- 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: glmvanlith@gmail.com
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