Meike Van Riel

The artist Meike van Riel was born in Utrecht in the Netherlands and has been painting in her studio there for over 15 years now.
Meike began experimenting with colour, form and image from an early age and gained knowledge, inspiration and insight during her early years through attending her mother's art classes in the neighbourhood. In those formative years she developed a fascination and love for nature, flowers and people and these themes are still very much in evidence in her current work. Creativity has always been an essential part of her life and remains an important driving force in her artistic development.

Three years ago Meike was accepted to study at the Academy of Arts but instead decided to follow her intuition and carry on independently. Her underlying motivation is that her personal development is more important and she prefers to continue exhibiting and exploring her own unique and quirky style.
In the past decade Meike's work has been evolving with the exploration and use of different mediums, imaging and continuous creative expansion.
Meike began her artistic journey by using acrylic paint and then developed her own technique that combines "action painting" and regular painting. Since then she has been deve...

2019- 2020
April 2019 t/m mei 2020
Gallery Staalkast
Utrecht

2019-2020
Mei 2019 t/m mei 2020
Galerie Article
Wijk bij Duurstede
www.galerie-article.nl

2018
Juni / juli / augustus
Project The Colorfield Performances
Culturele hoofdstad Leeuwarden
The Colorfield performances

2017: member of Gallery Salon West
Amsterdam - www.salon-west.nl

2016:
Gallery Article
Utrecht - the Netherlands

2014:
Exhibition with 10 paintings from Meike.
Galerie Huis ter Heide
Drenthe
www.galeriehuisterheide.nl

Exhibition in Italy,

Como Lake
Camaver Kunsthaus gallery
http://www.camaver.it/Camaver/Blog/Blog.html

an exhibition of a special event "Ancient Palaces",