Bio

Award winning multimedia artist HJIM (Henriëtte) van Gasteren (formerly known by her pseudonym Lilith), was born in 1964 in Sevenum, the Netherlands. She is a multimedia artist, who has been widely exhibited, throughout the Netherlands and abroad. She uses self-portraits to provide a commentary on the image of women today. Recurring themes in her work include identity, gender roles, freedom, equality, religion and the positive and negative aspects of human experience. Her work is sometimes humorous, often sensual, frequently confrontational, and always original and insightful. Her work belongs to international museumcollections and is frequently collected by contemporary art collectors. Henriëtte currently resides and works in the Netherlands.