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In 1964 Wil Lof, then 16 years old, joined a major Dutch textile printer as an apprentice designer. She continued her background in industrial applied art for about twenty years as leading designer and colourist of fashion motives, which were produced by several textile printing companies in eastern Netherlands and cross border in western Germany. Her designs found their way to Europe, Africa, Middle East and South America in the form of printed fabric for clothing. Her first exhibition of paintings in 1968 attracted a lot of attention and she received rave reviews from the regional press. In addition she found in the 70’s time to study at the Academy of Art and Industry (Enschede, the Netherlands), specializing in graphic and textile designThe 'colour coded' compositions of my works carry the spectator away into speculative or interpretative imaginations of the painting. Many observers characterize her paintings as being esoteric, anthroposophical or even ‘elysian’. Apart from her series of pure abstract and figurative paintings, emphasis is now in combining both styles into mysterious scenes.Wil Lof participates in numerous art events and exhibitions throughout the Netherlands, having her works exhibited or in stock in galleries and art lending libraries spread out over the country.Outside her home country she participated at the Biennale dell’Arte Contemporanea in Firenze (Italy) and her art works were exhibited in several Spanish cities like Port d’Andratx (Mallorca), Barcelona, San Sebastián, Sevilla, Marbella, in India ((Calcutta, New Delhi, Mumbai), in Sweden (Malmö, Trelleborg), as well as in the U.S. (Miami, New York), the U.K. (London) and of course in France (Paris).
