Lieve van Loon is a multidisciplinary autonomous designer. She combines illustration, product design and printmaking.
Lieve works from obsessions, obsessions for objects and shapes. During these obsessions, she develops a certain shape language that she then develops further and portrays with different materials and techniques. Lieve does this by reproducing an object or shape over and over again or in a slightly different way and working increasingly larger. This way the obsession becomes visible in her work.
Reshaping plays a big role in Lieve's work. Rescaling, color application, and changing an objects original shape provide new surprising images with which she allows herself to look at her work again. This way she gives her audience space to reflect on the work and to relate to it, with the aim of also becoming reacquainted with the existing things around us.
Lieve doesn’t work from big social themes or concepts, she works from fascinations for objects or shapes. That does not mean that Lieve is not socially committed. Her work is more about her own view on the world. Lieve reflects what she sees. She looks at things with an open, humorous and curious look and then develops a fascination. Everything is possible and it should not be too heavy, rather funny and absurd. Things are distorted or magnified in such a way that it reaches its limit and becomes something of itself. She strips it down or adds something. Then it's finished.
Check out Lieve's instagram to keep up to date with what she's doing @lieve.van.loon
If you're interested in purchasing work or have any questions feel free to send an email. Lievevanloon12@gmail.com
Exhibitions:
2024, Lieve van Loon, Galerie StauBlau Oldenburg, Germany
2023, 'Halfrond x Popronde', Hooghouse Groningen
2023, 'Tenslotte', DAD DesignStories, Groningen
2023, 'LINK', Hooghouse Groningen
2023, 2ndFloor x Markt van het Noorden, Paradigm Groningen
2023, UMCG
2023, 2ndFloor x Minerva, Groningen
2023, 'Halfrond', hooghouse Groningen
2023, 'Shapes of serendipity', hooghouse Groningen
2022, 2ndFloor x open day minerva, Groningen
2022, 2ndFloor exhibition, Groningen
2022, Fumetto Festival, Illustratie 57, Luzern
Awards/ selections:
2022, “Red: a trip” Animation Official selection Student World Impact Film
Festival, New York
2022, “Red: a trip” Animation Official Selection Best Student AnimaDoc Film
Festival, Lodz
2022, “freedom” animation Featured at Bevrijdingsfestival Groningen
Clients:
Vera Groningen, Simplon UP, UMCG, Bevrijdingsfestival Groningen,
Poëziepaleis, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Minerva art Academie,
Juiststraks, Montessori Lyceum Groningen, Enshore
