Wils Tilly | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

Tilly was born in the village of Ossendrecht, Netherlands. In 1974, she began studying art at the Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. She attended various workshops, and her preference was for painting. Tilly was drawn to abstraction early on, but she first had to learn the basics of figurative painting. Gradually, the artist freed herself from her classical education and abandoned realism for a more lyrical art. Colour became the heart of her work. She taught for six years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zoetermeer. She has exhibited since 1996 in several Dutch cities, Belgium and France. Her works are in public and private collections around the world (Switzerland, Germany, USA, Australia, Russia...) Tilly now divides her time between the Netherlands and France, where she has installed her two workshops.