Featured by Online Gallery · 6 September 2026Yolande de Vlugt: Colors in the GrayA Dutch artist who transforms everyday moments into warm, expressive paintings that celebrate nature and pause time.
Exhibition · 24 September 2025Expo "Glass faces up close" now on display in HeerenveenAfter successful editions in Ruurlo and the Domkerk in Utrecht – where thousands of visitors have been touched by the powerful images and stories – the special…
Exhibition · 15 March 2025Follow-up exhibition of "Distant Views Nearby" in Domkerk UtrechtGroup exhibition
Exhibition · 9 May 2024Expo "Glass faces close"This portrait of Tawab Safi and also the portrait he made of me can be seen in gallery de Smidse in Ruurlo from May 9 to June 22, 2024.…
News · 2 November 2023nominationIndian Silence
Oil paint on canvas, 80 x 80 cm
Nominated for "Painting of the Year 2023"
News · 2 November 2023nominationThe letter
Oil paint on canvas, 80 x 80 cm
Nominated for "Dutch portrait prize 2023"About Yolande de Vlugt
Exloo, Netherlands
Yolande de Vlugt grew up in Voorburg and studied at HKU before working as a graphic designer. She later turned to autonomous artistic practice, focusing on painting in her studio.
Her abstract realistic paintings explore the relationship between human and natural worlds, often centering on birds as a recurring theme. She works with loose brushwork, clean lines, and warm tones, creating pieces that transform everyday experience into color. Her practice has led to several nominations and exhibitions.
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Education
- 1995–2002UVA, Psychonomie· Amsterdam
Part time, Just out of interest
- 1984–1989HKU, University of the arts· Utrecht, NL
- 1982–1984AGS, Graphic Design· Amsterdam
Experience
- 20252 Groepsexpositie "Verre gezichten dichtbij"· 1) Galerie Autre Vue in Heerenveen 2) Domkerk Utrecht
Voortzetting van de expositie in Ruurlo van 2024
- 20244 Expositions
1) Group Expo: nominated for Painting of the Year in Galerie RRMND in Roermond 2) Group Expo: Verre gezichten dichtbij, Galerie de Smidse, Ruurlo 3) Solo Expo: Feest van de Geest, Hervormde Kerk, Oosterhesselen
- 2024Ongoing expo Galerie Tom Lucassen· Ommen
- 20232 Nominations and 2 exposition:
1) Dutch Portret Price: "de brief" is one of the 50 nominees 2) Painting of the Year 2023: "Indisch zwijgen" is is one of the 50 nominees 1) Group Expo: nominated for Dutch Portret in Slot Zeist 2) Ongoing solo expo Galerie Tom Lucassen
- 2022Participant in TV contest Project Rembrandt
One of the 10 finalists
- 20212 Expositions
1) Galerie Autrevue in Heerenveen: Group Exhibition 'in het licht van Jan Mankes' 2) Galerie Tom Lucassen in Ommen: Solo exposition (ongoing)
- 2020Nominated in 2 Art contests
1)In the spirit of Jan Mankes “Uil en Mens” is one of the 25 nominees of the jury. Group Exhibition 'In the spirit of Jan Mankes' Eerbeek 2) “Sebas” is one of the 10 winning paintings in the online competition of Project Rembrandt
- 2019Nomination· the art-contest: Spring overcomes
Ambivalente lentekriebels” has been chosen by the jury of the classical academy as one of the finalists. Sold