‘An archetypical explorer is deemed to be someone who pushes boundaries and embraces unexpected discoveries. Dedicated to art as her form of expression, Dutch artist Madelon Hooykaas has spent the past sixty years exploring new lands, cultures, aesthetics, and experimenting with multimedia. Her practice is shaped by contemplation, reflection, and a curiosity for and connection with different cultures and beliefs. Moreover, her strong convictions surrounding Nature and humanity’s stewardship role in preserving it, as well as pertaining to certain non-Western philosophies which support a balance between the human experience and the natural world, underlie her creative oeuvre.’ - Jap Sam Books

About Madelon Hooykaas
Amsterdam-based Else Madelon Hooykaas (b. 1942) is an internationally acclaimed photographer, video artist, and filmmaker. As one of the first generation of artists to adopt video as a medium, she is recognized as a transformative figure in video art, reshaping the boundaries of contemporary art through her pioneering approach. Hooykaas is widely known for her collaboration with Scottish artist Elsa Stansfield, as part of the duo Hooykaas/Stansfield. Together, they have produced a wealth of groundbreaking video environments and installations, exhibited internationally. Beyond her collaborative work, Hooykaas has established herself as a visionary solo artist, with a remarkable and ever-expanding legacy across photography, film, interactive performance, and conceptual installations.

Hooykaas’ work is part of numerous esteemed museum and private collections, including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Amsterdam Medical Center, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Museum Arnhem, Museum Gouda, the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands and Bonnefanten Museum Maastricht. Internationally, her work has been exhibited and held in prestigious institutions such as Tate Britain, The Photographers’ Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (ZKM), MuHKA Museum for Contemporary Art in Antwerp, the Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow (GoMA), as well as collections in Canada, Switzerland, and Australia.