Contemporary Dutch Female Artist

About Leonoor Ruigrok

(formerly known as LACE Ruig)

what unfolds beneath the surface

Leonoor Ruigrok is a Dutch contemporary female artist known for her symbolic and expressive paintings. She paints from emotion, a search for what unfolds beneath the surface. Her work moves between reality and imagination, where moments of chaos, tenderness, and change converge. Through layered brushstrokes, in oil and mixed media, she captures the tension between control and surrender.

Recurring themes in her paintings are dualities: light and dark, strength and vulnerability, what is visible and what remains hidden. Each work arises intuitively, guided more by feeling than by plan, as a way of processing what life leaves behind.

Based in Voorhout, the Netherlands, she embraces freedom in her artistic process. Ruigrok develops a contemporary painting practice shaped by intuition, symbolism, and storytelling. She combines in her practice painterly intuition with a strong understanding of materials and technique. Her artistic vision and way of working are described in more depth on the Artist Vision page.

Position within contemporary Dutch art

As a Dutch female artist, Leonoor Ruigrok offers a distinctive voice expressing personal and universal stories through a symbolic, expressive style. After a period of quiet development, she started exhibiting new art series in 2024, continuing her journey of exploring inner and outer worlds.