Lars Van Roosendaal

Lars van Roosendaal (* 1977, Leiden, The Netherlands) creates urban watercolor paintings, queer art as well as illustrations for magazines, books, posters, music albums and art installations in public spaces. He visualizes his ideas with both traditional analog and digital media.

In his youth in The Netherlands, Van Roosendaal attends weekly painting and drawing classes and studies at the Design Academy in Eindhoven as holds a degree in international communication management from the University of Applied Sciences for Advanced European Studies in The Hague.

After his training as a graphic designer at the Advertising Academy in Vienna and working several years in the field of commercial graphic design, Van Roosendaal finds his way back to his passion to freely express his world of ideas on paper and canvas.

The choice of his projects reflects his social commitment. From 2009 to 2013, Van Roosendaal develops a visual guidance system for Life Ball, the world’s largest AIDS charity event at Vienna City Hall.

In order to make residents aware of the hidden beauty of their own living environments, Van Roosendaal uses vacant space in Vienna's ground floor zones in 2014 for the project Enchanted Vienna - the urban fairytale path...

November 2021
Vienna in Watercolour
Atelier Roland Puschitz, Vienna

October 2020
PRIDE, SHAME & PREJUDICE! – Pride & Shame & Prejudice! Existential queer issues, questioning LGBTIQ pride, causes of gay shame, dealing with prejudices inside and outside the gay community. R.O.P.P. – Republic of Patta Patta, Vienna;

July 2020
FETCH – One Year Celebration: Group exhibition with AQA, Austrian Queer Artists. Fetch Gallery, Vienna;

Nov 2019
Motraits: Online fundraiser with daily portrait drawing for Movember Men's Health Month. Cross-media publication and auction at the end of the campaign in the R.O.P.P. – Republic of Patta Patta, Vienna;

Sept 2019
City.Stand.Points. Urban transformations in watercolor: dealing with the current mix of modern and traditional architecture in Vienna and with the changing perception of modern and traditional architecture. Open House Vienna Days, Yella Yella, Que[e]rbau Seestadt, Vienna;

Aug 2019
AQA The Summer Life, group exhibition with AQA, Austrian Queer Artists and fundraiser for Tumaini Association. The Fabulous Winery, Morbisch;

July 2019
FETCH - One Night Only: Nude series. Fetch Gallery, Vienna;

June 2019
The Daily Life: Group exhibition with AQA, Austrian Queer Artists...