Lydia Lauwers (Ben-Natan)

Born 1970, Auckland, New Zealand 

Lydia Lauwers ( Ben-Natan) has exhibited extensively in both Melbourne and Sydney since moving to Melbourne in 2001. She now resides in Beaufort, Victoria, where she works part-time as an Art Therapist and the remainder of her time is dedicated to her own art practice. 

Lydia paints very raw and lush landscapes that flow in and out of abstraction. Her works have a strong sense of direction and an element of intrigue that evoke an emotional response. They are derived purely from her imagination and the artistic processes she employs.

Colour plays a major role in Lydia’s practice, as she intuitively chooses colours that help define the mood she is trying to create but it is her combined use of bold, gestural brush strokes, palette knife and dripping techniques that define her signature style.

Lydia works predominately in acrylic, on large canvases.

 

Artist’s Statement

I do not plan a painting, I let the painting guide me. I begin by applying my chosen colours to the canvas and within minutes the beginning of a landscape appears to me. From there, I decide to develop it further or to continue until something of interest grabs me and takes me in another direction. It is a process that enables me freedom of expression whilst challenging me to improve through exploration.

Lydia Lauwers

Exhibition History

2016-2023 – Represented by Artist Lane Online,Brunswick

2023- Represented by Print Décor- Original Art Gallery,Windsor

2023- Lions Woodend Art Show,Woodend

2022- Pyrenees Art Exhibition – Best Pyrenees Artist Award

2022- Lions Woodend Art Show, Woodend

2019- Avoca Art Show,Avoca – People’s Choice Award

2019- Pyrenees Art Exhibition- Best Pyrenees Artist Award and Best Acrylic Award

2018- Pyrenees Art Exhibition,- Highly Commended

2016-DACE Exhibtion,Feature Artist ,Derinya

2016-Camberwell Art Show-Camberwell

2016-Small Works Show,Brunswick Street Gallery,Brunswick,Melbourne

2016-St Kevins Art Show, Toorak,Melbourne

2016-Canterbury Art Show,Canterbury,Melbourne

2016-Crown Casino Pop-up Exhibition, Group Show -Melbourne

2016-Victor Harbour Art Show, South Australia

2015-Sorrento Art Show,Morning Penninsula

2015-Kings Art Show,Sydney

2015-Camberwell Rotary Art Show,Melbourne

2015-NZ Art Show-Wellington, New Zealand

2015- St Kevins Art Show, Melbourne

2015- Rivers and Fields –Solo Exhibition –Panoply Gallery,South Yarra,Melbourne

2015-Victor Harbour  Art Show, South Australia

2014- Sorrento Art Show,Sorrento

2014- 30 x 30cm Group Show, Claire Layman Art Galley,Melbourne

2014- CamArt, Camberwell Girls Grammar School,Melbourne

2014- SPLASH ,Kew Primary School Art Show, Kew, Melbourne

2014- Albert Park College Art Show-Albert Park,Melbourne

2014- Kings Art Show--Sydney

2014 - Winter Lights-Group Show ,Panoply Gallery, Glen Iris. Melbourne

2014- Solo Exhibition -New Works ,Claire Layman Gallery, Melbourne

2014- DACE Exhibition, Derinya, Mornington Penninsula

2014- Old and New –Group Show Gallery Oscar,Sydney

2014- Represented by Panoply Gallery,Glen Iris, Melbourne

2013- Art and Frame Show-Melbourne Exhibition Center,Melbourne

2013- Represented by Print Décore, Malvern ,Melbourne

2013- Australian Art Show- Horden Paviliion, Sydney

2013- Australian Art Show-Solo ,Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2012- Represented by Suburban 312 Gallery, Brighton

2012- New Horizons- Solo Exhibition, Gallery Oscar, Sydney

2012- Pink Lady Exhibition-Breast Cancer Fundraiser, Brighton

2012- Art Expo Sydney Gallery Oscar- -Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park,Sydney

2012- Spring Exhibition-Group Show ,Gallery Oscar, Sydney

2012- DACE Exhibition, Derinya, Mornington Penninsula

2012- Art Expo Brisbane 2012-Gallery Oscar, Exhibition Centre, Brisbane

2012- Solo Show -Claret Design -Art Melbourne 2012,REB,Melbourne

2011- Group Show -Claret Design- Art Melbourne 2011, REB ,Melbourne

2011- Group Exhibition- Gallery Oscar, Sydney

2010- Pink Lady Exhibition, Brighton

2010- Topp Art-Group Show-Art Melbourne 2010,REB,Melbourne

2009- Spacious –Joint Exhibition-Edges Gallery, Elsternwick,

2008-2009- Represented by North Rd Gallery, Ormond

2008-  Represented by Tusk Gallery, South Yarra

2007-2008 –Represented by Studio Craft-Hampton

2007- Art at Burnley Harbour-Contemporary Art Society of Victoria

2007- Ngargee Gum Leaf Art Charity Auction-Federation Square,Melbourne

2007- We Care-Group Exhibition (Fundraiser) –Osare Gallery, Camberwell

2007- Art Melbourne’07- Royal Exhibition Building ,Carlton

2006- Wine, Women and Song-Joint Exhibition- Osare Gallery, Camberwell

2006- Art at Burnley Harbour- Contemporary Art Society of Victoria

2006- Affordable Art Show- Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2005- Affordable Art Show-Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2004- Open Your Eyes –Group Exhibition-Osare Gallery, Camberwell

2004 –Affordable Art Show-Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 

Relevant Qualifications

2020-2022- Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice, The MIECAT Institute, Melbourne