Lily van der Stokker is an artist known for her monumental, decorative, and conceptual wall paintings. She studied at the Academy of Visual Arts Sint-Joost in Breda and managed a gallery in New York during the 1980s. Van der Stokker gained recognition as an artist in the 1990s and has since exhibited at major institutions, including the Walker Art Center (USA), Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Ludwig Museum (Köln), Tate St.Yves (UK), The Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Camden Art Center (London), the New Museum (New York), and the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam). Her work celebrates everyday life, beauty, family and friendship, without irony or cynicism. She challenges art norms by highlighting "soft" themes, such as motherhood and femininity, while questioning contemporary standards of taste.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
'I am Here', Frac Normandie à Caen, Caen/Rouen, FR 'Thank You Darling', Highline, New York, USA
'Flowers for Frat Guys', (with Nicole Eisenman), Leo Koenig Inc, NY, USA 'Parole' (with Eliza Douglas), Gallery Air de Paris, Romainville, FR 'Ik Ga Naar Bed', Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, NL
'Thank You Darling', Camden Art Center, London, UK 'What is it', Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 'I am going to sleep', Galleria Kaufmann Repetto, Milan, IT
'Jeanne Oosting Prijs' (duo solo with Nour Eddine Jarram), at “a Rose is a Rose”, Amsterdam, NL
Selected Group Exhibitions
'The Wall of She’, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerpen, BE
'I Hit You With a Flower, sugar sweet art with a bite', curated by Nanda Janssen, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL 'Friends in Love and War - L’Éloge des Meilleur-es Ennemi-es presents a selection of works from TheBritish Counsil Collection and MacLyon on the theme of friendship', at MacLyon, Lyon, FR '25 Years Galerie Vivid', Galery Vivid, Rotterdam, NL 'Burning down the House', curated by Melanie Buehler, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, CH '2024 Inaugural Exhibition' at The Campus, curated by Timo Kappeller, Upstate New York, USA 'Soo Viele hmmmm', LD Lore Deutz, curated by Camillo Greve, Köln, DE
'Kiss my Soul', curated by Wilma Sûto, Museum Dordrecht, Dordrecht, NL 'The Irreplaceable Human', curated Amalie Lausten, Museum Louisiana, Copenhagen, DK 'La Morsure des Termites', curated by Hugo Vitrani, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR 'Luxe, Calme, Volpté', curated by Antonio Sergio Bessa and Allen Frame, Candice Madey, NY, USA 'The 3-second rule of Thumb', Galleria Federico Vavassori, Milan, IT 'Fancy some Friction Honey. 33 Years Gallery Cokkie Snoei', Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL 'New Collection Presentation', Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
'A Perfect Day', NDMS terrain, Amsterdam, NL 'FUN Feminism', Museum fur Gegen, Le Consortium Museum, Dijon, FR 'Hippydrome', curated by Vincent Pécoil, FRAC Normandie Caen, FR 'Autofiction' curated by Melanie Bühler, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL 'Tomorrow is a Different Day: collection 1980- present', Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL 'Infinite Flowers Part 4', PLUS-ONE Gallery (New South), Antwerp, BE
'Welcome Stranger' curated by Marianna van der Zwaag, Amsterdam, NL 'Triennial Kortrijk Paradise 2021', Kortrijk, BE 'Is it possible to be a revolutionary and like flowers', Nest, The Hague, NL 'La Bohème', Gallery AlfonsoArtico, curated by Eric Troncy, Naples, IT Art Rotterdam, Gallery Vivid, Rotterdam, NL 'Paradis', Maison R&C, curated by Marie Angeletti, Marseille, FR 'Upkeep/Everyday strategies of Care', The Art Club of Chicago, Chicago, USA