LANA Painting

Artist Contemporary art. Graduated (bachelor) in photography and painting, at AKI, ArtEZ, Academy of Art and Design in Holland. With time, memories and scars fade away: they become replicas of dreams, a process our brain struggles with. For centuries, man has been astonished and amazed by the memories and experiences, he perceives in his subconsciousness. Our dreams are a form of communication, a universal language that can be understood worldwide. It is impossible for humans to remember everything they have experienced. Experiences get dragged to the dark side of the brain and are kept there. Trough specific scents, colors and experiences, it's possible for certain memories, such as sadness, joy and emotions, to rise and swell up. This we have no control over. I try to hold on to those surfacing memories. In my work, I try to capture the innerness of a person. 'The woman' has claimd a central place in my work. The confident woman that lives in her own (fictional)world, lost in thoughts and desire. Her gaze will rarely meet the eye of the spectator, nor will she turn her head to the Greek canon of beauty. plato says: "The world we live in, is one big dream world". Is her world then reality or still a dream?.... Exhibitions: -museum Mauritshuis Holland 2023 -museum Rijksmuseum Twente Holland 2022 -museum academiehuis Zwolle 2022 -ijssel biënnale Holland 2021 -Het Robson, Holland 2020 - Bernhardplantsoen, Holland 2020 -Van Gendthallen Amsterdam 2019 --Sweden, Gottenborg expo 2019 -HeartGallery 2019 -live tv show and expo Gothersloh, Germany 2018 -HeartGallery Hengelo, Holland 2018 -museum Vermeer Centrum museum Delft, Holland 2018 -Winner Onora, abstract painted coffin -Van Vuure Hilversum, Holland 2017-2018 -De Ceuvel, Amsterdam 2017 -Kunstnonstop, kunst in het volkspark, Holland 2017 -Museum Archèoforum liège Belgium 2016 -Museum Forum der Völker in Werl, Germany 2015 -TWENTE BIËNNALE 2015 Holland -Galerie arendsmanhuis Enschede -QQArt Gallery, Germany 2014 -University of Salzburg, Austria 2013/2014 -Kunstruimte Villa de Bank Enschede Holland 2013 -HMT Germany 2013 -Livio Holland 2013 -Galerie Indigo, hof 88 Holland 2012/2013 -Galerie Mieke de Wolf Holland 2012/2013 -MST Holland 2012 -GCZ Holland 2012 -ArteZ art Academy Holland 2012 -AMVE Holland 2011