Peter Struycken is the first artist to systematically explore the colour possibilities of computer-generated fabrics in the TextielLab. He experimented with weaving colours on the jacquard loom and created 241 hues. He drew on this colour series to make the Boulez tapestries.
Struycken (The Hague, 1939) makes non-figurative work with different media, including paintings, drawing, woven work, spatial forms, film, video, digital media and interior and exterior design. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague in 1961. He is a master of colour and light compositions and is best known for his large monumental works and the postage stamp featuring a pixelated image of Queen Beatrix that he designed for KPN (now PostNL) in 1981.
In 2002, he won the Oeuvreprijs Fonds Beeldende Kunst, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, one of the most important cultural prizes in the Netherlands at the time. His work can be found in various collections, including the Stedelijk Museum, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Groninger Museum and the TextielMuseum.
