonlijk (2019), illustration and interview, “In grote lijnen”
Grazia (2017), Elle (2017), Metro (2017), “10 talentvolle creatievelingen maken de Decemberzegels 2017”
