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Biography

Dindi van der Hoek is known for her unique and very distinctive photographic ‘water’ oeuvre. Photographing water reflections has become the most important basis of her visual imagery. As a viewer you become part of surreal images that evoke a certain confusion and seem to come from another world.

Dindi makes images that are partly photographed underwater. For years she worked underwater in a swimming pool, but at the end of 2019 she built a glass water basin in her studio and continued her experiments in it. In this new situation she investigated the influence of ink and milk in water and thus created new images that seemingly effortlessly combine beauty and tranquility with a ragged darkness.

Although the end result is physically a two-dimensional image, the path that Dindi takes is one of many layers, like a painter she builds her own world. She arranges all facets of the image: from making costumes, masks and attributes to making up the model. One thing she has no control over is the water. The water teaches her to let go of control.

Dindi: “With my surreal images I take the viewer on an “inner walk”; it is about identity and about masks, masks that people use to consciously or unconsciously cover up their true identity. Out of safety or fear. The water in my work reflects apparent reality and the viewer can be taken on a journey through their own illusionary world, such as false identities, limited beliefs or belief systems.Water is the most honest metaphor for life itself. Uncontrollable, transparent and incredibly flexible. Working with water has taught me so much in recent years and still does. Water tells me “Go with the Flow, be transparent, and take up your space, just like me.
I have been experimenting with water for more than 20 years and the impact of water in my work still surprises me. It is unpredictable, uncontrollable and indispensable!
The water reflections in my work have become a literal mirror and a guide. It’s about balance, taking your place and freedom, and especially about letting go of control. Because water is now given more space, my work has become much more playful and clearer in recent years.”

Dindi (1976) graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam in 1999. She is represented by ARWE Gallery in Gouda, Sille Gallery in Oudewater and Pulchri Studio in The Hague. She is also the initiator of the artists’ collective ArtNomaden, through which she independently organizes exhibitions with a kindred group of artists from the Netherlands and Belgium. Her work has been exhibited and published nationally and internationally in recent years.

Artworks from Dindi van der Hoek

Kunst: Oshae van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Oshae

180 x 110 cm (hxb) Photography € 5500 Sales only
Kunst: HummingBird van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

HummingBird

50 x 50 cm (hxb) Photography € 2000
Kunst: Ausarah van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Ausarah

150 x 120 cm (hxb) Photography € 4900 Sales only
Kunst: Aurora van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Aurora

94 x 84 cm (hxb) Photography € 3100 Sales only
Kunst: Brown Sugar van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Brown Sugar

150 x 150 cm (hxb) Photography € 5500 Sales only
Kunst: Flora van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Flora

120 x 120 cm (hxb) Photography € 4100 Sales only
Kunst: DragonFly van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

DragonFly

150 x 150 cm (hxb) Photography € 5500 Sales only
Kunst: Mama Qocha van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Mama Qocha

100 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 3900 Sales only
Kunst: Lily of the Valley van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Lily of the Valley

150 x 120 cm (hxb) Photography € 4900 Sales only
Kunst: Luxus van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Luxus

90 x 150 cm (hxb) Photography € 4300 Sales only
Kunst: Mother Gaia van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Mother Gaia

110 x 130 cm (hxb) Photography € 4200 Sales only
Kunst: Leizi van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Leizi

150 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 4400 Sales only
Kunst: Siréne van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Siréne

150 x 90 cm (hxb) Photography € 4300 Sales only
Kunst: Eurydice Noir van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Eurydice Noir

150 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 4300 Sales only
Kunst: Sybille van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Sybille

100 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 3900 Sales only
Kunst: Ophelia’s Hope van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Ophelia’s Hope

50 x 50 cm (hxb) Photography € 1500 Sales only
Kunst: Angel van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Angel

90 x 130 cm (hxb) Photography € 4100 Sales only
Kunst: Le Twin Blue van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Le Twin Blue

150 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 4300 Sales only
Kunst: Promenade du Doute van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Promenade du Doute

100 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 3900 Sales only
Kunst: La Robe Liberté van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

La Robe Liberté

150 x 120 cm (hxb) Photography € 4500 Sales only
Kunst: Ich trage meine Kindheit van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Ich trage meine Kindheit

150 x 90 cm (hxb) Photography € 4300 Sales only
Kunst: Nocturne van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Nocturne

150 x 120 cm (hxb) Photography € 4500 Sales only
Kunst: La jeune Fille, la Mort et le Temps van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

La jeune Fille, la Mort et le Temps

100 x 130 cm (hxb) Photography € 4100 Huur € 82,- Rent or Buy
Kunst: Ebony van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Ebony

75 x 75 cm (hxb) Photography € 3400 Sales only
Kunst: Infinity van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Infinity

110 x 130 cm (hxb) Photography € 4200 Sales only
Kunst: The Oracle van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

The Oracle

40 x 40 cm (hxb) € 1200 Sales only
Kunst: Little Green van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Little Green

100 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 3900 Sales only
Kunst: The Baroness van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

The Baroness

100 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 3900 Sales only
Kunst: Carnival les Fleurs van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Carnival les Fleurs

130 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 4100 Sales only
Kunst: Lady and the Serpent van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Lady and the Serpent

120 x 180 cm (hxb) Photography € 5500 Sales only
Kunst: Hunting Bliss van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Hunting Bliss

100 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 3900 Sales only
Kunst: Flör van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Flör

100 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 3900 Sales only
Kunst: Ibis van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Ibis

100 x 100 cm (hxb) Photography € 3900 Sales only
Kunst: Vivid van kunstenaar Dindi van der Hoek
Dindi van der Hoek.

Vivid

130 x 110 cm (hxb) Photography € 4300 Sales only

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