Ilona Van Hoek

1. Ilona Van Hoek Leben in rohren und kugeln Ilona VanHoek born in Berlin Germany 1949, relocated in 1988 to Netherlands and residing in the USA since 1992. Past exhibitions: Agora Gallery NYC January 2006 Agora Gallery NYC June 2007 Amsterdam Withney Gallery NYC January 2008 Ico Gallery New York September 2008 Moscow, Exhibition sring 2010 Exhibition Vienna Austria (Palais Schonborn) July 2012 UK, London December 2012 " The mental picture is in a finished state, with color and full detail, allowing that what I see can be put on canvas. Apart from the inheritanceof the salient features the upbringing takes up a considerable part in achieving a status gained through personal merit rather than a result of the circumstances into which somebody is born, Nevertheless it is also significant how the environment presents itself to the adolescent. As a little child I learned to paint on sand ways. My father animated me to decipher figures and images in the clouds and nature. We painted with our mind, let it develop our great paintings, tried to explain it to others, and subsequently to search for a novel imaginary picture. We employed hours therewith and crept into beautiful and different world. I remember that in the latter days of my childhood, during nighttime, I was painting pictures in my mind, and these were brought onto paper diurnal.By the way, this ability is sustained into the present. I usually produce a painting mentally days before the act of painting. Ilona VanHoek - ihvanhoek@mac.com -