11 Facts About Nan Hoover

Nan Hoover spent almost four decades living and working in the Netherlands.

Nan Hoover used the mediums of drawing, painting, photography and film and created art objects and sculptures.

Nan Hoover's earliest dated works used expressive strokes, concentrated on individual figures with minimal background information and were largely executed in earthen tones.

Nan Hoover's curiosity was enhanced through her visits to the Rembrandt van Rijn studies in oils in the Washington National Gallery of Art.

Nan Hoover visited Berlin and mentioned in her curriculum vita of 1990 how moved she was by the recently built dividing wall.

Nan Hoover made her first colour videotape in 1978, "Impressions".

From 1981, Nan Hoover often combined interactive light installations with performance.

Nan Hoover would move slowly through her site, with specific light arrangements casting shadows onto the surfaces of the space and intercepting the bands of light that hidden light projectors with coloured cutout filters projected into the darkened spaces.

Nan Hoover's interest in international issues in the art world included her engagement in and commitment to the International Artists Forum, of which she was a President for a term.

In 1992 Nan Hoover created a permanent light installation for the Stadtstheater Zoetermeer that was commissioned by the Gemeente Zoetermeer, Netherlands.

In 2005 Nan Hoover moved to Berlin, where she continued to work, exhibit and lecture until her death in 2008.