Madelon Hooykaas

born 1942, Maartensdijk, The Netherlands

1960-1964
working and studying photography in The Netherlands

1964-1969
living in Paris, London and New York
working with photography and film

1966 Ealing School of Art & Design, London (Europhot scholar)

1970 journey around the world, stayed several months in Japan

1971 Amsterdam became a base, made book 'ZAZEN' about a stay in Japan

1971-1974
Polaroid experiments and journalism

1972 started film projects with Elsa Stansfield in London and Amsterdam

1972-1976
co-produced and directed several films

1975 started making video-environments in collaboration with Elsa

1980-1991
realizing video-tapes, video-installations, video-sculptures, photo/sound objects

1991- to present ... making inter-active installations and realising outdoor commissions

1996 Hooykaas and Stansfield awarded the Judith Leyster (oeuvre ) prize

1999
Hooykaas and Stansfield awarded the Grand Prix New Media for CD Rom "Person to Person"
Split Film Festival Croatia

living and working base in Amsterdam