Concentration while stitching is essential in order to get the desired result. The embroidery is always exciting because I'm never completely certain of how it will turn out. This is a process of adding stitches and removing them, adding fabrics, cutting fabrics, and so on. This creates a worked-through image in which, for the viewer with attention to detail, the journey is often still visible. Lia de Jonghe 2026 Member of Fiber Art Fever! Read more on Catalog Rijswijk Textile Biennal (Dutch and English, Frank van der Ploeg). Contemporary Identities (English, Izmer Bin Achmad) Textielplus (Dutch, Dorothé Swinkels) Exhibitions 2026 May 10 - June 28 Kunsthal 45, Den Helder, - Op de keper beschouwd - May - June Dapperstraat, Amsterdam - Participation 'Tekenkabinet' - Exhibitions 2025 May 1 - May 25 NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam, - Moderne draden en stalen erfgoed - May 24 - June 1 Kunstruimte Jodenbreestraat, Amsterdam, - Shape shifting stories - May 28 - June 7 Vestingval, Elburg May 31 - July 12 Galerie BMB, Amsterdam, - Zomertentoonstelling - Exhibitions 2023 June 30 - July 9 Losdok, Veemkade, Amsterdam March 2 - March 5 Art Chapel, Beatrix park, Amsterdam Exhibitions 2021 December 11 - March 8 Van Der Helst Plein Exposities blogspot VDH Public space, 18 windows of Cleerdin and Hamer law firm van der Helstplein 3, Amsterdam June 24 - 27 Art Up Lille stand of Fiber Art Fever! Exhibitions 2020 December Small sized art works, Teheran Exhibitions 2019 June 28 - October 6 Textiel Biennale Rijswijk May 30 - June 8 Vestingval, Elburg Exhibitions 2018 October 5 - 7 Doksalon, Amsterdam November 15 - 17 Textiel Plus Festival, Den Bosch 2016 de Vitrines, AMC Amsterdam Illustrations ZIN 2018 ZIN 2020