contact
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for all inquiries please contact my agent Manuela Klerkx:
info@manuelaklerkx.nl
+31 6 8135 2448
supported by Fondskwadraat
After graduating from ArtEZ University of the Arts Geke Lensink (1963) soon established her name as an independent designer in Amsterdam. She has worked across a wide range of disciplines, and her clients include some prestigious brands spanning diverse sectors from exhibition design to industrial design To this day Geke has ongoing relationships with companies such as Cor Unum and Brothers and Sons. Her travels to non-western countries and cultures such as Kenya, Canada, Morocco, Turkey fueled her critical attitude towards arrogant western supremacy and inspired her to create objects that testify to a world in which different value systems and mutual recognition coexist and reinforce each other.
Although she still works on commission, twelve years ago Geke expanded her professional practice with a more personal and narrative approach blurring the line between art and design.
‘Each object I make tells a story based on a personal memory or emotion, made tangible through a combination of my western background as an artist, my position as a human being and collaborative forms of art with people from different cultures.’
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Geke Lensink (1963)
based in Amsterdam and Brussels
education
1982 - 1988 ArtEZ Institute of the Arts - Kampen
cours / workshop / artist in residence
2026 artist in residence Arteventura – Aracena, Spain
2026 coaching and strategy by Rubiah Balsem - Studio Balsem
2025 artist in residence Arteventura – Aracena, Spain
2024 artist in residence Arteventura – Aracena, Spain
2024 artist in residence at Het Lage Noorden - Marrum Friesland
2023 artist in residence Arteventura - Aracena, Spain
2021 digital image editing - Fotoacademie - Amsterdam
exhibitions (selection)
2025 This Art Fair – Amsterdam
2025 Clifford Chance (law firm) - Amsterdam
2025 reDiscoveries - Amsterdam
2024 Big Art - Amsterdam
2024 Queer Currents - Oude Kerk - Amsterdam
2024 Stoel neemt Stelling - Centraal Museum - Utrecht
2022 reDiscoveries - art show curated by Manuela Klerkx - Loods 6 Amsterdam
2022 A Chair and You - private collection of Thierry Barbier-Mueller - MUDAC - Lausanne
2022 Intangible Materialism - Charles Gallery and Stadssalon - Amsterdam
2022 Big Art - Zaandam / Amsterdam
2022 Vorm aan de Vecht - Buitenplaats Doornburgh - Maarssen
2021 Between No Longer and Not Yet - Kazerne Gallery - Eindhoven
2021 Big Art - Zaandam / Amsterdam
2021 An Irregular Future at Adorno Gallery - London
2021 In Need of an Observer - Jurriaan Gallery and Stadssalon - Amsterdam
2020 Woven Identities - Stadssalon - Amsterdam
2020 Humble Design - Binnenkant Gallery - Amsterdam
2019 Souvenir - Salone del Mobile – Milan
2018 Maison et Objet - Heinen Delft Blue - Paris
2017 Sturdy/Elegant - Brothers and Sons – Milan Design Week
2016 Clerkenwell Design Week - Brothers and Sons - London
2015 The London Design Festival - Brothers and Sons - London
2015 Milan Design Week - Brothers and Sons
2014 Low Motion – Kazerne - Eindhoven
2014 Low Motion – Milan Design Week
2014 Dutch Design Desk - Cologne
2013 New Dutch Design - Milan
2013 Between Art and Design - Amsterdam
2013 Dutch Materialism - Workshop of Wonders - Utrecht
2012 Based in Amsterdam - Dutch Design Week - Eindhoven
2011 group exhibition – Blickfang – Stuttgart and Basel
2010 Ventura Lambrate - Milan
2010 Artifacts - Vivid Gallery - Rotterdam
other activities
design furniture collection for Brothers and Sons
design furniture for Unicorn – BePureHome - Unicorn
design tableware and vases for Heinen Delfts Blauw en Cor Unum
production and design for art shows
interview podcast for Centraal Museum about exhibition ‘Stoel neemt Stelling’
bartender restaurant Thuis aan de Amstel
design cultural exhibitions and stands for trade shows
art director of Brothers and Sons
jury member of the Design Report Award at Salone Satellite Milan 2012
prizes
winner 'best product' Design District for the Alumni chair - 2015
shortlist The Green Design Competition - 2012
winner best stand designed for Forbo - De Woonbeurs – Amsterdam - 2008
books & publications
2021 publication in book ‘Women Made’ great women designers - Phaidon
2022 publication in book about the collection of Thierry Barbier-Mueller
collections
RSGA Design Museum – Titus Darley
Thierry Barbier-Mueller private collection
Clifford Chance law firm
Paul Borgers private collection
Gerrit Vos en Jennemieke van der Schoot private collection
