PORTFOLIO Gijs van Lith

Index Text by Elly Stegeman Exhibitions Works CV

Traces 2013/2014 Gijs van Lith s main focus is on painting but his body of work also entails sculptures and installations. His work is all about the creation, the joy of and the actual process of painting. He works systematically and in serial order. In his painting he explores ideas about materiality, originality, time and light. In his work often surfaces his interests in (art- ) history, theoretical views, movies and sports. The Mister Miyagi Paintings or: How I revisit my plans by applying and removing paint In his series The Mister Miyagi Paintings, the process of doing is possibly even more important and present than before. Paintings are created in a continuous state of revision: he constantly adds layers of paint and then sands them down to the point where he creates holes in the canvas and he literally has to stop. The title of the Mister Miyagi Paintings is derived from a character from the Karate Kid movie. Mr. Miyagi, the main character s tutor, invents all kinds of common and unusual tasks to help his pupil master the techniques of karate. Tasks such as wax on, wax off : the waxing and buffing and removing of the Turtle Wax from a car, a completely useless and silly task, until it becomes apparent that these techniques resemble one of the crucial defense techniques in a karate fight. Consequently, Van Lith recognizes the importance of performing these seemingly useless acts, and the intrinsic sense of peace or bliss one can attain from them. Some similarities can even be drawn to Albert Camus essay The myth of Sisyphus and Nietsche s essay Das tun ist alles. But Van Lith radar refers to his youth and upbringing instead of referencing directly to art history and theory. In this series the canvas functions as a window. The symbolism of a window is a recurring theme in the art of painting: the window as a framed piece of a larger picture. For Gijs van Lith the painting and its canvas are a window, even the cross (of the frame) that shines through in the canvasses of this triptych, as a result of his work process emphasizes this. Van Lith s Paintings are windows that allow the viewer to look into the landscape of the process of painting, enabling us a view into the actual painting. Drs. E. Stegeman (MA) Curator of the SM- s Stedelijk Museum s- Hertogenbosch

Contemporary Visions VI Beers London, London, UK, 2016 Group show: Mikey Cook, Colleen Heslin, Christoffer Joergensen, Struan Teague, Kristian Touborg, Gijs van Lith

HARDLY ANYTHING STICKSS ANYMORE Galerie Majke Husstege, s- Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2015 Solo Exhibition

LIKE MY FIRST LOVE I CAN T GET YOU OUTTA MY HEAD RH Contemporary Art, New York, NY, 2014 Solo Exhibition

TRACES SM- s Stedelijk Museum s- Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2013 / 2014 Groupshow: Gijs van Lith, Katja Mater, Navid Nuur & Bruce Nauman

HYPERHYPER WillemIIFabriek, Art Space, s- Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2015

Untitled, (Cache Painting), No. 1 200 x 160 cm, 2015 Oil-, Acrylic-, Spray- paint on Canvas

Temporary Is The New Forever, (Swipe Painting) 120 x 90 cm x 4, 2015 Oil-, Acrylic-, Spray- paint on Canvas

Curriculum Vitae Gijs van Lith Date of birth: 24-01- 1984 Education: 2011 / 2013 MFA Master of fine art, St. Joost, s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2004 / 2008 AKV St. Joost, Autonome Beeldende kunst, s- Hertogenbosch, NL Prizes / Awards / Grants / Residence 2018 CCA Andratx Artist- in- Residence Program 2014 Buning Brongers Prijs (Nominee) 2014 Gaverprijs 2014 (4 th place) 2011 Royal Awards for painting (Nominee) 2011 Gasunie art prize (Nominee) 2011 Brabant Talent Lab Award 2011 (nominee) 2010 Royal Awards for painting (Nominee) 2009 Thieme Art Young Talent, Art Amsterdam 2009 (Winner) 2008 Buning Brongers Prijs (Nominee) 2008 Royal Awards for painting (Nominee) 2008 ArtOlive Jong Talent (Nominee) 2008 Hans Brinker Budget Hotel Trophy (Nominee) Solo exhibitions 2016 TBA, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, NL 2015 Hardly Anything Sticks Anymore, Galerie Majke Hüsstege, s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2014 Like My first love I can t get you outta my head, RH Contemporary Art, New York, NY, USA 2014 Engine room / Wiggle room, Punt WG, Art space, Amsterdam, NL 2011 Gijs van Lith, Galerie Majke Hüsstege, s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2011 The last three years, APG headquarters, Amsterdam, NL 2011 PAINT!, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, NL 2010 Thieme Art Talent Award, Art Amsterdam, RAI, Amsterdam, NL 2009 Gijs van Lith, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, NL Group exhibitions (Selection) 2016 Art Miami, Torch Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA 2016 Contemporary Visions VI, BEERS London Gallery, London, UK 2016 Got It For Cheap Vol.4, Agnes B Galerie Dejour, Paris, Fr 2016 Amsterdam Art Fair, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, NL 2015 Art Rotterdam, Art Fair, Majke Hüsstege, Rotterdam, NL 2015 Amusing ourselves to death, Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam, NL 2015 Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Den Haag, NL 2015 20 years of deferred value, Nieuwe Vide, Art space, Haarlem, NL 2015 Reboot, Willem II Fabriek, s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2015 Heavy metal, Grafisch Atelier, s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2015 HYPERHYPER, Willem II Fabriek, s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2014 De Hommage: Daar komen de putters, na Fabritius, Museum Keukenhof, Lisse, NL 2014 Texas Contemporary, RH Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas, USA 2014 The Gaverprijs 2014, De schakel, Waregem, BE 2014 Fast Food & Slow Art, VORTplatform, s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2013 Traces, SM- 's Stedelijk Museum 's- Hertogenbosch, NL 2013 Still Life, Museum de Pont, Tilburg, NL 2013 PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Majke Husstege, Amsterdam, NL 2013 The Static Is Also Electric, MFA Graduations show, Service Garage, Amsterdam, NL

