Lydia Schouten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lydia Schouten

Dutch visual artist

Date of Birth: 22-May-1948

Place of Birth: Leiden, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: visual artist, video artist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Lydia Schouten (born 1948, Leiden, Netherlands) is an internationally-known Dutch performance and video artist.
Early in her career she critiqued traditional women's roles and the portrayal of women as sex objects.
More recently, her work considers themes of loneliness, sex and violence.
As of 2004, she lives in Amsterdam.
Her work has been exhibited internationally and she has held artist in residencies in several countries.
Schouten received the Maaskant Award from city of Rotterdam in 1975.