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Lydia Janssen

Born: 1976

Hometown: New York City

Based in: Portugal and Bali

Lydia Janssen, b. 1976

USA

Lydia Janssen was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1976 and received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College in 1998. After graduating, she moved to New York City to pursue a professional dance career, dancing at the Merce Cunningham Studio School amongst others, and performing with modern dance troupes Pam Tanowitz Dance Company and Jordana Toback/POON Dance Company.

Janssen's dance career ended after several injuries, leading her to focus fully on her art. Janssen spent a year at the Graduate Fine Arts Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, before returning to New York to study at the Art Students League of New York (2005-07) with Larry Poons and Ronnie Landfield, where in her final year won the prestigious Red Dot award for Excellence in Painting. Larry Poons wrote the foreword to Janssen's recently released book "Dance to Art"

Janssen’s paintings are in private collections in the US, Europe and Asia, most notably in the collection of Singaporean Koh Seow Chuan. To buy Janssen's original works, check artsy or contact her galleries: Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery in New York City or REDSEA Gallery in Singapore.

A small number of Janssen's favourite paintings have been made into limited edition prints, using museum quality fine art paper and printed by Atkins Lab in Adelaide, Australia. Many of these are limited editions of 8 which are 80% of the size of the original. There are also some larger edition numbers, editions of 25 and 100, which are 50% and 25% the size of the original respectively.

 

Lydia Janssen: Dance to art

Lydia Janssen: Dance to art

Lydia Janssen, United States of America

Art

US$ 50

Chiado

Chiado

Lydia Janssen, United States of America

Limited Edition Prints

US$ 3,750

The Swimmer

The Swimmer

Lydia Janssen, United States of America

Limited Edition Prints

US$ 1,000

Horse Hunter Stag

Horse Hunter Stag

Lydia Janssen, United States of America

Limited Edition Prints

US$ 3,500

Blooming Mouth

Blooming Mouth

Lydia Janssen, United States of America

Limited Edition Prints

US$ 1,500

Lydia Janssen In The Studio

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More About Lydia Janssen

Question IconWhat inspires you?

Dance, movement, distortion, attachment, displacement

Question IconDescribe your creative process.

My preliminary sketches are usually on the actual canvas, they dictate where I go next....my work is impulsive yet very intentional. I rotate the canvas often, as new things emerge that excite me and often change the course.

Question IconWho are some artists that have influenced your work?

deKooning, Susan Rothenberg, Cecily Brown

Question IconWhere do you go for inspiration?

Inside, my work is autobiographical. But nothing is more inspiring than going to a museum.

Collections Featuring Lydia Janssen

3 Collections

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Horse Artworks

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Art for the Lunar New Year

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Credentials

Education

Art Students League of New York

United States of America, 2007

University of Massachusetts (MA)

United States of America, 2005

Sarah Lawrence College (BA)

United States of America, 1998

Awards

Nominated for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize

2023

"The Swimmer" selected for 2021 London Art Biennale

2021

Terme Award, London Art Biennale

2021

Red Dot Award for Excellence in Painting, ASL, New York

2007

Exhibitions

Cromwell Place, Peruke Projects

United Kingdom, 2023

London Art Biennale

United Kingdom, 2021

Spotlight, Como Uma Ubud, Bali (SOLO)

Indonesia, 2020

Winter selects group show, Susan Eley Gallery, NY

United States of America, 2019

All the King’s Horses, REDSEA gallery (SOLO)

Singapore, 2018

Singapore Contemporary Art Fair

Singapore, 2017

Asia Contemporary Art Fair

Hong Kong, 2016

art equity presents, FUSION, selected group show, the American Club

Singapore, 2015

Miaja Gallery, selected group show

Singapore, 2015

Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, selected group show, Susan Eley Gallery, San Mateo, CA

United States of America, 2015

“A Course Change”, Susan Eley Fine Art

United States of America, 2014

Selected for the HBO series, “Too Big To Fail”

United States of America, 2010

Trumans, selected group show, NY

United States of America, 2009

MANIN, selected group show, Cielo, NY

United States of America, 2008

Poon Productions, mural commission, NY

United States of America, 2007

The Pathos of Ecstasy, Selected group show, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

United States of America, 2007

Tower 49, Selected Group Show, NY

United States of America, 2007

Group Show, The Art Students League Gallery, NY

United States of America, 2006

Studio 14, Asian Fusion Gallery,

United States of America, 2005

NACUL Center Gallery, Recent Paintings, Amherst, MA (SOLO)

United States of America, 2005

Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art

United States of America, 1999

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