Maaike Schoorel (born 1973) is an artist based in London.
Schoorel was born in Santpoort, Netherlands. She makes paintings based on photographs, using traditional genres such as landscape, portrait and still-life. She favours pale colours and minimal detail.
Maaike Schoorel is represented in London by Maureen Paley.
Selected exhibitions
2015
Maureen Paley, London, UK
2014
Interiors, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2013
Conservatory, Mendes Wood, São Paulo.
2012
Tribute, Maureen Paley, London, UK
2011
Maaike Schoorel – Zelfportretten & Stillevens, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, London
zwart / wit dagboek, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Maaike Schoorel, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
2010
Art Features, Art 41 Basel, Galerie Diana Stigter
2009
Nudes and Garden, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
2008
Album, Museum de Hallen, Haarlem,
Nudes, Maureen Paley, London
2007
Prix de Rome 2007, de Appel, Amsterdam
The Triumph of Painting, The Saatchi Gallery, London
How to Endure, curated by Tom Morton, Athens Biennial, Athens
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Zes, Marc Foxx, LA, & Harris Lieberman, New York
Stilleven, Portret, Schutterstuk, Marc Foxx: West Gallery, Los Angeles
2006
Just in time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2005
Slow Art, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Prague Biennale 2, presentation for Flash Art, Prague
IBID Projects, Vilnius, London.
2004
Galerie Diana Stigter, Rheinschau, Cologne
Must I paint you a Picture?, Haunch of Venison, London
2003
Someplace Unreachable, IBID Projects, London
2002
Koninklijke Subsidie voor Vrije Schilderkunst, Gemeente Museum, The Hague
Band in Crisis, (with Skill 7 Stamina 12), Cooper Gallery, Dundee
References
External links
Further information from Galerie Diana Stigter
Images, texts and biography from the Saatchi Gallery
Ana Finel Honigman on Maaike Schoorel's exhibition at Maureen Paley from ArtNet.com Maaike Schoorel on ArtFacts.com