Lies Kraal

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The perfection of Lies Kraal's surfaces draw the viewer into a world of quiet but intense beauty. Dutch sensibility gives the L.A. art world something new to think about.
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00-6 2000
23" x 23"
Acrylic & wax
on hardboard panel $5000
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98-3 1998
40" x 40"
Acrylic on canvas
on doorskin $7000 (sold)
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97-1 1997
40" x 40"
Acrylic & wax on canvas
on doorskin $7000 (sold)


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
1937 Born, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1955 Moved to Los Angeles. Studied acting under contract with 20th Century Fox. 
Studied art and architecture at various institutions around the area. 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Panza Collection, Milan, Italy
The Jumex Collection, Mexico City, Mexico
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna CA


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000 Lies Kraal, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA
New Paintings, Post Wilshire, Los Angeles CA
1998 New Paintings, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1995 New Work, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1993 New Work (including the "NAOTDAM Project", a site-specific gallery installation)
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1992 New Work, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1991 New Work, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1990 New Work, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1989 Paintings, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1986 Works on Paper, Notre Pomme, Watsonville CA
1982 Works on Paper, Sash Mill, Santa Cruz CA
1980 Works on Paper, Bruised Reed Gallery, Monterey CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000 L.A. Monochrome, David Dorsky Gallery, New York NY curators: Reuben and Joan Baron
Luminous, IKON, Ltd./Kay Richards Contemporary Art, Santa Monica CA curators: Leo Bravo and Christopher Miles
1999 Group Show, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica CA curator: Joe Goode
1998 Group Show, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco CA
Hendler/Kraal/Thurston, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica CA
Dressed in White, Gallery Paradiso, Costa Mesa CA
1994 Drawings, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Group Show, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
very visual dialogue: personal journeys in abstract painting, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana CA, curator: Tom Krumpak
1992 New L.A. Abstraction, College of the Mainland, TX
Group Show, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1991 Group Show, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1988 Exemplary/Contemp'ry, University of California, Santa Cruz CA
juror: Richard Koshalek, director, MOCA, Los Angeles CA
1987 Exemplary/Contemp'ry, University of California, Santa Cruz CA juror: Graham Beal, director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1985 Artquest '85, Los Angeles CA
3-Com, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Sunnyvale CA
1984 Ennui Go, Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Santa Cruz CA
Fourth Annual Drawing Competition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA juror: Robert McDonald, director, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County
2 Dimensions, University of Texas El Paso, juror: Donald Judd
1983 Pastels, Markham Gallery, San Jose CA

REVIEWS
David Pagel, Terrific Textures, Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2000
Peter Frank, L.A. Weekly, March 2000
Jody Zellen, ArtScene, Los Angeles, January 1998
Peter Frank, L.A. Weekly, May 1998
ArtScene, Los Angeles, April 1995
David Pagel, Subtle Pleasures, Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1994
Robert L. Pincus, Lies Kraal at Kiyo Higashi, Art in America March 1993
Michael Anderson, Lies Kraal at Kiyo Higashi, Art Issues, January-February 1993
Chuck Nicholson, Artweek, April 1, 1989
Marlene Donohue, The Galleries, Los Angeles Times, March 17, 1989

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