Tobias Lengkeek

Tree
2016
oil on canvas
50 x 40 cm
Tree truncks
2016
oil and acryl on canvas
60 x 50 cm
Dirt
2016
oil on canvas
27 x 33 cm

LEAVING EVERYTHING TO CHANCE CAN BE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE

The paintings I make show that the world around us is full of meaning. Like Malevich and Mondriaan were looking for shapes full of meaning, I am looking for moments full of meaning. We understand images on a visual level, we see what it is being represented. However we don’t know the context of the image, they lack conclusions. We’re always left wondering why this is represented and think of a possible explanation. In the end we can only make suggestions, never coming to a definite conclusion.
It is at that moment that we have to accept what we see. We feel that every day things hold a higher meaning beyond ourselves and realise that even though our eyes are open, we don’t always truly see the things around us.
Looking at the world with an open mind and seeing what others passed by, things left unnoticed. Special things are always around us. Each place is unique in its own way. Every moment only happens once. Memories always seem different than the actual moment an event took place. Expectations can make us look differently at things. Others can make us see what we missed.

Tobias Lengkeek 30/01/1991 Rotterdam.

EDUCATION
2012 -2016 Fine arts, KABK: Royal Academy of Art The Hague (NL)
2008 -2012 Mediavormgever, Grafische vormgeving Deltion College.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 – Track & Trace: 25 years Galerie Maurits van de Laar
2016 – Masters Salon 2016 / Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium
2016 – dirty daisies
2016 – Andrea Freckmann, Tobias Lengkeek, Ronald Versloot. paintings / Galerie Maurits van de Laar
2016 – BEST OF GRADUATES 2016 / Ron Mandos / Amsterdam
2016 – Graduation Festival 2016 / KABK / The Hague
2016 – AS CLOSE TO BLACK AS BLUE CAN BE / The Hague
2015 – MORE THAN ELEVEN LESS THAN THIRTEEN / Academie Minerva / Groningen
2015 – Could be / Nest / Den Haag
2014 – A split second at the end of november / in your livingroom, The Hague
2014 – MET / Groeps schilder tentoonstelling / Schiedam
2014 – Exhibition City Hall / Tobias Lengkeek & Mark Bakker / Emmeloord
2014 – The Painting and Drawing show, Exo / in your livingroom / Den Haag
2013 – AUGMENTED REALITY OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS / KABK, group show / Den Haag
2012 – THE FULL 10%, Museum Gouda / Gouda
2010 – De mens in het wild / firma van drie / Gouda.

AWARDS
2016 – Jan Roëde award
2016 – stroom KABK Invest award
1996 – LEGO bouwester 3th place

 

http://tobiaslengkeek.nl/
Tree
2016
oil on canvas
50 x 40 cm
Tree truncks
2016
oil and acryl on canvas
60 x 50 cm
Dirt
2016
oil on canvas
27 x 33 cm