Lace Ruig

Perfection is not what I seek. Perfection is not what I seek. I feel, watch and create. From emotion, a search for what unfolds beneath the surface.

My work moves between reality and imagination, where moments of chaos, tenderness, and change converge. Through layered brushstrokes, in oil and mixed media, I capture the tension between control and surrender.

Recurring themes in my paintings are dualities: light and dark, strength and vulnerability, what is visible and what remains hidden. Each work arises intuitively, guided more by feeling than by plan, as a way of processing what life leaves behind.

From my studio in the Netherlands, I develop a visual language where expressive energy meets quiet stillness. My paintings invite you to slow down, look beyond the visible, and recognize something of yourself in these worlds of color and emotion.

HKU-Hoge School voor de Kunsten Utrecht
Marianne Zwollo artist-school
Ateliers Yvonne Heemskerk

2025 Oct - Dec
Art-Space
Katwijk aan Zee

2025 July -August
Galerie de Pomp
Warmond, The Netherlands

2025 June 14 – 22
Kunstschouw 2025
Burgh Haamstede, The Netherlands
2025 March 17 – 2 May

Art of the Town Hall
Lisse, The Netherlands
2025 februari 8 – 9

Art and Luxury fair Noordwijk
Noordwijk, The Netherlands

2024 autumn
Galerie Paterswolde
Paterswolde, The Netherlands

2024 autumn
Oude Redschuur
Katwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands

2024 autumn
Galerie Twintig
Hillegom, The Netherlands

2020
Witte Kerkje Center
Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands

1997
Graduation Exposition
City Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands

1998
The art of to grieve
Elsevier’s symposium
Zeist, The Netherlands

1995
Meedragen
Gallery Ademloos
The Hague, The Netherlands