2012 Point du Vue, 200 Avans, SM- 's Stedelijk museum s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2012 Young Guns, Galerie Majke Hüsstege, 's- Hertogenbosch, NL 2012 PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Majke Husstege, Amsterdam, NL 2012 Kunstvlaai, MFA AKV St. Joost, Amsterdam, NL 2012 Re: converse, Casino van Beringen, BE 2012 Van Alaert tot Zessen, BKKC, Tilburg, NL 2012 1,0 fte, CBK, s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2011 Klaas en Barend en Gijs en Rieneke en Carole, SM- s Stedelijk museum s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2011 Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam, NL 2011 Double Dutch, duo exhibition, Victory Gallery, Portland, Oregan, USA 2011 PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Majke Husstege, Amsterdam, NL 2011 Gasunie kunstprijs 2011, Group exhibition, Groningen, NL 2010 Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam, NL 2010 Art Amsterdam, Galerie Bart, RAI, Amsterdam, NL 2010 PAN Amsterdam, Galerie Majke Husstege, Amsterdam, NL 2010 Preview Berlin, Art Fair, Galerie Bart, Berlin, DE 2010 Art Fair 21, Galerie Bart, Köln, DE 2009 Thieme Art Award, Art Amsterdam, Galerie Bart, RAI, Amsterdam, NL 2009 Your- space, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, NL 2009 Vanaf morgen, BKKC, Tilburg, NL Summer, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam, NL 2008 Royal Awards for painting, GEM museum, Den Haag, NL 2008 Paraat # 4, Best graduates 2008, Veemvloer met Ronmandos, Amsterdam, NL 2008 Recent graduates, AAF, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL 2008 Hans Brinker Budget Hotel Trophy, Amsterdam, NL 2006 Porcelain Business, DBKS- ruimte, SM s Stedelijk museum s- Hertogenbosch, NL Collections Royal Family of the Netherlands Achmea kunstcollectie APG (former ABP) PGGM- Fonds CBK zuid oost Amsterdam Dela Ymere Private collections Publications / Texts / Catalogue 2015 Catalogue: Art Rotterdam 2014 The Gaverprijs 2014, De schakel, Waregem, BE 2013 Traces: Elly Stegeman, Curator Stedelijk museum s- Hertogenbosch 2012 Kunstbeeld: May edition, Schilderkunst 2.0 (A paintings womb, Diptych) 2011 Catalogue: Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace Amsterdam 2011 Text: Paint! by Maarten Bertheux 2010 Monographic: Gijs van Lith, Author: Elly Stegeman, Curator Stedelijk museum s- Hertogenbosch 2010 Catalogue: Preview Berlin, Art Fair, Berlin, Germany 2010 Catalogue: Art Amsterdam 2010 2010 Catalogue: Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace Amsterdam 2008 Catalogue: Royal Awards for painting, Royal Palace Amsterdam Curator 2015 HYPERHYPER, WIIFabriek s- Hertogenbosch, NL

2014 The Kick off, VORTplatform, s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2012 Young Guns: Galerie Majke Hüsstege, Amsterdam, NL 2009 The Drive- in, DMT- loods, s- Hertogenbosch, NL