ABOUT
Johanna Lianne van de Laar (born in the Netherlands, currently residing in Germany) is a visual artist who's work mainly explores the ongoing causal relationship between human beings and nature. It deals with the commodification of the environment by humans and particularly questions the adaptation and change of nature in "service" of human growth and prosperity in relation to our sensibility.
Van de Laar is fascinated by technical acceleration and its influence on natural processes. Artificiality meets reality. What is reality anyway? What is natural?
The collaboration with scientists, artists and people from industry and business combine artistic as well as political demands. Art is not just beautiful. Art for her is at least a question.
WORK
Deriving from her interest in philosophy, biology, science and history the major part of her work is invested in a research trajectory approach to draw interconnectedness while striving to demonstrate an autonomous perspective. She builds on a minimalistic and graphic language through materiality and processes with photography, video, collage and installation while she wanders between memories and future visions.
BIOGRAPHY
Lianne van de Laar got accepted into the Academy of Arts Tilburg at the age of sixteen and completed her audiovisual art and photography studies in 2004 at the HKU. Since then she has worked as an independent and collaborative artist with autonomous and applied art and educational projects. When she moved to Leipzig in 2013 she was invited to adapt her work to on-stage video concepts for Theaters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and to create installations, video - and photography work for several exhibitions and art events.
CV selected
projects and publications 2022 video artwork - MZIN x MdbK - Museum der Bildende Künste Leipzig 2021 video artwork - Hail to the Sun - Mizerák 2021 co-creation - interdisciplinary performance project - Frau* mit Wagen 2020 The Silencing of Nature - multimedia - continuing and current project 2020 video concept, Living the City, Tempelhof, Berlin (up) 2018 video concept - Das Schloss / Kafka - Schauspiel Frankfurt (up) 2017 video artwork - Paradies Fluten - Akademie Theater Vienna 2016 video artwork - Cosi fan Tutte - Deutsche Oper Berlin 2016 video artwork - Tod eines Handlungsreisenden - Staatstheater Stuttgart 2016 video artwork - Die Bacchen - Theater Basel 2015 video artwork - weber - Twin A 2015 short film - Fade to Black - Dirty Design - Fashion Film Festival Maastricht 2015 collaborative video performance as CC.LL - improvisation video performance with The Group - OSE - Leipzig 2014 light/video installation - CC.LL – live performance and concept - AudioInvasion - Gewandhaus - Leipzig 2014 live performance – Institut für Zukunft - Leipzig 2014 video artwork - Richard III – Theater Stuttgart 2014 video artwork - Legowelt – Holiday in Paradise 2014 video artwork - Weber – Somehowalovesong 2014 video Installation – live visual performance, Conne Island, Leipzig 2014 21e Leipziger Jahresausstellung catalogue 2014 video artwork - Dream Weapons – Moonland 2014 video artwork - Timoka – Comer - Holger Records 2013 Bildarchive 20 Spinnerei – exhibition catalogue 2013 short film - I-Object with Mari Meyer / Philipp Weber 2013 video artwork - Margot – Trentaseitrenta 2013 video performance – Lethargy Festival - Zürich 2013 video performance - Trouw loves Nachtdigital - Amsterdam 2013 video performance - Doumen Rooftop Takeover - Leipzig 2013 video artwork – webermichelson x Praezisa Rapid 3000 2010 Sense of Absence - photography - continuing and current project 2004 since - Divers photographic publications CODE, ArtEZ, BIS, AMFI, a.o. exhibitions 2015 light / video installation - Baustelle- Central Theater Leipzig 2015 Fade to Black , selected for Fashion Clash Film Festival - Maastricht 2014 group exhibition - 21e Leipziger Jahresausstellung - Westwerk - Leipzig 2014 group exhibition - Artwork - Many Happy Returns - Island - Hamburg 2014 group exhibition - video 'practical observations' - Island - Hamburg 2013 solo exhibition - Bildarchive #20 - Spinnerei - Leipzig 2012 current and ongoing - Van Campen Liem - Amsterdam 2008 solo exhibition, ATW, Coqc Galerie - Amsterdam 2004 current and ongoing - Herman Wesselinkcollege - Amstelveen 2004 closing exhibition - HKU - Utrecht commissions 2020 video/light concept - Living the City - Tempelhof Berlin - publication cancelled due to Covid Pandemic 2014 several video works for theatres in Germany and abroad 2014 Museumweekend - video / photography - Amsterdam 2013 Auf AEG - photography - Nürnberg 2013 I Amsterdam - video - Amsterdam 2012 ArtEZ Finals - photography - Arnhem 2012 ArtEZ Fact Magazine - photography - Arnhem 2012 commissioned photographic diptique - Van Campen Liem - Amsterdam 2011 I Amsterdam - video - Amsterdam 2011 ArtEZ Fact Magazine - photography - Arnhem 2009 Art Rooms - photography - Amsterdam 2007 commissioned Art Project with illustrator Pieter-Frank de Jong - CS - Haarlem 2004 commissioned art project - Herman Wesselinkcollege - Amstelveen collections Herman Wesselink college Amstelveen Van Campen Liem Amsterdam educational projects / teaching 2011 AMFI, Amsterdam 2010 HVA, Amsterdam education 2004 – 2006 assistant internship at artist agency POE - Amsterdam 2001 – 2004 photography / video – Academy of Arts - Utrecht 1999 – 2000 art history and archeology – University Utrecht 1996 – 1999 audiovisual studies and art – Academy of Arts - Tilburg (closed for fusion 1999) Other 2022 Work Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds 2020 Denkzeit Stipendium, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen 2018 until 2020 - Maternity leave CONTACT The copyright for all content on this website belongs to Lianne van de Laar. No use/copy/duplications are permitted without a signed agreement by Lianne van de Laar.