Erik van Lieshout studied at the Academy of Art and design in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Ateliers ’63 both situated in the Netherlands. His work has been internationally shown, featuring large solo and group exhibitions at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (2021), Annet Gelink Gallery, 2020), Anton Kern Gallery, New York (2019), South London Gallery (2017), Hannover Kunstverein (2017), Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels (2016), TENT Rotterdam, Pauluskerk, Rotterdam (2016), Tessaloniki Biennale, Tessaloniki (2015), FRAC – Nord – Pas de Calais, Dunkerque (2014), Center for Contemporary Culture – GCCC, Moscow (2014), Moscow Bienale, Moscow (2013), 55th Venice Biennale, Venice (2013), Colombo Art Biennale, Colombo (2012), Art Unlimited, Basel (2011), Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva (2009), The Museum Boijmans van Beunigen, Rotterdam (2006) and many other.