About the artist:

Gé-Karel van der Sterren (Stadskanaal, July 29, 1969) is a Dutch painter. The visual artist Van der Sterren, born in Stadskanaal, was trained from 1990 to 1996 at the art academy in Enschede. Soon after his training he exhibited at home and abroad. His work has been shown in Amsterdam, The Hague, Reykjavik, Dijon and New York. In 2009 Van der Sterren made for the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag the monumental canvas Oopsie Daisy of 14 meters long and three meters high, in which he visualized his view on the contemporary consumer society. The work of Van der Sterren was awarded the following prizes: Royal Prize for Free Painting - 1999 Prix de Rome - 1999 Jeanne Oosting Price - 2007