Erik van Lieshout
Erik Gerardus Franciscus van Lieshout is a Dutch contemporary artist most widely known for his installations.
In 2018, he won the Heineken Prize for Art.Biography
Van Lieshout was born in Deurne in the Netherlands and worked in New York, Berlin, Cologne and Rotterdam. He studied at the Academy of Art and Design St. Joost in Breda from 1987 to 1990 and at Ateliers '63 in Haarlem from 1990 to 1992. In 1999 he won 2nd prize in the category visual arts of the Prix the Rome.
